WAIMATE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13013, 28 June 1906, Page 7

WAIMATE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The -adjourned meeting of the Wahaate Boruugh Council was held on Tuesday «veaiag. Present —The Mayor, Mr J. Manchester, and Councillor* Coltmaa, Morgan, Sanders, Hatt, Dash, Miller, Inkswr and Barclay. The Postal Department wrote re the town clock that the bwough was expected to maintain it and k*-e.p i& lighted.—Mr Coltman agreed to wind and attend to the clock for £1 per year. The District Health Officer wrote re a case of typhoid in a private boarding ht use and asking that the premises be inspected. —This had been done and everything found in good order and perfectly clean. The Land and Income Tax Department asked She Council's opinion on the effect ef rating on unimproved value.—Clerk to reply that Council had no opinion to offer. The works committee was authorised to try the Pharos weed kiHer.

Mr J. R. Clement acknowledged receipt of letter that his tender for lease of sections 365, 372 had not "been accepted and returning his cheque but without any explanation or reason for the rejection of his offer. From the newspapers and from reports current in the streets he understood that they purposed the lease to parties who tendered at a much lower figure. If that was done he gave notice on behalf «E "himself and other ratepayers of the borough that their intention was to move the Supreme Court to declare the lease void and to claim costs and damages against the active participators, on the grounds of collusion, illegal action on the part of certain councillors, personal and corrupt bias, the exercise of pretended authority, ssud fraud on the ratepayer*. This notice r-a» given promptly so "that they might '•of aTlesjo acquiescence on their part, t'T ignorance on the part of the Council On ♦'he motion of Councillors Barclay and Morgan the letter was received, there beini; no discussion. On the advice of the borough solicitors, it was resolved to wsnie debentnres for the waterworks loan of £17.000 £7OO- to mature n> erid of 1912, £9OO in 1919; £B4OO in 1926. interest payable half yearly. The pubHc tmstee was appointed commissioner of the sinking fond. Mr Crawford, waterworks engineer, reported that thp contractor for the reservoir was getting on well with the preliminary work, and tenders might be called for cement, shrnele. timber and iron work required. Tenders for shingle and cement to be called for. The sanitary cornrottteo recommended that the present system of removing nightsoil *. i coatinned with a charge to nonratepayers of 9s 6d per pan per year for a fortnightly service.—lt was stated that at present the school and public offices paid nothing.—The report* was adopted. The works committee recommended -.a Mat of special works amounting to £330? that the Noxfeta Weeds Act be enforced in the borough, and that every opportunity of getting material for filling hole near St. Aueustine's Church be taken advantage of. —The report was adopted. The finance committee recommended a rate of 4d in the & on the unimproved value.—Agreed to. A committee was appointed with power to value and sell the sections in the Council's block on John street, those on Queen street to be held for the present-

Councillors Barclay and Cohmaa moved that the Council pay one-fourth of the cost of asphalting the cycling track in Victoria. Park.—The Ctledonian Society wrote that they proposed to borrow £2OO for thi»j purpose.—CoimcOlors Dash and Hutt moved as an amendment that the Council take up £SO worth of the debentures.— The Mayor doubting the legality of this proposal Councillor Dash altered It— ;that the Council vote £SO provided the" other' bodies raised £lso.—CountiKer Inkster thought the Caledonian Society would be content with less, say £25. and the Mavor agreed, the Council havikg: so many other objects of «pendrtae.+Gnradnor Barclay suggested 25 per cent, A maximum of £so.—The amendment wa« «r> ried, and a second amendment to Tote £25 was moved by Councillor Inkster, who said the asphalt would be more nse on the borough footpath*. This was not seconded, and the motion lapsed. The Councfl sat as the Dornanl Board and accepted tenders for grubiraig. and protective works, and resolved to spend £5 on purchase of trees of other varieties than those now in the park.