TEMUKA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16617, 23 August 1918, Page 5

TEMUKA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

MONTELY

MEETING

The monthly meeting 0 f the Temuka Borough Council was held on Wne£ <-=0- Councillor Gunnion, DeputyMayor presided, the Mayor being absent from town, and were made for three Councillors. Leave of absence for three • months was. granted to Councillor TiZoot who is seriously ili. -"iuiook, -\ yotc of condolence was passed to to publication. " l

The Standing Committee presented rfcommeudations on the inward correspondence.

4i 0u w a ' from the organiser of the Canterbury-Otago '•Copper Trail," the Council resolved 'to vote £l5O to Ihe offer of R, Colville for lease of section m Studholme Street was accepted.

The Health Inspector wrote drawing attention to tho insanitary condition of a; yard in King Street and it was decided to write to the owner to have the nuisance ended.

The overseer reported that he had sent 72 notices to have gorse and brcom cleared off streets, and overgrown Ledges cut hack.—Left in the overseer's li.-.iids. The overseer submitted an pstnmate (£SO) for forming footpath froin Princes Street to Maude Street via Guise Street foot-bridge with shingling.—Agreed thafc the work b& gone on with; Shaw Street (reported on last month) to be held over at present.; and that the foot-bridges in the eastern I'arfc of the borough be painted white. The overseer also submitted an estimate, (about £2501 for the permanentformation of Hornbrook Street, now a sufficiently important thoroughfare to warrant the expenditure.—No action taken.

Mi-' W. H. Kiigour, Empire Hotel, was granted a rebate of £4 0s 4d 'in rates.

An application to have th°. footpath jr. front of St. Peter's Parish Hall section asphalted Full width was granted on condition that the Vestry* pavs half the cost.

It was agreed to pay tho Defence Department 3d per ton, solid measure, for shingle from the Ritie Range Reserve ; 4d per ton to be paid for any shingle sold; measurements to be made half yearly.

The Finance - Committee reported 11in + the receipts for the mouth were /.'2S6 0s 2d, and the accounts to pay vere. £287 5s 6d. The bank balance oT the district fund was £l4Bl 16s fid. and of all special accounts £1464 0s 7d. . In dealing with th*» Arowhenua Cemetery as trustees, the Council decided to invest £IOO of its £ll7 balance in Post Office War Bonds. Accounts were passed, and the meeting closed.