TEMUKA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16717, 20 December 1918, Page 8

TEMUKA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

C* . i . - ORDINARY MEETING, j I The Temuka .Borough Council j on' •Wednesday tvenine;, the Mayor and ill Councillors "oe'iia present except Cotmciilurs Gunmou and Street, who *ent apologies tor -ibsence tin account oi illness. Councillor .Caxtwr.'yht, recently elected. took his 'seat, and wai welcomed to the table. MAYOR'S REMARKS. The Mayor (Mr A. Frew>, oaid that I since they met they had cause f oi - j rejo-cinji in the close of the great war. and in the prospect- of a. round fouwlal xicu be.ng hi:d r..r a lasting peae->. On llio other hand ihey had to deplore, the "loss of'a number of citizens through the vis ta'-ioii of :m ep acinic, and the relatives hud the sympathy oi ihe whole commninv. There was a bp-Klit side-to the cloud of distress, ami that was tlu- way so many people forgot- themselves in their desir- "to help their ii«s : <xhbonrs. In thi.> w : ,\- .the cpidenr'e had ereated a unity anil jircst Loud of sympathy amemy; th-> people thai would hist for venrs-" The .fund for the relief oF <l\«tress : had amounted to £67. which bad b.-e-n (> r will he_ expanded to relieve urgent i.ec~ssit. r es. Tlte Council pas---') motion- of sympathy with Co»ne"l!ors Gunn'on on'! Street" fti the*'r and <f ~ ndoler:fo with relat : ves fif dovrasod citizens. :-"<T :• vote r>f thanks to the T«»»'nnra»-v TTo=njr--d ami to all helnorrit: dealt!!!! with the ip'detnie. CFVEPAL. Coiiw-illrr Trev.is.-v.a- ;iptj<V;jfed a ■mauler of the Finaii. .■ (Vtnmiitce.

| \Y. Goodman was appointed d.»ir lax ' celleitor. the tax :<> be the same as ! last year. ! ■ It was decided to c'o'e "lie HoVou<;!i p ! (■•"Sice from :23rd Dx-emher to .lar.v.arv • ; -Ith inclusive. ! i The last day for payment or «*-?*; | before adding the 10 per cent. penalty j was fixed for .lan'iary "21. ! ! The Standing Ceranrtteo. having ion.) sideivd correspondence r«V-o veil, nvni:.mended that tV» lie voted to tlto Te-1 muka Technical Classes. : ,iid C3O to the Tciiink;' lVacr- Celebrations Con;miiio-i • ; that |ho salary of the ofiice jun'or *b" ineheased I : y os j« r wi-ek; and thatC- Hollands be allowed to k'-ep ms Tiill'atd room v»peu till II p.m. on j ■ Chr stum* Eve. Boxiii'j; Dav. mid N"«iv ; Years Eve, but ntjt on Ni-r. Year's | j Day. - j i ! Tiie above- recommcmhuioiir. were adopted. The Council also "ranted £l'» K. the South Canterbury Development League, and decided to support- the Alexandra llnriMich Coiineil's resolu-; t : on. irrjiinj: the Public Health Depa't-; incut to undertake the control of all. incurable iiihereuWis case?. On the Overseer's report the Conn-) <i! deeded to idve notice to owner-J (mostly absentee*) thn-v jrorse on iront:iet"s must l)i- cleat-oil liv ihe end if tin-j year or the penalty trill be en'on-etl. | OYERSREIf.S RKPORT. I The :ivtiiseer"s report for Norcml»;! , !•'• (there had bee.i no i.f the Council since) deocribed difficult'ts ••! tlie v.ay of tarriuji K nj; St'eet. and . explained that a tar-boiler w.i> ncej.nl. I j Authority was jiiveu to obt:' : ii : ; i-n" • | boiler ;pul to tar the street horn CVmi nu-nce Street lb tl.e Pes". Office. ■! A second report of Dei-ember I*. .j stated that the ami all tiuI men had been ful'.v employed in mn- | ueetinii with the eji'demb-. ci>nsc<menti ly the street mainieuane - had suffered. j and weed.-- and sra.-.- bad ovi-r-run the i ! and the v.ater-r.-n-e nno • j ?f-.ver omfall «ere in Ike ennditMn-'

He :'-l;ed for extra la"ionr and a simile b.oi'M- it.owe;- !o overtake the work, and the Council agreed to the requests. Aci-uiiiits for £3-j3 Os 3d were passed for payment. and a icsuliuiou was pasM-d that, a .saii'u cut sum u> transfeiiid to t::e Temuka Domain account to put that account in credit at December olsi. The accounts of the Temuka Domain Pnard ami Anmhcnua Cejiiet-.-ry Board, v.eie passed for payment. . Couiicillc-r Ham-ox stated that lie would hrinj; forward, early in the New Year, proposals to establish a cottar hospital in Temuka. and to take in a draintiae area for the eastern part oi the boroujihThe Mayor wished tire Councillors the compliments of the season, and remarked that it was the lirst lime for five years that they could repeat, the word's •'Peace on earth, goodwill toward* men. 7 ' Councillors reciprocated the Mayors good wishes, and the Town Clerk on behalf of the si a IF, visaed the Mayor and Councillors the compliments of the season.