BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13849, 8 November 1918, Page 1

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

' THURSDAY, NOV. 7th Presenti: Thia Mayor (Mi- Lowe) in the chair,Crs. .Lucas, JVcßowe, J. E. Hardmian, S. Ensor, A.; S. Ensor, W. J. HoskJing, G. . Warne, and G. Cullen. ; ; CORRESPONDENCE. The foUoiwdjiig; letterisi were received: From. Mines Depaa'tmen/b, re Moaniataiari aqueduct, saying an, aaiiaiigerrieaib would be made to' 'place -an item of <£i 75 on tihiei current year's estimates, 'and if same; was dnMy voted j>y j Parßatmont payiiieait would be macte as soon as tbe Approprtaitdon. Bill was passed. '' ' " ." ''" '""' ''" '" "• j From Audkland Railway League, tihaaiking Council for dkMiiaition of £5 towards cost;'.of publisHiiaa^ a. comprehensSiyei raiap of . the East Coast railway district. = Fa'ooni F. H. Claxton, applying 1 foa* permisßaon to have a. concrete crossing miade f oreir th.© waiter-table at the ncHrtihern, end of the factory in .Polien., St.—iGranited.

( From W. H. Newton-, asking for use of the baitfos omi several afternoons far 1 MEss Newton's! lifessaying dasees. —-Referred to next meeting^'. ' From Thaimieiß Fisheries Ltd. asik- , ing for peainissaoni to carry out alters^ . tdonia and additions to the company's I "works iii Queen St. as sihicnvn/by „ plans and' specificationis submitted. —• Granted."- /:' v ° '■>'■■'■ :'- : ' '■ ■ ■. From A. Chiristde, asking for the , repairs to the footpath around his property to be carried out as soxm as j possible.-—lt. was deciided. tk> .dJo the i -work immediately.. ' , I WELCOME TO: NEW.MEMBER. ' I The Mayor, on behalf of the Coim- \ , oil, congratulated O. Hardman, on i his election, and a/bated he was confident that he would miaJke an exoep- ' tionally good wuncilloir. I. Or. Hardmairb thanked the . Mayor for hi® Mindly remarks, and said he would do hisutmost: to further tja© interests of the Borough. ■';■.■• REPORTS. The acting 1 electrical engineer re- , ported tlhait owing to tihe very rough! ; weather , and hemj lightning etxper- ■ ienoed. last week, several house iri- ! stlallaltiiong^ 'were) .affected, btitj a^thougjh in<»aweniencie was cause*!' for "a. day or twoi, the .diamoiage \ resulting , was ' Bligjht. The very heavy winds experienced 'on, Sunday evening, 27 v , October, caused a. skort oiaxjuiit on tine : mains, which tripped tit© main break- J er switch shutting- off. tihe town light-1 ing ait 6.55 p.m> No time wa® lost in clearing! the board and replacing; •. switch, the stoppage being about two miinniites. The public bath, lightling! was being attended to. Owing, to the alt J teraitlions madie. to the bftths, the light-1 ling system had to be altered. Tflxis was completed la^t'week. At pa'esent ihe was having* the erfra lliglhtsi over dressing sheds installed, which were authorised by your oomnadtitießV D.uringi, the fortnight tw.o new consumers tad been connected ;to nuaiins.-1-Adopted ' The: foremaß of, works reported thart) a furtlher 31^ subid yards ot broken nietial had been received from the Tirohia (^airry Co.,' ni'aikiinjg; a total of 11885J cuibic yardis supplied to date. The impa-'ovemerits autiitMrised to be cjairrfed out at. the municipal ewdmiming 1 baitihs/^biad been compiete^l. The work included tihe removai -of privy and urinal 'to the weiiterni" side of the baths; ' door' and steps provided'at -Me back' of offica toi give a dlirect eritrance frbnai tihe c^-etaker'a residence; woodenj graitdrig placed in the dressing rooms; platfoiim 1 on^ eastern side emended to the footpath ■which provides •an additional space 1 oi Bft* f 58ft. The new' platform*" hod been erected one foot higjher "than the wooden flooring, afoiund the baitihs. The bathß were opened to the pUiblio on' tihe' Ist ineit. Two of. the iron pipes installed m conniecition with the centrifuigaQ, pump®, having become eaten, through with mineral water, had been replaced with two nine feet by 4in cast iron pipes. The wooden • culvert controlling the water from the Moanaitaiani Hill into the aqueduct, collapsed owing to its decayed condition, and. the saime had been renewed. The snasall woodeni culvert' and several of the steps leading! up the Waiotalhji Spur also collapsed and, necossit'aded the renewal of saane. The Waiikiekiereservoir ihad 1 been, thoroughly oleaned out. Five men had been! employed for three days in connection with this undertaking. The reservoir was in a, Very saitfiafactory istoite. Several oi' the trees in the park ordea-ed by the Railway Departmenit to be trimmed, had been attended to, and thie same ' had met with the. satisfaction of the 'railway inspector. He suggested that j perimisision be; obtained from the Radlwaiy Depaaitmient to construob a 9ia tile drain, leadingl from the Park I ! tihirougjbj the railway enibankment as: ' a provision for oaarying away %vater accumulated on the groundb after am I estnaoii-diinary tide, sucihi as exper- ! ieAed recently. Durdnig tihe last week .! diafcfecitaait hadl been supplied to the J ! puifio, and the supply on hand was ; alkrjpsft exbiuusted. Should the Ck>uncH /desire this to be ctatniitinued 1, dt iwjuld jbe neoemaafy -to order; a further quaa- (

tity.—lAdopted.-—'A further quantity of dimnfeotant will bet ordered. j Qflhe mamageff 1 of the municipal aibattoiira 'reported thaib 94 cattle, 2 calvefi, Spligs, 26$ sheep, and 22 laanba, ahd been' alaugihitered during Ootoiber. ACCOUNT^. T!he following accounts were passed' for paymeoiti: General •account £570 7a 3d, CJeroetexy £13; 4s, Eleotrical acounlt £101. £ RETURNING OFFICER. The town olerik, Mr; A. Chapmain, asked to be relieved of iEhe duties of returning officer, as lie found that the work had interfered with his usual duties. Tbe Mayor said that Mr ipbapmiain! diuring^, - 'has teran of office: had been eXceedingly satisfactory. The Council dedided-to expi'ess their tihainks 'and appreciation to haul for the manner in which he had ful-' filled that capacity and to select a' new i-tefcuimdngi offiicer, a® Mr Ohap^- j roan really Avfeehed 'to be relieved I of the work. ; | GENERAL BUSINESS. j Cr. S. Ensor drew attention to the unsafe, condition of i ti^e fire bell in ' Albert St. and moved/ that the fore-' man of works be asked to see to it at once.—Carried. ( Cr. Haa'dmam asked.if it would be possible ta obtain: a. permit beforehand to run 'flagfei' acrossi Pollen Sttreet-' in the event of peace" pethg declared. The Maiyor stated that so long as t(He foremam -of works giave his approval J the' Council' would approve' of 1- 'vany guoh action, and that 'it' would not be necejssairy to obtain) "(the <l Council's sanction before aliytlndng' was"*dohe. I 1 , I !