THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL

Thames Star, Volume LIII, Issue 14071, 19 December 1919, Page 1

THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL

• FINAL 1919 MEETING. The Borough Council's final meet ing of the yeair was held last night when there were present the Mayoi (Mr. E. .N. Miller), Crs. Hardinan ; Billrnan, Eaddy, CVopp. Modey. DetnVdk, ;Mackay, (GLriistief, Rowe, and Claxton, and later in the even ing Cr. Muir. An apology was receivedl from .Cr. Ensoc. GoiTeqpondenee was . deceived and dealt with as follows: ' | -From- Win. Banks, asking for an extension of the, electric light to his • new house to be buiilt in Irishtown. The Electrical Engineer estimated the cost yat £6. Cr. Hardman said others would take tlie %ht; the matter wus (referred to the Electd<;.ail CfomSnttef. From Treasury credit note for £29 7s 3d, Goldfields revenue for October. —Received. From W. P. Gavaiin, Waihi, stating that he ' would' shortly report on: the conversion, of- Tlhames 'instillation, for the use of Horahora current. From Hauiraki Brass Band, asking permission *6 play in the Pa.rk on December 21, and to take up a. collection. Permission was granted. From MUnes Department, Stating that £267 3s Hd, Karatka Creek grant, was -being forwarded. —Received.. From R. Twtmtyman, asking .permission to move a building from the rear of Mr. White's section to" the Pollen' Street frontage, as a temporary office tiill the ejection" of the confcTtete buMng. Permission was given until April Ist, the foreman reporting that he had no objection to it temporarily. FOREMAN'S REPORT., liijT consequence of' the. decayed condition' ®i the wooden ciulvert mi Goldem Crown Statelet., the sauiei has bean removed and &™ mdi.. lil.<? pip€a sul>" stituited therefor. In. accordance with tin application made by Mrs Moirgiari, the w;:tea' maiiii. hasi btftn. hxjiim the Bar'ough maiiax recently iaid dwvw: -in the Moainia.taio.il locality. L'u-i dea* an aaraingeineiUit irjjii.de % thei u?iA- j terial w^i® iswpiplied by Mrs Moaigaai, the Coiincil supplyimg the l'aboua*, tho undei taking being coinipleted witlnira twoi .hoavrs. The work o{ ooaistruoting 1 coawsrete Itea-binjgl at Taivyau has eean advamoed .foui* ciiains 20ft and tha foiotpnth theirerat, i-et-formied. to the proper level, alsol the hillside nea.r the old GoreiiKtfr Forguaon Hotel sitg was eKca.va.tecl ■ so- >as to enable the foo-tpatli ten bei widened. The' oomcrete C'hainnelling. and kevbing work us Uiiidei-takein. s^oime mouthis aigoi, lias bemx cionupletod' between the Ruranui! and Shellback creeks. A portion of the handrail in liisihtown necessitated renewal owing tol its decayed oonri ditictiii. The work-of constraotang a; coinca'ete Grossing! sit< Polifta; St..; loading to the southern endl of Mr Cla.xtonv'sg factoi'y, is in progress. Mr Glaxtoix will be ciiaa-ged with the cost Of the undertaking. With regard to the qu'estiom of altering! the sumps tn coamecitioai with the drainage obaiiinels so as to place the corers niearea* to the surfacei with ai view to making saimie inoate accessiMei for cleianing out, I beg, to report that the .reason, otf the covers over tire sumps being; kept several inciieis below the surface 1, of the road, has been that persoinig unknown ha.ye wilfully removed, the coiveiisi and alsoi at lim been foundi that by keeping 1 them at isoich de^pth, it pirevents any O'ffensivenesis aaieing thea'efromi. The work of cleaa-ing the growth from the roads in the Paa-ar-wai lociaiity is beinigi oaarrieid out, The method of cleansing th© water ■ ohainmels in Pollen* Street by the use' of a. hose has been put into operation oaii one occasioni since receiving you»r dnstmiotions and as sufficient watei' is -available, this work will be cairried out. The report was adopted. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'S REPORT. ! Since my last reiport maiii'tenanoji Avoa'k has beem craa-ried out on street: lightingi and _howae service maim®. The j haindi'aaling ordered by the inspeotouto bw plaoed ixrand tlie tua-bin© set, has been- erected. Two extra lights for the baths, .over the emtraiiioe- gates, aiuthoa'ised 1 by the Baths Coniißittee, have beeai installed. During th© fortnigiit five new coaisumeris have been' connected to nmima, aaid one service at Tararu, owing to hOUse being removed, ha§ beein disconnected. Total j connected; to. date 664. A street liglitinjar main in Mactkay Sti-eet oame down on Wednesday moiinamgi. ■ This waia repaireid immediately. I haivie to report a ehort stoppage (a.booit eight minutes) in the lighting eyßtem om: Satui'day ev«mdng last, owingl to. a heiaivy short oomimg on., causing an onr'erload oin the generator amd jamming tlie turbine gpiverinor, . which took a little time 1 toi adjust, no time, Wing lost in. righting 1 Bame. j Tkia was adoipitled. . I

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'S REPORT. The Streets Committee recom* mended that the tender of Winstone Ltd. for 10,000 gallons of crude tar, deiHveire|d to tlhb Bbtrough yard at--9 7-8 - per gallon, be accepted.— Adopted. On the motion of Ore. Claxton and Howe, ft "was decided to impose the 10 per cent, penalty on all outstanding rates- after 15th February, ..&ss% . £OQ> U- 1U I on the ®iit^"¥m# "&$ -&13* P*

on the Electrical Account were pass- . Ed for payment. ! la closing the meeting the Mayor : wished the councillors a happy \ /Chiristmae and trusted tha* after : the holidays they would come b&cfc with fresh vigour to work for tlie welfare of tihe town. There was no - reason, he «aud, why "our little old » Thames"- should not be a big city, " and they should all work fogethmi 1 . to. maike'.it a "healthy beautiful spot. i .