CITY COUNCIL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 2785, 7 March 1877, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

j An sojourned meet::!: of the Oity Counoil ! w:ie beid at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon; J prosont — hi*3 Worship fche Mayor, and i Councillors Thomson, Bird, Nathan, Jones, j Turner, and Hawkes. The Council went into Committee for the purpose of consider- . i:.g fche schedule of specification that hid been drawn" up by the City Survoyor ! for asphalting the streets of Ohri.lehuroh. j On resuming, tho specifications with a_nendj menta were adopted, tho only dissentient being Councillor Juries, who gave in his protest on | the ground that thoro wa* no by-law fco enable fcho Oounoil to recover frem tha ratepayers I i.hoir contribution towards the expenses. Th© ! epociuoath.iis woro r,'.ien handed over f.o the Works Committee to commence op- rations- at j oiica. Councillor Bird 'm-w ! .ho n,: toi. tion of : the Council to thi. t'ui-J. ',!v_. a I.irgc* building ir; !,,o centre of tho city was now being covered with shingles in O-n.Hqu-.rje .• f,f tho abi-onco of any hy law on (ho «ut.j ct. Ho would recommend tbo tf .option of the Dunodin by-laws, which, ho thought, were r or y good ones. Councilor .Nathan i.aid that after reading about the horrible .-.•-.-.•-strophe at tha Brooklyn theatre, lie thought ifc right to ask if the theatre in Ohnstomirci* had been properly examined, and if the mod.*, of exit, were satisfactory. Tho Surveyor said Micro we're plenty of modes of exit. Oounoillor Nathan would like to know if tho means of exit at the Rink wore satisfactory, cc he had heard there were over 2000 persons present one night. The Survoyor roplied in the affirmative. The Oounoil then considered some applications foe licenses, after whiob it adjourned until ' Monday next.