Sydenham Borough Gouncil

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4580, 28 February 1893, Page 1

Sydenham Borough Gouncil

An ordinary meeting of the Sydenham Borough Counoil was held yesterday evenin? ; present— The Mayor and Councillors Langdown, Samuels, Nancarrow, Maffifct, Booth, Eudd, Winny, Taylor, Smith, Hatfield and Brown. An apology was received for the absence of Councillor Forrester. ,' » ' '.'■"■ v y?y oobbmpqnd»NjCE. : "-. ■ Correspondence was dealt with as foi--■itows;:^;'.., '•',.;■' "' : " !"',"',•; '.:';;'.■; . From tlie Charitable Aid 'Board, enclosing a list 'of the recipients of charitable aid -residing in the borough. -Beceivad. FINANCE. / Items of finance were reported as follow : —Credit balances at bank— -Separate account -8190 3a Id, interest account J8275 ss, loan account £5504, 15s .d, general account 10a 3d, total £6963 -.add ; receiptsGeneral account £117 2s >j6d, interest ac-count-£Bl 14s 9d, separate accounts £102 10a 4d, total £301 7s 7d; paymentsGeneral account £56 14s 2d, loan account £2 23-2(1, total £58 16s 4d. WOBKS COM_ir__BE, The Works Committee reported in reference to the letter from the Suivey Department, stating that the railway reserve through Beserve No. 2379 was originally laid off a_ Buoh, that the Committee could find- no record to show that the' reserve was originally intended for-the extension of the road from Lyndhurst to Methven. It was that the bath caretaker's salary should be increased 6s per week for the remainder of the season. The late gale having blown down a portion of the brick wall at the swimming bath, the same had been re-built double the original thickness at a cost of £18 3s°6d. It was recommended tbat the crossing over the -South belt on the west side of Barbadoes -etreet should be asphalted at a cost of £9, •the borough to pay half the cost if the City Council would pay the remainder. In reference-to Barrie street, the Committee recommended that the necessary steps should be taken to make it a public street. 'The report was adopted.

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■Some discussion took place as to whether the report of the Committee to consider the reorganisation of the Council's staff, which was . not reached at the previous meeting of the Council, could be brought up that evening. The Mayor ruled that fresh notice would have to be given, and there beiue no other business the meeting, terminated.