LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4868, 6 February 1894, Page 2

LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

, j The usual monthly meeting of the above . Council was held last evening ; present— , His "Worship the Mayor (Mr J. Thompson) , and Councillors Stinson, Lauienson, Webb, I ' Pairman, Owen, Chambers, Eadcliffe and Schumacher. Correspondeace was received a3 follows r. From Mr B. J. S. Harman, asking for > the use of water at the Rifle Association's ; meeting, which is to be commenced on : | March 1 at the Hcatbcote. The request ' was granted. From the Government Life Insurance ' 1 Department, having reference to the loan \ applied for by the Council. The letter ' was received. 1 From Mr H. Gibbons, asking the Council 1 to liberate him from the lease of property 5 in Oxford Street, as the death of hie ' mother had altered his plans. The matter 1 ! was referred to the Estates Committee to ; j deal with, after several councillors had ' j expressed themselves favourably upon the ; t application. | The Finance Committee stated that the ' receipts since last meeting had amounted ' to £176, and the report also recommended j payments amounting to .£lsl. 1 ! The Committee reported that Mr T. j Joyce, M.H.8., was in negotiation with the i Government regarding the loan for water supply purposes. It also advised that 1 the resignation of Mr H. J. V. Rogers as 1 , clerk to the Licensing Bench be accepted, j On the recommendation of the Water I Supply Committee, it was resolved to call ! for tenders for the totara timber re* , quired for bearings for the pipes through I the tunnel. The estimated requirement ! was 8000 ft. The committee also ad- ; I rißed having interviewed the new Rail- ' way Commissioners with reference to I being allowed to put an Bin water-main ' through the tunnel instead of the two sin pipes. The Commissioners replied that j they could not see their way to alter the decision previously arrived at in connection with the matter. • On behalf of the Works Committee, the • Mayor reported that the wall in front of , Mr T. Field's property in Jackson's Road 1 was in progress, and that the adjoining landowners had stated their willingness to continue the wall past their properties. The Works Committee was instructed to report upon the different embankments on the roads that required walling up. j The question of connecting the ceme- ; teries with water and other minor matt rsrelating to the supply, were referred to theWater Supply Committee to r sport up>n. Ten days' leave of absence was gran'ed' I to one of the Council's employees. ! Hi? Worship the Mayor and Councillors Webb and L&urenson were appointed to confer with the member for the district , with the view of getting a reduction in railway freights and passenger fares. , between Christohurch and Lyttelton. I It was decided to call the attention of the police to the nuisance c»Ußed by the: mir conduct of a mob of boys on the vacant section in London street. Councillor Laurenson moved the motion of which he had previously given notice— "That the Hawkers' and PedW By-law be suspended in the case of farmers and producers visiting the town to sell their . produce." j Councillor Owen seconded the motion. Eventually it was decided to allow the matter to stand over till next meeting, when the Legal and By-law Committee will report upon the whole question. After dealing with a few minor matters the meeting terminated.