BOROUGH COUNCILS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10606, 31 October 1912, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCILS.

11ANGI0RA. _ .''rM The Rangiora Borough Council liiHl last evening; present—the Mayor '(Me 1 j-$| J. Sansom) and Councillors Boyd, Bell, t; t '| Bridget, Smith, Walker, Dix, Ayers and The Mayor and Conn-- /"J| cillpr Jennings, were appointed to* represent the Council at a conforenoo,o6 cfM local bodies to he, held at 1 Rangiora; on Friday to frame a uniform by-la-wf '\?(M for the regulation of heavy traffic. Thd '-[ H Hon D. Buddo forwarded a letter-re-ceived from the Minister of Lands, statiug that owing to pressure of settlement survey work it had not been possible to detach an officer to prepara !'■>*{ an engineering report as to the suit- ''J, ■ability of M'Grath's track as a road > s [s of ■ access to Lees's Valley, but it was-;,v| hoped that a commencement of tha ■ survey would be made at an early date. "A report by, the chief sanitary . inei>ector to the Hospital Board ,on ,/■;>§ necessary, i approvements in draiiiago at the Red Lion Hotel premises, was''.-m referred to the Sanitary Committee to ' 'fyj be dealt with. Tho reoeipls for tlio montii were reported to be £sl 19s 3di and the bank debit balance £1728 19s Gel.- Accounts for £95 3s 9d werer passed for payment. Tlio gas receipts.}/& were .£lB3 Is 6d aiid expenditure £79 7s 9(1.* It was resolved to place a feWl-ling-ili-thc-slot meter in the premises of any gas consumer three months in: ~'V arrears with his/account. Tho Fire y Brigade Committee was authorised- to' ■ procure 500 feet of canvas hose aud c' s five sets of couplings. At a special v |t:i meeting of the Council, lield before the ■ §?' ordinary Meeting, an order -was fixing a uniform scavenging fee of tOa V-. '6d per annum, which will yield, am. /■'£ annual income of about £320. /, '