WANGANUI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14740, 20 October 1915, Page 8

WANGANUI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

\ ' — . >*■ I . . The ' Council', met last , evening . wßet | there were present 'nisi Worship the Maydiv Crs.fJ., Gonli, jvV M.' Luxford, A.-Thomp-son', , L. J. Siglpy, J.'-W, Aldefton, Ei F; Liflfton, ;W.-S. Dustin, W. Hall, F. A Darkness, A. A. - Gower, G. :■ Spriggens.— 'Leaye-of absence, was granted to Cr; M McCauL •. .v ' '.BALANCES.—The following balancet wete repbited :—District- Fund acconht, dr,.-4J842 16s Id: Cemetery accouni dr,,,£3630.17s 3d; Tramways account, cr. 414A’ l^d; G.aa Works, cri 4880:35“9d J Temporary - Loans, dr, 423,288 • 8s lid-: Tramway, Loan, 435,000, bank credit; 401 15s 2d, amount;available 49i 15s Id;: Special‘ Loan, v429'i000, to raise. l - 45000' oank credit, 45501.5s 9d; amount avail . '45501 As 9d ; Durietown ; Loan 4IJ ? Q9p, bank credit, 41123 5s ' lOd amount available 41123 as 10d;< ReservoiL0ap,,47,000, to raise 42000. bank credit £S37 lld> . amount avajlablt 43837- ;9s lid ,- Bridge Completion anr. Tramway L0an,'417,500, to r raise 41600, .-ifiSW Is,: amount available 41003": 19s; Trams, 4J?,000 bank debit ,410:3s lid; Wanganui- Easi Lpan of 43000;, bank credit 4262 Us Id. amount available 4262 11s Id. : .COMMITTEE REPORTS. f’d.S.— -Eeport of the Gas Committee of ■ r Qttober.;-vKe :C6al contract: The Cqjnmjttpo- ‘report having accepted Messrs Lamb , arjd Co.’a. offer to ■ expend ■ their plat Match nest, at 2t»,'9d per ton, >Et ropeway: The Engineer has Open author wed to procure--a spate 'hauling tope fo> •"J < -Re vertical retort contract rccbmrnend .the Council to Nettle thii inakter- by making payment of the 5 pe ceu- 1 • • retained on the coutmet Adopted i TBAMWA L.—Report of ■ the Troniwa' jComputlep'- C_r i2th- October ; —Ee adver tiding ; contract.: The Committee*' recommend,the Couhcil tp grant the,application to transfer Advertising ; cbntraets, Hay ward Ltd., to Die - Wanganui Atnrfiejmdnt Enterprise;, Ltd',—Adopted.' WORE3.,—rEeport of the-.- NVorks Grpi of - 12th - -lip -applicatiot • t°9 Rpoms, .-Jlif Majesty*® 'Building?: W<v vapbmmend that jthe; license. ,I*/granted, pn. the require|n»»te ■ pf -;the 1 Dh<mieer: being xoorppHw jwitlk l : Ep, water <to stftete lb ' College. iFJstete: The ;Cpmnnttee. recommend tnr. iCoslfloil .to ,lay, a temporary'vfater 'main fto ‘supply properties in the College Estate ! l, v|t,t Dublin, v St,'. UUI, ami Nixon , Street* extensions, and that, the- ffee fo' connecting from thin main to tho property. and for, re-connecting to the 1 perma naii-;- inso> when Be .rjßjjr. ' B® , ‘hou> fer .bodiiy gardens: We teobmmend; that the CcUhcil-.fix hv ■•evolution that iVater intr gardens by means of 4 a hose be pernutted only between. fi.aotehd p.m.anjf'for. the purpose of .sUcii watering the fujbe. '.ibust be held by. an attendant.— Adrpjted. . ~,f - , . FINANCE.—Eeport , of v. the Finance Committee of 18th October: —Eo Sarjeant Art; Gallery: (The Coipnittee recommend that,: in- reply; to t!ig Public TnuftPe’.■letter, asking, fo bo satisfied as to the Council's position to,, make sfttisfiictorv ‘ arrh-niremehts to pay the, interest on: the, advance armiied, for,,, his . attention b'., drajvn to the Counrijyi, nojyerfi under Sec, -tio& '2W'cf the Corporatiom Act, •l f, '08, 1 aiid-.tba.tt if .necessary,.., the CouljcjV is ‘, prbpaipdj, t% enter into an agreement te pay anyi - Remisr. sion of rates ; We ii-coomipend tHftt .th 1 : rates on section f)6't, i yalUation No.’ 1278 4413s 4d, be remitted,- 69. and that half rates oh > section '42, ..volUi ' atipp No. 3240, pt,\4l be 'remitted under Section 64 of 'the. Boling Act,, 1908, ■ —A dented. tGREBA HOuSE-r-BoPort of the Opera Douse Committee of 13th October:, —Be Maori Opera. Company.; The! Committet recommend the Council to,grant n. refuw of 414 (one . half of the fees- charged) and that the'amount bo paid to the, local Patriotic Fund for the purpose of providing, comforte iov- nat|vo troops N Be. patriotic peyorjuandes ;in Opera Douse: We recommend that from Ist, Novismbei next the :foe, for the woo of : the bilildinp . for these perfomanoes be 42 per night the estimated: rurminig, coet and ; , fixed; charges;. Cdtholic: ;,bSftar: Applibation’ fof u/» pf thd Opera Doiise for •10 highte, from 2l6t.Fehrua.ry.ppXt. recommetld iluit this ,bo gT».nted,. U'ith the option- of three additional nights; if noi required, by, bompiaßies, the .rent tc. be: 45 per. night. If the seats- in- the building' are required to be moved; the Council will do the work at the- , cost of the ■ applicants.—: Adopted .: ; - . , . Report -of the. Tramway Committed of. the 14th October;—He power, house extension .-The Committee has. inspected-the land available for extension; to. the ‘buildings, .and find it necessary to, utilise a portiop of,Hatrick;Street Bx- ! tension; they tbeihfCre recommend that, portion of this street be’ closed,.namely, a , from; the sbuthtwedtern corner Pf section; i 6 to the south-eastern corner of. section; 5,: block 30,. being that portion of Hattick i Street on which the land occupied by the I tramway powe’r '. house site fronts.—. 1 Adopted, ( ACCQDNTS,—Under date 15th October,; j the'Bfddn o^l - fiomisitteo recommended; that , accounts . .totalling ' J ‘for payinent.^Adopted, 1 , . ~■ j ENttlNEEft'S .REPORT^ ! The .B.oropga Engineer reported’as-fol-: l0W8;. s ■_ „ ' . ..-i’ .... . j ;L to bring under your notice | sssjfetoh .Urgant matters, which should l e i dedll'-vith a* eoon, A» possible; .. * ; | ) Stonacrushing . plant. , Ajj *e are. ' npw in,' process of removing, this to the Dublin,Street.,‘bridge, site, which is in i cipepjpipaiteEy .tb the teamwayh .authority I is/aeghd to. obtain an electric motor to * drive, the ...cntslier. ,• A suitablesecond; hand machine ds offer„at. the; price <, of; ,437 (approximately half-pricc), and : the Tramway Enginepr h.as undertakoa te -instil,same’and supply .current at prewsti; i cally-.ccef. price^ ; thih.yvill, by a cheaper . 1 and.mere efficient .drive thau ; ;thi;prese» l f | oiliTeiffiae. -Jad .will .free, the‘. latter fo|. phiWWg “I' HyHop’i jdt; during . dry weathAr for J the pu.rpose. bf , washing, the j te- ’ such' a .waydifhah ~thjß tMteteay.;,ip4%ifCf ihents. at JSs thho of hiaximnm demand will not; bg interfered with.r The arrbnpejm«nt of plant at the Dublin Street site Will be such- :;tbat tbe: steam waggons wil) be able to,come alongside .a high-level loading platform, which ■ will -be filled DON'T TRIFLE WltH IT. !,. 1 Do not fail. te keep a, bottle of Oham- . b«rlain*B Colio ; and DibiThoeft Remedy on . 'hapd-daring the summe^,. plaint i« always - pyevaleat during the. hot . months and fi too' dangerofis to be trifled with. ■ true when youngchildren: .are with , it. A, dose Ob two of GhhmbArlafh’s Cpjip and Djarrhoea Remedy; will pl?te9 thft teobble iwitbin contro! midr»nerhape, a' life., ft has,.never, he?n knowq te iail e r »n in th« 'severest eases ana its -cost ii not beyond .. anyone. 'Sold everywhere.

. .’rom’ the crusher, and tho handling of both .---boulders and- crushed -metal wil; thus be, minimised.- To enable this to be .dene, a roadway has been constructed o . ihe, disused piles now lying at this site. ; (g.) House near Victoria Park, St. . John’s Hill.—This house is now vacant, md, while in a bad state of repair, could . -e. dhsilv impre-od so as to lec for some years. I would be glad if the Council r it.scrvcs, Ccmiuittec will instruct me. ,in tho matter. Tlie cost of repairs ha , wt been ascertained in detail, hilt would ot be less .than £59. . (3.) Supply’of metal and shell-rcci;.—! ind that a fair quantity of shell-rock ir. small sizes . can be obtained at variom spots at .the water’s edge- near Kqiwhaiki iid- am bringing this down on tho’punts or blinding, and .other pcadma,king pur noses. It is pba?Jble that we. may.ih thisvay . get. enough tergo- bj«'ks to make a , , -art with patching weak spots at, fa- dcrviiie, bftt : : I. woqld that thq ;a'bour Boaiti lie asked to supplement ur efforts by letting .us have (wo ci hreo puntloads of stone fot this, purpose. Iris hoi. ;iiffqct'' pna'res* of theiri worSfe to, any eytent, and would make tis'more secure against flood; te. the kupply .of boidders,. the Waitotara tounty Council have agreed to same being h-t across their road'at Te Koiitb, pro--/ided the onexation is safe for traffic. Tr mcilitate Tbls j I'am negotiating witli the Harbour Bpard for . some-: seppttd-hand spiral ' pipe® ri!t carry tlm’ material down the hillside mder the road in these, thus ensuring that everything, is safe. './ Paragraphs 4 and 9 were referred tc he i V^cri;s. ; Ltqmiuitleei and paragraph 2| ■ ;o the Kese?v®s Committee, power to act being.’ given iu each caae., , THE CAS WORKS. - The Gas Engineer reported as fol- ; OW8; ■■,- , s ; r '-- /■ ■ / ; I wist, to tiring under your notice the bllowing' important mgitor:— During th fc last year thfje haa : been a very large in'cti&e in the dejnSMT ior *; ud, as time gods bn. t have noMduht this .: limitfft hrU|- ririntinne om.ctlie- incteaaoj : beej-nss ' crushed ..cpke ris rfaif'"m>(eriQr. for lomestic use', -as w'pil as tor Suction plant./ The’ time' has/grrived l : when. i we'shtfuld ; bayo’ a- ga«s; crustiiiig anA handling ilajjjl, with'.elevators iiAA hoppers. Soiffp ' noritlis ago '.I ,w>te tb fJngland>. makinginquiries a» to, tWp cost of a suitable plant ■' if tei s 'kind,land.l lind ii good.-nprinktete; plant fer onr purpose .can be imported. ind installed’.for from k j(X) to. .£600.. I have'no hesitation in-recommending that), V good .pjaiit be imported and erected;/ ■ we : would save nearly the • whole cost. Of the plant iu one year in labour-, and oart',ge. I trust this matter will receive your ■ar'v attention'. , The matter was referred •to the Gas Committee. : GENERAL. , The following matters wero referred to committees:— - '';. ‘ • . OPEfiA HOUSE COMMITTEE.—CircuIav fpom Catholic Federation re censorlb ip of picture films., FINANCE, COMMITTEE.—Three np/ plipations" for, remissions of rates, and Cartlpbliff' Rnli Club's application , for annual subsidy,, . ' ' ! BE-’-RVES COMMITTEE. Letter from Mr W. A. Veitcb re' new legislation ■miiowering local bodies to make and sell bricks. Mif Veitch also to he thanked fpr his qetyioes-. ~ ’WORKS COMMirTTE.—Two appUcac tions for wafer connections. CEMETERY 'COMMITTEE. - Letter from Dep»rim,eut of. Internal, Affairs asking inforination. as .to owners of unused plbte in' old Cemetery; and what arrange'mente had bten made with the old trustees 4'e the .latters* funds. i TRAMWAY COMMITTEE.—Letter (already published), from Turnbull, and Jones, Wellington, stating that Tudor acrnmulator batteries were of British make. DURIETOteN LlFT.—Messrii Burnett, Mcßeth; and’ Hogg wrote that, the Public .Works, Department. having turned down .the ptepdtml ter a tramway to, Durietown, Colonel Wilson now proposed to go on with the original scheme of a , tunnel and lift, and asked that the Council delegate its powers in the matter to 'to set up-ft.’ Durietown Lift Coraniittee to consider amti»ni concerning the proposal, such committee to consist of the Deputy-Mayor (Cr. Sprigs 'gehis) and-Crs. Bigley,,-Harkness, Aldcrton,. and Gower. : BATHS-ri-The Queen’s Patk, School wAs granted use of the Corporation Bathe for, the. season on; the uriial terns, and free -tickets: were granted ;to thtee puti*l® who hod passed, the R.L.S;; proficiency- test.