CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16712, 30 January 1926, Page 6

CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH.

MEETING OF COUNCIL. ORDINARY BUSINESS. The monthly meeting of the Cambridge Borough Council was held on Thursday evening. Those • present were His Worship the Mayor (Mr T. F. Richards), Crs. M. Wells, T. 11. Boyce, W. Moore, A. 11. Bell, L. M. Morrin, the town clerk (Mr W. S. Miiburn), and engineer (Mr T. Dix). Before romnencing the • business His Worship the Mayor moved a motion of sympathy with Cr. P. T. Glanvillo in his illness, and expressed the wish that he would have a speedy recovery to health. The secretary of the local fire brigade wrote that it intended sending a team of six members to compete at the M.F.B.A. Dominion demonstration, to be held at Dunedin at the end of February, and asked the council to make a donation towards the expenses of the trip.—Resolved to donate £lO. The clerk of the Leamington Town Board wrote asking if the Council would, when doing further bitumen work, lay down the approach to the Leamington end of the high-level bridge in that material. —It was resolved that the engineer be instructed to confer with the clerk of the Leamington Town Board to find out the nature of the work to be done and report to the Council. Governor-General's Visit. Mr G. J. Little, private secretary to the Governor-General, wrote that the Governor-General will be able to arrange a visit to Cambridge on the afternoon of Thursday, February 25, opd asked if it could be conveniently arranged for Their Excellencies to meet the residents of Cambridge, also the school children on that date. It was resolved that a committee consisting of the Mayor, Crs. Wells and Bell be set up to make the necessary arrangements for' an official welcome. Bridge Maintenance. A letter was received from the clerk of the Waipa County Council asking the Cambridge Borough Council to call a meeting of representatives of local bodies contributing to the high-level bridge with a view to dscussing and arriving at a more equitable appoitionmeut of the cost of maintenance of such bridge. The letter went on to state that the Waipa County Council was not satisfled with the present appointment, but before taking further action would like to hear the views of others interested, in the hope that an amicable settlement might De reached. The Mayor said that the bridge was used very considerably by people from the Waipa County, and he contended that the present allocation was a fair one.

1 It was resolved that the town clerk be' instructed to write lo the W'aipa County Council that the Council was of the opinion that the present allocation was a fair one and that it cannot see its way clear to move in the matter. Freight on Road Material.

The town clerk of the Pukekohe Borough Council asked the Council's support in a protest made against the Pubbc Works Department's action in discontinuing Ihe concession in railway freight on roading matcrals for feeder routes.

It was resolved to reply that as the Council understood that a remit dealing with this matter was on the order paper for the municipal conference to be held next month this Council would support the remit. Loan Monies. Cr. Wells mentioned that two more instalments of £IO,OOO each of the water supply loan were soon coming to hand. There was no hope of the Council being ready for the money, and there was going to be a big loss of interest. Cr. Wells suggested that the Mayor should go to Wellington with a view to postponing the instalments. The Mayor said that the engineer had stated that pipes could be got in Australia and that in about two months they would be ready for them. That being so, the money would have to be available to pay for the pipes.

It was decided to further discuss the matter at the special meeting of the Council on Monday, evening.

Railway Crossing.

The Mayor brought up the matter of the very bad state in which the Railway Department had left the crossing opposite the Church of England. The Mayor said that the department is continually breaking up the road surface at the crossing and covering it with loose scoria. Several people had been thrown from their bicycles at this spot and it was a real danger. It was resolved that the Railway Department be written lo pointing out that the surface of the road at the railway crossing had been left in ;a very rough state and not at all in keeping with the adjoining road surface, and that it be asked to attend to Ihe- matter as early as possible.

General.

The borough sexton, Mr F. Higgins, notified the Council that until the Council provides a tarpaulin as a safeguard against graves falling in on him in stormy weather and lakes steps to clear the burial plots adjoining the back boundary fence of rubbish ho would refuse to dig any more graves in the cemetery.—The letter was received.

Messrs Munroe Motors, Ltd., requested permission to erect an air and water service in front of their premises in Duke Street. —Permission was granted subject to same being erected to the satisfaction of the borough engineer. The Matamata County Council asked for a plan of the pipe-line of the Maungatautari water supply scheme which traversed their roads.—The matter was referred to the Water Supply Committee. The British and Imperial Oil Co.'s invitation to attend a lecture by Col. Symonds at the Theatre Royal, Hamilton, was accepted with thanks. The following applications for auctioneers' licenses were granted:— Farmers' Auctioneering Co. Ltd., Dalgety and Co. Ltd., N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., and Nicholas HillIt was resolved that Mr Nicholas Hill be appointed auctioneer to the Borough Council for the coming year. Cr. Bell asked if the Council was going to do anything further regarding Hie overhanging hedge fronting the Fogerly Estate in Bryce Street. The clerk reported I hat seven days' notice had been given the estate, but it had been ignored. —It was resolved that the Council have the hedge cut, and that the Public Trustee be charged with cost of the work.

The following accounts were passed for payment: District fund account, £2lB 2s 2d; £1.8,000 loan account, £52 16s 3d; abattoir loan account, £BS 14s 6d. The Mayor reported that he had placed the following sums on fixed deposit at the Bank of New Zealand: £12,000, being part of tlie water supply loan, for six months at 32 per cent, and £IOO,O, being part of the abattoir loan, for three months at 33 per cent.