THE CONFERENCE OF COUNTY COUNCILS.
(BY TELEGRAPH, —PSESS ASSOCIATION.)
Wellington, this day
At the Conference yesterday afternoon, it was resolved that where- a county contains Email townships provision be made for the constitution of special racing districts not to be co-extensive with the riding boundaries, for water supply, street formation, and drainage, and that such special rating extend over five to seven years. Further resolutions were carried, th»t one-fourth of the revenue derived from ths aale of any timber on Crown lands be held the property of the major local body : that the Government be urged to place a sum on the Estimates to enable the Public Tru?tee to pay rates due on native lands. A committee was appointed to revise the resolutions passed at the Conference, and a deputation was appointed to presenb a report of the proceedings to the Premier. The Conference then adjourned until the Local Government Bill is introduced.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 195, 16 August 1895, Page 4
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