WAITEMATA COUNTY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 37, 12 February 1917, Page 2

WAITEMATA COUNTY.

MOSTSLY MEETING OF COUNCIL. The Waltemata County Council «t ita raonthl.T meeting dealt with the following matters: — CARTING. The tender of .T. .1. Craig, tJtnited, was accepted for carting -IJOOOyds of metnl from lleoUernon to the Great North. Road. RECRUITING. The Defence Department forwarded copies of the rolls of men in the nrst division. The Cnu'j-.ril revised these and found Ho name of one man. a resident of TitiißTlgi, hud been omitted. VEUICI.K LICENSING. A letter from the Auckland City Council aatiiiK if the Ciiniu il intended to make any concession ou lire use fees charged on Tutiicles now that tin . City Council was MUbfc'Mlßin.K the maintenance of certain eo\inty roads, was deferred. OKURA BRIDGE. It wan .resolved to divert a grant of £100 for Okura .Hridge towards the erection of a. culvert on u'"J nutlh road near by, wlileli liud been wae>;ied out ■by the recent floods and rendered ia>.'>assablc at this point. KAH'.ARA RIVER. Mr. B. C. Ueale urged the Council to undertake the work Oi clearing the willows and sunken timber from the Kaijiura River, which waa causing .seriojis 1«>8 t» settlers owing io continuous lloivls. Mr. Beale iirjfed £50 sbould be spent .ou the work. — The Couucil was fi.vn jiithetie, nut decided LUat it could do uoUiini; for waflt of funds, and cortsideriMl the amount mentioned would not go very far.