TAURANGA COUNTY COUNCIL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9029, 7 November 1925, Page 5

TAURANGA COUNTY COUNCIL

DUAL! WITH AT MONTH LV Tlu; ordinary monthly nueung oi tho iauraaigu County (Annual w; W hdd m the Coronation Hall yesterday. Pr\> > ont: foum-illors K. King Xhairmau). •1. flume, tf. Siede. J. M. Darragh. F. Merriman. (;. Lally, A. H. Merton. W . I‘. .Mlimit aik! L. Cl. Harris. Laud Lor a Hoad. 'Hie LTnler-J-Jtvretarv of die Department nl Lands and Survey, Wellington wrote advising that a proclamation had been gazetted. piudaiming land as a read and closing a road in Blocks ] and 11, Kalikati Survey District, in pursuance of Section 12, of (he Land Act. 192-I. —Received. Rating Questions. Air J. B, Booche, solicitor, AYaihi wrote on behalf of the Wailawh<»ta Timber Company, Ltd., relative to rates. The matter was explained 'by the dork and the Council approved of the action of the clerk. Slaughterhouse License. The .Department of Agriculture. Wellington. forwarded eertiiicaTV of new. ■slaughterhouse license, duly approved, h y tlie Minister of Agriculture, tor issue to Air J. 1A Webb, Te Ptike. Cleaning of Drain. Air H. L. Smith, Te Puke, wrote asking for payment of half cost of cleaning out drain. The total cost of die work was £lO/10/0. Cr Darragh moved —Thai the matter be referred to the Afaketu Ruling Councillors and the engineer, with power to act.—-Seconded by Cr. Steel© and carried. Award Matters The Secretary of the Auckland Provincial Employers’ Association forwarded circular bearing on award matters. — Received. Royalty on Shells Air AV. H. Johnston, AVaihi, wrote requesting settlement of account for £56/9 royalty on shells taken from his property at Kalikati. It was decided to reply that the Council has no record of the transaction and repudiates liability. Objection to Pay Rates. Air L. J. Parkinson and eleven others in a joint communication, staled: “'We the ratepayers of the western side of .the Waiorohi Stream, have objected, before and after the poll was taken, to be drawn into tire Oropi special rating area; and we also wish- to state that we refuse to pay the extra rates imposed upon us.” ft was decided to treat (he matter as a. petition and allow it to lio on the tabic till next meeting. Removal of Trees. Air J. H .lialfe, solicitor. Te Puke, acting for Airs M. Smith, as the owner of a property on the No. 2 Road, To Puke, wrote relative to the removal of certain, trees grmving on the boundary of the road. H© asked for an extension of time, until say. April, and In’s cli cn t wi 1 J_, undertake to have- the trees out down and removed before the winter season. Cr Morten moved.- —That an, extension of time to April 1, 1926, be granted. —Seconded by Cr Lally and carried. Trees on Road. Mr R. L. Thomas, Secretary of the Tauranga. Electric Power Board, wroto requesting the Council’s assistance in ordering the removal or lopping of certain trees on the Tauranga-Katikati Road and Beach Road in the Katikati district as they prevent the erection of. overhead lines. Or Hume moved.—That the request eb acceded to.—Seconded by Cr. Darragh and earned.