COUNTY COUNCILS

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15767, 7 December 1916, Page 3

COUNTY COUNCILS

ELLESMERE.

Ihe monthly meeting of the Elksmere County Council, held at Leeston, was attended by Councillors J. Cunningham (chairman), A. T. Stephens, J. Storry, J. C. Free, F. .1. Lemon, and James Quigiey. Th c cierß was instructed to ask the Government electrical cu?iueer r.wl Mr Templiu to .meet the Council »ud the Southbridgo 'town lioard on the 2lst inet. The County Coiuicil protested against the Ellesmerc Council's contractor taKing shingle t t oiu tho .Springs side ol the helwyn river, contrary to a long-standing agreement between the" two bodies. The clerk was directed to explain that it v;a.s intended to v.ik for permission, but that the matter had been overlooked. In response to r. request from Sir Jame© "Wilson, president of tile Council of Agricullur?, ior ;• list of what the Council considered the fix worst noxious weeds in the county, the following list was drawn tip: Californian thistle, wild turnip, wild oats, blackberry, fathen. arid -English twitch. Tho Council, however, expressed a wish that the eradication of the weeds', with tlio exception of Californian thistle and blackberry,sJiould not be made compulsory. Mr B. \V. K. Lawrence made application on behalf of himself and 6everal other Christchurch gentlemen aekinf: permission lo fence their hut *-ite on thc Council's reserve at the, P.akaia mouth. Thc ma.t-r.er «'as left in the hands of Crs. Stony and Free '-o .inspect r.nd report. Thc cl?rk reported that, on receipt of a letter from the Public Health Inspector regarding si. h:-.d r.mel! in Doyleston, he had given 48 hours' notice for tlio nuisance to be abated. An improvement had been effected, but he whs not. yet satisfied. The Council approved the clerk's action, and instructed him to take further steps to have the nuisance effectively dealt with. An application for a water-race extension from Messrs A. A. Greenwood and A. J. Inwood, was referred to tho Southbridge Riding members. Or. Withers interviewed the Council and urged I hat, motor culverts should bo constructed over .-. number oi races on the Southbridge-Dunsandel road. He aleo stated that considerable dissatisfaction existed with regard to the reply given by the Minister of Public Works to the Councils application for the extension of the electrical lino to the KUesraere County, in view of the fact that tho Cbristcburch City Council was asking authority to borrow £00,000 for extending its scheme. The chairman replied that, the Council had already decided to put in culverts on the Dunsandel road, but had been making l enquiries with a view to the most suitable typo of pipes for the purpose. A number of 16-inch concrete pipes cut in tw o had been procured, and a. trial would be made as Boon as noseible. With regard to the electrical scheme, lie understood that, the difficulty at present was that, the Lake- Coleridge plant was working up to its full capacity, and that, the Department could not supply further current until fresh machinery arrived. However, matters would 1-e izlZg discussed when the Government engineer visited the district. In response to a. petition signed by several ratepayers, it was decided to make an extension of channelling on Station street, —eeston. The tender of Mr F. B. Clausen wa© accepted for the snpply of dog collars, and_ it was decided to invite tenders for the sin king of several wells for nre purposes. Cr. J. Cunningham was unanimously reelected chairman.