COUNTY COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16208, 10 May 1918, Page 8

COUNTY COUNCILS.

; —•— 4 • j AMUBI. 1| At the monthly meeting of taa AtOtl County Council tlicro were present—lbwt M. Bcthell (chairman), W. H. Atkinedtilß , T, Beavcn, H. R. Davison, G. Fultoniirsfc ( Hampton, J. Leo, jun., and G. 0. Rutberfnsfc Mr Robinson, of the Forestry Departm*#!, stated that his Department had eubeidv of £50 for the construction Creek bridge, Hanmer Springs. ' Mr P. Ccrran pointed out that tfio Wnp; K&ikoura-toad would require attentionthe winter. The chairman reported. had visited the road, and found it. iagjajl condition. A petition from ratepayers asked tT> *irTCT of the Hawkswood road should be nwtflil; in the immediate future. It was dpalft to postpone the work until the suauaUS the carting now would 'be dqjtxmyrrtal t«eW. good portions of the roods. . j{j The Manager of the Union Bonk of JB i tralia forwarded usual form, in connexion «9 I obtaining the Council's overdraft. On 3g I motion of the chairman, seconded by?Q Hampton, it was decided to obtain, byiM of overdraft, the sum of £3000. Mr J. Dodds, chairman of the Cemetery Committee, wrote thankinfc'iitti Council for the grant of £10 tawazda v ng&taj of the Hanmer cemetery.. s'lS Mr W. H. Atkinson asked -pennianat*si erect a telephone wire from Hanmer topi residence, which was granted subject ti'''ffit usual conditions, and a similar cours*"** adopted in the case of Mr G. Fultan» ;%S asked permission to erect telephone »wja from his residence to Waiau BlnS The secretary of the North Canteiburx Bw pital Board wrote, giving the eetimatet-je-ceipts and expenditure of the Boeid's jEneti* tutlonn. The Council, viewed with alarntiß* proposed levies in thi new allocation, year the levy was £1756. »nd this ytar'S'lf j propossd to be £2100. The chairmsß pofitg j ed out that against this £2100, the- Coon® I would rcceivo from the Consolidated Fttlil ' tho sum of £1500, being a subsidy an.r*l« thus leaving a further £600 to he rasi£i It was decided to call Vndszs •fcrgß cleaning cf the main and'tovfijl j an estimate for the fluming. I Tho chairman gave notice that . move, at the nest meeting, that a raisHijf I in the £ be struck on all parties aa now appearing in th» .mntidtridings' of the County of Arrrtrri. resolved to strike a special rate at 'USS the £ on all rateable properties in tS»WtU township river protection district fotifts period from April Ist, 1918, to 1919, and payable in one sum on Juwillflf 1 1018. _ _ The Minister of Internal Affaisa out that a resolution must bo pusecf isd; published fixing the date for comiugX^Bt9- : force of the motor by-laws. The Chstbtan ■proposed and Cr. Rutherford following resolution, which was carried;— 'The Amuri County Council hereby rtsulw that' Part U. of the Motor Begalatiae»rJ££i 1908, shall be brought into operatibzt County of Amuri on June Ist, 191f* The receipts for tho month amountS«*Wf £3G 2s Gd. The balances were:—County fiffli; account (cr.) £IX3 IBs 9d, thinto mooOb (dr.) £85 8s 7d, interest account sd, Waiau Township account (dr.) £2S-?o*' 1 Od, and wajerrace maintenance acconntfaj' £14 16a. -W, MALVERN. — ■ "7& At tho monthly meeting of the JlifclfK: County Council there were present— Knight (chairman), Wright, Emd, CnflW»ij' Warren, McMillan, and Judd. Correspondence was received front thfcCto? terbury Progress League requeeting co tion of the County in connexion Swt&iy}; work it proposed to do. It «m that the time wa» inopportune for ■*«» movements, consequently the Council c#n»i not be represented. _ Tho Glentunnel School Committee ww* complaining of the danger to school cWHt* on account of the excessive speed of mofett, is ts travelling through the township. decided to put up notice boards, "Schom, I* slowly," in proximity to schools where quired. A letter was received from Military $0Br : quarters, Bangiora, requesting obtaining recruits for the 42nd BagfawsflMP* draft for May 20th. Wrnhfrs cotario*®** ' that it was the duty of the area offiwe ; t». look up the registration list to cheek who might be of military age since register wa« compiled. ; - The Hospital and Charitable Aid wrote noticing that the levy for was £1370, as against £1703 toe Isst ICoticc of motion waa ?iven to strike fcggjjf® Ml rate of 5-16 d in the t for th* year, the same u last yser.