COUNTY COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17938, 5 December 1923, Page 11

COUNTY COUNCILS.

SELWYN. Tiie monthly meeting of the SclTryn County Council was held on Monday. IVosciit —iloesrs K. J. Andrew (chairman), W. Gilmour, T. E. Peareon, G. Hall, W. Stones B. M. Izard, 0. High*. R. H. Johnston, And 2s. J. Erown.

The folio? fin g tenders were excepted:— Dog collars, M. Skiaark; electrical installation Dunsandel cottage, Pranc-is C.ark; shingling Terrace road, i'\ M. Stevenson. It km decided to call ircsk tenders for Sleeman's road bridge, tenders to be in at the next ordinary meeting, which it was decided to hold on December 20th. Sixteen applications were received fop the position of teamster, and the appointment was left in the hands of the County engineer.

Mr Brown was given permission to put in a septic tank, the work io bo done to the satisruction oi the District Health Officer.

It was decided to take proceeding's in the case of a person using the roads for heavy traffic without being licensed under the heavy trnfnc bv-law.

The Dist lict Engineer wrote stating that the first meeting of the District Highways Council, under the Main Highways Act, will be held in the Provincial Council Chamber, Chriitchurch, on Friday, December 11th at 2 p.m. Tiie Canterbury Progress League wrote asking for practical support for the publicity campaign in connexion with the British Empire Exhibition,

Tiie secretary of the' Now Zealand Society of .Civil Engineers wrote asking that every facility be granted the County engineer to attend the annual conference, to be held in Dunedin on February 13th. The engineer was granted permission to attend. It was deckled to call tenders for the riglxl to cut cocksfoot on the public tenders to be in by the 19th inst. It was agreed that six more water races be covered in. ELLESMERE. The monthly meeting of the Ellesmero County Council was held at on Monday, present: Crs. John Cunningham (chairman), John Heslop, A. Quigley, J. Nixon, J. C. Free. j. P. McEvedy, ana the clerk-engineer, Mr Alex. "Webster. Mr Bruce Coe was- granted the use of the Austin grader to level off the sand deposited on his property during the late flood. The formal levying of a rate of Id in the £ in the Taumutu Drainage Area was agreed upon. The Canterbury Progress League wrote asking for a contribution towards the advertising campaign in connexion with the British Eimpire exhibition, for the province of Canterbury. It was decided to hold the matter ovetr until further information was secured. The clerk presented information in regard to by-laws, which are being prepared to regulate -heavy traffic. Foreman Andrews recommended that the space between the main and small bridges (Ellesmere bridge) be asphalted, also that the surface of the bridge be tarred. Cr. Free was opposed to doing any tarring until after March, when the heavy traffic would be stopped. This view was supported. Mr J. Penny wrote stating that his races had nearly all been cleaned, and compared favourably with others. Caretaker' Glassey said that Mr Penny's raceß needed attention in some places, and it was necessary that they all be cleaned. The caretaker waa instructed to take 6teps to ensure that all races are cleaned.

' Mr B. Howson, of Messrs Howson Biros., Sedgemere, waited on the Couilcil, asking that the cleaning of creeks he attended to without delay in his locality. Since he had token down a guard fence the cattle had knocked the embankment into the drain. The clerk produced copies of lettcirs to landowners requesting • them to clean the .drain from Forsyth's pipes to Taumutu culvert. Sir Howson condemned the method of alleged cleaning of the drains by cutters - attached to a motor-boat. Tho engineer was instructed to make an inspection, and if the conditions were as Mr Howson had stated, that steps be- taken to clear the creeks effectively..