COUNTY COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18149, 12 August 1924, Page 5

COUNTY COUNCILS.

ASHLEY. The Ashley Croat? Counoil, met at Lobuin. "Present—Cre. A. M. Miller (chairman), Barwell, Fitzgibbon, CTtTftUoran, arid Pbilpott. , « -n The chairman retailed that he, Cr. Eneor, and tho clerk had interviewed the Minister of Puhlio Works at Wellington, and after considering the case for the Council, the jilimitoi had granted £2OO ior rchef of the flood damage ot W, 1023. The detegat,* were congratulated tod accorded * vote ot. BU The ß mfctter tras left m; the hands of the I Ch l" J rwponse to the invitation of the Borough Council members aigriilied their Hon to bo present at the unvwlmg, <* decided to approve of a lioapital cocierenc©, to l£ve th 6 date to that Council. Members suggested that the WaireWa. ehould ascertain to , lesultfl J lr I by the W&ipara, Ashley, and taelwyn Caun cils With respect to hospital , p . The usual donation was accorded tho Progress League, it® activities being comreported on the need of fmtW attention to the Ashley protective Willow-planting was authorised, * n d ™ to inspect tlto locality at an ea work on the highw&y waa considered satisfactory, and the chairman s action was approved in, with the District Council with regard to the 3tpply of plant required for the phe 3 hii not yet been" received. Defied proposals for construction wow a- tho Harry wore authorised to be forwarded. Mr Jamee Hfcnry, of Lobura, made application for permission to erect a a °. oe ,' s forge on the Council's land at tho 0*"?The application was favouraHy received and granted, a committee being- appointed to chooso a sito and fiz ft nominal rentalTho clerk reported that certain properties, for some time unoccupied, Md now been purchased. Tho Council made arrangements with respect to the cie&iaaco of tho gcrsed frontages. Mr Hubert JtVancis .wrote expwasmg appro; ciation of the Council's aympatnetio towards the Lees Valley telephone. The Una waa now constructed, and its great usefulness was already felt. The Council waa glad to receive the totter, and considered that, the iJepartment's present method of construction without Sis intervention ot the Council wss very suitable. Permits weregivera for wires crossing Fnglis ro»d and Bifcird s road, provided n height of eighteen feet were secured. . The clerk w»:s instructed to «uo for ttua unprovided for, and outstanding due® the financial year 1!}23-i. Some work da Taafe's Gien load was authorised, the feuirey of the Makuikiri and Karetu bridge eiiea. The proposal for new Council Chambers wis further diastrseed and approved,. and it nt decided to go to the rsiepsyaro tor a loan. , A local rrfenttace to tie qruestxaa of the agferegiftoo «J oaeusijts *H dsßCJtfWd. rod WaettfcTninaHon .oj' th» atfcfagtjoa shewed thst the j htqd the neifhbi soring csrentiaa ia economy of [ a&niniftraijMt. The chairman pointed oaf thai the chief ;preib3ein for Bmall coaatjea—.the jrarciiM of modern, roatiing pl^ht—wonjld he met by the txuaa at the Highway Bond, land it •sras iKsf ajpaaetrt thai thiw* weqld he asjr mix; to in'otEer Buw