COUNTY COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18194, 3 October 1924, Page 7

COUNTY COUNCILS.

AKAROA. At the monthly- meeting of the Akaro?„ County Council, there were present —Crs. E. Hay (chairman 1 . "W. D. Macphail, and T. Stewart. An apology was received from Cr. J. D. Bruce. The Peninsula Memorial Society ■"Tote asking for the Council ■? annual donation towards the upkeep ot the memorial site. The amount agreed upon, £2O, was passed for payment. The chairman reported in detail >.n® result of the recent to'.n'irence oi local bod.es converMHl by V.'aiwcra County to discuss hospital matters. . . The -Main Highways Board wrote mamating- that £l3O would be ayaiiab.e lor Akaroa. County after the estimates had been passed. Tho South Island ifoior Union wrote in reference to the Motor Vehic'es jE*:ll now before Parliament. It supported the Bill, but advocated that registration fees should be collected by the police and not by the Post and Telegraph Department. After some it was resolved to inform the Minister oi Interna! Affairs that_ the Council supported the L nion's proposals in leference to the Bill. The Taumarunui County Council wroie in reference to timber royalties, suggesting, among other thines, that County Councils should receive half proceeds from tne sale of timber. The Counties' Association wrote m reference to the report oi its executive on the Motor Vehicles Bill, and forwarded a number of remits for consideration at the next conference. The Canterbury Progress League wrote skiing all local bodies in the province to unite in pressing upon the Government tlie urgent need for the duplication and electrification of the Lyttelton railway lino, and the carrying out of the other proposals outlined in Mr Hiley's scheme. The Council decided to give cordial support to the agitation and to write to ths Minister of Railways on the matter. iThe Peninsula Electric Power Board wrote asking for a, list of consumers who had not paid the rates levied for 1923-24. Mr A. King, chairman of the Barry s Bay School Committee, was granted permission to install an electric pump at tne creek to force water up to the school. Mr King then brought before the Council the matter of improving the mail services. He advocated a rural dehverj in place of several of the smaller pos„ offices in the district. The chairman remarked that the Council could take no action other than to convene a public meeting, at which the subject could be discussed. It was decided to to this. The financial report showed Receip £143 7s lid, accounts for payment J" lOd, dr. bajance .after •payment ot accounts x 2354 8s Sd. The foreman attended to bring before the Council the need for immediate repairs to the Main traffic road leading into Akaroa. He detailed his plan 3 and was empowered to carry them out forthwith. The chairman Baid tho Automobile Association had provided two notice boards, one for the top of the old Pigeon Bay road to warn motorists that it was deemed "J 1safe, and the other for the new road. The chairman was authorised to have the boards Cr Bruce wrote, detailing what had been done by Mr Geo. Armstrong, Mayor of Akaroa, and himself in arranging for the laying out of the grounds around the new hospital, the cost of which work would be shared by the Borough and County Councils.