COUNTY COUNCILS

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18264, 24 December 1924, Page 16

COUNTY COUNCILS

CHEVIOT. The monthly meeting of the "Cheviot County Council wu held on Saturday, when ijum were-present—Cra. J. H. Hiatt (chairman), T. Stevenson, G. L. Rutherford, A. D. Anderson, D. McLaren, and W. L. •Poster. Plana of the cottage hospital were for-warded-by, tho Hospital Board far the.Co'un.comment .and ' approval.. ' Members agreed that the general - arrangements wijuld so doubt meet the requirements, o£ the district and approved of the plans accordingly. i A letter from the, secretary stated that the -' "Motion for tie doctor's residence could no ' .doubt be,, arranged after the. hospital build,ing. pegs! were -put > in. The Canterbury Progress League forwarded a report on the Lake Coleridge power sup- . ply, together with a;letter containing a copy of ».resolution passed by the Executive Committee, entering an emphatic protest against the system of pooling interest charges «n> the capital cost of hydro-electrical undertakings. After careful deliberation, the Council decided that.practically all, if not all. State enterprises in the Dominion were worked on a flat basis; and they-were'therefore unable to support resolutions 'departing from the Government's general system. An estimated lift of contributions payable by local authorities under the Wairuakariri Harbour District Amendment Act, 1934, was received from. the secretary. Cheviot County's quota amounted to £360, and a demand of one-third of this amount was mode. As the Council had, however, made a payment of £33 in this direction, it was resolved to ascertain if credit had been given accordingly, and deferred the demand until the next meeting. Mr G. Cone applied for permission to ' move his slaughterhouse to a site on section 37, Mackenzie suburbs. It was agreed that a recommendation be made to the Agricultural Department accordingly. The tender of Mr C. Dierck was accepted for the supply of dog collars for the eneuing year. The oleTk was instructed to write to the Railway Department requesting that the ' daily, train be reinstated on the Cheviot branch railway as ebon as. possible, and. also the running ef an early morning train on I Wednesday.