COUNTY COUNCILS

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19462, 8 November 1928, Page 8

COUNTY COUNCILS

ELLESMERE.

The monthly meeting of the Ellesmere County Council was held at Leeston on Monday, when there wore present: Crs. John Heslop' (acting-chairman), R. T. McMillan, A. Quigley, A. Anderson, and J. P. McEvedy. The acting-chairman referred to the death on the morning following the last meeting of Or. J. Cunningham, chairman of the Council, and on his motion a resolution of sympathy was carried with Mrs Cunningham and family., A welcome was extended to the new member, Cr. McMillan. Or. Heslop was elected chairman in Cr. Cunningham's place, and Or. McMillan was added <0 the Works Committee!' The secretary of the County Memorial Committee wiote that there was a credit balance of £143 Os 8d in the memorial fund, and sug- . gested that the money should be vested in 'the Council. It was decided that the Council should accede to the suggestion if it was the wish of the Memorial. Committee that it should take over, the money. Dr. T. Fletcher Telford, Medical Officer of Health, and Chief-Inspector Kerßha'w waited upon the Council to discuss objections raised to the proposed joint health by-laws sent out by the Department for. adoption. Dr. Telford said there was no intention ,on the part of the Department to administer the by-laws in a harsh manner. The inspectors would, nse discretion in carrying out their duties under the by-laws. . Upon the motion of Crs. Quigley and MpEvedy the Council decided to adopt the joint of the Southbridge Firebreak Committee drew, attention to the overgrown state of Welshman's road. The Council decided to request the landowners to ie-. move the gorse. ... .. . 3 The chairman reported- having attended a conference called by the Canterbury Proeress League, to discuss highway matters. A resolution had been passed urging that the Hiehways Board subsidy for main highways should be paid at the rate of 50s for every 20s paid by looal bodies. It was his opinion that different roads should be dealt with on their merits, a larger subsidy being paid with vannect to some roads than with others. In the case of the Dunsandel-Stakaia road, the neater part, if not the whole, of the cost S maintenance should be borne by the Highlit? was'agreed to comply with a request frnm the Prime Minister that residents of the county should be asked to observe _ two minutes' silence at 11 a.m. on Armistice Da The Highways Board wrote approving apSdlorSouthbridge^akaia" Hui highway, and £lOl 8s 5d for the LeestoCo«espMdeM7was received from the *«kWton County Council in reference to hospitel levies. It was suggested that a conference of local body representatives should be held at Ashburton in March nest Tho Council agreed to be represented at tho conf<! The e 'enginecr reported that an agreement had been signed by six landholders with recnprt to the construction of a new watcr?ace along Jollie's road. Tho agreement was BP ir V co d nnexiOT e w ( ith n the poll, taken in the TDmisandel special rating area on proposals a loan for the building of a new hall the engineer reported that all the TcnmenU had beln sent tothe Loans Board Wellington. Nothing further could be done Mtil the Gazette notice appeared. The financial statement gave the bank 8 Tho"wateworks s caretaker that thfltakafa rivTr fcsTmonthf but kittle alterathe Kaka d t0 gup piy t o the t,o L™ce »jst«. The contractors were Stktofgoo' l headway with, the cleaning of A little grading had been done Tfhe headworks, several road crossings had been improved, and battens had been obtained to lns"^tlonß a w> M riven (o (he caretaker »hsss rssntzs x's'S clean so that the Council could engage labour to do the work.

An unusual incident in a Minor Counties cricket match occurred at Skegness, when Matthews, playing for the Notts second team against Lincolnshire, was bowled by the tenth ball of an over. In vlaring * ne fif th ball of the series Matt " hews nearly fell on his wicket, and this incident evidently caused tbe umpire to drop the pebbles he used for counting the ball? i* the over.