COUNTY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19854, 15 February 1930, Page 3

COUNTY COUNCIL.

_—« MALVERN. At the last monthly meeting of the MalVBin County Council, all members were present. Cr. Wright presided. ... Tho engineer's report _ showed that considerable damage had been done to » roads and river crossings by the rec heavy rains, the South Malvern Hm® r a in . particular being badly gutted. The of repairs to river crossings was being a layed owing to the amount of water ti running, but would be attended to as soo a* possible. A large slip occurred at. wmtecliffs, and the suspension part of the a reka bridge at Greendale was wrecked. The crushing plant had completed wha_ w required at Coalgateand Glentunnel • , now located near Racecourse Hilt While ft toalgate tlie road to the Coalgate Domain was formed and metalled, and substan 1 dumps have been left for maintenance P poses. ~ n The timber in tho plantation neai *' • Anderson's land had just been disposed o > when a gale brought dpwn a considerab number of the remaining trees, some which unfortunately fell into a fine crop o oaifl owned by Mr E. Stewart. _ „ , The approved plans for a bridge at a liday's crossing near Annat were before tn Council, and it was resolved to call f° r derp for its erection. • . . + The Bank of New Zealand advised that interest on overdraft would be_ increaE + to 7 per cent., and as a substantial am °" of rates was still -outstanding, instruct; were given to take immediate steps lor recovery. . . The St. John Ambulance Association in reply, to advice from the Council 1 ® to pay for the ambulance in necesslto cases, aaking the Council to guarantee payment of the cost of service if the p son. carried, or relatives of that person, not pay within three months of the servi • This was not agreed to, as it was co ered- those able to pay should be made do eo. . .. _ The Main Highway! Board wrote stating .that it had been decided that counties appointed .» joint traffic inspect" • the .Board would subsidise the■ expenaea of the inspector, btrt the scheme

was not adopted, a® it was considered thatthe expense would far outweigh »ny benefits received. The Minister for Transport asked for 6U P" port in making provision for the use of three-axle heavy motor vehicles, as when the motor regulations were framed the "rigid six-wlieeler" had not appeared on the New Zealand market. ■ As it was made clear that these vehicles carried a more evenly-dis-tributed load, thus doing less damage to roads than the usual typo of heavy lorry, the idea was supported. The trustees of the late James Butler agreed to assist the Council in the straightening of the Upper Riccarton-Kumara main highway by removing trees from the property occupied by the National Mortgage Company, and Mt" D Gillanders has also given a atrip of land on the opposite side of the road. The only obstruction now remaining is three electric light poles,_ which it was decided to ask the Power Board to mov to a more suitable position. The engineer • reported on the success the willow planting operations at the upper intake, which had been undertaken with a view to preventing the river leaving south Side of its bed. He recommended a continuation, of the planting and ulso the erection of boulder crates on the present A special meeting was held for the purpose of adopting the proposed, bylaws governing water charges, as it was evident tha the present by-laws were inadequate to meat the changing conditions. Hospitals hote , septic tanks, baths, and other additional clauses wer® specially dealt wth..