COUNTY COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20214, 17 April 1931, Page 8

COUNTY COUNCILS.

EYRE. ' The monthly meeting of the. Eyre -County. , 'Council wan * attended -by M.essrs Evans (In l"the 1 , chair), Bennett," Cowens, '.Dixon, i sell, and Parnham.- : ,■ _ It was decided to make the Kaiapoi "Tecft" nlcal School a grant of £1 la. - • Flooding having occurred on Boyd a mo, supposedly through the WaimalMrlri -Ashley "Water Supply Board haying built an in verted aiphon in" m water-race at too nlgn a lare-Ito take off the whole ot the flow from low-lying land, it was decided to mk the Board to do the work of putting is a culvert if the pipes.were suppUed. On the application of the local Oddfellows Lodge, it was decided to - recommend ** Robert Thomas. Downs to the Minister for Internal Affairs for appointment as a Justice of the Peace. . . . . - „ Several Fruitgrowers Assotiations having, the' Council to make - a by-law compelling property owners to cut hawthorn fences down to within four or six feet ot the ground, they were Informed.' that tae matter would be brought before,a conference ■of local counties' sbortiy/tomeet in Bangl<ora," ' k'j * It wsa decided to appointMr O. M. Daniel, at.present acting:asjaotn.r. inspector for .-the Kaiapoi borough,- as motor,-inspector- on rthe county roads,' full", power •'to'.ifroi .aecute -for offences against the motor regulations. • ~*. • * Bates amounting to MOO being ontatswling, the clerk was instructed- to ssinhwv*jnottcea deiaacding payment,and, the JO jpef, 'mttaft.'penalty, bafore 4he<>ettd of the month, fc&dtto/MWS loxVpajMirit jrt soma £960 of ' reitta 'ipDatlwi'' outstanding and' in do* J fault to.tako action througii the magistrate's Court. - * . ; . V The tender of Messrs Price, Cltat, Cramp--toit, Cross, and McAieer. for the clearing of the Ohoka creek .was accepted. Wages Seduction. . .- Iu the matter of wages reductions, the offer of the clerk and engineer ot a reduction of 10 per cent, from Ms salary and, travelling, allowance was accepted, and' it was decided to reduce - the wages of all hands by la per day. The clerk reported having banked during the month £8678 4s 4d, that the total receipts for tho year wero £10,170 3.9s 04 (including £597 19s 8d in hand on April Ist, 1880), tho outgoings'£oß93 8s Id, and that the credit balancS 'for the. year's working, if all, outstanding rates, rents, etc.; : '.were collected, and all commitments wen ' paid, would amount to some £B4. ' r The engineer reported' that - tke roads'in', the county had gone somewhat .back In cpn« dition owing to, th« occasional wet days,- wliile the grader was in use at the new formation ,at Clarkvllle;, that tho shingling-work' there was being 'satisfactorily done; and 'the soil - binding sehemo seemed likely to be successful Ho reported that tbs Contts. Island bndgo could be made safe for -traction engine trafflo if new .braces were put to tho' pil,es and some decking planks wero newed. It was agreed to " pay " the Inglewood Borough - Council £3' 9s towards of: the, action that had befen"taken* to ■ the' Appeal Court to gain a decision. that .the Government as mortgages >as responsible tot unpaid rates when tbe mortgagor -left tho property; but the Council refused to ' pay tho New Zealand Association, towards the cost ,of preparing a. set of comprehenslve by-laws which the Council .had previ.ously .refused to, contribnto ' t \\* ')* u < A ' *

/ PAPARUA. , ' : Titer* w*» a full attendance at the ilgct meeting ,o$ the Paparua County Cornell, Mr. Jamea Leslie presiding. ' ~ . Setter* vera received from- the Wajmairi County Council and the Main Highway#. Board with reference to the appointment of a joint traffic inspector.' > The WaitnaJrij CountyTJounoil "suggested that an inspector-should be > engaged by the Waimairi, Papaya, .and Eyre Counties and the borough ot. Kaiappi, - The Counoil did not" approve of the suggestion and decided to reply to ..approaching the Halswell County Oonncil with the idea.of having aninapectcr to.patrol the ro«ds of Halswell,, Paparua, „ and Waimairi Counties. . . " • ~ " . * ' The clerk*a monthly report'stated that'during the month lie had had 184 unemployed men at work in various parts ©<* the -county.v •Th* work at r the river—the faking' of the settling pond-— Was almost complete.. The .Council to date had paid 'oat 41497 "'X9* id' to the unemployed. ' All; the" men had bMn* paid on completion of their workt </thu« obvir ,&ting coming back,the following day for their' money. This had been appreciated* by - the men. > " 1 « ' Mr Morgan brought up-the question-of the' upkeep of Drain*road, and it was'explai&ed that the grader'-had been laid> up foijiOvoiv haul,, but would be, back on.the Drainer owl' shortly after the meeting. The clerk'• reported, that the,- Government; audit inspectors • were then 1 engaged> >'on the annual inspection of accounts' for 'the year' .just ended, and that the, balance-sheet, as presented for a<udlt, was on the stable for; perjusal by member^. ' Mr Langdale-Huat reported that -the' Finance Comniittee had met the previous even—ing, had gone through the estimates,'and;had-' spent '.a considerilble' amount of r .tlme in, analysing the previous year's »ccount< ,wlth a view to finding openings for economy.' All' the . various accounts > had vbeon exaniined In detail and items-cut down .to the,'limit.. 'ln, view of the committee's "investigations, it was decided to. recommetid. that. the ; rate for the "current year.be |d in the.pound over--the whole county,, including - hospital' contribution; Mr. li&ngdale-Hunt.Vgave J iiotjce to . move at the next meeting that such rate be struck. ,