COUNTY COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20274, 27 June 1931, Page 21

COUNTY COUNCILS.

HEATHCOTE. ■ A meeting of the Heathcote County Oouncil was held lest night. Mr J. h. Danks presided, and also present were Or#. 0. Flavtll, J. P. Scott, W. Kerr, J. H. Moore, and W. W. Scarff. The rates to'be levied for the period April Ist, 1931, to March 31st, 1932, were approved. The only alteration on last year's Saures was a reduction in the Avon riding, where the general rate will now bo id in the £. Belief Wages. The Department of Labour advised that the Council's allocation for relief wages for the current week hod been reduced to £893. That would allow for three and four-day jnen being employed this week. The letter was i received. Domain at Mt. Pleasant, The Department of Lands and Survey forwarded a transfer from the Council to the Crown of an area of 3 roods 37 perches at Mt. Pleasant for the purpose of a domain. The Council's consent was sought. ( The accompanying letter stated: "The Department has been in communication with the Commissioner, and suggested that a Domains Board comprising of five residents of Mt. Pleasant and the representative of that riding _ ex-offleio, be appointed. This will give the residents an interest in the Domain,_ and the Department has approved of this suggestion and asks the Council to call a public meeting of the local residents to elect the five , representatives, and also fixing a date,' time, and place for.the'first meeting of the Board. Consent to the transfer was given, and it was signed and sealed. The calling of the meeting of residents was left' to Cr. 'Williams. Cashmere Sewerage. In regard to the Cashmere sewerage, the Department of Health wrote > advising that the Director-General for Health hadt asked that the Council be advised that the application to the Board of, Health- for the requisition regarding drainage wjprk at Cashmere i had ©been granted. . . ! Councillors expressed their satisfaction, |,and the letter | was 'reM-red. • - Miscellaneous. The Christchurch fcramway Board advised that it could not consider the''question ,of the tram-line on the east side of Heathcote bridge being moved over at the present time, I but that should the line require lifting and packing at any future date_, _ the mattef would then receive further consideration.! * The letter was .rteeived. . A number of requests. from the Awnui Burgesses 1 ' Association cohcernlnff ® w I'provements necessary 1° to® i? it [ referred to the members Of the Council Concerned for attention. , A plan of the subdivision of S TorUou of Mr G. Bowron's property ,in Hackthorne road, to give access to HaWthorne avenue, i was signed and sealed. SPRINGS. The monthly meeting of the Springs County Council was held at Sprlngston on Thursday, when there were present Crs. J. S. Simpson lchairman), J. W.Kime, O. H. P. V. Bailey, J. H. Williams, and H A Klmber. The health inspector i repott ■t*ted that only one case of notifiable infeetious disease had occurred in thp county for the last m °Tha City Treasurer, Christchurch, forwarded a sum of £56 0s 6d, being the Springs yhare of the No. 19 heavy traffle district license fees for the quarter ended May 31at. Correspondence was " celv ®* Cineer-secretary to the Bpringa-Ellesmera Power Board in reference to repreßentation of the enlarged district when the Board took over the Tai Tapu reticulation. Mr B. H. Rowell would vacate his seat aa Springs representative at the end of June, the Tai Tapu area was taken over, but he could then be appointed the representative of the combined district of and Halßwell counties for the remainder of the ternThe Council decided to hold* i'ne on July 2nd to deal with the matter. > In giving formal notice that ins company s electrical reticulation would be taken ov« by the Springs-Ellesmere Power Board aa fjom the end of this month,,_Mr 0. P. Agar, gen eral manager of the Tai Tapu Dairy Company, stated that the company belifeved the nana ing over of the scheme would m the long run' be better for the consumers interests, «md thanked the Oounoil for the part it had taken: in assisting it to make the scheme a -""The" Commissioner of Transport forwarded a copy of an extract from the New Zealand I Gazette, relative to the Minister s declaration |to the classification of certain roads in Springs county. ' I Mr J. D. Edmiston, of Ellesmere, asked tne Council to ajssist in preventing water -from ! baoking upon his property on Marshall ,« road. After hearing a statement' of the position from Or. Williams, the Council decided to 1 hare a hew line of pipes laid to carry, flood vfttorii * away. A copy of the North Canterbury Hospital Board's .estimates was received. The levy > re* auired from Springs for the current year was-£1064 14s 2d, as agdinst £1272. 8»' 2d last year. . > ' Five applications were received for the position of cattle ranger, and Mr E. W. Bennett, of Springston, was appointed. In accordance with' notice given at tn» previous' meeting, Cr. WiHipms moved that a general rate of |d in the £ be struck over the whole of the county for the current year. The motion was carried, it being understood that thi hospital levy , (should be paid from the general rate. A special rate> of 1 lid is to be collected in Greenpark riding for the Waimakariri River Board. The Council supported, a request made by the Ellesmere Agricultural and Pastoral Association that, should be made for delivery of newspapers on holidays when there were no mail deliveries by rural contractors. . ' _ • Cr. Bailey asked whether the: Council had any liability with regard to the steel electric light, poles In the bounty, stating that in some cases the lattice worlc was so constructed that children could climb the poles easily Many of the. poled bad no danger notices upon them. The chairman said he did not think the Council had any liability. It was decided to communicate with the fjprings-Ellesmere Power Board conveying a suggestion that the poles should be made •more difficult to climb,The financial statement gave the receipts for the month as £B2B 10s 3d, and the credit bnlanoe £771 14s (Springs riding £728 Is Bd, Greenpark rldiqg £42 IBs'sd). > The chairman of the' Main Highways Board wrote stating that complaint had been made to the' Board of the danger occasioned by straying stock on main highways, and that it had been suggested that traffic inspectors should be given power to impound such stock. The Council decided to leave the .duties entirely in the hands of its ranger and pcundkeeper.