HEATHCOTE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20736, 22 December 1932, Page 9

HEATHCOTE COUNTY COUNCIL.

——♦ A meeting of the Heathcote County Council was held yesterday afternoon. Thera were present; - Messrs C. Ravell (chamnan), W. W. Scarff, F. W. Freeman, W. Kerr, E. Bowse, A. G. Williams, and J. F. Scott. It was decided that the 10 per cent, penalty be added to oil rates unpaid at 4 p.m. on February 16th, 1833. . It was also decided that the fees, for the registration of dogs within the county for the year ending December 81st, 1933, be s * ,* lows: —For each dog kept by any drover, or farmer for the purpose of E sheep or cattle under Paragraph Oof Sec tion 8 of the Dog Act, ISOB, 2s 6d each; dogs kept for any other purpose, 10 ln e \°o h nformity with public notice advertised in The Pbjsss of December , 3rd, 10th, and 17th, the Couneil decided to apply _to the Local Bodies Loans Board for P er ™ B "°s to raise a loan of £2750 for the purposa of sewerage works at Mount Pleasant, such loan to hfcve a term of 30 years with a sinking fund ■ of £1.505 per cent.; and interest not exceeding 51 per cent. xi™ ♦*« n;«. Correspondence was received from the Dis trict Electrical Engineer advising that tha Public Works Department had decided not to sell the reticulation to the Sanatorium, but that the matter of alteration of the rate* to the farm consumers was now under consideration. _ ■ ■ . 7 The Public Works Department wrote advising that the land at the causeway, Mount. Pleasant, will be declared a road as soon as satisfactory arrangements have been made to include the reserve (including the road) in the adjoining local district. The Department of Labour wrote advising that in future relief wqrkers are to be given the opportunity to work up the time lost through wet weather, and where this is not possible the workmen should receive 60 per cent, only of the wages ®ue, provided that the men report on the job and are .dismissed by the foreman in charge. The Christchurcli. P.ublic Utilities Coramitteo wrote applying to the Council to_ bear. their proportion of the cost of erecting • vault for the storage of records. The estimated cost was approximately £ 180, and the space available' would be dependent upon the amount of contributions received from the respective local authorities. It vvus decided to enquire what proportion of the cost the Council would be expected to bear. The Kaiapoi Borough Council wrote asking the Council's support to a resolution as follows: "That the Minister for Finance be communicated, with, requesting that legislation be brought down introducing the compulsory reduction in the rata of bank interest." The letter was received. Grants of £5 5s and £2 2s respectively were made to the St. John Ambulance Association and the Cashmere Fresh Air Com-' mittee, the latter sum being for the purpose of entertaining the children from the Cashmere Fresh Air Home at Christmas. The County Clerk was granted permission, as requested by Mr Charles Ogilvie, Cashmere, to go into the question of taking over the Winter Gardens as a park. The motor inspector's report stated that In the past months there had been a substantial increase in. traffic using thq connty roads, chiefly on Page's and Wainoni roads, and he was giving more attention to this area than the rest of the county. The only place where this extra traffic was dangerous was the Breeze's road intersection, and even on this crossing the majority were careful to sonnd their horns, though some were inclined to drive on after sounding the horn and not slackening their speed sufficiently. Usnally these drivers were strangers to the district, and a warning given on the spot had good effect. At a special meeting offthe Council held before the general meeting the by-laws passed on November 38th wore confirmed.

The opinion that the study of the classics was more important than the study of commercial subjects- was expressed by Archbishop Redwood at the closing ceremony of St. Patrick's College, Silverstream. "Those who want to have a good training of the mind f.hat will last in life cannot have a better foundation than the classics," he said. "In Germany a movement was put on foot to substitute the study of the classics with the study of moro modern subjects, and the results were disastrous. But one thing is more important, and. that is the study of the truth taught by God."