COUNTY COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20862, 23 May 1933, Page 5

COUNTY COUNCILS.

§(s,' CHEVIOT. I meeting of the ouncil there were McLaren, Stevens, and Rutherford. ; (Cheviot) wrote o what he considof metal—the putf gravel for future le considered it sred by travelling te also protested orry being taken while working at le further alleged yee had been sent elief worker. Mr o the up-to-date t workmen in the ed the poor way I affairs were mang the engineer in wncil decided to . that the council I y of placing stockthe roads a good not think much t thereby. As the transport No. 5 ring in the vicinsfietf that the arngthe lorry home The question of ansport of No. 5 csent under conand a more satisi being evolved, advised that a id not been sent Jlief worker, and that the managesusiness was quite »• of Transport :il's opinion on a the Christchurchhrough the county r 40 miles an hour. t the proposal be enquire into the ig sinking funds repay the various ue. ir asked the counremoval of briar lemployed labour, i impracticable to lent might be eslanuKau County formation of rates Jertles mortgaged it was agreed to ion if easily availj arrange a limit >ank of £3500 for 7SF- A grant of eHunketlocfcty, mounting to £529 for payment, apply to the Unfor permission to arson a monthly laths' leave of call on the owner e an obstruction tt drain; to carry on the main highastream; to point mil owners that ap county; and to

to corner easing on the main highway at Parnassus, The engineer reported that at the Lower Coldstream cutting a wood flume carrying discharge from a culvert down the side-filling had been burned in gorse fires. At the toe of the side-filling at this location the Coldstream rivee had caused considerable erosion in two places; at the lower (downstream) point 60 feet of protective work was required and at «ie upper point about 40 feet of protection was wanted. On the LeaderWalau road threatening erosion of the road near Earthquake oluff was dealt with by revetting the Leader river bank with large willow trees laid along the threatened bank and securely anchored to T and angle-iron deadmen in the solid bank. Similar work was being carried but just above the old railway piers. The Sisters' road was rather badly mauled recently by a tractor and threshing milL As Sisters' road was a fourth class road, H would be a fair thing to ask the owner to make good the damage, especially as grips were fitted to tfie tractor wheels. The engineer's report on unemployed labour stated that under the No. 5 Scheme three men had been working on the Leamington gorge road and four men on the Sisters road, Parnassus. Results being obtained under the scheme were disapgointing and, owing to the small numers in each gang and the short time allocated to them each week, it was taking a long time to get work in hand completed. The engineer was of the opinion that it would be to the council's advantage to apply to the Unemployment Board for permission to employ the No. 5 men on a monthly instead of a weekly basis; instead of a man being employed for four days, say, in each of three weeks and standing down for the fourth week, he would be employed for 12 days and would, then stand down for the rest ot the month. If this method of employing the No. 5 men were adopted .work %ould go on continuously for nine to JO days each month, and desirable works could, be put in hand with a reasonable chance of being completed within a short time; more work would be completed for the same expenditure; and during their stand-down period the men would be in a better.position to obtain employment. The council would also save In the cost of transporting workers and there would be less office work in connexion with No. 5 Scheme. Under the present system some No. 5 men received more over a period than others in the same class, if the suggestion were adopted all workers would be on the same footing each month and no advantage could accrue to any worker on account of the in- j cidence of the stand-down week.