COUNTY COUNCILS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21119, 21 March 1934, Page 6

COUNTY COUNCILS

WAIREWA At the monthly meeting of the Wai- ! rewa County Council there were pres- , cnt--Crs. J. O. Coop (chairman), T. Thompson, T. Feather, W. F. Parkinson, i F. Coop, J. V. Chapman, and W. J. ; Allen. The financial statement showed lia- i bilities £3990 Is Sd and receipts since ! last meeting £100(1 2s lOd. : The Controller and Auditor-General v. rote stating tl-.at the Audit O.Tce mn.hi ; ..,,t object to the amount of' i -i.l received for reserve No. 358G, ■ whim was incorrectly credited to the j Lake Forsyth endowment account, ; bung transferred to the general ac- , count. The Valuation Department reported that the application for the revalua-' tion of the county had been referred to the Valuer-General. It was decided to write to Ihe Valuation Department and ask it to prepare the new valuation before July 31, 1934. Mr S. G. Robertson wrote agreeing '■<> the gate leading to the beach at Pi-raki being left, but was not in favour oi a «.-tilo being put in. nor would he contribute towards the curl. The Commissioner of Crown Lands wrote staling that he understood that there was a proposal to make access to the beach at Peraki along the legal paper road leading thereto bv the provision of gates or stiles through or over fences which had been elected across the paper roads. He asked for mtormation. The clerk reported having written to the commissioner. Mr W. A. Taylor. Christchurch wrote on behalf of the Associated tramping Clubs rind Youths' ]L>m>i Association, saying that he understood from a newspaper report of Lie meeting of the council in January, that the landowner most eonee'n»c : was adopting a "taihoa" policv' 'The liiice. winch was on the west side of the roact. was continuous and unbroken and was. he supposed, the boundary lei-.ce from the properties which kept the west side stock from grazing on the public road. If the obstructions would r rTi| JV f' d - , {he road ln nation would call for less exertion than in he case of that portion of road lvir.g H "°, - nay road 'and KcM-.olds uully road junction, wh-ch w a re n am ) m ° re ? c ? l ™d- Visitors wtae still being informed that the public road was impracticable but tliiswas not the case. He hoped that the burv WoUld bG Set,lcd in CanterThe engineer reported that be had maoe enquiries about the coA of ■ Power grader. I, would cm 2Qs a "^•ifvin U R n a r4n iS " OUld '—defer umil next Sng C ° fapo%VCr «'- d - I'APARL'A -'•lr James Leslie presided at the 'rsf [;*'" llr,;i ° f the Pa P-nia County Coun--,A V ° ;c 0I was pas-od to si-lei m U '° dCath ° f h:^ County Council wrot-Govi-nr r,l roriulul!OI! asking the -- ir i i ° ti,Xt -' a !' bate on rates " '" tn,, ,' e ""t of the petrol tav •o 1 riol '' dpd ,t could .. t support tn- proposal, as such -' v Hhto °f :ld ° nly le?sy " ihe amoum mailable for mam lii-hwavs. li. A. Knight, wrote clrawm- atto the high fence at 0 Ymc'T vV U - B - C / U '- V and Rus,-lcv roads to -u'th,' a f C,d ° d t0 ask the occupier oiu this fence so as to C ,ve a better

] H. Mr.Lson and Co.. Ltd.. wn.'c .-■..;- '; ing that instruction had be..-, mv..n , that r.nr of its auctioneers' licvns.es should bo credited to the comic:]. ! The clerk was instructed to tltsnk j the company for its action. : The secretary of the Canterbury j Saleyards Company wrote thanking : the council for the i;=c of its home i Krader to form the stock road. Tlte work was completed. ; The ; ,av;r;e; of tim Ch:-'--ohurc !i- ---; Akaroa road was d:.-cu.-. <?d. and members cxpro.--od s'vnt disappointment ! that the work wu? not aheaciv in i hand. ! It wa- decided to in/recf some i. ipes ' across thhs road, and if it was considered neec; 'ary to renew them bcfo: e the paving work was bee;u'i. I The clerk was directed to write to . the officer in cha.-.ec of the Public i Works Department askine: when the | work was likely to be started and •' ur'b'.a; early cmriplotm . . No reply hid h..i:, r. ivivcd, from i the Main Kiehw: >•.• lio-rd nb~nt the . subsidy payable on the Upper Riccari ton-Arthurs Pass mam hiehway. I It was reported that the work of ; piping the water race at Burnhcsm h j been completed, as -.veil as the worl: an Sandy Knolls r'\>d, -where a srmdi ; race haii been piped. Part of th" ! Sandy Knolls, revid had b<"-on shingled | and rolled. A few men were still t t. iriaemd in wa'er-raor cienninc:. i was drawn to the la:p.o number of j Crown tenants who had not paid their 1 ra'es and for some of v. horn the Com- ! missioner of Crcwn Lar.ds had part I the water charges. A lone; discussion ! took place on the subject, and it was ! decided to inspect each, property to i see if it was possible to take the water I off the farm. It was stated that file Government .had expre-sed the opinion that it was i not in favour of <k-ra'ii:i>. but yet it proceeded to derate its own proper--Ih:s, thereby mere:--'- 1 ': the burden on ! eviry o;k< r vo'epayor.