COUNTY COUNCILS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21323, 16 November 1934, Page 21

COUNTY COUNCILS

KOWAI j i i At the last meeting of the Kowaij County Council there were present: ' Crs. R. Peach (chairman), H. May, J. I B. Bowker, D. McLean, J. H. James, J. Ashworth, and M. B. Forrester. Owing to the death of the previous I chairman, Mr W. A. Kelchcr, Mr 11. Peach was elected chairman and Mr H, May deputy-chairman. The; chairman, on behalf of tho council, welcomed Mr J. B. Bowker to a seat on the council. The council passed a vote of sympathy with Sergeant R. Cassidy, of Rangiora, in' the death cf his daughter, and with Mr May in the death of his sister. | , The registrar of Canterbury Univer- j fity College wrote stating that at a con- j ferencc between representatives of the j Canterbury College Council and local i ibodies of Canterbury, the following! (resolution had been adopted:—That j I this meeting is in favour of authority! (being obtained by the Canterbury Col- j ('lege Council to raise the sum of £2000! fper annum from local bodies in Can- | iterbury. for the upkeep of the Can-1 [terbury Museum, such amount to be i allotted among the Canterbury local ] 'bodies on a valuation basis. It was de-1 ; tided, unanimously, to object to a levy | being imposed on local bodies lor the j Upkeep of the museum. ; The Waimairi County Council wrote Asking the council to oppose any alteration to the existing county voters' franchise. It was decided to support the protest. The Town Clerk, Christchurch, advised that the Duke of Gloucester would attend Divine service in the Cathedral at 11 a.m. on Sunday, January 20, and extended an 'nvitation to a representative of tho council to be present. Cr. Peach was appointed to represent the council. A letter was read from the clerk of jnc Ashley County Council, submitting the cost of preparatory work and of approaches to the Ashley bridge, the Kowai county's snare being £6l 15s. It was decided w approve of the work provided that jne contributing local bodies agrcee to we Proposed work and that the Kowai wi ?' s sharc of the cost does not ox " «ea £6i ig s rp ne sur vcyor's report was read and approved. *ne financial statement showed, "edit balance at bank, £lß4l 6s lid, ™|a on fixed deposit £I6OO. Accounts amounting to £363 13s 3d, were passed pLPayment. The clerk reported that tiow was due to the Highways Board *°r main Highway construction work. EYRE \j The monthly meeting of the Eyre «-ounty Council was attended by n*f r s Parnnam (in the chair), BcnJie «. Dixon, Evans, and Frizzcli. .iroiission was given to the Kaiapoi racl -f ,r C^c]in S Club to hold a road sent e traffic inspector was present 3nd approved of tne arrangethI l . Was decided to make a grant to tin* a ds of thc Young Men's Christ£n Association and to the Society for • Protection of Women and ChildTw lormatiot) was received from thc department of Internal Affairs that "« method of spending the council's ' th» y m bl 'idging the waterway m brL P u Csent strcam of th e old soutn fcan • ° tne Waimakariri, which now an in the Waimairi County, was to 2 an arrangement with that ! \Q F council for an alteration in i *i„. b °undary between the two coun* "os and it was decided to endeavour J" orange a conference with the waimairi County Council with this . tt was decided to support the Marljwough Progress League in an en■wour to get work continued on

tile South Island main trunk railway, and the Waimairi County Council in their protest against the idea that county suffrage should be brought in line with that of boroughs. The opinion was expressed that support should be given to the museum, but only by way of grants from time to time as thought advisable and not by way of a permanent rate. To endeavour to cope with the increasing corrugation on the road resulting from the shortage of shingle, the engineer urged the necessity of increasing the supply, but it was decided, instead of going on with the purchase of a mechanical elevator and screen to get information about the cost of putting on crushed pit shingle to build up the road and to consider the purchase of some appliance with which to remove the corrugation. The clerk reported having banked £2340 during the past month, largely owing to the support given by ratepayers to the 5 per cent, discount scheme and that the percentage <4ncr cent.)'of the total rates received this year was larger than in any year during the last four. It was decided to serve definite notices to all defaulting ratepayers that action would be taken against mortgagees and landlords unless payment was promptly made.