PAPARUA COUNTY

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21400, 16 February 1935, Page 23

PAPARUA COUNTY

! MEETING OF COUNCIL Mr James' Leslie presided at the ! last meeting of the Paparua County ! Council, when there was a full atj tendance of members. ! An application for a supply of water ! t'rem the Sandy Knolls water race was received from a resident in the Malvern County. This letter opened up the whole question of those land owners whose properties about on the Sandy Knolls race. It was stated that the tail ends of the Mal- : vcrn system were supposed to deliver some water into the Sandy Knolls race, but during the very dry summer no water had been delivered, and the land owners had, in numerous places, tapped this council's system. It was decided to give the applicant a temporary supply and to approach : the Malvern County Council with the ; idea of arriving at some arrangement; ; whereby the Sandy Knolls system ; should be recouped for the --upply ■ given. i Mr K McCarthy, of l-'rohblelon, '■ wrote about the course taken l\V storm i water through his properly and sugigesfed an alteration so that his land < should not. be. required 'o take the ' whole volume. j The mailer was referred lo Mr LesHie. Mr HartnelJ, and the cbv/k for a ! report. i The yenoral manager, of the Christ- ; church "Tramways Board wrote about • the moving of a light at Sockburn to I illuminate more eiiiciently the disem- ! barking stop on the centre of the road, ! and also with regard to the stopping i places on the Yaldhurst road. ! The council agreed that the light ■ should be moved, provided the Tram- ■ way Board paid the cost. It was said ■ that the present position of the light \ was quite satisfactory until the board i developed the one-man trams, which ; necessitated Ihe pulling down of passengers on the centre of the road, \ where Ihev were a clanger !<• Ihom- ; selves and Hie travelling public. MemI bers expressed strong disapproval of •; this latest, development in the tram ; service and the monopoly by Ihe board '. of the wholo of the roadway while : passengers were deposited or taken '. i.ii». On a list of slopping places or: . the Yaldhurst. road being supplied by ' the board, such places would bo in ; specie,'. 1 The Piibin: Works .Department wrote staling lhal. it. did not consider that a ■ pipe across I he Drain road aI. Tai Tapu ■ was any concern of the deparimenl, ; and that if such pipe required lowering, that duty would naturally fall on j the Ellcsmere Lands Drainage Beard, i L was decided to send a copy of i this reply to the drainage board. j In conformity with the wisiies of the j residents as expressed by a deputation, j it was decided to recommend the api pointment of a local Board of Trustees j for the Wcedons Public Cemetery, consisting'' of Messrs IT. Curragh, L. B. I Manion, D. Wilson. D. Gilmour. and A. j Phillips. i The scale of dog registration fees was fixed at 2s Cd for dogs used solely i for herding or driving sheep or cattle, i and 10s for all other dogs. ; The clerk reported that he had, according fo instructions, sued certain dog owners for failing to register their dogs. All were fined, but so far none i of them had registered. i It was decided to write these people ; telling them that they must register j all their animals, failing which nni other summons would be issued in re- , spect of a second of their dogs. Prosecutions of cattle-owners who had al- : lowed their cattle to wander had also I been taken and in each case the owners ' were dealt with by the court. Other ! cases of owners whose names were I submitted were discussed and the clerk i was directed to prosecute. ! The monthly report stated that the ; water supply had been very good until a week ago. when there was a heavy Hood in the river which, when the waters subsided, left the intake high and dry. All teams were then sen! into the river and had succeeded in netting a good supply into the main race.