COUNTY COUNCILS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21631, 15 November 1935, Page 11

COUNTY COUNCILS

I CHEVIOT ! The November meeting of the i Cheviot County Council was attended j by Crs. G. L. Rutherford (chairman), : J. K. Douglas, W. L. Foster, J. Paten, ; K. R. Wilkinson, and J. D. E. Winskill. . 1 An apology for absence was re- , ceived from Cr. A. MeGiffert. A reso- '. ' lution of sympathy with him in his ) I illness was carried, j The Mackenzie Domain Board, i, i Cheviot, applied for permission to i erect wing fences at the Woolshed : bridge approaches, Seddon street, ! Cheviot, and also to swing a flood- ! sate below the bridge instead of fencing along the road boundary. Aftei j viewing the site with Domain Boarc j members, the council granted permis-

i sion for this work to be done. i The St. John Ambulance Association advised the word "free" had beer , deleted from the ambulance's name x j and the word "transport" substituted, !It had been suggested that county ' j council's pay haif the cost of trans- ; porting patients who were unable to ; ! r.oy their own expenses. As the ccun- . I cil was not in favour of this sug!'j gestion, the letter was received. ] j The Health Department forwarded [ posters and leaflets about hydatid disease, and it was agreed to distribute these among the schools. The Valuation Department advised that a 12i per cent, rebate or refund on rates for the current year would be made to county ratepayers. The council decided to apply for the rebate, so that it may be made available to ratepayers at an early date. The council's consent was endorsed on the survey plan of road deviation in the Leamington gorge. It was also

decided to consider the possibility of closing part of the old Eggleston road. Accounts amounting to £BBB 13s 2d ) were approved for payment. A deputation of residents from Gore , Bay waited en the council and reJ ported on a public meeting which • had been held to discuss the proposals '• to construct shore-protection groynes | and deviate the highway at Gore Bay, j The public meeting had resolved thai | the council be asked to raise a loan i for a breastwork at Gore Bay, and i the Main Highways Board be asked j to build protective groynes; also that j the proposal to deviate the highway at Gore Bay be abandoned. The depuj tation. which was led by Mr C. F. Holton. submitted a scheme to builc a breastwork along the foreshore a 1 Gore Bay and restore the road thert for £IOOO. The deputation urged that the council adopt this scheme instead of the engineer's proposal to deviate the road away from the danger zone s and build protective groynes.

! The council decided that the engineer confer with the Gore Bay residents and prepare plans for their proposal for submission to next c&un- , cil meeting and the Loans Board. i The motion to revoke the resolution . ordering the removal of all cattlestops on county roads was not pro- = ceeded with; but a further notice ol - motion '.vas given that the resolution ; be simply revoked without also grantt ing the right to build cattle-stops if ■, an indemnifying insurance policy is 1 tnken out. , There was a dicussion on the pro- - posal to construct the Hurunui-Blythe road, and it was decided to endeavour 3 to obtain particulars from the Un--2 employment Board as to the conditions under which relief labour would 1 be made available for the work. j It was decided to hand over to the county solicitors for collection all , 19'u-l-uo rates not yet paid. I It was resolved to ascertain from j the Health Department if a part of j the paper road leading north from j McQueen's branch road could be i closed and used as a disposal area for I the proposed Cheviot township sani- | tation service. I At a. special meeting held subscj quently, the council resolved tc . j amend the by-laws to restrict the = speed of motor vehicles at Domett tc " a maximum of 30 miles an hour. r ! '"--' -""".." -" , j A striking illustration of the value j | of European air transport to business ! men was provided by a recent cor.' : ; ference at The Hague of the air-mai : I section of the International Air Traffic b | Association. Representatives of Euroj ! pean air transport companies frorr | London, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, War- ! saw, and Stockholm left their respec 3 tive cities on the morning of the meet' i ing and flew to Rotterdam.- for tht meeting at The Hague. After thi meeting, which was held in the after noon, all except one of these dele r gates returned by air to their citie a the same evening. The exception wa e the delegate from Warsaw, who, hav 2 ing business in Paris, flew on tha e same evening from Rotterdam t 6 I Paris before returning to Warsaw.