OROUA COUNTY COUNCIL.
(By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Feildlng, July 1. The monthly meeting of the Oroua County Council was held to-day.' Present: Councillors. G.C. Wheeler (chairman), Hugh Burrell, TV. Reid,. W...G. Pearce, and T. Rolling. The treasurer made the following report : —Amount of general rates levied for 1909-10, £4788 Is. Id.; outstanding, £87 15s. 2d.; levioa 1910-11, £4891. Bank balances: —Debit: General account, £2812 os. 2d.; Gorge Bridge, £181 6s. lOd.; No. 21 loan, £459 13s. Bd. Credit: Interest account, £121 7s. Id.; No. 2 loan, £7 19s. 6d.
The engineer was instructed to proceed witli the work of grading the hill and lengthening the culvert on tho Siberia lload; also to define" the roadline through Siberia leading to Fitsherbert East.
The Manawatu County Council forwarded a cheque for £40, being .its contribution towards work done by the Oroua Council on the Feilding-Halcombe Road.
The New Zealand State Guaranteed Advances Office wrote stating that a loan of-£545 had been approved by the Minister, •
The council gave its approval to the proposal of tho Bruce County that, in order to facilitate the collection of rates and minimise the loss, inconvenience, and friction caused under existing conditions, - the Government bo requested to amend the Rating Act by making it compulsory upon conveyancers or owners to give written notice to the local authorities of'every change of ownership or occupancy of rateable property within the county.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 858, 2 July 1910, Page 6
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231OROUA COUNTY COUNCIL. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 858, 2 July 1910, Page 6
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