TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL

Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 23

TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL

MONTHLY MEETING Cr Chas. Findlay presided at the monthly meeting of. the Taieri County Council, held yesterday. Crs F. G. Brinsden, IV. K. Kirk, G. Stevenson, R. A. Kempshell, T. Carruthcrs, and \V. Nicbol were also present. Cr Gow was absent on account of a bereavement. , Reference was made to the death of Mrs Jaines Gow (mother of Cr James Gow ap'd wife of Mr Jas. Gow. sen., a former councillor), and .a vote of Sympathy with the relatives was passed. FINANCE. The Finance Committee reported that the expenditure for the month of July totalled £1,752 lOs 3d, the receipts had amounted to £1,134 I9s 7d, and the bank book showed a debtor balance of £394 14s.—The report was adopted. REPORTS OF INSPECTORS. The Inspector of Works reported in detail on the .surfacing work of the month, and recommended that the following works be carried oiiti— Otobia riding: That ‘23yds of Silyerfjtreaw gravel bo run otit on the footpath, Fairfield, on the section from the old Brighton roiid to the Post Office. North Taieri rising} That 23yds of Sih verstream., gravel bo run out op tpe Chhin Hill road. Outrapi riding; That 100yds of maintenance mMaJ pe rup out oh Nickel's road on the soft portion from Young’s to the Outrank Allanton road. Maiingfttua riding: That the 4ft water opening On the Lee Canal road be rcdeckcd., half cost tp.Ke borne by the, Taieri River Trtist. —The recommendations were adopted.; The Traffic Building and Sanitary Inspector's report stated that eightynine drivers 5 licenses and eleven heavy traffic licenses_ had been issued. Two building permits bad been granted.— The report was adopted.

CORRESPONDENCE. The Chairman, No, 17 District Highways Council, wrote re issue of permits to * exceed classification of highways where a vehicle was passing through the territory of more than one local authority,—This letter stated that it was cleaned to prevent the necessity for an owner of a heavy vehicle having to obtain a permit from each local body in order to, carry extra heavy lqads,r-The council supported the letter. i . ’ The Chairman, No. 17 District Ilighr ways Council, wrote re stirvOy work op Green Island to Taieri Mpiith highw and asking for reply .-rOr Cafruthcrg moved that tfie offer for the surges' of fhe Coast road by the Pubjic Works pc accepted, and ihat h price be asked fqr the survey of the MpsgioJ-Oiitram highway were agreed to, ffhe Jledica} Officer of Jleajtli wrote re drainage fjffcen lij!4wd gorougfe. The Chairman reported that he bad accompanied Cr ■ Brinsddp **4 clerk to a mfetjuKbejd in connection with the ma tier-—Received. Tno Ret'fffffing' Officer ftotifted the annual ejection of matohera KISS-.-ward Tecbiljca! College in September chairman was appointed delegate from the council, Mr W. R. Bartle, Brighton, submitted i request for teeflnlksioif to hold daily services on the peach at Brigitoß for a period of three weeks at New Year time.—Permission granted. The town clerk,. Dunedin, ip connection with the D6ep Creek pip? libcasked consent to construct cattle stops on certain roads stated in letter.—Jhe request was granted. The district engineer, N.Z.R., advised that the department would provide a batttr entrance to stock bridge

at Hhulon and bear all cost.—Received a\id the engineer to be thanked for ins action. The Taiei'i River Trust ashed council’s consent to open the road to lower culvert in A drain road at H. W. Wilson's property.—The inspector’s; action id regard to this matter was confirmed. The Farmers’ Union. Allddlernarcb, ordered forty bggs of bird jroison for the coming season.—Accepted. Mr 'Janies A. Rankin. Saddle Hill, wrote objecting to the reduction of the valuation of his property. . He would prefer to nave the roads maintained in a better coniitioii and maintain the higher valuation,, which would allow the uatura|- resources of the country to be realised.—.Left to the member of the riding and inspector to go into the matter. Mr A. Baxter, chairman of -the Ocean View improvement Society, requested that a few of the relief workers under the county’s _ jurisdiction be transferred to help in the work of clearing the streets leading to the beach in Ocean view. Gorse was overgrowing the streets.—The matter was to be attended to. The Cify Engineer, Dunedin, wrote hi connection with the erection of a pipe crossing at Deep Stream on the Old punstan road, He suggested that a larger structure might be necessary. The City Council wished to knOw if the necessary structure could be erected jointly.—The inspector and the member for the riding were appointed to see to the matter, the council being favourable to the proposal.. 'Mr F, Williams forwarded a plan of an allotment of land which it was proposed to cut from section 60. block VII.. Dunedin and East Taieri district. The council’s approval was required.—The approval of the alteration was given.

MIDDLE-MARCH WATER SUPPLY. The Middlemarch 'voter supply scheme was discussed. The clerk reported on the progress made in connection with it. Further information, was being obtained as to cost, ol supply, and it was decided to meet the local committee and submit particulars nJnd outline suitable * boundaries for th®! rating area to finance the scheme, GENERAL. A deputation waited on, the council in support of a petition signed by interested persons to hipce the road through Timhliek’p property, Otokia. kept open. At ’present the gate bn the read’was locked, which prevented fraific from getting through.' Messrs MpOfe, Dawson, and Aitkeif. (gpliojtorjs) had communicated with the council on the matter! One Of the deputation (ilifr fVLehry) Gxnhiined that the road was the oulv outlet for several settlers in that area- -It had been uped Tor many year*.’ 3Vfr Kiplp.ch stated that much thrpugh' traffic also used this was decided that the sol|citor? 'hf interviewed in the matter with a view to reaching finality. The member' for the riding and the inspector were appointed to attend to a ’reoneit for repairs, to the road at Jfr Ffehderjjon’s property. Wingatui, ard th« cjcarance of a rubbish damn. Cr Kirk was appointed to fill the •vacancr in the' Finance Committee.,