H.B. COUNTY COUNCIL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 174, 10 July 1911, Page 5

H.B. COUNTY COUNCIL

i MONTHLY MEETING. ' A meeting of the County Council was held this morning. Present: Messrs. T. Mason Chambers (chair-1 man), T. Shrimpton. 11. I. Simson, S. Bennett, J. J. Rathie, T. E. Crosse. G. P. Donnelly, and W. G. Stead.

Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Clark. The chairman, in his report, stated that the work of widening a bad corner at the foot of the Te Aute ■ hill would be proceeded with. In connection with the Te Mata : drainage scheme, it was stated that the council had no power to . strike a maintenance rate. As this was not a very important matter, the chairman stated that he would go into it thoroughly. The Southland drain was in good < order, and the matter of doing any work on it was held over for next: ' meeting. ; Extra clerical help was authorised , for the collection of rates. i It was decided that some remun- ( eration should be given to a sur- ■ ) faceman at Kuripaponga, who when i repairing a culvert became lost and I i spent a miserable night out on the I hills. ! Various matters that the chair-i man had dealt with since last j meeting were compared. CORRESPONDENCE.

! A telegram was received from Air.; ■Hugh Pollen, under-Secretary for' ; Interna) Affairs, stating that the! Coronation subsidy of £250 for a! public hall at Petane was approved, i Regulations for the prevention or checking of the spread of plague j by the extermination of rats w r ere' received from the Department of; Public Health. The Lands and Survey Depart- ; ment wrote asking the County Council to submit scheme for ex-! penditure of thirds (£5OB/13/3). —

Received. Air. AV. J. Pallott, secretary of the H.B. Rivers Board wrote stating that the council offered to collect the rate of the Rivers Board for one year.—Received. The H.B. Rivers Board wrote regretting that it cannot see its way to undertake the control of the Totara Creek drain.--Instructions to be given to the overseer to hare the matter carried out. The Counties Association forwarded a circular letter on the question of holding a conference some time in August.—The chairman was appointed a delegate to this conference. The first Friday' in August was decided upon as the best date for the Countj’ Council meeting. The Hastings Borough Council wrote saying that it would not recognise any expenditure on new work on the Southland drain unless consulted beforehand.—Received.

THIS YEAR’S RATES. Air. Chambers moved “ That the following general rates be struck in the following ridings : —5,8 in the £. Clive, Havelock, Heretaunga: 3 4, Maraekakaho. Meaner, Okawa ; 7/8, Petane, Puketapu ; l*d, Erewhon ; Ad, Ngararawa Water-race District. Air. Crosse seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. BR IDGE Al A i NTEN ANCE. Mr. Simson moved “That the cost of maintaining all large bridges be paid for out of the general account.’’ Air. Stead seconded the motion. Air. Shrimpton moved as an amendment tliai the Fernhill. Clive ami Fern!)ill bridges be the only bridges maintained out of the gen-

era! account.” Mr. (‘rosse suggested that the matter should be held over to allow the Petutm member to be pre-, .tent. Air. Chambers stated that to main ain the bridges out of the general account was illegal. If the motion were passed, the deliberations of the’ council would be in a state of chaos. In the present state of the maintenance of the [bridges everything was running smoothly. For these reasons he would vote against the motion. Mr. Donnelly agreed with Air. (,'rosse. He would also vote against the* motion as the Petane member was no» present. Mr. Rathie was in favour of the motion. !

Air. Shrimpton would not support, the motion, as the list of bridges would always be increasing. : Air. Simson said that he included in Lis list of bridges all those over 170 feet. Air. Shrimpton’s ainend- . im-nt would suit him, but he; thought other bridges should be! included. The motion was lost on the cast-: ing vote of the chairman. The meeting then adjourned. J Publication of .additional corre-l ; spondence, committees’ and offi- 1 jeers’ reports held over until to-i j morrow’s issue. I