WAIPUKURAU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 432, 11 August 1915, Page 2

WAIPUKURAU COUNTY COUNCIL.

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The usual monthly meeting' of the 'Waipukurau County Council was hel<i iii the county offices on Saturday morning. Present : Messrs. J. Domrid (chairman). W. Grooseman. A. F. Cook, A. C. Bimscll. I’. D. Luckie. A. Lavery, clerk and oyerseer. The minutes of the previous meeting and also of a special meelimr were read ami confirmed. CCR RES PG N PENCE.

From the M.ajtawiriu ('minty Conn-' cil intimating (he passing of tae following resolution ’That this council approaches all the other councils in New Zeaand with a view of making a combined effort to get the Telegraph Department telephone regulations amended so as to allow telephmio exchange;-, where there are aver 30 subscribers to be opened In-tween the hours of 8 a.m. and S p.m. In small townships, where the majority of subscribers aye farmers, it is very often impossible to obtain *>() subscribers and farmers are thereby penalised, as t.ie department’s regulations do not protide for an exchange to he open other than between the hours .of i) a.m. and 5 p.m. where subscribers numhi-T 5” or undei:.” —The conned was in svmpathy with the resolution ami deciiletl ’<> forward a copy of the resolution to the M.P. for t’.ie district (Mr. Geo. Hnnler). From a number of settlers at Marakeke nilh a petition praying that, the overhead bridge, over the. railway, near the Marakeke station eiiaer lie strengthened m- else the notice prohibition' heavy i raffi<- over .same he removexl so as to enable a traction engine to get to other jdaces. The petition stated that ihe onlv way to get a traction engine to other places' was by means of this liriflge as Takapau was the only place “they eou’d get a traction engine through from. —To lie attended io. , . From J. D. Todd, giving council i pel mission to take metal at usual • price. —To he thanked. . . _ . A b-ttcr from the ccmicil's soheif, r advising- re the Purimi Road l’< ard petition vx <>.s received. i From T. E. M’lijitcn re conserving jour forests.—Decided that council j in sympathy and steps h’ taken. ■ The overseer’s repori vxas reatt : ami adopted. . The pav sheet, amounting to Xl(w . is s. was' passed for payment. The i-lei k was instructed to supply tile necessary information required , l:-\ the Poirn'arca Railway League.