Horowhenua County Council

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 November 1915, Page 2

Horowhenua County Council

~iij jiicetiiig ol the iiOj j- ., eA.tut voUiiLy Council is Held ... u?; x>oiimgu w-uauiijciu to-Uay, tUO oi tiie euiinen (Councillor U. •, .iiouii; [nesiuiiig. r willow ing la a ,'i.v.wio ut Ltie coiiesponuence tnat nas .ecu i'CCeu eu ;—- .i petition was received from Mes>jL »*. o. xia <.cnelar ; \\. uTiciirlSt,, jJiuijioa., u. \\. .Uaniiold and ib. u liie .u-iang Ur an alteration iu tne ■j^tuiwiaiy .yoLween tne ivairanga ami uoruWiiciiUa counties, so as to include .;ei tain .ipecilie'it kllldlj. .i. iiLtei' covering several copios ol tin new iiorowneiiua JLaiie Bill wafl iwceivea fiom Mr \V. li. 1 ield, M.f. :n. a sited that tne council refer it to 11,1 eciiiiiiittee, and -it necessary, cou..iut Willi oilier parties interested with a iieu to having the bill paa»ed wit!) ..uy necessary aniendineiiLs at tho beginning oi next season. Miosis It. ticuoles and G. Johnson, > i Mauatvaii, wrote oifenng to lease i'oc .■. veil years Section 31, iilock VII., ' J t ,>aiL»iiii, eoiitaiiung uire-e acres, at ,-er \ear, itoin tiie council. Providing ...e Loiiiieil iinu tne necessary material .icy woiint d.o tne lencing. Jir 11. K. Smith, Town Cferji, oi w-uristciiiuvii, loi warded particulars ei . I-, council's regulation requiring mo.ji cars and motor bicycles to carry easily uisLiiiguisiiable identification mains. Juey require motor cycles to ..ave m-eiuiileaiion niariis allixed . I tne iroiit and in the rear. The power wins conferre-tl uy amending . egulations gazetted on the 2nd inst., no, it was, considered advisable to give Jt . aeei to ii at once, iis so many mo'i jr ycles navel at excessive speed. llie hi lsieiiiirch council sent tne inforina.loo in llie hope that uniformity of ac.loii uy tne councils be secured iu tuo .ue matter. in.- day alter the Utaki racers .Mr .J. iin.iuii, ui Wellington, while motoring -o \\eiiiiigtuii, ran into some loose . .iiwiaJ on iue road this side of AVa-ika.-~ae. lie said that his escape was ~uiacinous, and that the council was :cky that his wife was not suing tae i. much ior uhat he might bo worth to , er if hv \wis dead. it wats a aanO ..roiiis part of tiie road, and there was .uiiiing lo warn motorists of the dau- , er. tie enclosed, a claim of X'J Is 3d >— ior tne repairs that had to bo ellitud to his motor car, audi which lie cousidc.'ed tiie eouncif should pay. I a coiinecfioii with the same niattdi" -,n- IC liagan wrote that all possible eaie uad becu taken to prevent acciUiiiLs and two lamps, one at each side i>; tiie danger spot (a pipe line across ilivj load; had been usedt. On the nigliL oi the accident the pipes had been covered up and the liguts wero not needed then. The road was thirty feet Hide at the spot, and several cars had passed the place before the one that n.et with the accident. Air j. i'addon eonlirmed this. He stated that if the cars had been driven steadily nothing would have happened. i lie damage done to T3ie car wae slight. A road from the Muhunoa road to nits property was tiie request received. iioin Abraham lioyal. At present tie had no access to hi,s property. The Maiifuvatu Conuty Clork (Mr A. xv. Drew) intimated that his oounc'l had decided to go on with the renewal of the "W'irokiuo bridge decking 'in tola ra. The iiorowheiiiia Publishing Company wrote asking the council to make arrangements for payment of advertisements re stock being impounded ir: ilie Shannon pound, instead of leaving the responsibility to the poundikeeper. Kadi succeeding poundkoeper had accepted cheerfully the responsibility, eiit the company in every instance nad difficulty in securing payment. A copy of the regulations under tho Dairy Act was received lroin F. 5. I'ope, secretary to the Department, oi Agriculture.