PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11714, 25 July 1901, Page 7

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

i ~- -©" . The monthly meeting of the above was Ma at Morrinsville on Monday Present: ■Jews. Chepmell . (chairman), Cox, Harrison, McCaw, Jackson, Ring, Buckhnd, Brady and Farmer. A ' legal.. opinion . received from Mr. Swarbrick, of Hamilton. ' " to the Council's liability, undei the Workers ■ Compensation Act was read. It -' *» to the effect that , the whole of the Louncil 5 ■ outdoor work would be deemed to be included in the word "engineering," and eo-camo. under the scope 'of the A ■•' •the Council decided to effect an insurance onemployees and small contractors on the was of an annual payment -or £150U'for road maintenance. Where a contract of ' N Mnnf 1 " gmtude (involving an expenditure of , ,« -f 00) is entered into it will be a condition ot-the contract that the successful tenderer •hall; satisfy the Council that his men are , Efficiently insured. The Council decided , to ■ eftect- their insurance with , the Government Insurance Department, which quoted JJ« per cent., other quotations being: New a k Accident Company, 20 per cent.; *na Ocean Accident Company, 19s 6d per cent. , A letter was received from Mr. ■ partly 0 f Hardy's mines and battery at "aiorongomai, protesting against up freight Ming charged ,on material conveyed to the , mines. • An application for a slaughterhouse ~ hcense for section 21, Block XI., Te Aroha. S S A rec ?> vec * from Mr. W. A. Roberts, of Aroha. There was also received a pro- ■ test against its being granted, on the grounds that it would create a nuisance. . : a a3 decided to forward the application ~-JM Objection to Wellington, with a request inat an inspector of the Agricultural Der- ™ e nt T be instructed to inspect and report. Letters were received from the ■ "S?"»\»nrl Land Departments giving the wS CI L '' c ™ lS9lon to "so the £53 and £100 h voted by thom for Thomson's track to the Obt advantage, and in the latter case w ™- »8 the stipulation about doing the work bv Jo-operatiTO labour. The Council decide*! «L f a' Jers for general repairs to the r y-i of the . tv '° amounts. In consequence °-a letter signed by several residents, the ■, "eik .vas instructed to demand the reHBaS ff - i - of ,once 3 -.cross some' of the Wain- & m « streets. A letter ■ from ■ the Te Aroha,Borough Council was read asking the co-operation of the County Council Vring upon the Assets Realisation Board the ■ J»nib,l,t, of cutting up the Waitoa EsZV i\ a ,ew to induci closer settlo- ;! "ent. he Council decided to -00-operato ' L! ny f ronall ° a g ;ta t'on for the furLhr- • intlv th ? c h}Cct ' - With reference to th„ 'ntention of the Taupo Totara Timber Co* ' 111 n?-? Iy for , a I,cense to float timbr s ;w a ' ki,to - al ™ <" erect *°™ °" the ftaikato, Foreman Mnhood reported that -i= river in some places ran alongside the road, there were possibilities of damage, especially the Horahora bridge. It V /as £2*5' to ,, fiend tbe report to.the Commissioner of Crown Lands, whose duty it was loecided those licenses. to the Comims{'oner of Crown Lands, whose duty it wa« 10 issue those lioeuses. "'■ ___ . =====