COUNTY COUNCILS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12213, 7 March 1903, Page 6

COUNTY COUNCILS.

WAITEMATA. THE monthlv meeting of the Waitemat* County Council was held yesterday, there being present: Messrs. O'Neill, Bruce, Cochran, 1 Hor' ton, Hadfield, Taylor, and McKay. V ;; Licensing Election: The polling places, for . the Waitemata and Eden licensing elections on ' March 25 were fixed. It was stated that a i : : contested election in Waitemata would cost about £120 and in Eden about £70. ..;v> Lighting Northcote and Birkenhead: Tha ; Northcote and Birkenhead Gas Company noti- : fied its intention to open the roads to lay pipe} shortly, and asked the Council to state what • public lighting they would require, as the ga< supply would be ready by April next. Con' ' sideration was deferred.' Contracts: The following tenders were ac« f. cepted : Forming 44 chains of the Woodhill« : , Ilewiti Road, -&75 10s, Robert Mackay; forming 24 chains, Museum Endowment Road, Wood« hill, £57, Robert Mackay; supply and delivery 1 75 yards of metal, at Henderson, 8s 6tl per & yard, Lewis Newton; supply 50 yards broke:!, metal at Parker's Road, Bs, Charles Mills; ;v supply broken metal at Cut Hill, 13s per yard, > ? William Stevenson. • v , A Kumeu Application: Some discussion tool", place in respect to an application for a secondhand dealer's license at Kumeu, which was unfavourably reported on by • the police, on ,th»' tySI ground that the facilities for police supervision at Kumeu were not good, and that thieves • might thus be able to get in stolen • goods 'i< there. It was pointed out that a second-hand V; shop would be a grer,t convenience to many 'jM people at Kumeu, and that a constable, conld get there from Helensville in two hours. The application* was granted. 1 Application Declined: A request from Northcote ratepayers for the metalling of • Beach and Church Roads was declined owing to the lack of funds. Northcote Water Supply: Mr. Bruce moved, f ;, "That all resolutions of the Council re the Northcote water supply be now rescinded."-:.: This was carried without discussion. Mr. Bruce then moved, "That a poll of the ratepayers of the Northcote Riding be taken, :0 under the -provisions of the Local Bodies' 1 ;;; Loans Act, 1901, on the matters following: (1) >,v That waterworks be provided for the district ; in the Northcote Riding; (2) that the sum of £6000 be borrowed from the Government. for-ji;; a term of 41 years at 3£ per cent, interest per annum, with a sinking fund,of i per cent.; (3) that the security be the revenues of the dis- , trict and an annually recurring special rate of 2d in the £ upon the ratable value of the dis- . trict; (4) that there be paid out of the loan the cost of raising the loan and interest for the - • first year." This was also carried without discussion. '

The meeting then adjourned. , r —- OHINEMUBI. .

[BY TELEGRAPH.OWN' CORRESPONDENT.] Paeroa, Friday. The monthly meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council was held yesterday in the Council Chambers, Paeroa, when the following matters were dealt with:— • Tenders: The following were accepted: — Supplying 300 cubic yards gravel at Netherton creamery, Cochrane and Bridson, £126 10s; supplying 500 cubic yards gravel .at Netherton creamery, Cochrane and Bridson, £200 8s . 4d; constructing drains and formation, Kaimanawa Eoaxl, W. Thompson, £217; supply 175 - cubic > yards metal, Mill Eoad, Paeroa, Mathers and Co., £79; formation, Itangiora Road, P. Sheehan, £55 7a 6d; . formation, Paeroa-Te Aroha Road, W. Barrett, £25 8s 6d; breaking 500 cubic yards spauls into 3in metal, J. Parkins, - 3s 7d per yard; repairs, Waitekauri Hill track, G. Murland, £1 3s 9d per chain. Engineer's Report: The engineer's report stated that P. Sheehan had thrown up his contract for claying Netherton Boad, and Mr. W. Styles, of Netherton, had written offering to take up the work at Mr. Sheehan's contract price, £54. With regard to G. Tetley's application for water from abattoirs supply, the engineer reported that if this was granted he concluded the Council would have fulfilled its promise, and that this would be the only free supply given, ■ otherwise the* available quantity may be drawn ' upon to such an extent as will leave none for the abattoirs. With, regard to a large, quantity of gravel and metal in the Ohinemuri River at the rear of the hotel, which, if available, would be very valuable to the county, the engineer pointed out that certain owners of some islands in- the river objected to the metal being taken, and that- the road from the main road to the river could only be used by paying heavy toll. He . recommended that a half-chain to the river and the islands referred to be taken under the Public " Works Act. • The engineer furthef recommended that the Government be approached with ' the view .of , having main roads • laid . off and drained, connecting the Piako swamp lands with Paeroa, such road to connect with the present Mill Road and Netherton-Turua Eoad. Main Boi^d: The Council, decided to call tenders fey; next meeting for metal for the main road. Mackaytown Footpaths: . A largely-signed petition was read from residents of Mackaytown asking for a footpath to Dogherty's Creek. It was decided that the engineer report on this application at next meeting. Mackaytown -Domain: A letter was received from Mr. Moss, M.H.E., suggesting that the Council apply to the Warden for three and a-half . acres at Mackaytown as an addition to the domain at that place. It was decided to apply to the Warden for the land. , :