COUNTY COUNCILS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13502, 29 July 1907, Page 7

COUNTY COUNCILS.

RAGLAN. The usual meeting of flic Raglan County Council was held on Wednesday, when there were present: Messrs. llcwclt (chairman), Bankari; MeKinnon, Aiinandalc, Johnstone, Crawford, Riley, and Edmonds.' The question of erecting n bridge across (lit Waikato was considered. Mr. Aiinandate pan! that if a. bridge were put across the river it should nob be- at Huntly, but at Ihuiglmi 01 some place still further clown the river, and sugseated Churchill, which tic thought: would hi the more desirable, because of engineering dim culfics at Ilangiriri. The Chairman said the siu should be decided by the question of wilier would benefit the greater number of people. U< was convinced that Huntly was not the best place The following resolution was carried i "That the bridge should be further down tin i river than Huntly, and Unit- the llasjan Count] i Council would contribute to a bridge lowei down." '--■--.- • . ■■■:, The chairman reported that Mr. Hunter'* ten del- for metalling 4500 cubic yards of the wuiu garo section of Valley Road at & 6d per Jan had been accepted. "... , '■'-'.'. • The superintendent of electric lines wrote tha there was a balance of £3 7a 2d due to tin guarantors of the telephone line. The To Akatc; and Waingaro line showed n debit of £29 1* lid. The Glen Murray mid l'ukckawu um showed a deficiency of £18 2s;-,,: A considerable amount of correspondence wa read re collection of native rites. The ("luminal said that under the circumstances it was useles to send out rate notices to natives. On the mo Hon of Mr. Annandale it was resolved that Hi chairman 'aid Mr. Hank-art go to Wellington t thoroughly 'thrash-', that and other matters ou with Ministers. ' '• In replv to the secretary of the Itaghin Tow: Board stating that his-Hoard was prepared I pay 10s in the £ on the cost of erecting u re raining wall, and asking whether the Pound would contribute, it was decided that legal ail vice be taken, and. it legally practicable, th Hospital Hoard pay £ for £ up to £25. The Council unanimously approved of lite pre posal to increase the fees payable by patients i lite Waikato Hospital from 4s to 5s per day. Mr. lUmeiinaii waited upon the Council tool tain permission to drive a motor waggon b( tween To Akatea and Nguruawahia for the put pose of bringing out coal. The Council was < opinion that the waggon would be a. source < danger to travellers. The. matter was left l the, hands of the, chairman, Mr. Baukart, an the engineer,to arrange. X deputation, consisting of Messrs. 1). Iliuc Finlajwn, and E. J. Smith, waited upon tli Council re bridge across the Waipa at Karann asking that the Council should support the pn posal. -Mr. Bruce said that the proposed rutin area is valued at £40,000. The bridge won! reduce the distance between Kawhia and llumi ton. The Council recommended the dcpittntio to wait upon the Kawhia Council to ask the assistance, flic Raglan County hi'the nicaiitin to Support the project. Accounts ' amounting to £3625 18a 6d wei passed for payment. The county clerk and treasurer submitted d< tails showing that the total receipts for the yes ending March amounted to £12,351 10s 2d an the expenditure to £10,052 15s 9d (add overdraf £467 13s. 7d), total £10,520 9s 4d, leaving balance of £1831 Os lOd. The balance-sheet tor the lost financial ye: was adopted on the motion of Mr. Bankart, wl spoke in very eulogistic terms of the able ma: ner in. which Mr. Maryland, tho clerk ai: treasurer, carried out his duties, and these r marks were applauded by councillors. WAIKATO.

The usual monthly meeting of the Woikatt County Council was held on Thursday. There wero 'present: Mr. J. Gordon (chairman) ant Messrs. T. Patersou, J. P. Bailey, F. It. Seddon and .S. Cowling. The petition of two settlers to have a bridge constructed across the Matahura River to replace that washed away by the flood was acceded t< at an estimated cost of £91. It was decided to support a proposal mad< in a letter from Mr. Swarbriek, that the Govern ment should be asked to establish sittings of the Supreme Court in Hamilton. It was decided to raise the bridge across Hill ton's Gully by 2ft in order to reduce .the grade from one in" live to one in seven. In reference to the reopening of the stone quarry at Taupiri letters were received from tin Newcastle Road Board and Waipa County Court oil to the effect that the Hallway Depart ment offered to put in a siding tor £15 pe chain and £40 for pipes. A committee of tin whole Council was appointed to vie* the spo with a view of reaching some definite conclusion Mr. Bailey said he was sure that the opening o the quarry would be of great assistance to loeii bodies. Mr. l'aterson endorsed the remarks, lb said limestone at Xgaruawahia cost 7s 9d pe ton. Taupiri metal could be supplied for hal that sum. ,".',, Tho chairman and Mr. l'aterson leportcd ilia the conference of delegates of interested bodie held to settle the proportion each should con tribute had been abortive. The opinion of th Council was that it should not contribute mot than 25 per cent. It was decided to empki, Mr. 11. T. Gillies to represent the. Council on th commission which would have to be set up. The following tenders were received for build ing the Taupiri bridge, the Government plan for which were adopted :—Taylor, £357; Yv. 1. Dennerle'V, £879. 9s So; Lovctt and Tucket £11*; lit.; Thomas Napier. £770 (without earth world. Demierlcy's tender- was accepted, and i was decided to approach the Government throne! the member, tor the district with a, view to oi; tabling an additional grant, for the work. With a view to keeping down tlio number < small birds it v.as decided to pay 3d per doze tor birds' eggs. reported that the credit balanc Tho ireacurer reported that the. credit balanc stood at £KO.