WAIHEMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16415, 21 June 1915, Page 3

WAIHEMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Tno ordinary meeting of the Waihemo County Council, hold on Saturday, was attended by Crs O'Meill (chairman), Muir (rConneh, M/Lay, M'Callum, M-Lennon, Clark, and Piihrow. |r».. INSI'ECTOB'i^feEPOBTS. Macraes Riding.—General surface work has been done during the month, and watertables and metal attended to. Whero required large rocks on the road from Dunbaok to Macraes have been taken out. I inspected Hartfield road, as authorised, and find that surface work is required. 1 also inspected Mr Trotter's road, and the road to Mareburn, and recommend these roads to be surfaced. Messrs Gilbert and Dodds aro mailing satisfactory progress with their metal contracts. Roads in thk riding are generally in good order.—Adopted. Green Valley Riding.—General surface work has been done during the month, water-tables attended to, and culverts repaired where required. Fencing, as authorised, has been attended to. Crossings are in good order. —Adopted. Dunback Riding.—General surface work has been done during tho month, and gravelling attended to. Pipes have been put in on the Stoneburn road where most necessary. The fence at Bluff has been repaired and a guard fence erected on tho culvert near Grange. A new oulvert has been put across the road on the Duobaek-Green Valley road. The works mentioned at last meeting will be carried out during the month. I will report on Sweetwater Creek Crossing at next meeting.—Adopted. Blue Mountain Riding.—General surface ■work has been done during the ononth, and small works authorised at former meeting attended to. A slip on the Humptucker road has been attended to. A wooden culvert near Miss Steel's house will require to i rt ? lewed snortlv - The pLanks are rotten, and bearers require renewing. Temporary repairs have been affected. The crossings are in good order.—Adopted. Meadowbank Riding.—General surface work has been done during the month, and spreading and attending to gravel. Gravelling on Hughos'e road has been finished, and a tew loads of maintenance gravel put where required. The culverts at Shirley's and Bowkers have been repaired.—Adopted. Bushing Riding.—General surface work has been done during the month, and watertables, gravelling, etc., attended to. Work has been started on the Shag Point road, water-tables cleaned out, and gravel put on! Owing to heavy loads (two tons) and continual carting in all weather, this road will be j difficult to keep in order. Mr Guthrie's application for crossing should be granted.—Adopted. Guthrie's crossing to be attended to.

Goodwood RodLng.—General eurfaco work has been done during the month, and attention given to metal, etc. The work authorised of Bringans'e road, Pleasant River, has been completed, and satisfactory work done. Tenders have been called for grades, and breaking metal on Goodwood Settlement road, and will mo laid before you at this meeting.—Adoted.

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID LEVIES. The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board forwarded a statement of estimated receipts and expenditure for the current year, showing the levy on Waihemo County to be £578 Is 6d. Last year the levy was £421 ss. The list of items of expenditure was read out, and councillors took strong exception to the item for a new nurses' home. Cγ Muir described it as "a piece of rot," and Cr M'Lay said it was "rascally."— The Chairman said there was no doubt that the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was a very extravagant board, and always had been. There were only three country members on the board as against nine town members.—Cr Clark said that the maintenance of tho institutions under the board should be made a charge against the consolidated revenue.—The board's statement was received.

Circulars were received from the Mornington Town Clerk and tho clerk of the Portobello Road Board, regarding the organisation of a protest against tho levies the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. —Tho clerk read a letter he had forwarded expressing the council's emphatic protest against the increased levies, and this was approved.

Cr Clark moved: "That in the opinion of this council, tho charge of maintaining hospital and charitable aid is too heavy for the ratepayers, and that as all the inhabitants of the dominion benefit by these institutions, their maintenance should be a charge against tho consolidated revenue, a copy of this resolution to be sent to the member for the district, and to all contributing bodies." The motion was carried unanimously. CORKESPONDEXCE. Tho clerk of the Otago Central Licensing Committee wrote enclosing certificates for the issue of licenses to W. K Griffin and Thomas Stanley.—Received. Mr James Guthric, Burnbank, Shag Point, wroto asking for a culvert to be made at the old Allandalc railway crossing. —Received, the inspector to attend to the request. The Secretary of the Mareburn Gold and Scheelite Mining Company wrote asking that two fords in the Mareburn stream be attended to.—Received, matter to be attended to. Mr C. M'Gregor, Park Farm, Palmerston, wrote asking permission to erect a swing gate on then roadlinc between sections 65 and 67, block VI, Moeraki survey district. Application granted. The treasurer forwarded u voucher for the sum of £23 18s, paid to the credit of the county fund account.—The clerk was instructed to write to tho receiver of goldfields revenue at Naseby, to ask for the names of tho-' mines and of their owners, from which the revenue was received. The Secretary of the Country Queen Carnival Committee wrote seeking to enlist the support of councillors in the efferot to make the Country Queen contributions as largo as possible.—The letter was held over pending action at a combined meeting in the afternoon. Mr L. Page, Palmerston, wrote asking permission to sledge the Moonlight creamery buildings along the Moonlight road.— Permission granted, subject to all damages being repaired. TENDERS. The tender of J. Watt, for grading on Ireland's road, at £11 7s 6d. was accepted. The tender of W. Lester, for quarryinjr and breaking 200 yards of metal at the Goodwood Village Settlement quaxry, at 5s 6d a yard, was accented.