TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18541, 29 April 1922, Page 13

TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL

The monthly 'meeting was presided over by Cr Walter Blackie (chairman). The Finance Committee reported the receipts for the past month to have been £l9O 19s; recommended that accounts totalling £1221 6s 3d be passed for payment, and reported that the bank book snowed a credit balance of £3054 10s Cd.—Adopted. The sanitary inspector reported that ho had inspected all the slaughterhouses in the county, and found them all clean. He had found the piggery at Green Island to be dean also. A permit had been granted to re-erect,a small building at Brighton.— Adopted. ■. . . The ranger reported having impounded 17 head of cattle.—Received. . Letters were placed before the council concerning the Russian Famine and Starring Children of Europe Relief Fund. —-Received. ■ , , , The Department of Health, forwarded return of inspections of premises, etc., made during the month of March within the county. Instructions to have a remedy effected where necessary had been given to the owners or occupiers.—Received. D. MTntosh (Brighton) wrote with reference to improvements to roads to his holdings. 'The letter, .which was a lengthy one, concluded: “The Government would be apprcached with a request that as the County Council failed to maintain our roads we are willing to maintain them ourselves for the rates we have at present to pay to maintain roads for the non-development, non-settlement, but the expensive luxurious motor ear and its wily occupant. —Surfaceman to be put on the road for a few days. The State Forest Service, Tapamu, wrote regarding the advisability of planting trees to provide timber for the council s use in v-ears to come. — , The schedule of allocation, as submitted bv the engineer, for expenditure on the main roads for the period .ending March 31, 1923, was approved, this being on a £6OOO basis. _ .. , , The Waihemo County Council asked support. to the following motion:— that the council was of opinion that the auditing of hospital boards’ accounts should be performed free by the Government Audit Department.—Received. P N Findlay. Maungatua, wrote regarding ‘ improvements to the entrance of the post office at Maungatua.—Request granted. R. Vincent, Mosgiel. asked for permission to take a couple of loads of clay from the hank for footpath near lus place.—Granted on the usual ‘conditions. . F and B M'Rae, Sutton, drew attention to the state of the road leading through section 1. block XI. Strath-Taicn district.— Engineer to inspect. , ~ W. Dodd (Moonlight) applied for attention to road leading into his property.—EnglTikoy,° and Wilson. East, Taieri. applied for permission to drive a tunnel under the road at the coal mine, which was being worked on the ground recently, held by Mr .Tames Gracio. There was 50ft of covering on top of the coal.—Granted on usual conditions. , Thomas Carm thers. Middleman'll, ap; peared before the council with a request to insert three culverts and erect a small bridge on Top road, Middlemarch. This would, he said, serve some 10 ratepayers.— Cr Matheson explained that funds would not permit of the improvements to Kidd's road and this road also, unless the rates were increased, and the'riding fund could not now bo overdrawn, as vyas the case previously.—Mr Carruthers said he would continue to give permission for another year to Mr Kidd to use a roadway through his property, and thus there would be no necessity to proceed meantime with the improvements to Kidd’s road.—lt was therefore agreed that if Mr Carruthers would give that undertaking, and the settlers concerned were agreeable, the improvements to Kidd's road'would stand over till funds were available. and the culverts, etc., asked for by Mr Carruthers bo inserted on. Tcp road. C. Paterson, Macraes Flat, wrote regarding the licensing of hawkers, pedlar*, and travellers.—To lie on the table for one month.

A. Todd applied on beha.fl of Mrs Margaret Carruthers. Middlomarch, to have the rondline adjoining section 72, block IX, Strath Taieri. closed and transferred to her. She would bear the' expense for supplying (he necessary road closing plans, and also other ioutgoings in connection with the closure. As Mrs Carruthers now owned both sections, the road was not required.— Agreed to on terms outlined. 11. Mitchell and eight other ratepayers (Outram) asked that the bridge over Broad Creek be erected as soon as posible.—As the council had cut out the taking up of all Government, grants this year it was not possible to undertake the work out of general account. The matter would be reconsidered later on.

George Butler. Henley, drew attention to the unsatisfactorv nature of the approach to his property.—lf writer would find horses, work to be carried out.

Four tenders were received for supply and delivery of 250 cubic yards of gravel at Brighton.—W. Marshall’s, Kuri Bush, was accepted. On Cr Matheson’s motion, it was decided to insert a small culvert on the road through A. Carruthers’ property for the purpose of crossing sheep, provided that some assistance was given with the horse work.