TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL

Otago Witness, Issue 3337, 27 February 1918, Page 17

TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL

The Taicri County Council met on Friday. All the councillors were present, Or VV. H. L. Christie presiding. The Chairman made feeling reference to the death of Professor Bedford, and also to the death while in action of Private Sparrow, son/ of Mr James Sparrow, of Mosgiel. He moved that the clerk forward a message of sympathy to the bereaved relatives in • each case. —The motion was carried by the members standing in silence. The Finance Committee recommended payment of accounts totalling £1205 Is 3d. Receipts for the month, £460 17s 2d. The bank book showed _a debit balance of £613 - 6s sd. The committee recommended that an additional TO per cent, per annum bo added to ; air%ates remaining unpaid after 31st March.i-iifext. —Adopted. . The of the tethering of calves oh" roads at Allanton, arid, asked for instructions,?-rHe was instructed to tako steps to stop the nuisance. . The G.P.0.. Wellington, ■ intimated that the telephone line would be extended to Ngapuna conditionally on the settlers or the council contributing £2O towards the cost of the work. —It waa stated that tha_ guarantee was already in hand. The Manawatu County Council usked support to a motion that the Government be a'sked- to resume special trains for raca meetings, becauso the cutting out of these trains caused much extra motor car traffic which damaged roads considerably.—The Chairman contended that if the Government sanctioned race meetings as at present, it should also provide facilities to get to the meetings. The Government was "singing out" Sj for money, and yet turning it away.—Or "Blair considered it was fake economy ou the part of the Government to stop these trains. He moved that the counciUsupport the resolution.—Seconded by Cr Scott and ; carried. The Town Cleric, Dunedin, intimated that his council had now ratified the proposals contained in previous correspondence—to pay 10 the Taicri Council the sum of £l5O as half-cost of repairs fo that portion of the roadway between Silverstream and the Whare Flat School, with metal crushed front boulders taken from the Whare Creek, and in addition to pay to the council a contribution at the rate of £SO oer annum fin lieu of ral.e£) towards the maintenance of roads in the Whare Flat district—Received. G. W. Gough and the secretary of tho Otago Motor Club notified that the Motor Club had agreed to donate £3 3s towards repairs to Silverstream road, and Mr Leishman had promised his assistance in carting portion of *he gravel required. —Received. \ Three ratepayers asked for repairs to the road leading from the old Brighton creamery up the hill. They agreed to supplv the teams, on condition that they got the work at day labour.—The Engineer" said thb work would receive attention next " week. E. Oatis (Middlemarch) drew attention to the state of the road leading to his house in Anion township. Middlemarch.—Left to engineer and member for the riding. The matte-: of a contribution from the council to the war funds of the Y.MC.A. and Salvation Army was introduced by circular and discussed. It was decided to leave the matter to councillor to subscribo individually. The council decided to take the necessary steps 'to have gorse cleared off all roads within the- county where it had become a nuisar.ee.