WAIKOHU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15543, 11 June 1921, Page 3

WAIKOHU COUNTY COUNCIL.

The following additional business was transacted yesterday:— Mr. T. Tyerman wrote slating that a meeting: of ratepayers included in the Motu Falls road metalling loan area had been field at Motu, when it had been resolved to ask the Council to issue instructions that no more loan work be carried on after the expenditure reaches the sum of £4OOO. It was resolved to ask that the metalling be completed first as far as the Falls bridge, and in the event of any balance of the £4OOO remaining unexpended that it, together with any. future grant available from the Treasury, be used for tarring the road round the centre block in Motu township.—lt was decided to accede to these requests. It was decided to recommend that the following lates ho struck at the next meeting of the Council for the period April 1, 1921, to March 31, 1922T0 Karaka town district, 7-16 d in the £ (last year Jd); Karaka Riding, 1 jjd (1 7-8(1) ; Kanakanaia, I’d (2,',<1) ; Motu, 1 7-8.1 (2d): Wailmka, I’d (2.1); Manga t ii, ljjd (Ijjd); Waipaoa, H<l (ljjd); Ngatapa, .(l;]d). This represents a reduction, of approximately £3300 in the total amount of rate collected.

Accounts amounting to £3501 11s Id were passed for payment. The clerk was instructed to lake steps to collect all moneys due to the Council by way of subscriptions for woiks or advances in anticipation of loans and subsidies.

Owing to (be broken weather, it was decid.nl to instruct the engineer to lay up the Council's lorries for the winter months.