COUNTY COUNCIL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 104, 23 June 1911, Page 8

COUNTY COUNCIL

MONTHLY iVIEF. lk\G. The monthly meeting of the Sfiarfor:J County Council vu; he’d on W ednesday morning. Ti csent: : —Ghs. M.aichant (chairman), Max veil, Asthui y, Christoff el, Timm son, LI? fell, Walter, Porritt and Hathaway. 1 PUNJ WHAK A U S !’! ‘ ?!\i. Charles McPheo wrote :—On account of the clnod bursting on my contract at Puniwhakau, I lost £2OO on the job, besides non ly ail (ho summer’s work for ,ny teams- ! (add nor. get them out to work eLvv.hVre, as the bridges were not built in time. I also lost all my tools in tbp first pit which was covered up, besides over half a mile of metal that was sti : pped and partly broken ; ut. 1 would lui.ro been finished and i ;, « ,iob tai cn off my hands in the time limited by the Council only for the storm, which was no fault of mine. Therefore J would not have had tho cxpbnsc of clearing slips. Trusting that the Council will assist me in whichever way they should think lit. It was decided that the Council express sympathy with Mr McPhee, hut could not give him any help; except to give him £ls in respect of work done in clearing slips. ROAD WANTED AT KIORE. A. G. Stewart, Kiorq, wrote, regarding tho had condition of tho track to his property, recently occupied by Mr Frank Dobson. He did not ask that much money bo spent on tho track if there was any prospect of tho new road being pushed on. He had heard on good aullioity that the Council had £SOB in hand for tho work. Therefore, !;o inquired tho cause of Hie delay.--To he informed that the work wcnld he done shortly. FUNDS TRANSFERRED. Tho following motions were ears led, on the motion of Cr. Porritt: l — Makara Road East account to the Stanley Road East account.” “That £ for £ ho- voted from tlie North Riding special fund to the .Denbigh Road to supplement tho separate rate.” It was decided, on the motion of Cr. Walter,, “That £SO be transferred from tho Tunupo Road account io tho North Douglas Road account.’ SEPARATE RATES. Special orders making separate rates over the Stanley, (Loss, and Croydon Roads, York Road, West Monmouth Road, Denbigh Road, Radnor Road, Ohuru Road, and (he Cardiff-Waingongoro Roads separate rating districts wore mada.

GENERAL. J). Blanchard asked for permission to remove a few loads of oxrth fiom opposite the farm ho was leasing on Croydon Road.—Referred tc J'tvcman h ovaleski.

'J'hc Town Clerk, Stratford, wrote, inviting the Council to take part in the Coronation Day cclohralions.— The invitation wa ’ saccepted with th inks.

J. Linn, Toko, wrote drawing the Council’s attention to the drain on Standish Road, which overflowed on his property.—Referred to Engineer and Cr. Walter to report to next meeting. The Clerk of the Taranaki Land Board stated, regarding section 30, block IX., Natimaru, that the Board was not prepared to recommend any expenditure in the matter of ellog t,;o creek tin ppi the section l it n nil offer tile land fo pul l’c com petition for cash at an upset price of £-1 lUs per aero, with estimated value of timber added thereto.—Received. The 'District Health Officer acknowledged receipt of tlft Council’s letter, regarding the nuisance caused by pigsties and cowsheds, and stated that the matter would receive attention as opportunity offered.- If the Council know of any had eases ho asked to lie informed, so that he could deal with them at once.—Received.

The Secretary of the Mangatoki Dairy Factory asked for permisr.nn to lay a water-pipe ’.mil -r the load at the company’s Maine creamery on the Opnnako Road, in or.o r Unit the company inijz;lit pump water from too crock beyond the r.'iaa. —i’uniissio i granted. The Cloi’k of the EHnarn County Council wrote stating chat Ids Council desired tin Stratford Conn.-il to forward a further application to the Treasury, urging the transfer 1 and appointment of all loans raised hy the Stratford Council, and now either wholly or partly within the Eltham County.—Request granted. The Hon. R. McKenzie wrote promising that the matter of a grant for metalling the Mangaohu Road would receive attention when the Estimates were being framed.—Received. The Town Clerk, Stratford, under date June f)th, wrote that the outlet to the culvert under Broadway in section 707 was blocked. As the section was the property of the Council, he asked that a workman remove the obstruction and regulate the outlet sd as to guard against further stoppage.—Referred to the Engineer.

The Hon. R. McKenzie wrote that the Council’s request for a grant for the purpose of re-inslitiug portion of York Road near the Mount Egmont Reserve would receive careful consideration.*—Received. The Clerk of the Taranaki Land Board wrote that a voucher- for lire expenditure of L‘lo out or thirds aerned from section I, hi. c K 1.. Tanrakawu, had been passed lor p-i.v----no nt.—Received. 'i lie. Secretary of the Mr.lh’-’R I'air;, E.utorv asked permis-i m to tai.v »c*n vards *of metal from the r *.*er for

(.ome’ite g work at raw ciram,>iv in 1 r > to got If" n( f> I? II piper, from the Midhirst foreman.— The requests were granted.