WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2690, 29 April 1898, Page 3

WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL.

The monthly meeting of the Waimat County Council was held on Wednesday There were present Messrs Elworth; (chairman), Milne, Rhodes, Murphy Douglas, Walker", Hardie, and Lyall. Correspondence was read and deal with as follows ;— From Mr E. H. Cameron, resignin; his position as member of the Counci for Deep Creek riding.— The resignatioi was accepted with regret. From the Lands Department, askin for tracing of land purchased to giv access to Mr Clement's land. -Th tracing waß ordered to bp sent. From the Trustees, Executors an< ■ Agency Company, Dunedin, asking tha , a track be formed at Black Forest Run t i Rosa Creek and the back portion of th run.— lt was decided to authorise th company to apiend, £20 m making th track. From Mr G. W. Squire, asking for th removal of the gates on Mr Elworthy' ■ property across roads.— lt was resolvei i that Mr Elworthy having previously t > the receipt of Mr Squire's second lette - spontaneously determined to remove a]

d the gales from the road through Gore don's Valley, excepting the entmnce >t gate at the Otaio river, which he had il been requested to allow to remain, all >r cause of complaint waß now removed, c From Mr J. E. McNamara, complainA ing about drovers, who use the phingle is reserve near his place, allowing the 3- etock to trespass out of ii on to his land, h and asking that the fences be repaired o and strengthened. -Mr Walker was ree Quested to see into the matter and report y to the Council at its next meeting. (i From the District Surveyor, Timaru, d asking for permission to take shingle '} from the Council's pit at Nukeroa.— The '- application was granted. From the chairman of the ratepayers' '" meeting convened r« the closing a road '- at the beach, stating that it was unanif mously resolved to request the Council i- to close the road. — The Council resolved v to' close the road. '- From Mr J, W. Henry, drawing the -■ Council's attention to a dangerous place 0 on the road about a mile north of f 1 GU'riavy. — The overseer was instructed j v to attend to the matter. t The Waihao Water Committee's ref port was read and approved.— lt was res solved to call for tenders for clearing 1 out the Waihao water races for them•- -• coming year. • > The Waihao and Pareora water con--1 tractors' reports were read arid approved, ? The clerk was instructed to get the - necessary dog-collars made. t The Eev. McX Gibson- was elected to . represent the Council on the Waimate . High School Board. , Mr Coltman was appointed a trustee i of the Waimate hospital, m place of Mr - Hayes, resigned. - Mr N. Odey applied lor a certificate of ?' character while he was m the Cosncil's f employ.— The clerk was Instructed to r reply that the Council would be glad to t answer any enquiry on the subject. .* It was resolved that no levy be made on account of interest rate. A transfer of a slaughter license from 3 James Young to Samuel Reeves was f granted. ; Mr Thornton, C.E., sent m a report on i the Pareora races, and Messrs Meason t and Marchant, to wCom the report had I been submitted, also reported thereon. — * The matter was held over. - The overseer's report was read. It dealt with the Point Esther, and Hook t bridges, concerning which no action was taken; and with the Hakateramea t bridge. J It was resolved to call tenders for i lengthening the Hakateramea bridge, 5 and for repairing the decking of the existing bridge when timber can be ob- > tamed. > Accounts amounting to £428 15s 6d ■ were passed for payment, and the 1 Council rose. ; The Linotype Neivs hears of some opera- ' tors of that machine working upon morn- | ing newspapers who are devoting their afternoons to the study of telegraphy, 1 with a view to taking messages direct ; from the wires to the machines. It is stated that m 1896 Zola, under an "... assumed name, paid a visit to a some- [ what notorious voyantc m Paris, and . published m the pages of Figaro a threecolumn account of what took place. The predictions of the fortune-teller read ! a little curious m the light of recent events. He was informed that a terrible J scandal would take place m two years' , time, m which he would be involved, and that m the end he would no longer be able to remain im France. It was , further foretold that a Jew would be mixed up m this affair, the effects of " which would be very labting. The death of Sir Lambert Dobson, ' Chief Justice of Tasmania, created a 1 profound impression m that colony, \ where his high character and distinguished attainments were held m the \ greatest respect. The Government ordered a State funeral, which was attended by many thousands of persona of all ranks and conditions, from His Excellency the Governor downward. In nearly all the pulpits eulogistic tributes ' were paid to the memory of the deceased. ( At the Roman Catholic Church the Rev. , T. T. Welsh said the deceased was not . a member of the Catholic Church, but ( he lived up to the standard of a Christian man, and won very general, indeed uni- , versa), respect m the colony for his public and private character, and was widely esteemed' beyond this colony— even m England. No one absolutely knew the state of a soul after death, and he asked ■ the congregation, during mass, to pray for the soul of Sir Lambert Dobson.