LEVELS COUNTY COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 11946, 22 December 1902, Page 4

LEVELS COUNTY COUNCIL.

A special meeting of the Levels County Council was held on Saturday morning There were present Messrs C. N Orbeli (chairman), D. McLaren, W. Cunningham A. C. Pringle, G. Butler, J. Mahoney, and -R. Campbell. " , The chairman said they had met only *o open and consider tenders for various -works, and pass accounts, as it was better *o pay the latter before Christmas. They Siad held a similar meeting about the same Dune last year. They would hold their ordinary meeting on the first Monday of January There were two letters which .would also be read and considered. Mr J. Slaughter wrote saying that if the Council did not take steps to abate certain drainage nuisances at Waimataitai lie would take legal action against them |* aa month's time.—After considering the ■ i? V* WaS agreed thaD the chairman see ■ the Mayor on the' matter, and report at W" next meeting. r A letter was received from Mr J. Hay. solicitor who staged that he had been instructed by Mr J. R, Gilliat, farmer, of beadown, to apply to the Council under the provisions of the Land Drainage Amend- . menfc Act 1894, section 9, and^theland JJrainage Amendment Act, 1898, section Z. to oKier Mr Smith, of Seadown, the occu- ' pier ol land adjoining Mr Gilliat's farm through n.-hich land of Mr Smith a drain or -watercoiu.'se runs within the jurisdiction ■of the Council, to remove from such water—urse or drain the weeds and other obr.tions which' are now damming up 'tine and preventing the free flow of > : therein, whereby Mr Gilliat's land . _,aing flooded and damaged. ,-j.r Campbell understood the drain had '

been made over IS y»ais ago, and (it present there is a great deal of water in it. It is obstructed by watercress, and the water is banked back and is overflowing on to Mr Gilliat's land. Lower down the drain the watercresses are growing some height above the water. The chairman read the sections of the Act referred to ar.d a general discusssion ensued. At length Mr Pringle moved, and Mi- Butler seconded —" That tbe chairman consult the Council's solicitor in reference to the drainage 'complained of bv Mr Gillian." Mr McLaren moved as an amendment, and Mr Cunningham seconded—" That Mr Smith be given notice to clear the weeds out of the drain passing through his property, complained of by Mr Gilliatt."—This was carried. The following terde:s were then dealt with.: —Contract 37. for metal or shingle, 650 yards, Main South road, R. Calvert's tender for metal at £235 8s 4d was accepted, *while his tender for shingle was £221 ss. Other tenders were—A. Vincent, metal. £258 6s 8d: H. Ellis, shingle, £177 10s ; P. Rooney, shingle, £IBB 2s 6d. Three tenders were received for No. 38, erection of a bridge at Briggs' Gully, and that of A. Vincent at £l4l 6s, in masonry, was accepted. Other tenders were—James Philip, £lll, and W. Tubb, £156, each in hardwood timber. ! Accounts amounting to £136 17s lOd were passed for payment, and the meeting then closed.