GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13372, 23 August 1907, Page 6

GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

iho monthly meeting was- held yesterday. Pn.-eiit ■ -JltsMs i"a!l>ot Iclmhinani, M-tealf. Wriulit. JJlsmi. Dennistoun. K.-l-man. McDonald. The chaiunau said a special meeting had !>. ii called tor tin- purpose of passing the fallowing ler-oliition proposed by fouii- • tlliir !)• nni-toun ami seconded by ('o;m----t-ii- M nalt. ih.tt for tit.' purpose of | i>viding '::t'!M in tin- loan of JDoOOO. a special late of one eiglliti-enth of ;; •,'■ :iriy in the £ be struck on all the rate:.l.!e piop-uy in the county of Geraldine. "111-- motion was duly pur. and carried. it was further resolved that a special meeting he held on the 26th September, for tilt- purpose of continuing the r< solution. \{e<-.?a Mctr-ori ;n, ( ] Marcliani. wrote suggesting feno-concieie for use in the new bridges which they thought would (■!]«■[■ very little- more than the ordinary material. The chairman sugg.-sted that as the Levels county would !>-- h. arir.Lr a share of the co-t of the Opilii bridge that

i! !,iii;hi he as well I" conf-.-r with the I.OV;'-!:T i-i.111.1v "!■ t!l>' lliatl-'l'. IVKIM-illor l!,„ui-,umi said he had in.--|..-(tv<l *"'■'>« ..: ihis w.nk in the Am-khmd harbour ;m>l Was V.-I'V favolllrlbiv ilopu'-srd Willi il 'i'S Hi- I e-'i iu;i.lcii;il for tlif work. He ihmmh, I l. t - i-I.'Vk sll.-.uhi Wl'iie lu »■;! :11l i'•.•■• avai'ab 1 -- i:i!'ovma!imi mi ill-' Mili>ed. ii'was' d.-.-Me.l i" :i:-l-: Hie !.ev--ls county |,, ..,.,; ,! -1,...:,!,s !i. Ilii'l'l tilt' Hm.- iVialdiu.- Cmmiy Cmim-il mi August rdst t.. discus the " \ir'\Y. M.-Varlane. i-'.eik In Ik/ Mount lVei it..-ad Hoard i-ej^.ll:-: 1 . having inspected :i. route for the AiiawiHlc-f'layton road ;:iul t-Jhnate.l Hi.' <<»t at £7OO. Mmibcrs weiv of opinion that tlie road would be ill move li'-nolii t" llie iiilc-}iayei.s in iiie McKenzie. t'oi'iily. air! il- was i; solved to L-a\,- tii.- ni-iiter open for toiiKili ration at nest- meet hueThe clerk of" works reported that the work of ihiniiiiii- the race at McLean's and McKenzie's had Ik-en completed. The laces wcic all ill fn:"d order with pler.ty of water. The approach fences a! the Kaimiiaia, stock biidiie \vi-:e in a vi-ry dclapidal. 1 condition and reijiiircl repa'rinir. The report was approved. Mr J. lteiilv complained that the WoodIrarv wati-r-i-a'ce had not been cii-an:d out fur iivo veil'?. The ranger Eansritata-Oniii water-race having cleaned out all the races and stopped obtain leaks. The ehaininm wrote suilgcsiinir that a* remberton s race had 'be.-n without water for the past. six or seven months that a remission of rates be m::dv in this case.—lt was decided that I<> grant this mir.e-t- would form a precedent the Coimcil could not accede to it. Mr Dennlsloun drew attention to damage that had b-en done to ♦bridge notices bv persons leu ring lh-:m down and it was resolved to offer' a reward of £2O for information that would lead to the conviction of the offender:-. Accounts amounting io £307 3s 4d were passed for payment.