GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14038, 22 October 1909, Page 3

GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. " The montby meeting of the Geraldine County Council was held yesterday. Present Messrs G. J. l7enni.sun.ii (chairman), B. R. Macdonakl, A. Kelman, A. Metealf, \Y. Dixon, and G. W. Armitagft. Mr J. I . Hoileston, for the Rangi-tata-Orari Water Supply Committee, reported that everything was going on smoothly and Mr W. Hide on behalf of the Waitohi Water Race Committeereported that the races were all well supplied. Accounts amounting to £8 for rangers' wages and extra labour, had been passed " for payment.—Approved. The Clerk of Works (Mr P. Billings) reported in detail on works in hand. The Geraldine Road Board advised haying spent £l3O altogether in buying birds' heads —£60 of it being the Road Boards funds, whicli would require to be refunded to them- If the Board were to continue to buv eggs and heads they would require a cheque for £2O to carry on until next meeting. — The Temuka Road Board advised that they would want £SO for the same purpose. Last week they bad paid out £l3 2s 9d for heads and eggs. Up to the present this season, the total sum expended, was £lO2 16s Id. The secretary to the N.Z Counties Association wrote that- it was consider-

Ed inadvisable to hold a conference this ?i ea r* ii executive was of opinion that the question of creating national main roads should receive the careful attention of local authorities. -Mr Macdonald was appointed as the Councils delegate should a conference bo held; and it was decided to write to the member tor the district- in tonus oi the letter from the Counties Association. The Valuation Department notified the payment of £664 to the credit of the Council, being the subsidy due for the year 1908-9. Mr Macdonald, as representative ol' the Council on tlio High School Board, stated that in the matter of the reserves, things were not !i as .-inr.cthly as they should. There uas no clause in the leases, giving t-he occuPiPrs the right of a furcmr rsnew.u at a valuation. Mr RolbsVm had mile a certain valuation, hut the Boa re! would not allow him to make it x. dblic. If the Council wished, be (the sprsl or) would resign, his seat on rhe P'ard. As a country member he felt ne could not do much against the town. It was a heart-rending game altogether. The chairman and members hoped that Mr Macdonald would not resign his seat on the Board. I Mr Tiplady waited on the Board to ask permission to make a slight deviation in a water race which served his property.—Request granted subject to the approval of the Water Race Committee.