WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14210, 26 May 1910, Page 2

WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL.

MOXIHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the AVaimate County Council was held in the Comity Orhces, V> annate. yesterday, ! and was attended by .Messrs" 11. H. 1 Rhodes (.chairman). J. Bitehener, H. Eiworthy, G. Lyail, T. L. Hart, F. J. White, T. AUlne and A. A\ alker. C±LAIRAIA-VS STATEMENT. The chairman in liis statement said that; lie had been pleased to see the Council so largely represented at the. i Memorial Service on Friday last, and . he thought it would not be out of : place if they convoyed to tlio Mayor of | Waimate, for transmission to the of- ] ficdals, their appreciation of the eapi- ! tal arrangements made which rendered \ the function so complete and success- ! ful. He had attended the conference. ! or delegates from local bodies re asi signing to the Hospital and Charitable . Aid Board their duties under the Pubj lie Health Act. and there was a praci tically unanimous consensus of opin- | ion that this course should be adopted. ; It was satisfactory to note that this i years levy to the South Canterbury i Hospital Board would only slightly exI ceed the half of the previous year's j 6Ty " ENGINEER'S REPORT. j The county engineer. Mr C. E. ; Bremner, reported in detail on the j several works completed or in hand. j these being all of a minor nature. He ; reported that a number of breaches of the Council's traction engine and '. heavy traffic by-laws 1900 had been ! committed during the month, and he ! recommended that legal proceedings i be taken in each ease, and also that j the advice of the county solicitU»s be : taken on the question of recovering: I special damages for injuries to roads affected by excessive loading. The I Commissioner of Crown Lands had vii sited the district during the month and j examined several works in which the : Council was interested, and would fur- ' nish his report on these matters at a i Inter date. 1 The report was adopted, and in rejrard to the reported breaches of the by-law members agreed that, to consistent, they should take action, and the engineer was instructed accordingly-. * CORRESPONDENCE. Mr A. S. Eiworthy asked for repairs on Frenchman's Gully road. —Engineer to report, and also to furnish nn estimate of the cost of repairs required on Gordon's Valley road. Mr E, A. Hurst and others wrote

punning out the neeo.->ity for repairs (mi rmker's road, Waihao .Dmvib,Engineer to report. Mr:,srs Aladriren Bros, asked for a shlo drain on the road adjniiiinq; tin* swamp on their Hook property.—The Conned decided to toke. no action. A request, from Mr .1. Patterson that planks b? put n?rn.-.s the Of a.io river at the now Bluecliffs School, was loftto the engineer to attend to.

'l'll.- PuHic "Works Department wrote authorising expenditure of grant.v Waliaon road £IOO. Uakataramca river bridge £o2n' 10s.

R-ATKS. ' It wax decided to strike rates as follows:—Lower Paroora. water supply district 5-ltk.l in £ being part of special rate of l.ld in £ for payment of interest on water .supply loan: Lower Wuihao water supply district Jd in the £, in part payment of the annual charge for water supplied, and l-3d in the £, being part of special rate of lid for payment of interest on loan; all to be payable on September Ist. It was decided to write to the Land Board explaining that the Glenavy water race has been abandoned; and reverts to the owner. PUBLIC HEALTH.

Mr R. J. Alelvenzie. sanitary inspector, reported for the quarter ending April 30th that five cases of scarlet- fever, eight of diphtheria, (live of these in one house), four of enteric fever, one of septacaemia, and one of erysipelas had occurred, and precautions had been taken. He had inspected the St. Andrews township, and found the sanitation on the whole more satisfactory than formerly. Notices of other cases of infectious diseases existing within the country were received—scarlet fever 2. diphtheria 3. and i vplmid fever 1. GENERAL.

Permission was given the Waimate Borough Council io lay water-pipes on the Parsonage, road, the work to be done to the satisfaction of the engineer.

If was decided to contribute £•" to the funds of the Waimate Technical Cbi.-ses Association. The committee having examined the ski teh plan of the proposed new pound, recommended that plans and .specifications lor the work he prepared and tenders called.—Agreed to. The engineer was directed to report »n the proposals for expending the accrued thirds on roads within reserve 1-14. and to lay particulars before the Council. Air AY. Campbell, county foreman, reported breached of the heavy traffic by-laws by E. Hayman (of Meredith jmd Co.) (two cases), and Thus Beau (two eases.', and the Council instructed tin- engineer to take legal proceedings against the offenders. Renewals of slaghler-houso licenses were granted to — i>. Ritchener, T. Nicholls, and !•'. j. Lutidon and Co. 'The engineer was instructed to hare 20 chains of tile Rodcliff road in the AYiiihao Riding metalled : to report on Messrs Merry and Stnwcl! s application to have shingle, put- down on the road from the Hook railway station road to the crossing: and to attend to Air j. McKeiizie's application for repairs to the read at TaWc Top. TEX UE !tS. 'Tenders were dealt with as follows: Contract No. 711 Lyallda'le-ITeas-tint Yaliey road' (metalling)-—A. Cochrane £4!)' 19s (accepted). Contract No. 713—Haisy Hill road (metalling)—A. Cochrane £lO3 Is 3d (accepted). It. AYhite £lO7 ISs 3d. ACCOUNTS. Accounts amounting to £9Ol (including £277 on account of the Hospital levy) were passed for payment. A, resolution was passed providing authority to borrow by way of overdraft in anticipation of reveneue, from the Union Bank of Australia, a sum not exceeding £10.120, at oi per cent, per annum.