WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14481, 30 June 1911, Page 7

WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL

MONTHLY iiEETING. ynnthly meeting of the V\ raitakis County Council was heid on Vedmaa&ij. Present —Messns ti art (chairman), iliine. .White, Dolirniaiuj, Klwortby, Bitchenvr. and Lyall. Thj chairman tht!i« bank overdraft was £3320 and accounts to ■pay £llß6. Ha nvntionod tbe Conference in Timaru oa traction onsrnc traffic; the results would be reported to tbe mooting. After last meeting, lie consulted such members as he could teach about a suggestion that' the Coonetl should prorid* luneh«on for school children and Maoris on Coronation Day, dud t£ua was done. Air Lyoll reported on tho position ol the aurfaoonam at St. Aaotbvb who •was hoaaed in the pound cottago. It appeired that tfia fees averaged only «ich'«en pence a week w&Ue tlie rent waa .'i 6a.—Tna Council ajj-sed to ui- «*» the honae alknr&no* from £lO to I*ls a" year. Tbe engineer's report wes read and adopted. It gave details of all works m hand, ami included r«pc-rt» on T&riW *ppUo»tioiiß referred to BB3DGES jjsi"D PBOTBCTIVE WOHKS. Xbe engineer roportad on bridges 'Brails are oompleted to little Pareora nv*ar bridge, lame crossing, and advice is received that tfaaber has" arrived for the Cabbage Tre«rPoint bridge, and a contract for it will be advertised for the QranciPs July sitting. "Elm contract for Qmmngton Cliff bridge was sign.fid immediately after lait meeting, I understand an order has been plaoed for materials with on© of tbe Aturtnlian timber merchant*.. In regard to Pareora protective works t£e. engineer - reported "that in WWpwiy with Conneflior X/yall, he attended * meeting with Mr T. Booti's renreeeatatives regarding projected vpro for securing the proposed Stidflß site river.—ln this connection Mr Dunoaxi Sootfc wrote stating that Jia .pott apd he had decided to contriWte two-thircfe -cost of protective wories at Pareora IJrvw, total cost CMnatcd at 2»t mora than floO.— The offer was oonaidsred generous and Waa aooaptacL ' " It was resolved that application be mala for « Gorwrajnent grant of £BOO faridf* mb ijbk croesing. ' Til* oiainawi aJao reported that, aa dinctad Dy t?» Cotmcsl, be waited on Mr A.' 3. Etworthy regarding tha stada of. the Pareora. rirer opposite Holm* station, and obtained his irritta MMBt to the oonatructioc of a ■taM»ak an U> land. 1 pmoß was ncairad from ratesaj<ri for a bridge of some land over ibe WtDuo at Bradabaw'a crossing— K B(kt teaMc bridsa preferred to a

stock or footbridge.—Engineer to re- I port and furnish estimate for nort meeting. A petition was received for a bridge over \Vaimate Creek on Gorge Road, and it was decided to piaoe this item /on the estimates. , TRACTION ENGINES. 1

The report of "the delegates to the Timaru conference was redd, and their recommendations, as follows, wero adopted:—(l) That tho original registration numbers shall stand for all time, instead of l>oing altered l from time to time, as at present. (2) That tbe present number of bales allowed to the ton be maintained, -as the result of the investigation by tlie chairman and Mr AVaites., (3) That the matter of tho deferential lengths nf the axles be allowed to stand over for the present pending an examination by ilr Harrison and the Engineer of the vehicles so built and. in nse in Hakataraxnea. GENERAL. Several applications for, road improvements were referred to the engineer. Mr B. Evans., Upper Pareora, wad given permission to erect a. swing gate across a road. Mr J. Presce wrote .complaining that the poisoned grain supplied by the Council was no good, and lie hod in fact fed his fowls on it.—Tho chairman ' said he had seen another man who bad half c bag of dead birds. The difference in quality was mysterious. The chairman 6tatcd that he had given, on behalf of the Council approval of ahe proposal of the Haanaton poopie to erect a public hall us a Coronation memorial, this being necessary to enable them to get the Government subsidy.—Approved. Tho Counties Association wrote regarding the Coiuities Confornce and the chairman was appointed to attend i on the Council's behalf.—Mr Dohr- | mann suggested that, the mixed Har- ! boor Board franchise should be one of ; the matters the conference should discuss, and it was agreed that the cnairman should tnie this matter in hand. Th» special committee set np „ to' treat with jNIt E. B. Harrison in regard to his Shearer's Hill damages claim, made a report, which was considered in committee; TENDERS. The following tenders were dealt with:Metalling Meyer's Pass and Penb* lands Kills roads— : William Cochrane £94 .2s * R .White £lO3 19s. * ' Carting stone for' groins, Wafliao Water Race committee—F. P. Harris £lO2 Qs 8d (accepted), Alex Cochrane £150; J. Bryoe £162 10B; R, Jeffries ' £166 18s 4d; Thos. Corooran £3lO. Accounts were passed, for Payment end. the Council rose.