County Council

Te Puke Times, 13 June 1933, Page 3

County Council

Monthly Meeting The monthly meeting of Tautanga County Council was held in the Coronation Hall on Friday. Present: Crs S.. H. MacDougall (Chairman), W. F. Sinclair, C. E. S Gane, J. M. Darragh, C. Lally, A. B. Morton, G. H. Mends and J. N. Blaymire3. Money for Bridges On the motion of Cr Sinclair it was decided —That the Council to the./ Local Government Loans Board for its sanction . to borrow the sum of £I7OO, being the amount required on a £2 for £l subsidy basis, as provided by the Main Highways Board, for the re erection of four bridges DOW in a state of disrepair namely, tjie Otamarakau and KaikokopU Stream Bridges, on the Wbaka-tane-Tauranga Main Highway, and the Aongatete and Te Mania Stream Bridges, on the TaurangaWftihi Main Highway. “Thirds” and “Fourths’ 4 The Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, forwarded schedule of "thirds'’ and’ fourths” aCCrued from sections in the County for the six months 'ended March $1,1933. The amount was gat 13s lOd. Slaughterhouse Licenses Renewals of slaughterhouse licenses were granted to T. Paterson, Te Maunga \ C. G. Griffiths, Omokoroa V A. H. Was.her, Raengaroa t Johnston Bros, Aatikati; H. E. Butcher, Te Puke ;J. J. Dodd, Omokoroa. Purchase of Truck

the Chairman of the Main Highways Board wrote forwarding for seal and signature, agree* thent relative to the hire purchase bjr the , Cotincil of a Bedford • truck. —It was decided that the document be sealed and signed. Petrol Pump at Paengaroa An agreement in respe'Ct to the lease to the Council of a petrol pump at Paengaroa was submitted and the details were explained by the-Engineer. Cr Blayrhires moved —That the agreement be Completed—-Second-ed by Cr Mends and Carried. Ho Bating Proposal Mr H. J. Gill, Hon Secretary 'of the Te Puke Branch of the Partners’ XJn ion wrote stating that at a recent meeting it was tesolVed to request the Council tn Seriously consider the question of refraining from striking any rates Tlor the ensuing year. He added ; “It was considered that owing' to the poor returns that farmers Were receiving for their produce, * they Were not in a position to pay County ' rates, and, meantime, Until the position improves they suggest that no rates bo struck. ’ The letter was received. On the motion of Cr Gann, Seconded by Cr BUymlrep, it wps decided that the Eltium County Council he written to and a«kerf for particulars of their Contract Pj?Bterh Clerical Work. . : - ■ : Audit H’t'W.B

The CnUntHl decided t.o eUppoH , a femit forwarded Kv fko Maha Waty CoUtry Courcii to the Counties 1 Association on the necessity for a reduction in the pest of audit fees,