LEVELS COUNTY COUNCIL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5458, 9 January 1896, Page 1

LEVELS COUNTY COUNCIL.

■ -—>. — » The 1 monthly meeting of the Levels .County Cduncjl . was held on Wednesday,/ ■ail ; the. - mesabers •: -..being present: • ; It was re'solvedtd res^d' tbe notice -given to the; pqundkeeper* at: the. previous : meeting of j the .termination of his contract. Mr' .0. ■: S.yPra^et presented a petition "from eighty residents of the suburbs of Timaru, asking the Council to guarantee the expenses of the Tjunaru borough fire brigade in attending. fires inthe suburbs, as.without such guarantee' they would riot attend suburban fires. The Council declined to commit all ' the . ratepayers in the riding to expense for: the benefit of a few on such a matter. A petition was received praying .for the erection of a traffic bridge; over the Opihi, opposite Pleasant Point. A jl^tionylad .yalgoV.been /presented* ip theSferMdine '. febunty ■'. Council a^fcmg for a bridge at:a site*a fewmiles higher up. It was agreed to, hold a conference with the Geraldine County Council on. the matter. The Chairman was requested to arrange for a conference with the Waimate County Council regarding the bridging of the Parebra at the Main South Eoad, towards which Parliainent h&s voted i>2oo. Explanations were made, by the Overseer, concerning the- riders attached to the verdicts of two juries on cases of drowning at 'fords in the county. Respecting; the case of a child" drowned in the Opihi in ' December, ' the jury had blamed the Council for making a misleading cutting into the river, where a deep gutter made a dangerous ford. The Overseer stated that the ford was a good one on Monday, when the cutting was made, but a flood had come down on Wednesday, the day of the accident. In regard to the Pareora case, the jury asked the Council to fence off 'a track leading to an old and nowdangerous ford, and it was agreed that this should be done, though the Council expressed doubts as to the necessity for it. As a measure of economy the Overseer was asked to undertake .the duties of Inspector of Slaughterhouses for a year. Tenders were accepted for various works. Accounts amounting to .£244 ls 9d were passed for payment. .