GREY DISTRICT.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 661, 14 January 1933, Page 7

GREY DISTRICT.

County Council Holds Monthly Meeting.

(Special to the " Star.*') GREYMOUTH, January 18. The monthly meeting- of the Grey County Council was held last evening, Councillor J. Ryall presiding. Mr W. Arnott's tender (£417 14s) for the construction of the bridges over the Orangipuku overflow was accepted.

Authorities were received from the Public Works Department as follows: Orangipuku River protection, £SO; GreyPunakaiki, £604 2s 6d (maintenance); Ahaura-Haupiri (maintenance), £212 10s. The Main Highways Board advised that no additional highways are being gazetted this year. It was decided to support the representations of the Kaiapoi Borough Council for a reduction in interest rates on overdrafts.

It was decided to make a grant of £5 towards the expenses of opening the Kopara bridge. A letter was received from the Stratford County Council asking the council's support of representations to the Government to take over the liability of the farmers’ rates for 1933 and to waive its claim for land tax. It was decided that the letter be received and no action taken.

Advice was received from the Unemployment Board that in future small farmers will not obtain employment under No. 5 scheme, and that both the farmers’ and board's interest would be best served,if the farmer were employed on his own land. Assistance, however, will be granted on the recommendation of the local Unemployment Committee under scheme 4A for work on their own property. It was decided to defer consideration of the matter, the clerk to write to the Unemployment Board pointing out the difference between West Coast and other centres with regard to farmers working on their own land. In reply to the council’s request to the Unemployment Board for an increased allocation to the Blackball unemployed for the purpose of retaining the doctor’s services at Blackball, the board wrote stating that as the allocation for Blackball was computed on the same basis as that for other parts of the country they were unable to agree to an increase in the allocation. It was decided to hold the matter over until next meeting.

_ Challenge for Sawke Cup. The secretary of the West Coast Cricket Association, Mr N. C. Bourn, has received advice from the New Zealand Cricket Council that the Management Committee have allotted the next Hawke Cup challenge match to the West Coast Cricket Association, the match to be played during the last week of this month. West Coast A. and P. Association.

The West Coast A. and P. Association have received the following donations towards their special prize fund:—Grey Harbour Board, £2O; Greymouth Borough Council, £10; Grey County Council, £5; Dispatch Foundry Co., £2 2s; Te Kinga Band and Timber Co., Ltd., £2 2s; Greymouth “Evening Star’’ Co., £2 2s; Ballantyne and Co., £2 2s; New Zealand Warehousemen’s Association, Christchurch, £1 Is; New Zealand Newspapers, Ltd., £1 Is; Fletcher, Humphreys and Co., £1 Is; Colonial Sugar Refining Co., £1 Is; Thos. Borthwick and Sons, £l IS; W. D. and H. O. Wills, £1 Is; New Zea-

land Breweries, Ltd., £1 Is; New Zealand Shorthorn Milking Association* £1; F. G. Reid (Petone). £1 Is; Bank of New Zealand, £1 Is; Bank of New South Wales, £1 Is; National Bank of New Zealand, £1 Is; Union Bank of Australia, £1 Is; Commercial Bank of Australia, £1 Is; National Mortgage and Agency Co., £1 Is; Dalgety and Co., '£l Is; Baillie and Neville, £1 Is; A. R. Wallis, Ltd., £1 Is; Grey Motors, Ltd., £1 Is; J. Hassall, £1 Is; Griffen and Smith, £1 Is; C. H. Rose, £1 Is; H. G. Carter, £1 Is; Scandrett’s Fish Depot, 10s 6d; A. Hill, 10s 6d; Union Steam Ship Company, Ltd., 10s 6d; E. P. Heinz, 10s 6d; W. H. Boucher, 10s 6d; L. F. Hogg, 10s 6d; G. Patterson, 10s 6d; A. Grogan, 10s; W. Greenhill, 10s; F. Badger, 10s 6d; Richmond and Reynolds, 10s 6d; Shannon and Glen, 10s 6d. Racing Taxes. Taxation payable to the Government by the Greymouth Trotting Club on its recent meeting amounted to £1692 7s 3d, made up as follows:—Totalisator duty £730 10s sd, dividend duty £798 15s,

stakes duty £99, amusement tax £6B 16s lOd. The Greymouth Jockey Club's taxation amounted to £896 13s, made up as follows:—Totalisator duty £386 10a sd. dividend duty £421 ss, stakes duty £62 10s, amusement tax £27 7s 7d. Shipping. The Kaimiro, due on January 18 or 19, will load timber for Melbourne and Adelaide. The Rata, due on Monday night, will load coal for Wanganui.