COUNTY COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16723, 5 January 1920, Page 5

COUNTY COUNCILS.

ASHLEY. The Ashley Corunty Couccii mft at Ijoburu last week. Present—Aletwra J. .S. Hiatt (chainr.an), Furby-Croft, Dawson, and Hutchison. The Mini? tor of Internal Affuir* wrote, statin? that local bodies werw empowered to raise permanent war memorials and that a poll of ratepayers would bo liocessary prior to tho raising of a loan. Tho Auditor-General wrote drawing dislinction hetiw>n the payment of interest pending tho signing of a tranffar onri' the payment of interest on a purchase by u system of deferred pnrmrnt, nil authorities agreeing on the illegality of tho l»tt«?r. Tho New Zealand Counties' Association wroto with regard to tho establishment, of a mutual fund for providing corovmsnt ion to injured workmen. It was decided to let the matter stand over for a while. Pyne. Gould, Guinness. Ltd., wrote, statin-? thai tho chairman's residence, Greenfield, N. I/obnrn, was their a-ffMicy in the Ashley Ooor.ty, and tho Council was therefore able to issue them an auctioneer's lioanse if the license was pranted. Tho Wiumalrariri Harbour Cosed wroto for a supply of blii<»Tum Tho dedc was instructed to notify tho Board of plantations that might suit. On account of injury to roads hv the persistence of traffic »1ot"t one *itle only, i' «•»« resolved to er.foroo the h«Tr traffic by-law Txxjtiirin™ cnTir.m to to the left while I traTelling. Th'* clerk and foreman instructed to rer.nrt all ruses of infringement cominir under their Tiotine. I Mr Cyril Thomson'* offer nf £5 for <-ooksfoot. :r. tho I.'iVnrn-W'i!'* TW-k ridim* was accepted. n« n'so wtv "Mr Mc7\iv?n'?. offer of £3 108 for brid-jo timber.