MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 9

MASTERTON NOTES.

:; .Tho monthly, meeting , of } tho '..-Master-ton. ■ County ..Council .was held yesterday.;. There : -were present': 'Councillors ; W. J. ,; .WeloS' i .(cmr- , •mon)iSl). ; ' , ]?flreia'ahr-C<'Lf , ..MiUerj''John , -Morr , is, ■HpO.J'roogaod,. J; Colquhoun,, A.: Murray , , and •;C. : f.-;Kebbell.'. , .v'Miv;Ste'vea . Cdrinbll/. of Xans:do\vnc,wrotd objecting to' the •irrigation 'yatei , - race ; .-b'eing : ' .takqii .through his- property until .arrangements had-been : made : wlth himjns to .whlch'j?ortidn t 'of his land it was to be carried ' through.. :The matter was referred to tie eii- ■ giheer in charge of works.; MrVJ.;,H, Tovnsley wrqtb ■. applying for tho , position of carptak'er of the . Opaki' and.Lansdowno water ' simply, ; .Consideration of this:was 'adjourned.'unfit,tnq ' next' meeting: 1 :"of the -: council.':.l£iv. Duncan . 'Mlaohlan'wrote.directing the. council's jatten- : , tlou to tbo condition of one of the culverts on ■ Blatchford's lload. The matter was loft in the hands of tho'engineer to deal withy: Mr. Tai, TD.Tau made application for the high pjessuro ' : water supply;: to "-be' connected to.; his ..'House. On , the .motion of Councillor Tdogood. tbo , ap- ■ plication washdld over unfilmoxt meeting. The; ■ district engineer wrote.stating that-the [Minister for Public Works could not seo his way to vary : the , terms' of/the grant , for '"tie"-Rivers-' - dale-&nd',Uriti,Koads,-and that the giant of ' £\2O ior .tho:. roads should be/paid'to thfe council on.th 6 'understanding that they proyida only • £aO towards. the' cost. of the work. : .r- On the - . motion of.Councillor- Topgpdd itwas decided,to make another , ; application to' the' Department '.through''.'- , -Mr.- W..C. -Buchanan, :1I.I'.[:: Mr.' CharlesvSmittf wrote ; asking the; council Ito im■prbyo,and;enlargevtho roadman's.wharefat the waterfalls. '.The: request /wass-not.- granted. ;The I'.ublid'W-orks Department wrote (giving \ authority 1 to expend '4100 on the Bkirldgio Homowood Boad. Mr. H. Gi .Williams,.wroto ; stating that, on -behalf of the' owners; *le wag prepared ■ to accept <£20. for,. a '-. piece; ot •land. -' required for /the: Lonsdowno water supriy' dietributing reservoir. It.was derided to [accept the offer.' . A, meeting of the Finance. Conimittep 'of the council was also'held. The treasurer ' reported, as follows:—General fund account 7d.; local , bodies'-loans account (or.), JMOII ss. ,6d.; debtor balanceV Jezpi--18a.'j Gd. The -receipts since August..lo .totalled : £111 Us. Id. ' It was resolved, that the; treasurer be authorised to pay to Mr. ,S. lAtten-. .borrow the,:sum of £2i— the amount! o|"cbm'pensation agreed upon for land • tnkci) from , him-for the pnrpqso: of widening the ITJppor Plnin Road.'■Also that, provided the Miurfcoville County Council and tho Government agree to bear with this council an equal proportion .' of the cost, the committeo recommends Hat the Eitm of J615-be oxpended out , of .the Aljredton Eidinu fundi- hi prospectinj fot metils in .Brown'i fit on Barton's line. The repd't woe . ddopttd/.": - . "■'-'."•. ' ! ' : .'. .■. "'-.'■.■■ '——-;-—" • "".-, .... 1 ■•'-..