KAIRANGA COUNTRY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 2

KAIRANGA COUNTRY COUNCIL.

; The :i .mohthly' meeting -of . the Kalrango C County Council was held this week. • Present:-. Councillors Voss'(chairman),: Wei--sher, Batchelor, Bryant, itcodj, Mayo, CoUis; ;Anderson, and O'Loughlm. Messrs. Batchelor" and; Crabbo ■ wrote ■ ■ ■"-, protesting against the' placin'g:of ■ a; gate.'- ..'\-:l across the Cliff 'Koad and using tho :road,'i for stock,. as the latter: destroyed their: :■ '.' i fences.'" The. representatives: of the Tite/. .:' ] herbert riding were. appointed to go into: • - the question of, properly; fencing\tho' re-.>. ' serve. ::=' • -:ij ;. - v : ' • It was decided to support' Dr. Findlay'a ...-' By-laws Bill, and the members of the House representing' the county are to be asked to support tho measure also. ■ In connection with tho blocked :-culvert on the Napier-Eoad-at. the. bbuhdary. ; - ... of the borough the ; eounty-solicitor (Mr. . J. P. Innes) gave his ■ opinion that' tho - County Council had no power to compel the Borough Council'to clean out the cul-; -■: vert,, but considered-that the-settlers in{ fcerested could . compel tho borough to~ allow tho water to take its natural: course.'. 1 • Various small repairs to roads,: asked for by Settlers were; prtlered. t'o j,bo; carried out. . . " Subsidy to the amount of '.£1273 7s; 2d: , was received from: the. Treasury..- .' , The engineer was instructed to bring, a . test case in the S.M. Court against . a- settler who.(it is alleged) had neglected to cut down trees which . were, shading - the road after having; been to v. do so. . . '... The. engineer's -, report was read V. and.' ".. adopted.' ■ iV ■