MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.
O«ing to pressure on oar space we vrere compelled to hold over our report of the County Council sittings) held at Fox ton-, on Tuesday last. The following is a brief resume of the business done: — Present — Crs Koekstrow (Chairman,) llndfield, Sanson, Mcßeth, Pry, Gray and McLennan. The minutes of previous meeting were read and coufirmed- ... .„.,.■.*»*■,.. «Nr«». The following resolutions .were, passed! Proposed by Cr Hadfield, seconded by ' •'.•<• .- -.. jr.--.-. . -urn ■MIWW •» Cr Fry — " That the Chairman be "re* quested to take the necessary steps to . have that part of the FoXton-Otaki road line, from the townshiptj|.ptaki to where it runs northward, gazetted. 0 The following accoriWra were passed for payment : — Wanganui Hospit jt > *£l9 4s 8d ; charitable ..aid, £2 10s ; Baley Bros, £42 19s 7d ; Anderson ai»d, Janson, £1 13s lid; Vf. Carkeefc,' £20" 14s 6d; Hunt and Newman, £3 15s ; ~R. McLean, £10 10s; J. McCulloch, £16' W4d 5 De Teaux and Co., LlB 2s;*Tofafl, £136 3s. - . -? '-"I: Cr Gray presented a petition signed by 46 ratepayers in the Foxton Highway District, requesting that that district should be merged into the County Conn* cil. If was resolved that the petition be received. Cr Kry proposed, and Cr McLennan seconded, "That tenders be called for keepins in repair the roads in the Taonui Riding." Proposed by Cr Sanson, seconded by Cr McLennan-"That the tenders for col» lecting dog tax in the followiagridiags be accepted, viz, Taonui — Graff, £18 ; Kawakawa, Ellerm, £20 ; Horowhenui — A. Knocks, £10 ; Manchester— EUerm, £18 ; Awahou— Ellerm. £7; and that^fresh. tenders be called for Oroua and Kawakawa." ' "■ Proposed by Cr Sanson, seconded by Cr Kockstrow— " That the resolution passed at a meeting of this Council held on 27th November, 1878, giving permission to the Foxton and Sanson Pail way Compuny to construct a railway from Carnarvon junction to 1 Sanson; be rescinded, with a view of the Council proceeding to construct a tramway on, the line of the road referred to in the said resolution." ■ i The Council adjourned at 3 o'clock tilt next meeting. > .
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 60, 13 January 1883, Page 2
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341MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 60, 13 January 1883, Page 2
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