WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1545, 18 July 1873, Page 2

WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL.

TitesdayJ July 15. ..„.,„" ; [abridged from west coast times.] Present— The the Hon. J. A. Bonar, Messrs . Smith,,, fuming; 'G'Donovah;Dungari, Kennedy,' and Barff. '■ ! '-' J/u 'petitk)n;-''" : ' c ' ; Mr Dungan presented a petition from residents at, the .Greenstone, praying for the construction of a road to Lake Brunner-r-rThe petition ; .was read and received. ;;r ! ' ■.:; :"m.; CLIFTON CAMP^ ■;! ; ; ! Mr Dungan asked— "What steps have been taken^torempower the police officer, in charge ,of /the Clifton Camp, to issue miners' rights on receipt of all moneys for the same ?"— The Chairman said that j the ! officer in question !| woiild be' shorily - gazetted as a /Receiver' of Reveiiue}' and that' iie^ wbuld^ men /be 1 empWered* "to -issue imihers' 'righted J " us '* iu!iMr '' il ?;*"ll

TOLIiS ON IHB tJHEISTCHUROH ROAD. Mr Barff m^ved— " That a Select Committee, consisting of Messrs Bonar, Caslaius^ Kennedy, and the mover, be appointed to consider and report upon the present system of collecting tolls upon the Christchurch road ; to report in ten of collecting tolls was eminently, unsatisfactory/. and> called, for! a most searching inquiry.— Mr Kennedy seconded, and Mr 'GumingisuppOTfedthemotidn^hißli^was passed withoutdi^sent., TOLLS ON THE MARSDBNAND CTLLPTON . KOADS. Mr Dungan^mpyed—V That the Council go into Committee to consider the necessity of revising the scale of tolls in force ony/the /Marsdeniand -Chfton road. r He ;Baid that the tolls ;pn> this road we're in excess, of those on .other roads. -Besides which ! the; road' was; in such a bad, state that it was almost impassable. It was very- unfair, he thought, tha^ heavy tolls 1 'should be enacted and 1 nothing spent" upon the road.— Mr Kennedy 1 seconded < the motion.!— After some few remarks from Mr Bonar and the Chairman, ! the r mption passed without dissent, and 'the Council went into Committee; -.-Mr Dungan'moved tkat the toll on each horseLi ridden' j.or driven be one shilling. — The Chairman pointed out that there did not seem to be ,any authority for, the collection of tolls on the , road in question, and after some dis,,c u|si6n ? r 'it was 'rMblved~V,Tliuat^ l fh > e.isoliection ,' of tolls, on the Mairaden^and. Cmton road be suspended until rf the enii f of '|he ; ;year,'"^Prpgress/' was ' p^derlid . The resolution parsed in ',Cbmnutiiee,-^aß adoptedr"' '''_ '.'"'. '■' ' "'"' |1 " ■•"■:''" '