WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1561, 6 August 1873, Page 2

WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL.

0 JjIoNEtAY, August, 4. y ./ The Counc&, ; in ■Comrditte) 'procieeded ■with- the xonsideration,of jJifeEatisiw mates, and reported,nrogreaß. V : WESTLAND LOAN. : : - ' The Chairman mpyed-f' That the sum of -L 50 ,000 be voted^by; this Council for the foUowiag purposes :^Bahk~« of > New Zea- . land, , L 12 ,750 ,; Arnold , r0ad, , L5249, \2% 2A y Xok' otahirpad, ';L7lfti l ips ; ,Mvain ! ce f. .from/Gener^@oyemm^ accounts, ; -L2150) • '|ChrWtch'iii£h: , roacl^J; LI6BO ; maintenance of lunatics at Christ^ '' .church, L514f16s : interest;'Ll77o;Hoki"tika Hospitals .L 3.000 :- Canterbury- loans^ L7s2oi§s9d.? j ; ' -..5.::-;,/. -1.,- i ■;»;'»,■?« /,- After brief discussion the motion passed without dissent;.; ■ .'.i^-.iV.h '-IF .«..yA?Y. vy\ pdrohase'W'the arahura' Bridge. ifli ' fs< * jMr Piarff moved^Jrhai^ t e c Wi& struction to the '"Select 'Comm'ilftee- ! a'p-"'" pointed to prepare a recommendation for Jhe (.expenditure; as .the unappropriated Ibalance^f^^bjpOb^ocated^id^ „ . "Immigration ( and; Public Wpria.Actj.lgi^^^ to inquire into the cause of thip ' jcLe^ayijvhjLqh,',^ has taken- place in reference , to the pur- " chase;^:^ie:'^rp^Mc^e.'' ;if t °i fl ° ;' Tjie^mp^iofl'^sjsecond^ and passed wUh^u)^senir.j^ ; '„,.'j,") " '{'/;!"' . ' ' TOLLS. - . i i • ■ { i Mrßarff moved— " That'the'Chairman'^ b,e^requested>to' commnnicate) with the General Government • ,with the view of dbtaining the opinion of the AttorneyGeneral t as to. w.hether, tolls within the O6uhV ) niay''b'e l leaßed^''' -H " ! ''--; i .' ! 7 ; TV"" -l " j The motion was seconded : by'Mr'Ke ; n- :rt nedyiand passed without .dissent. vy: p • MrEehnedy, MiC.C, writes to theses* Coast Times, ,cojr.ecting t/ a.. statement at- / tributed to him in relation to the question J of theiEawhaka. tpll-gate.^ He says irrrThe paragraph. rli; object 1 to isi as )fbliojrs :^- - With reference to the case of the Ka'whaka,he fduiid the' returns! were made in an office : iii' to wn, f and were not signed by the collector, although he could write^ I can scarcely believe' H bould/have'Baidr Jhe returns were made up in town whe«. the toll-collector gave ! in ; his evidence they Iwere always made up at the Kawhaka and jsigned i! tHere in his- 'presences 1 1 had! this ■in my mind when I made the statement,-, jwhich I believe was as follows .:rr-" With"" Teference to ,the, Kawhaka,' it looked ? pecu-. jliar that th^^ monthly^ ''TeturnsJ- instead of coming direcb to the Treasury in anjenvelope in the usual way] were 1 placed ur janother. envelope addressed to Mark jSprbfc'/.and Co. In .fab' 6 :; it had ; beetf jalleged that those returns i Were i inaSe up jat.an office in town, and\ the .appearance, Q£:thqseieturnsldrnishednp'/prpof > pf]tiie'l contrary. And is itnot mbsir,emarkabie^ i that whilst purporting; to/be signed by ( 'the" j toll-collector, who. can; himsefi $mte y \ in, i each instance another person signed his mame in his presence ?"•'.