HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 December 1916, Page 2

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL

OKMX'AIU' MONTHLY MEETING

At Levin to-day the Horowhenua 'County Council is holding its ordinary monthly meeting, Mr G .Monk, chairman presiding. Following is a precis ( I ci rrosi>! ndence tlnit is being considered : —Jlr Howard Andrew, of llanakau wrote that .since iyi3 he had orerpaid the council, in error, £7 lGs by way of rates. The County O.mnchairman reported that lie had

looked into .Mi 1 Andrew'/-, records, in company with tlio c::unty treasurer, and found 'there was no room to doubt that the 1 ates ha-1 -been twice paid upon ihe isnine -propel ty for some th:ee years. In law Mr Andrew had no claim for a refund, but lie had one in equity, and tlio chairman 'recommended that a refund of £5 be made to Mr Andrew. The Wellington "Discharged Prisoners Aid Society" wrote asking tlio council for a donation. Mr C. H. Gardiner. 11011 secretary to the Public Library, Shannon, applied to tlio council for a subsidy to the library funds. The Poplar Flaxmilling Company asked the council to decide that section llfi of the Public Works Acit, should not apply to land fronting Mnnnwatn River (being part Mannwatu-Kukiitauaki 2F and 2G. such land being at a portion of the river that is mavigable by steamers.

Length!y correspondence is to be considered in respect to Te Gpaekete Koad. Kereru, and the application to the council for a certificate as to the expenditure of moneys on the road since it was dedicated in 1895. The Board of Agriculture wrote asking the council for information with regard to "the six worst weeds of arab'e and grass land" in Horowlienua County. Quotations for supply of a ten-toll road roller were received by the council. A report was 'received from the district health officcr as to a liousel in Shannon wherein a case o,f scarlet fever had occurred. He recommended that the tanks ho fixed with an overflow pipe, the scullery lie lined, sink have a properly-constructed sanitary drainage board, traps and gullytraps be connected with the drain, etc. The Department of Health said it would like -to know who was responsible for the plumbing work in connection with the house. Tn connection with the sale of part of Wirokino Estate to Messrs Oarter and Michie, Messrs Grace Brcfi. «sked the Council to consent to a transfer to His Majesty the King of the land for a road (with an acceptance by the council) which procedure would obviate an obligation for the council to metal some 60 chains of the 75-link read under the control of the council connnecting the Rangiwliinui Block ■with the main road.