Kawhia County Council.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 287, 30 November 1906, Page 2

Kawhia County Council.

STATUTORY MEETING.

On Weauesd.y last tho . annual mealing of the above body Ska held whan thftrß wore present—-Crl W. J. Shaw, H. Shaw, Jonathan and Armelrong. , t The Clerk (Mr Newton) took the oh&lr, and called for nominatione for she position of chairman. Cra Armstrong and Jonathan nomimited Or W. J. Hhaw, and Ore Jonatfcfin and W. J. Shaw Or M‘Cardl®. Gi: the question being (-ut to a vote Or Shaw wad elected. On taking the chair, Or Shaw retu nsd thanks fur the honor conferred upon hhu, and said he would do bis very best to carry out tho duties in a fair and impartial manner. He re gtetted kba& he was not better qualified for the position, but they could rest assured that be would give ail matters in countotioa with the Council his bast, attention and when be could not would rasign. o*l th® motion of the Chairman and Cr. Jonathan, a v<Ao of thanks was accorded the retiring chairman. In seconding the motion Or Jonathan eaid he thought that as Mr M‘Cardie was chairman of the T.iwn Board the election of Cr Shaw would be mutually beneficialAs the b dance sheet had not yet been returned, the meeting adjourned. OKDINARi MEETING. The usual meeting of the above wan held on Wednesday last, wb m there were present Crs W. J- Shaw (chairman), H. Armstrong, G. G Jonathan, d. Show, A. N. Norton, A W. BbLbxge. The minn es of the last mesiiog ware read and confirm’d.

From D. Galvan, Ktwbu, staling that tbs work of faroining the ap proach to the Aotea beach was in a vsry bad condition.-—Cr Norton said ba bad let the contract for tha work but it had not bean finished. From H. J. Greenslade, M 1£ 8., thanking Council for letter of apprscia tion of bis efforts re county loan?, and acknowledging letters re lighting and Harbour endowments.—Received. From H. T. Gillies, Hamilton, thanking Council for appointing him solicitor, and advising re Bagl&n County’s claim for mamtanancs of certain roads.—Received. From Dapastmoni of Lands and Survey, Wellington, stating that tbers was no reason why the quarry reaerve in the Paraw&i township should not be vested in the Council, but before that could be done it would have to bs gazetted as a reserve. Enquiries were also being made relative io other stock and mstal reserves in the county. —Received. From 3am*. statisg that the Commissioner of Crown Landa bad been instructad to clear noxious weeds off Crown sections in Kawbia.—Received. From Minister of Public Works, regretting that a £ for £ subsidy towards the Okupata road and Jervois street, Kawbia, works could not ba provid id for. A sum of £220 was on the estimates for the Okupata road, but £207 of that amount had already been authorised ; £lO5 was on the estimates for Jervois street, but that amount had been wholly expended.—Received. From F. Hosking, Kawbia, asking the council to impose a tax on hawkers and travelling “merchants.”—To be dealt with in bye-laws. From J. Kerr, Stock Inspector, ask ing that form of application for Mr Jeoklin’s slaughtering license be forwarded to Wallington at once.— The Clerk was inetructed to write to other County Councils for information on the matter. accounts. The following accounts were passed for payment:—A. W. Babbage £l, A. N. Norton £1 103, W J. Shaw £1„ H i Shaw £l, Sohrieber Bros. £2, Jonathan Ltd. 14’, A. E. Ward HD, G. Hirst £5, H. Bethel £5, J- White £5, J. K- Newton £9 Bs R. Sircombe £2 Bs, H. H. Pettit £8 3j, £8 2’, Hone te Apa £8 B’7 Tan Mata £7 4s, purchase of biildiag tor offices, £B6. COUNCIL CRAMUSai Ths Chairman stated that sin3e last me?ti ig acting *on instrucinnx the e’erk hid the builling nt ths back ol the post A ffi r a ( r £36. and .h?y were now awai lhg a fjply from tie Oulmial Secretary to a request that the building be allowed to remain where H is. The matter of ths ai'oradons should bs left in the hands of some ’councillor |an that the work could bs gone on with without delay. It was resolved to leave the matter in the hands of the Ohairmaa and C Jonathan.

the poo tax. The Chairman remarked that the contract for collecting dog taxes ended in December. It would be well tn make arrangements for th* ens’ fng year. Cr Jonatban It did not turn out satisfactorily for the ocllect .r last year. H»s be paid up ? The Clerk : He owes the Council about £2.

Or Norton : My part of the enmity was not visited. The Chairman : The Oil Loo Council allow the clerk io collect the tax and allow him so mush per dog. Or Babbage: Thai would work all rijbt in an older county, but not here. There were a lot of dogs not registered last year. The Chairman thought that tenders for the collection similar to last y?ar would bevery small. Very few Macri doge were paid for at all. He would lik'i -o «O 0 the question tested, us it would have to be sooner or later.

Cr H. Shaw suggested calling applications for the work at so muob per head.—B’6 motion. THE LOANS. Os Babbage rtksd il tbei-i bad beta

any reply received about ihe loans and on being answered in the negative said that they should not let tbe matter c«lmly drop. It would perhaps do good to write again. If the Government would not subsidise for metalling It might for widening. Cr Norton : The reason that a reply has not been received is because the money is difficult to find. Or Armstrong: It is cn account of the members being at tha Exhibition As no definite answer had been re ceived the matter was left over till next meeting. »BPCTATTON*. Messrs Turrell and Falwasser, mem b«»rs of the Town Board, waited on the Council relative to banding over any snrplus rates and tba framing • f bye-laws. The Chairman did not think tbe Town Board bed a claim on the past years rates, but those for tbe coming 12 months would have to bo adjusted. Or Babbage : Do we not each strike

a separate rate ? Ths Chairman : Yes; bub we only

deduct for the upkeep of the main road. Anything over that, I think, beings to the Town B >ard. Cra Jonathan and Armstrong were I aopointed to meet members of the Town Board to draw up bye laws. GRNRRAL. In reply to a qustion, tbe Ckrk announced that there were not many rates unpaid. The date of the next meeting was left in the band? ol tbo chairman and clerk t»fix, motions. Bftbb ge, Arm<rong That CrNor ton let 'h e ntract for the culvert tim ber f r tha Wai etuna Aotoa road.

B»-bb'-gn, N »rton—Thit Or Armstrong be given authority to spend £l5 out of thirds on the Okupata road. Babbage, Norton—That the finishing of the building for the Council Chamber? be left in the hands of tho chairman and Cr Jonathan. Babbage, Norton—That tenders be called for the contract for which plans and specifications were taken out last year (No. 1), and Mr Armstrong, sr., be authorised to make out plans and specifications for contract No. 2, about another 20 chains. J jnaiban, Shaw—That authority be given tor expenditure necessary to repair a washout on main road bMow Symons’ house, cost not to exceed £2 Jonuhan, H. Shaw—That tbe clerk write Mr Nesbit, requestieg him to complete removal of building situated in Ttiinui street. Armstrong, H. Sbaw—That tenders be called for 56 square yards of gravelling, to be spread over four chains of road 9ft. broad on the Waitetuna Valley road, tenders to close on the 28rd December at Or Norton’s residence, where specifications may be seen. H. Shaw, Jonathan That the Council call tenders tor the collection of dog tax for the year 1907, at per bead, specifications to be drawn out and be open for inspection at tbe Council office, tenders to close on December 81st.

HARBOUR BOARD. The Council afterwards sat as a Harbour Board. A letter was received from tbe Te Awamutu branch of the Bank of New Zealand, stating that there was a credit balance of £23 14s 2d. Mr Newton reported that he had £l6 4s 81 in hand. Tbo Cbsirman said that the Bay of Island? County Council was the Harbour Board tor Russell and they bad been written to for information. Cr Babbage: We will have to enlarge the shed. Had it better be done out of revenue or money raised for the purpose ? The Chairman: There is about £5O in band. We can strike a rate over the whole county. Cr Babbige: You would find it would bo thrown out. Money can be raised by debentures. Ws might get some from the Savings Bank. The Chairman thought it would be better and cheaper to raise a loan. Cr H. Shew: There must be increased wharf accommodation no matter how wo get it. O’ 1 Babbage suggested writing to the Inanranaa Comp-nies.and Savings B-inki to see wb it could be done. The revenne, wFfob wa’ £6B last year, would pay interest' on a big loan. Cr Armstrong : The wharf jnust go out another 20ft., and I would like to see the lot done together.

Cr Babb ige : We will hare to make an alteration with Mr Newton. The work is worth more than be is getting for it. Tbe Chairman said that they wanted more information freHiive to 4bo endowments. If they could not control them the sooner there was, a properly constituted Harbour Board the better, The meeting thou acKourned,