WAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 16 October 1912, Page 3

WAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL.

The monthly meeting of the Waitemata County Council was held last Friday, at the offices, Swanson Street. Present: Messrs A. Cochrane (chairman), M. Lang, W, McChattie, F. Poynton, H. Day, J. Greenwood, V. Kerr-Taylor, J. McLeod, and F. Dye.

By-laws—Building by-laws were passed for the ridings of Waikumete, Waipareora, and Takapuna. Another by-law was adopted to deal with traffic by traction engines over the principal roads within the borough, Mr Griffin waited upon the Council to enter his protest, but the Chaiiman explained it was not intended to apply to chaffing machines being drawn from farm to farm. The object was to deal with special traffic, such as the dragging of timber by traction engines.

The Chairman said the Counsil had suffered a great loss in the death of Mr. John Adlington, of Waimauku, one of the Council's best working man, Several councillors spoke in high terms of the deceased, and a vote of condolence was passed byvthe Council. The Helensville swing bridge and Ohirangi bridge are both held up, tho fomier ponding receipt of a reply to a proposal made to the Helensville Town Board twelve months ago, and the latter awaiting a reply from tho Public Works Department, Wellington, to supply a section of the grider required.

Tenders were received as follows

Wade bridge approaches, W. MeNair, £200 (accepted) ; Brunton and Moffat, £2-17 ; Murray and Boyle, £-IfSOl fSO 17s -Id ; engineer's estimate, ■(-•540. Twelve chain of earthwork on

Cheat North Road, Henderson, T. H. U. Brown, £270, and W. L. Leighton, Lllo 7s (accepted). Scrub Cutting, Taylor Bros, 2s por chain. Spawis for Waikumete, os Gdper yard, Ren(hill's tender was accepted.

Kaun Gum Land. —The Lands Department, which is taking possession of worked-out kauii gum land 1,071 acres in extent, at Lucas' Creek, asked tins formal signature of the Council transferring the property to them.

Some very plain talk took place, on the question of councillors going to Wellington without authority from and that body, acting as if they were authoi ised deputations.

Mr J ; McLeod entered a strong protost against tho remarks Councillor V, Kerr'laylor was reported to have made at last meeting. lie said Mr Taylor had complained that, members were in the habit, of going to Wellington and representing themselves as being deputations from the C'ouneil. Mr McLeod expressed surprise that tho complaint had been raised in his absence, and no question asked at the previous meeting, when he was present. He went to \Yi4lington at his own expense, and while then' tried to do what he could in the interests of the emmty. lie -i.sk eb for nothing' but what the Council had already asked for-

Mr A. Cochran (chairman oxmaincd that the matter was dealt whh as a general principle, because the Takapuna memliov had asked for £0,000 fur his district without any authority from the Council.

Mr McChattio said he was indebted to Mr McLeod for what he had done for tho Wade bridge.

Mr Taylor said he had not referred to Mr McLeod at all, but objected generally to councillors going to Wellington on council matters unless authorised to do so

Mr P. 1 >vo yepot tod that, in company with (!»•' engineer, he had surveyed the lucidity of Lake Takaimna f,nd was td the opinion that about oOOi't of channel would ho needed to connect the W.iiiua Creek with the Lako,-whieh would Urn have a largo enoi.gh tlew of wal :v to enable it to keep its level. He adyised haste, as the land in the lucility wouid pro bably rise in ].r:co m a shun, time.

To facilitate '.'lie making un o! the engineer's :;;<! vlerk'j report:-; and their Avork L; general, the former's ollice -will I;;' open fo tho public- only •.one day in ihe mouth--tho Thiirv.lay befoie the U'e'CtiUg-. w'pl.e '.ho clerk's cilice will he ..;.• "11 only from 12 to lji.m, daily Also the clerk' will be empcwei'id lv condense she correspondence in placing it b.-'l'orc the meeting.