Horowhenua County Council.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 13 April 1918, Page 3

Horowhenua County Council.

The usual monthly meeting of the Horowhenua County Council was held this morning. Present: Grs Monk (in the chair), Broadbelt, Murray, McLeavey, Ryder, Wliyte, Law, Bryant, Catley. THE WAR LOAN. Sir Joseph Ward wrote to the Horowhenua County Council at its meeting to-day asking for assistance in raising the War Loan. He said: "The great crisis is at hand. Further funds are required to meet it. No appeal can equal personal effort. May I ask you to make a personal appeal and canvess among - your people to raise the nine and a half millions sterling now required. Organisation means success. Many a one Avill lend £5, £10, or even £500, if he is asked to do so by a neighbour who is making an equal effort. The Chairman said it was now too late to help the loan, but he trusted the Government would be successful in raising it and any other money they needed to win the war. ' HOSPITAL BOARD ELECTION. The Clerk reported having made enquiries as to the procedure necessary for the election of representatives of the Council to the Palmerston Hospital Board, with which district Horowhenua was incorporated on April 1. The Department of Internal Affairs said this was a matter for the In-spector-General of Hospitals to deal with, and the Chairman of the Palmerston Hospital Board said the Governor-in-Council had to initiate proceedings. | The Chairman said considering that the Horowhenua County wo- ' uld be the largest contributing body in the Palmerston Hospital District it would be necessary to see that real live representatives were chosen and he proposed that a committee from all local bodies be set up to choose candidates who, if they went before the electors with the committee's brand would probably be elected. The County's contribution for the current year would be £1900 as compared with £2800 paid last year to Wellington. Whereas two years ago the whole of this county (including the Borough) contributed £3300 to T Wellington, the whole contribution now would not be more than £2200. Mr Monk said he considered that Palmerston's method of working out the Government subsidy was under the estimate, and if that proved to be the case the levy on the County would be less still. Cr McLeavey moved that a member for each riding be appointed to the committee proposed bv Cr Monk. HELP FOE LIBRARIES. The Chairman of the Otaki Library drew attention to the fact that'the annual grant of £3_ 3s from the County Council, being amount of license fee for the billiard table at Manakau, had not yet been paid. Mr H. Eliott, of Tokomaru, wrote asking for a grant towards establishing a public library m Tokomaru. It was pointed out by the Clerk that Otaki's contribution was omitted By mistake and that as usual the fees from the billiard saloon were given to the library. This principle was also followed in Shannon, which hitherto had also received the fees from the Tokomaru billiard saloon. Ihe matter was purely a riding one, and Tokomaru's appeal was left in the hands of the members fdr the riding. QUESTION OF LIABILITY. The Hutt County Council wrote declining any liability for the Upper Ngatiawa Bridge considering the bridge purely for Horowhenua settlers. The Hutt. County Council forwarded an account for £36 5s 7d, half share of maintaining Wai-kanae-Ngatiawa boundary roacl. The Chairman said the attempt to repudiate the liability was absurd. It was a boundary bridge and was used frequently by Hutt settlers. The matter was left in the hands of the Chairman to deal with, while the second letter was received. WORKERS' EDUCATION. Mr H. W. Bear, lion, secretary Educational Committee, Levm Branch, N.Z. Labour Party, wrote asking for a grant towards establishing in Levin a branch of the Workers' Educational Association—a non-partisan, unsecha.ving for its the promotion of higher education. At present it was the intention to establish a lecture and discussion class in the hope of creating sufficient interest to enable a tutorial class to be formed next year, and already a good deal of encouragement and assistance had been met The chairman said the matter was one for the riding alone. Personally he considered they could not have too much _ education and if the matter were in his riding he would heartily support it. Cr McLeavey said personally I he was in favour of education but considered that they should defer it in view of the seriousness of the war ensis. After discussion the chairman said the^ tone of the Council seemed to be in favour of* assisting the classes, and on nis suggestion the matter was left to the Councillors for the riding to confer with Mr Bear and report to next meeting. GENERAL. ! The District Engineer wrote stating the Lands Department i had authorised a sum of £100 for the erection of a small bridge [ over tfie Mangaone stream in the • J Pukenamu settlement, and asked for the submission of the plans