MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume VII, Issue 266, 10 May 1889, Page 2

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

The oidinary monthly meeting * was held on Tuesday; Present— Cis 1 McKenzie (Chairman), Hammond, l Sanson, and Saxon. ( Amongst the correspondence read ] was a letter from the Treasury, stat- j ing that the application for a loan of 1 £1,000 had been provisionally agreed - 1 to. The circular also stated that a ' bill would be introduced to raise the ' interS?* on loans to local bodies,, .and ' that a rate &F& be struck to cover < not less than six per cent, for the repayment of the sum granted. From John Carter, with reference to a dangerous hole in a oulyert at Moutoa. From J. Wright Stewart with regard to the dangerous condition ol culverts and bridges on the Moutoa*road. From Hoe and Gatton, enclosing an account for £2 claimed for loss inctirred through the f ailqrei of the Tramway contractor to deliver material at the proper time.—refused, 'k From Hoe and Q-atton and Austin and Dearlove, jointly applying for a siding opposite their mils. — Deferred to next meeting. . . _ I * ' .' From the Wellington solicitors to the Horowhenui County Council, de* | mending a payment of £120 6s 2£d., as their half of the profit on &c two* ferries. From Thomas F. Gibson, request, ing aremission of his rates ior 1888-9 on account of loss incurred by floods. No formal resolution carried, but applicant need not pay. From' Messrs Gilford, J_ke, and Co., flax roillers, with .application for permission to make a crossing over the tramway opposite Mr Ludlow's. — Granted. Mr D. Fraser interviewed the Council with regard to a claim of £150 for severance of the Awahuri Estate. Mr Larsen waited on the Council with samples of a rotten culvert, and ' claiming £3 dapaages. Slaughter licenses were granted to Messrs W. K. Simpson and H. Barber, subject to the payment of the usual fees. „--.■ The resignation of Messrs Gower j and ijarkworthy were accepted, and steps were ordered to be taken to fill ' the vacancies. , , The manager of the W. and M. k Uailway Company wrote,-- stating L that the ofEer ro purchase ithe Weka . at £l<l0 r cash, and the balance of 1 £350 ip.' bi Is of eq^^au^ount at li three, six, nine, a^VCTW-m.-fe i the n v/ent into committee to consider _ -uo question of purchasing the loco- ■*• motive; Weka, and on resuming the 1 following resolution was reported J carried: "Thai the Wellington- ' Manawatu Eailway Company be r offered £400 for the ".'-. locomotive ; Weka, payments to extend over a ' period of twelve* months from date of \ purchase., The above offer to be ■ subject to the obtaining of a; satis- ** factory certificate from the Govern- : ment Inspector of Machinery." 1 The Tram contractor, Mr Eeid, 1 noting tKese details, here said that as ' the Council was oot going to get an engine for* some time* as far as he L could Bice, he would give in a month's notice of his intention to terminate his contract. Proposed by Cr Sanson, and seconded by Gr Bason, "That the Horowhenua Council be requesteoVto send a copy of the .agreement' said to exist between the two Councils in. terested; the clerk to etate in his letter that if there ba suoh an agreement, this council will act up to the terms of such agreement.