HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Shannon News, 16 October 1923, Page 3

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

: Tiie monthly meeting oi t-lie Tlorowiicnua Loamy guuhcu was iueid un Effiuiday, like cinumian (Mr G. A. iUunkj presiding. ' Ai&u present; Css. LiioadueU, JLiweu, Caiiey, Harkm-ss, Barber, Ryder auu ijiyam. Lua\e m ujjseuce vvas gum led 10 Lr. Whyte. nccjimts 10 L‘iiiiug driidi os iua woi' passed lor payment. LOin msBUNDENCE. • 1 The General Manager oi Railways wrote uiui lire, yuesauii ui 1 educing die ireight on dairy produce, a.: inougnt up by the Levin Co-op. Dalr\ Co., aun supported by Urn Council, oa's receiving alien; ion.— Re eel \ rri. Tiie Medical Ollice'r oi Health forwarded a formal request. that tin- ■ Win 1 / oi a imti.se a, Atiaiiuuti siioum ne notified to make certain improve, mums m order to cuniorm wnh the provisions’ oi ‘Tiie Health Act."— Agreed. Tin; Kiwitea County Council wrote asking ii 1 lie Council would he prepared to hire out its road roller arid «ral'ifier for a few weeks for the purpose of enabling that County to car-. iy out repairs on the Kirnboiton rone' which runs through the Cheltenham Riding, and if so- to iotward conditions of hire. it was decided' that ilho Kiwi: e--> Counly Council 'he written to to the effort that the Council was not prepared to hire' out. it s machinery-. CONTRIBUTION TO FT FIT BO MITT. The Levin Fire Board drew the al-

ien Finn of the Council to the'fact Hm, ffie Brigade at times attended Twin the County area for which *••>.:-

•Ism tiin Counly made no eontriifion,. arid stating that in future T ' mmwri wore not pronn-ml to allow the Brigade out of the Borough area

"ir.Vjsf? .‘(he County could cnnmitW:' some contribution to the funds, for «neh .service. - l

The chairman said he thought thru some arrangement could he arrlvori

at Pel Ween the Fire Board and Cm Council as to the distance the Brigaib-•ho-.ffil I-avei. B could not do oulsid the limits of the water service, k would be ar pity if the County residents on the’ Borough, bounda:v should not have the use of the Brigade if it could be made a vail a hie. lie would, suggest that, a committee l)e set up to go into the matter.Agreed. ' BOUNDARY LIGHTS. The Levin Borough Council wrote stating that in the plans prepared by the, Horowhenuti.-Electric Povy.cr Boani it was proposed to erect fifteen lumps along Borough boundary roads-where County ratepayers would receive at least equal service with Borurigh residents from their sit naff on. They asked that the County bear half the annual cost of these to the amount of. if 1 "16s 3d per Tamp. Cr. 11 a '-kness said that there was no doubt that some obligation rested oh the Council, but ' not to the extent, suggested by the Borough Council, inside the Borough the rljm: let - might, he thickly populated whilst outside. d would be much more-thinly peg-pled. —Referred to the members ..for the. Wirokino Riding- : with power to act. The ' KorowheViua’ Electric Power Board. forwarded a request that the 'County’s share of the extension of r-runbriilß street to Tnram-a road.,' which 'was being asked fq,r<y ! -would be proceeded with in clue’ 'course.— Agreed. ,y ' LAil' UuM 81-LAVs L. uruiLa Co uniy C.uumcil wroiv i Uai\ aly.a'd’ ovUiUi-ciiOt! Oi uclegci.lcs or rn:t‘ „uau<x\»ai.n, iwuui.jga, i\iwiieiL and Oi'u'uu Luunniw h. nau jiceu unanimously agreeu. uiat me Li.inf Was ripe urn UiO iiaUiiug oi a i.uuurm sec ut ny-laws nuu inviting tue Council : to appoiiu a delegate to attend a lurifier oonie-reJice lu be fund ..W Uiai eiiu at Tie Uiuuu Comity ouice on Uelobor l'Jtb. The c.uurniau said •that be was ul opinion lirat. me county snouiri be represented at the commence. it was nitugui mat me meeting should mHeld ny tee District Council ana any ,-esoluuons named could tnea be sunmiUCd -to the Highways Board. Cr. 13j oadbelL nun ed mat tire ciiail'-, man should be tire Lounoil roprt’scn-

uitive' in, me cuiilf il'.iLi’. (in the suggestion oi tli.O dhUi'iiiiati ia wits agreed unit iiit- clerk should also auentl.

GENERAL. The Ma-kema Drainage Board submitted plans lor' proposed improvements to tlie' Ukuku Budge over titc Tokonnwu stream, and asking to whatextent tile Council would he willing to contribute to same.

The chairman said that the principle ul this had been agreed to some | months f ago. Regarding) tide carry ing ■ out oi' the work this was a nlatter lor Hn.e Engineer as the County's expert. The Engineer said that il a special meeting was to be held regarding the .Shannon bridge, that . this matter should he held over until that was done, as the two mailers hap a. bearing one on another. Alter a general discussion, this was agreed to. WAITARERE ROAD. A petition was received from the sotvlers oi the Waitia'cre road'asking the Council to take the necessary steps to raise >a loan oi E’ ( .H)O for the purpose oi metalling tlile road, the sections along the road to be formed into a special rating) area as security therefor.*' The clerk was instructed to take the necessary steps to to rat the ■rating area and to obtain the money (lor the work. ) ARATANGATA ROAD. J A deputation of settlers from the Aratiingatw, district asked that a ioacl j into tlii'ir properties niipht he. pro- • vided and the County dr,airy which was at times tiie cause of flooding, attended 10. . • ■

Cr: Broadbelt said that when the member* ior the Wirokino Riding inspected the road it was suggested that the settlers ncree amongst, themselves regarding what they were prepared to do tit the matt fit The chairman said there was no

doubt a> lo what Was needed.. That was a road. What the • Council suggested was that a special rating area should h? formed for this purpose and wbat they now wanted to know was

if .tb,e settlers would form such, an area. An estimate had been formed hut it was based on the. site of this

present road. It was considered now, however, that a more satisfactory road could be formed on the opposite side.

Mr A. Ross said that before the settlers came to a definite decision the County engineer should prepare a definite estimate so that settlers would know wlint the road would xost. After considerable discussion it was decided that the engineer should prepare such an estimate and that the Council should let the settlers know what the cost of the proposed road would be. ' COLLECTION OF DRAINAGE LEVY. A deputation consisting of Messrs McDonald, McGill, and Law waited on the Council to ask that, the Council would make itself responsible for the collection of the contribution of the Buckley drainage area, towards the hanking of the Man gore stream. This was agreed to-