SHANNON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Shannon News, 22 August 1924, Page 3

SHANNON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Snannon Btquougn Council was held in the Council chambers on Tuesday evening. Present His Worship tins Mayor (Mr \V. Murdoch) anu Crs. Beard, Gunning, Carter, 'Murray and Butt.

CORRESPONDENCE. A From tfie secretary ©1 the ShaMon Co-op.- Dairy Co., regarding mx bags of cement short-paid on their account and now in dispute, placing beiore the Council the ioiilowing lacts: —(1) "That the cement in question, all or part, was""-used by the Council; (2) that no definite proof oi" damage was established, l'or in order to pla.ce my claim beiore the merchant, I asked to see the damaged goods and unfortunately, I could not do so, as same had been used on your works and consequently the) Council will realise my, chances of making a definite claim on our merchants was. nil, and consequently we have no other redress than to ask for payment of same." —Resolved that /the account be paid. From Minister of Public Works advising that -the carpenter's shed at Mangaore can be disposed of in three or four months' time, the value placed on it being £2o.—Accepted with thanks.

From County Clerk, Horowhenua County Council, ae letter from Borough Council in reierence to flood gate on Mr Bryant's property arid the information supplied by-Air G. N. Stephenson, stating- toe matter had come before his Council on the 9th inst. He advised that no trace can be found of any agreement as mentioned by the ■Council. His ' Council,, however, in order that the matter might be fully discussed, would, be pleased to meet representatives ol the Comicil on the ground at a date-to be arranged.—lt was decided .that the Mayor and Crs. Curran and Gardner and the Engineer be appointed tQ meet the representatives, of the Horowhenua County Council on a date to be fixed by latter and a letter to this effect be torwarded to them. In regard to complaint liom f.;.umTi to the Healtli Officer that rubbish was being'deposited on a vacant section in the Borough, the latter wrote. stating tlie rubbish was to be removed, but if it could be satisfactorily burned and the debris covered it would probably get over the rat nuisance and'he recommended that the person responsible be asked to remove ail the rubbish from this section.—The Town Clerk stated the person responsible hud been communicated with and the matter was now receiving attention. From U; Booker asking if the Council would jhake good the damage done to decking oi crossing on his property ilirough" the water pipes being hauled o\er same. u-.'->jiv?d that if any damage Was done t{ie oouncil would make good. From Messrs J. Holden and F. W. Newport drawing the Council's atten-tion-to the need of a drain along tne frontage Of their nproperties hi 'lhompson street, ■about six or seven chains* to, connect with the other drains, asthe water now lies in front and cannot get away except by soakage anu through one culvert.—lt wag resolved to hold the matter over till next meeting. In the meantime an inspection will be made.

A copy of the Motor Vehicles Bill was received,, the main aim oi tne measure being to place on tv better looting the control ol motor vehicle* and to provide lands lor the improvement ol the main highways 01 tne Dominion. It also makes plain tinintention of the Government to deai drastically with reckless and negligent drivers ol motor cars. In iuturu the work oi registration will he undeitaken by 'Officers ol the Post and leiegraph Department. The Bill doquuea that every motor vehicle shall i>e,licensed annually and tnat a lee varying from 10s in the case oi motor cycl.-s, up to £2- lor every piivate or put>Lic motor car and £o lor oveiy motoi coach or motor omnibus, £5 lor eveij motor lorry with solid tyres and lor every motor lorry fitted with pneumatic tyres on all wheels snail i y l payable, 'ihe licensing oi unvers '» being leit, as at present, to the local authorities; the licensing to be renewed annually which will be compulse r> and no person under 15 years oi age will be regarded as competent to hoiu a license. ROAD-MAN'S REPORT. The roadman (Mr F. Haley) lcpoiied: 1 iiave carted 93 yaids ol menu on Vogel street, Mam iSorth roau, l'liuuuiii' and isathan anu jLevin road and have cleaned out wiiter tables in jNatnan Terrace anu Stout, Venn and yance streets. L have, cut new drain along \Viiittak<u street at the top oi the Recreation Ground aud also put m part oi a newculvert crossing Nathan Ten ace neai Druids' Hall, which had been broken by one oi the Public Works lorries.— Adopted. . . ENGINEER'S REPORT. -The .engineer (Mr Edwards) reported as follows:—-The particular bends over which there has been some sßgnt delay came to hand last week and tne men "are now, working making tne continuous connections at the reservoir end of the 8-incn pipe. 1 was informed by the Engineer oi the Spiral Pipe Co. mat the balance oi fittings will be at Shannon to-day. As soon as all. these parts are distributed along the length of tins pipe, which will take about two days, the spiral Pipe Co.'s man will be phoned for and this work carried on until complete. As per instructions from the Road

Committee I will take levels and peg out footways in -Stout, Ballance and ...Vance streets. 1 expect to do this work early next week. Cr. Beard asked the Engineer if he could tell them approximately what the w.ater scheme had cost to date. The Engineer said the Town Clerk had all the particulars, which ii he w'iis furnished''with, he would then be able to give them the cost to date . arid how much more money would be required. The report was adopted. GENERAL. '.•jßastiived that Mr ffoley be. asked

what he would .Charge for putting.out and taking in the "Silent Policeman" on six days a week. Cr.' Murray stated he hud received a complaint from a person who was renting a paddock through whi'en there as an unused roadway which is fenced in, that persons are in the habit of deliberately opening tlhe gate and letting his stock out. The complainant wished toi know if he has any •T*Pfl T*-Pfift Cr. Carter said the Council should make it clear that where roads are fenced in and not required by the Council no one has any right to open gates or cut wires. Cr. Gunning said the property mentioned belonged to"him and was leas, ed to the complainant. He said he had had the same experience and objected to grazing people's stock on his section under the-'pretence that they were grazing on the road.

It was decided not to issue a summjons against complainant whose stock had been impounded. A permit was granted to the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co., to make additions to their stare. The Mayor said a meeting fco con--sider celebrating the turning on of the power at Mangahao was being held at Shannon on August 29th, and that the chairmen of the various local bodies and power hoards has been invited, to send along representatives.