PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 130, 28 November 1885, Page 2

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting of the above council \vas held at Cambridge on Wednesday last. Present: Ors W..L. C. Williams (chairman), J. C. Firth, H. Rr.Bmnskill, D.\Murphy,> J.:B. .Smit(i, W. P. Ohepmell, and- E. Maclean. The £8000 Grant.— Mr J. B. Whyte wrote to theleffedt fcha't*' he* ha'di written to the MinisterJor JMinee re the above; granfc, f urgii)fivypon hijn the advisability, andMn^aetthiineceVßifey dfopayihjjht as soon as.ppssiblej >^^4^ raui was rpceived from the Hon. Mr Larnach stating thatrhe ~had~&iltnorised the payment 1 oi the £8000 sub^idys b n .We I .faith bf the ra^e' being levied t'o'paybff'lthe-ovejr-draft. prdrtjis^ of reducing tramway rate's would lidw be consiJoieJ in the interests of the mining

iiupcounioftitj fn the pas|||p debarred. ;their considering, thisjnp«|J?r tfreviojyjfliy: ,Mrst (nhir^h»i\es§wM i\h\r cn»]fmp « coi!ftid«ption/ r JW||[^iin|murMa!i§i< L j o£l/y t (pnr* r tonj] | ||% conjU ' nw iMfi/mbVr.tMfi thWiafco](Jduife ' Cr Mvvfi ffflid jieiquit/agreed v tfiifc[i the proposal, He didUot s^e why the chairman should noKbi^llowed some thing towards the inevitable expenses of the office. Cr Chepmell did not see any objection to the proposal. There should be a small allqvi aiice to ;qovei; expenses), <-- A \ Or Maclean did -not' 'think* ihVy WbnTd be able to pay-such a- salary-as' the chaii--^ man deserved, He would propose L5O a year. He was almost ashamed to propose such a small sum. j The proposal was put and carried unanimously, 1 The next meeting of the council wn? ! fixed for 3 p.m. Thursday, the 17th December. ■ . Several small accounts were passed for payment. « Hospital Board, Thames.—Cr Ohepmell thought that the council's representative on the above board should be allowed his travelling expenses. He would move that he be allowed 10s a day and his travelling expenses there and back. Agreed to. This was all the business, and the council rose. — Waikato I'imes.