OHINEMURI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 150, 17 April 1886, Page 2

OHINE MU R I COUNTY COUNCIL.

Thr nBH.il monthly meeting of tne above council \.ns held on Saturday last iv the council cuambers, Paurna, commencing; at 330 p.m. Present: Crs Cock .(chairman), Nicliolla, Butler, Mooro, ! Strange, Walsh, and Humphreys. ; Minutes cf the previous meeting were tirat read and confirmed. Cr Moore, at the request of Cr Corbstt, apologised for ti*e latter' s a.senuor owing to l'lness. Tenders. — The following tenders were next opened : Rnngiora ftoad Improvements : Owen McCabe (accepted), £31 19s j YVm. Barrett, £33; T. M. Ritchie, £38 Uj ; Jolin Punch, £39 17s 4d ; R. M. Smith, £35 8s 4d, Main Road : Foi Supplying 600 yards Shingle ; Q. 0. Deverill and Co. (accepted), 3s 3d yard ; B. Traynor, 3s 8d ; E. Baines (300 yards only), 3s lid ; Wm. Marsh (if allowed to take the Paeroa end;, 3s Bd. Correspondence was next read. Outward ; To Mr h. M. Grace, Taopo stating that the council had resolved to spend to £500 given by Government on improving the Thamss-Tauranga ro-id. To the Government, requesting th'eia to conserve all navigable rivers in tho* Ohinemuri district, for the benefit of the Cotmfcy. To Government, stating the council's willingness to undertake tbe collection of the Goldfiekls revenue, provided j> district office be established in Ohinemuri. To Hon. Minister of Trade and Customs, stating that at a meeting of the council, held on March Ig, they had resolved to build a magazine for the storage of explosives at Paeroa. To Mr McLaren, Mining Inspector at Thames, requesting- to be informed witU respect to qmirtz- taken from Ohinemuri to the Thames furnace for treatment, whether Ohinemuri or Thames County would obtain the re venire Inwards: From far Dobson, Te Aroha, stating that Hyde and Blencowe, contractors- for constructing a branch track at the south end of the main reef and passing Camerons ground, would complete thfir work by the end of nexfc week, 22 chains at 275, £29 14s, an<J requesting that payment of the account be arranged for. Uesolveo, on the motion of Cr Nicholls, that vouchers be seftt on to Wellington for progress payments, l-eing balance of Government grant. From Mr C. J. Ueaile, as follows 5 Paerort, March 27th, 1886. Chairman Oliinemm-i Coimfy Council, — Sir : I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter authorising me fo act sis ynttr accountant and agent, to inrestigate the accounts of the Thames County Council, irr order to 1 make up a statement of assets and liabilities for the Commissioner of Audit as between the Thames and Ohiivemuri County Councils at tin* ti.ne of separation. Trt reply thereto, 1 beg to inform you that last week when nt the Tim i lies, I lintl mi interview with Mr E. W. Hollis, the clerk to Thames Council, as to when it would be convenient for him to afford me access to the books, papers, au<l other information I required, when i etold me that Ci Humphreys had been engnged with him going through the books and paperj -for some time past r and that e'/ety possible information an<l reference to the accounts that coold be got had been furnished to him. Up to« this time 1 l.ad no" knowledge that Cr Humphreys had any intention of acting in this n«anner, as in tprms of my letter to you I required fnP authority to act as your sole noent, and could liave called upon Cr Humphreys for h\» assistance if I found "it uccesssary, but his- action must have been,, prior to receipt by me 1 of your autliority to act 1 may also state that I had another interview with Mr Hollis yesterday, and tried to come to an arrangement with him whereby I could me,t him at nis own time and gointo the accounts, and he informed nn that it was entirely out of his power now to come to any arrangement, as the Thames Council had passed »i resolution at their last meeting' t<> the effect : That' as the bookb aud papers had been IKH