OHINBMURI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 219, 10 September 1887, Page 3

OHINBMURI COUNTY COUNCIL.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above Council was held at Paeroa on Saturday last. Present : Crs. Cook, (chairman) Corbett, Strange, Nicholls, Walsh, Moore, and Butler. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed Correspondence.— The following correspondence was then lead and dealt with :—: — Electoral Rolls.— Fiom the clerk to the proprietors c f tho Auoilv AND Ohinkmuui Ivkws, and llamuki Tiihune, asking them to Quote a price foi printing 150 copies of county electoial lolls, viz., 40 copies Wuitokimri ; 40 do. K.irnn->ahako, GO do. Paeroa, 10 do. Waitou. Tho clerk stated he hud received a leply from Messrs Brett and Co., of the A. ami 0. Nkws , offering to do the work for £2 9s 6d ; and fiom Mr C. F. Mitchell of the Tribune stating: " Tho cost of tho tirht rolls was about LI 7. (seventeen pouwte.) This roll will cost about the same." Tho clerk stated he had ordered from Messis Biettand Co. a considerably larger number of the rolN than at fust sp'-i-ilii'd, .it u total ciM of JC."> jV, The (Ymctu\.- rVun Mi K. W. ITollis, Th.imos County Cloik, stating Ulimemuii cemetery vas nut \<sted In liustee-, but under the admmisti.itioii of a committee of management. Kesolved on the motion of (lie chairman, seconded by Or Nicholls, th.it the Colonial Seeiefaiy b<> written to iequesting that Ohinomuii County Couiu.il be appointed Tiustees of tin 1 icineteiy. Gold Duty.— From Mr C. J. iieiuh\ Thames, statins; £14G \b<, amount of gold duty acomino to Council for quarter ending' Jme 30th, h.nl bom placed to their credit at tho Bmk of Xc.v Zealand Received. Rivei P.oaid.— Fion, Mr G S. Compel s f oi wauling iop\ of Ga/.clte containing | ptoeiamatiou constituting Ohimmnii C unity Cnunc.il a River Board for all mei&Vithin the county. Received. Road ContiaeU— Fiom Mr J. 11. Lush, Piilicitoi, requiting prompt settlement of amount still due Mi P. Tiuynor. Resolved that this matU'i be left in the h-nuU of thu cliairman to settle. Proposed Loan — Some correspondence was read fiom Cr. Humphreys-, making some suggestions re this matter. Resolved that the matter be bo left in tho hands of the Finance Committee. Advertising— Fum Mr C. F/Mitchcll, of the ILuiraki Tnbune, (in reply to a lettei from the Cleik, stating- the Council were \ulhng to give him tho same terms- for ivReiting all County Council adveitisements as agreed to by" tho proprietor* of the Ar<»u\ v\u Ohin'i.mitui Xisws, viz., £4D per annum), stating, — " I make no t>iu.h of£< r to ihe Council. " Vahution— Fiom Mr Can oil Xa-h, ]icen-ce of the Mackaytown Hotel. pioumting a»ainst his pioperty being valued at £200. «" Cr Moore said Mr NHi wanted i 11 .500 for the propcity that ho now coni|»l,un«Ml pt being l.itcd too highly; <uu\ On. genei ally expressed the opinion the vain ition was .1 low one. — Application rehincd Inteie^t — Mi P. Timmioi wrote reqni^t|ng Council to allow him inteivur. at ten per cent on the money so ]on» due tojiim, ,md Mtatini? he ;h.id had to pay a higln-r jate of interoat than lie now inked f»i. Resolved tliat interest at eight pei cent foi twelve months be allowed. Waitoa K.<tup<!)ui>s— Tho following lett>'r wao read tioiji heveral Wuitoa r.itopiiyeis. "Waitou, Augint 3lßt, 1887T he Chairman, Ohitu'iiuui County Coun^jj, <; lu ._\Ve the undersigned latcp.tyei^ of tin- Waitoa Riding, coiisitieriug the long delay of the contiactois in completing the Lower Diain Houd, and uwint; to the very ,depiesfet;d state of agriculture, we fmd ouratlves unable to pay the present i.ite, we would lespectfully ask the Council to allow us to woik out our ratea on the road. We will undeitake to do the work at the B<uno rate thy contractors have taken it at, and to tne s-atisfaction of the Gngineei. Oitt rates \\ ill amount to about the portion the County contribute to this road. Signed— John Mellon, Edward Bowler, CUus. B. Edw.uds, Allen A. Bowler." Cr Strange said : Ho only hoard yesterday °f this letter haviDg been hent, but he understood it was the desire of the i cite payers geneially to be allowed to york out their rate^ ; leaving the subsidies thereon to thu County. The Waitoa ratepayeis had no main County road within 12 miles of them. Ci Coibett reuiiuked that the Financial Repoit drawn up and submitted at last meeting showed t'lo necessity of levying a 6-4 d rate to meet present expenses, without going into any new works, and in the face of that, did not see how the request could be gi anted ; and if the moneyjwas not got in soon the Council night lose the Government subsidies. The granting of this application would nlso result in many similar ones being mada. Besides the conti actor Collett, was in possession of the conti act. Cr Moore : If such an application were granted, there would be many similar ones. Cr. Strange at some length strongly urged the claims the Waitoa ratepayers had for consideration, and the lack of passable roads to their homes : and with respect to Colletts contract reminded Council £100 of it was provided by Government subsidy, leaving only ii3s for Council to find and of that £12 had been guaranteed by Bowler Resolved— That the application bo not entertained. Unpaid Rates— On the motion of the chairurin it was resolved that the time, fifter which all unpaid rates would be sued i'or, be extended to October Ist. Mcßiinns Find.— Copy of a telegram from the chairman to the Minister of Mines was read, stating that he had put on two men to prospect for the best tracks to ronnect Paeroa and Waitekauri with Hikutaia find, and that lie should apply for assistance from Government, as it was raofetly on Native land. A communication was read from Mr J M. Rob^on enclosing a cheque for £5, which the subscribers asked Council to 'supplement and apply towards the cost of having a good track laid off to connect Ptieroa with tho ntw find. Coir' ftidorable discussion ensued as to which was the best way oi getting to the new diggings. Cr Corbett expressed himself Zinin favour of a track to connect wjth the Waitekauri hill track near Graydous. Resolved that £10 be added by Council

to the £5 subscribed towards cost of finding the best track: Waitcknuri Hill track and Lower Road. —On the motion of Or Corbett it was resolved that £15 each be experidod on repairing these roadn. Cr Walsh proposed ihsit the foot bndgo be replaced at WateifalJ creek, Owhavoa ; but it was docidwl to let the matter stand over for the present.