SPECIAL MEETING.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 424, 30 November 1889, Page 2

SPECIAL MEETING.

The Rpecial meeting, commenced before the annual meeting, war thf»n resumed. Tenders for various Road Works : Before opening the tenders th.3 Chair man (Cr Moore) said ho thought that if a tenderer omitted to si<?n liis name to the bottom of his tender, and he wao present when the tenders were opened nnd wished to si.^n, he thought the Council should not declare tlie tender to be informal. Crs Corbett and Quinn spoke very strongly against rucli a pinpnsnl, and said if a man was only a little behind another, and he wai thr» lowest, he would claim the tender ; but if any tenderer flaw he had made a mistake, and was likely to lose, by it, ho would not claim the tender, and it would be a bid oourse to adopt;. The matter then dropped. Contract 244 —Renairs to Mill* Road : D, McC.iultield. L 7 14s 6d ; T. Quinn (accepted), LBI7-Gl. ContAict 245— Wnitokanri Rond : Goo, Wdite, L 35 ; E. Bein, L 32 ; W. Collett (accepted), L 27 15*.' Contr.ict 24G—Waitokaurl Road : Geo. WniteLBlss; W. Collett. L 79.16* 6d ; E Bein (accepted), L 77 9-« 6d. ( Co'itract 247— Hikutaiu Road : T. | Quinn, L 36 12k ; John Pennell, L 34 T4s ; 1 P, Sheeby (informal) ; W, Collett (ac- ;

ceptcd), L2B. Contract 248—Hikutaja Road : $. Bein, L 29 ; P.&heehy (accepted). X^6 17s s£d Contract 249 — Jvarangahake Iload : \V. Collett, t27 j IS, Bein (accepted), £23 17s 6d, From Mipes Department, staling no authority bud heen given to Council to expend tiny portion of the L5OO on the Wnitekami road, and further, that the plan n.iust Ue foi\vmd,cd to Qoyerninent for approval , Hesolved, That the two tenders for works on Waitekauri roi\d be accepted, but tnat the work be not commenced until the plans, eto., have been approved of by Qovernment. Striking a Ra.te : Cv NiehoUs proposed, 1 and Cr Quinn seconded, that a rate of six farthings i n the pound be struck on all ratuble pioperty within the Ohinemnri County, for the year ending March 3,lst, 1890, payubsle in one sum on J .<he 2,lst Dec. next. A large amount of correspondence was held ever for the ordinary meeting on Dec, 7th. Thid wan all the business.