CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 89, 4 May 1901, Page 2

CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Olil'ton. County Council was held on Friday. -Present Messrs Piggot,; (Obairman), Foreman, Oliver, Mucley, ;Hicbs, Elliott and Webb.

An application by H. George for part df the retsnfion monpy in reepact of the M-vin Northxaad contiao 1 : whs re'e-red to the Engineer.

A eiiMulnr latter whs received from the Ohairma* of the Southland Council with a series of sugee'ted amendments to the Local Authorities Bill. ■O. S. R'by wrote s'&tiag that the io'd to Puke ruhe wbs still awiitini; 'attention-and Wai-iti lli'l wis a disgrace to Or.. Ol'ver, as to whose statement that the settlers did not. know their own minds they" had made him acquainted with tho fact that they wanted, a hotter roid than ever the present one could be made. The writer hid a dray load waiticg at Waitara, and could not get it up until the roid was repaired, and he asked the Council if they would like to piy latas and ba unable to get sloes up the road. Or. Oliver raid the members had roiled to'm-efc and there was a difficulty in obtaining labour.

A „discu:fion ensued as to the advisability of paying an additional shilling per day for labour, Cr. Mui ley a'iviraiing a feparate foreman for the Mokau Riding. Even'u illy it wis decided fci inform Mr. Baby that the foreman won <] be sent up as soon as be was available. - Tho Valuation Department notified 'hat the alterations mids in tha boundaries of t lis dis'rict were shewn in the low ro'ls. R. Johnson wrote offering XI for the old timber.taken from the bridge re'r AikenV rotidenco. After some d : s j cussion ii was decided to k' op tbe timber. ; A request was received from n : no f.a'tlersafc Purangi, asking the Council to guarantee the amount payable for ins'itutitift telephonic commuei.cati> n .between JPuxangi . and Tarata, Or.

KWebb, while not opposing the application, would nob advocate it, Although lie agreed that /in times- of jllntss an,! other emergencies it. would ho vety us .fill. . Aft r soma discussion as to [probablfl est and the amount to bo con'ributed by t.l io Settlers it wax decided that the matter be referred to the Wo. ks Committee cf the • Riding n ith a view to ob'amicg information as to cost, etc. I t wrs de'idod to write to tie I>B- - to a reduction on t e Tarata telephone chirga.

J. Wedge wrote asking for repairs to i oof of imtta*e ho h<>ld from the County, <;xpressin<» -liis wDTngnPRs ti p<iy extra wif,. In t'''e cou'si o f the disctusion wlsieb ei.sued it appeared 'lie building >vas ren'ed at ls'Gd a and »as to rotten as to b- unfit fo- .-habitation and not woith any expenditure. It wps decided to give the tenant a month's noti'e to qui*-, witli a view to disposing of the building. 0: Ganstad, of Tirata, asfeed permission to e Oct a small shed at the co n' r of the Junction and Otaraoe roads for tlii recfifit'oa rf parcels consigned t.i 'ho set-tiers in that neighbourhood. It was decide) tbat the request bo iccrd'. d to on condition that tha si-e ho lixel by the Works Gi mmi te? of the Hiding, I lie Council to have the light to require remov 1 if tbe building j whenever nece-'sary.

T.ie e'erk was instructed to writo | Mr. West re contributions to works on Wf si's Hill. | Gordon and Co. eubrait'od claim for i>9 15s in respect of extras on the Uruti read contract and return of deposit. Tie /le. b s'atad tlie doposib iiad b'.'eii returned, Afier goiug over the items, the Olkirmaa s&id it

>uem >l i • ii' Ih ■> deposit bad bean it-t ' not 'ho .-<»>' hao's appeared to or o lie ('• u il .£3 lis. The matter I w«s left in th- Ii in '- t.l' t-h* Eagineer. Jlr. H, A. Ili'ijn tt. > u'e leferring to reso'ut' ii f. ti.l ky the Hawera. Co'.iocil and the \V in tc II ai Board, a&kiiag; fgr al ty u | ej> w n'ntim. for the BUwera It.'rfivjr ._•»«. >-he New Plymouth Harbou .'li .r.il,. Hib had also tibled amo ion for Ii iii'.k meetl ing of the Wutara T »•« «x----•pressing co-operation with ilia odi r f the local Beards in the direct™ .iut-<>-tioned, and he asked the 0 nip^l }ps > Bimi ar resolution and fo- ward it t >,O o' M nister of Marine, HeadcJo. 1 , "I m iy. fay a similar coarse will j;roh h • ba followed by the Stratford Oouuty 1 «*mcil.'' After somn inquiries by Com «,iv los ai to whether the Governtrifu ■were unler any obligation toeonfiue t< e appoin'meot of their nominees to N w P.ymo ith representative*, it was-

rt sol vol that tin Council is entirety in r-i" pnthy vi h the efFoits of the H i bin Belies t>. obtain additional i • j'i ido i. t on on the Hnrhour Board. | 'i'lu Kn : n « » roporel that the con a".t fo • li oo.'l mila of the Man. amuo a Ko-i • .was p.-ictiitlly com-. •pluted, •x« it- us to a mii 11 Ir'dge. The.contri'" ft 1 o i.l iri ini n was I making 6low w, ho nx use bei■ g that tho contract or «■»» m o t-o got i men. Tho brid :e rep ii.'i i.ul bo in put in hand; P. 0 Wai V* o >lu fo[s6 chains on 0 anwa Uoul li.il n ! *-c?pted. -They verbally repored tl.at . G. Orr refused to sign the specification ' witting t> hU cqntrac* (No. 24). It J \v «s decided to notify the contr«cto • . i ha: hj" is requ'nd to sign the specifLa , tion for no k undn'Stiken or his preso t- a i'.i'tein » t will ba da'errainid. Tho fo I- \viug woi'ij opened f r u.e bal iue <f t'm work on 'he 0 araoa Road : - Chard and Co., £220 4s 7<l; Grayling and Crowe, £235 ; T. A. West, £2OO 4s; T. 0. Waite, £163 17s 3d (accfptfld), .Accounts amounting to £4§6 18< lid wero pass d.