Taranaki County Council.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7985, 23 November 1905, Page 2

Taranaki County Council.

.W.VI'AL MKKTIXCI. The meeting- of ihe Tarauaki County Council was held on \\< (lue-idav for (he purpose of electing a Chairman, The County Clerk. Mr Kll-is. presided. ' 1 Cr. llop.son -iiiovv.l an..! Cv. St.uveny reond.'d thai Cr. .] Ui\,\yii \ i<s up. pointed Chairman. 1)'. Adlam moved and Cx. Andrews x'co-ided an amendment ihni L't l ' !'• appointed Chairman. On a di\isiou the amendment wa.\ carried, ami Cr, 'Pule declared tlulv elected Chairman o-f, the. Council, an-d he thereupon look his st-at and reUtrired thanks for the honour eonfern d upon him. A si'ecial meeting was then held, uid the uomijuU'ions to ''f llosintal atwf Charitable Aid Hoard were made ;— Cry. JJrown fltvd AntlJ-i'Us to! represent the Taraiiaki Lounl\, nmj Cj*. Burgess to the Kguumt County, Cr. Ili.il was re-elected l to jvprrsi'iit. tb<- Council on the Xa« t ional Cark Uoard. The Chairinian anil any member of 'he (Council were aiitKorised to chnpies -and contracts for tin- Comicil. Meetings wore ,I'L\ed 'or Ihe first Moiidn> in eaeb month, An offel' <imuN> -hv \\. 11. Clare («> 1 dismantle i.hu wa.s accept(i(i. In rcpU I o an he Treasury instruct ions were pven to at once pay the interest flue op. the Kltlvam Road loan (Illtf ;-(s 7'd). Tim (piestion of arrears of rate*was disc\issed and <loferrr»(l till next mooting, when instruct ions -will proh- j »l)ly be given to proceed 'against all defaulters.