EGMONT COUNTY COUNCI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 13 August 1907, Page 2

EGMONT COUNTY COUNCI.

(Own Correspondent.) A meeting of the Egmont County Council was held at Opunake on Friday. A letter was received from Mr A. J. Walker, giving particulars iu connection with schemes for supplying electricity.

The Eltham County Council wrote that they had decided to get an estimate of the cost of electric tram as f.ir as Auroa road.

A letter was received ffom the Eltham County Council in connection wiih the Auroa boundary road-—lt was resolved to again write the Eltham County Council asking them to maintain the road, the Egmont County t) pay half rates accruing to the Eltham County; failing a settlement, the matter to he referred to the Govcrnor-in-Council.

i'he rate for the year was struck, as Mows: %d inJßahotu and Opimake dings, and !%<! in the Oeo Tiding. K. Kappeley was appointed 'poundeeper at l'ihaina. Mr Cave, contractor for YVaiav n'idgc, gave the Council notice not t( cniove any old timber from the bridge! rccted by them pending further actioi: -Councillors decided tlint as they ha leen advised that the old timber be onged to ihe Council, and as the spec [cations also stated so, they would (id icvc to their original resolution tha he timber belonged to them. A return was read stating that i ost £553 5s 3d to break stone in ill 'ounty last year, and that owing to th tone-breakers being unobtainable ther re 1700 yards of unbroken boulde tone in the northern end of th ounty. Some months ago the questio; f obtaining a stoneeruslier was brough ip. but held over. On this return bein irodurcrt the question was discussci ,tr Hill, representing Booth, McDonal mil Co., wailed on the Council. ..n minted out the advantages of the atom •v.'-'iws supplied by their firm.—Afte discussion it was resolved to o' stoneeruslier and engine, at jf .01142, t"e stonecrusher to 1. (i"!ivered by December of this year.