TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 6

TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL

SPECIAL UEETLNC. i At ii special meeting of t!i»- Taranaki < (i::ntv i'nuiu-il held yestcrda., there \,,re pri'M'iit: —.Me.-sis'.l. Urown (chairman). J. K. Hill.-I. Aiiilrcrw •, A. Morton. \|. fl(i]isoii. K. Stevens. Till-: i'.KIUCE LOAN. ■Jlrr I'le di-e'l"il,ll Oil 111'' I|l!csti01l >,f in-.-v-iitsir I reported elsewhere the Chairman :eu\..i tlie follow in;; ro-.ilu-li.m: "'J'nal in exercise of the powers coilfoiivil on it, ijy Seeiion i\ of till' Local ll.i.iie- :.o;'.n> A.-t. Ii)!:!. the Ciin'eil i-.~01v.-s by way of special order tu pay the interest ami -inking fund on H"-' P.i'id".'' Loan, rai-cd over tile whole Comity, out of the fi-.-n.-ral fund." j Cr. Hop-on: That rate is struck over the whole '. Olllil-.'. is it not Tin- Chairman: Yes. (r. Ilop.-on remarked that lie merely wisiieil the matter made clear io the Yatepaxers. The chairman said that the eourse it wiis proposed to adopt, was in the best 'interest; of tii. (ouiity. and was adopt- ■,.,| !,v ail tie' County Comicils. <. ■ >,'„.; t„n iviinuvcl tliat the pro-''•iii-.iil v i;. oaite in >■''i.T so long as ■ the rate wa-'n-,r- t'v whole comity. \ The motion v.:.- • momona i;kiik;k. i The Council then proceeded to nrdin- ■ arv business, and Cr. Rilling moved that ■'tin- Covcrnmcnt lie urged to construe!; i'n lirid".' over the Momona stream, lie ! reiaimfed the Council that the land in I that vi^nib,. which was owned by the Crown, was cut up, and the settlers were wuyli'ml with the cost of a bridge, but ail tii.'v got was an eight foot road. They wore "entitled to more than that. The motion was carried. WAIWAKAUH) WiIDCK. 'Pi" Chairman reported that the, Mini,ter for Kaiiv.ays had informed him that lie was expediting the inspection of tin- Waiwakai'ho bridge by the Department's engineer. ROAD OVERSEER. The question of appointing someone to till this vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr Bond, was hreifly discussed, mid eventually left to a committee to report to the "next meeting. A suggestion was made that no appointment be mad.' for the present, and that the chairman might carry on in the meantime, but the question of the legality of payiii" him the expenses incurred during t'nc \vorU—these being objected by ti:e Audit Department -eiuised the matter 10 be .Je.crrcd.