EGMONT COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 75, 18 August 1914, Page 6

EGMONT COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING, (Fran our Opunakc Correspondent.) The ordinary montii-ly meeting ul liin. Egmont County Co unci! ivas held on Friday. Present: IJrs iludley (chairman). Maxwell, Campbell, Hurst, Far<]Ubrr, Burgess, Harvey Davcy, and YnilCOX. "TRUE BRITISHERS." Prior to commencing business, the ci :u:.riiian asked the mrembers to show their loyalty to King and Empire by funding for a few Moments, 113 a token that they were i.rue BrilL-lier-i. LESSEN IN U EXPEND J T ORE. The Siipcrin.endent of State Advances Office asked the Council if it v.ere possible to postpone constructing the works for which i(hc loan .of £j(JOO is ireipuiiired. It was important that the turds in the 'hands of the Governmen; should, as far as possible, be freed to meet the extra demands .entailed -by the Lv'litary situation. It was not tugRested that works should be s.oppcd which would entail undue hardship on ii dividual*. The Minister would be glad if the paynfcnt of the Image amounts to w-liic!i the Department is coinmi'tteod to local bodies could be pes.poned for a while. The Minister is to be informed that lie Council were only left sufficient money to do urgent necessary bridges, and alfr.-w the rest to remain until such time as the Department announces that noney is mor,» plentiful. NEW COUNTY In view of the foregoing circular from the Department, Cr Maxwell said it was certain tliey could no't obtain money for new offices wheal tl.ay w,ere a.i-l.ed to ourtivU money already advanced. He moved thiat wing to "money not being available, the erection of county 'Offices be held over for three months, and that the contractors ! be asked to agree to the contract being held over un.'il the Council can be sure of obtaining <tihe necessary funds.—Seconded by Cr. Willcox and! carried. The proposal to erect a- worker's dwelling under the Workmen's Dwelling Act had also to be dropped in the meantime. ' OVERDRAFT* The local manager of the Bank of New Zealand notified that the. Councils limit of overdraft for the ensuiii" year w, uM he £7000: The usual formal resolution was passed. KfRI ROAD. ■Messrs Grey and Clements (sawmiliers) -waited on the Council, ly request, to discuss the Kiri Road taffic, expla mi :ng that at the present time -.lie millers pay threepence royalty on every 100 ft of timbw carted over this raid. The road is in a bad stale "and £BO overdrawn. Clements contended nJiat the royalty was too much. It should give the Council £ot)0 to work on. He was prepared to take the stand 'that the millers should maintain the road, and expressed .he opinion that it could be done on one penny mi IOWt iK-yaity. The deputation was prepared to consider the proposal to take over the maintenance of the .metal-way of the road and give a. decided answer for next Council •nceting. NEW HOSPITAL. J The Taranaki Hospital Board asked for i-lif Council's share of the buildin" loan. The progress payment for the new hospital amounted to £!KXXI. Jt was imperative the Council should forward their share to enable. The Board to meet their liabilities.—The members admi.ted the Council JAul not wild up as it should have done, owing to the trouble of rusing the loan.—The chairnitui moved that°a re. ply be sent that the Board hope to forward £IOOO during next month. PATRIOTIC FUND. ; The chairman moved that £IOO be donated to the Patriotic Fund in connect/ion with the expeditionary forceSeconded by Cr Maxwell and carried. COMPLAINTS. Cr Willcox asked if it was necessary to .keep stone-breakers, to break s.one's after the stone had been crushed and spread. Cr Campbell asked if it wag in the. best interests of finance to have four men to keep one horse and dray going in carting out metal; also if i; was usual for the men to start work at !) am. In the former case, ilia engineer said it was only necessary for 4 niau at odd times to nap crushed metal. Four men were not working at the dray alone. Two were picking i.p the road, one spreading, and one in the pit. If he knew that the man went to- work at 1) a.m. he would put them oil' at onceCr Maxwell noticed there was 110 ahatemen. of the iruisanco of straying cattle on the c'l unty roads. ENGINEER'S REPORT. Geo Riding, Northern.—During the month the hulk 'i'f the work Hi tin's rid-ng h; l( l |,..,.„ the linishiug oil' of Kb , ham Road with, scarifying, running in repair metal, anil rolling. Owing to°t!:c stress of weather on sever:!) siiiali •■returns of worn-out roadway, it. lias been necessary to .have them metalled. This work was done with county hands. There are still one or more weak places along this mid which have had mi be. .made passable, but. as they are sections upon which, the bridge loan will operate in the renewing of culverts and small bridge- 'in concrete in the near futi'.'C. any present undue expenditure would therefore onlv be wasted. Geo Riding, -Sou licni: The contracts for the delivery ... boulder-stone «-.ji tile l'atiki and Watiuo Road*, are com pletcil. and the bulk of tile st'-Mie broken on the former road. Til;: whole of the stone has been put out in a continuous coa.. and it is intended t.) complete, the putting out of stone on the Wali'mo Road ;is soon as scir.re. v-ry necessary repairs have been effected «'i lite junction .«.f tiie Sheet and l'atiki Roads. Slight repairs have also hi en ell'e;.."d to the norlbciui end of the nrJin road in this riding. I.alio 11 Ruling Southern and (Ipunake.—Early in the n;n.nth the hands wrv." liusv pipe-making si ml n-Vaning out water-ialiles. At prese.ll.. they are .busy with a c.m'.nii-i on Am what a Flat, which' has made good progress cunsiiN'.'in"- the excepts millv bad weather experienced durimr tile month. Raliolii Riding Nor. hern.- On the coiiinlcl.il 11 of the ennhucts in U'-'is Tiding 'a start was made with tlie shaping/ up and rolline in of the virions sec-1 lions, nogelher with the rolling if mainteun.me metal when require oil verjj weak, broken ...ciioiH. ) The i'"pert was adopted. Accounts amounting to £l3 in* Id were pas-ed for p:iy,!i:enl.