WAIMATE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 31 March 1926, Page 12

WAIMATE.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) j ] PEBSONA 11. l - . ( 1 The presentation of a. travelling rug ' was! imido to railway ganger Morrison liy. members of the Waimale-Studlmlnm. railway stall, on the occasion of Mr .Morrison's retirement on superannuation, alter twenty-seven year.-;’ service. 1 Mr Turner presided, and the presentation was made hv ganger Tonkin. All present spoke of the many good qualities of Air and Airs Alorrison, and the former feelingly replied, on behalf of his. wife and himself, expressing regret at the severance of ties formed .during his nine years of service here.

Air H. ■ AL . Whatman has been ■ reappointed, as , the AVaimate County Council’s representative on . the , Wilimatc High -School Board. Tt is reported that Commissioner Boggard is shortly paying a visit to AVaimate. j ! counts council. j j ■ . The AVaimate Council met , yesterday. Present: —Councillors Tl. B. S. Johnstone (chairman), H. ' Cameron, A. 'Garland, AAV Lindsay, H. Elworthy, J. Bitchcner, ALP., B. Sinclair, H. M.. Whatman, and A. S. , Jfiworthy. - ! ■ 'The finance .statement was as follows; —The credit balance at the bank amounts to £1455, 18s 4d; the accounts presented to-dav. amount to £3055 Ss 3d ; the. receipts since last C inerting amount to £13,125 11s Ud, made up as fol'ows,: —Bates, £B,lll ’ J2s, penalty' .£3l) 10s Dll ; . Government grants £2,700 10s (bridge Joan) ; j general £2,246 10s Id. In the Lower j Waihao Irrigation Works account the I balance at the bank amounts to £llß j 3s lid credit. The .accounts presented to-day amount to £32, and the receipts since last meeting amount to £lsl ]2s. | An additional statement as to the j financial position, of the AVaimate ' County Council was placed before the meeting. This showed, the position of t lie general rates, as at 30th • March, ■ 1926, to be; —General rates, 1925-26, [ collectable £17,530. collected £15,610 1 8s 6d, leaving £1920 8s 6d outstanding, j I The credit at the bank totalled £1155 j 18s 4d. Tliis total was noT the actual j balance, as the-County fund account) | had been credited with Government. | grants on the bridges erected, amounting to £2706 10s, which would he transferred to the loan account. The loan account, having £3500 (hank loan) to ! add to this sum, was now able t- pa.v hack to the general County fund the. l moneys, totalling £5528 5s 7d, paid 'out during the year. Ai'ter

elfeeting. such transfers,- the credit at I the bank, after to-dav's expenditure, .should show approximately £l7ll. 19s 6d. In the loan account the credit balance should be £206 4s Bd. j Councillor AATiatman sard the finance j of the County was in a better position than they had thought three -months ago, and it seemed fairly certain they would come out with . a satisfactory balance. ! The chairman said ho thought it i ri lleeted credit on all concerned that, 1 j the financial position was so satisfactory when the extraordinary expenditure incurred through the flood was I considered. | The chairman reported regarding the j conference of local bodies in Group 15 i (Alain Highways District), held at Timai-u for the purpose of allocating heavy traffic license fees (as fully reported in the '“llerajd” oil Alarcii The County engineer • (Mr AA’. P. Black) made his monthly report on works carried out in the County during the period. 'flic report was adopted. The engineer was instructed to draw up a schedule for tenders for a supply !of timber for the yard stock. 'I he tenders of Alessrs J. 11. Bite-honor junr. lend G. S. Alcredith and Co., for ■ the supply of oats and chaff were accepted. It was decided to approach the : Advances Office for the balance l of the bridging loan, £3500, which had been ■, It was decided to provide for a | dr nation of £SO to- the funds for the - I , , -I l 4-1.,. imm

v. emeu’s rest room during the new I linuncial vear. The AVaihao AATitor Pace Committee , reported that there had been n good j supply of water m all races during the , montii. It would be necessary to do ’ mere protective work at the intake, and . along the main race where the AVaitaki ■ threatens to do damage. _ | I’he ranger reported impounding ; Seven cattle” and releasing 2-1. horses, j 1 1 ;t cattle and ten sheep. The i Chief Inspector of Kxplosivev, in a circular letter, approved ol the underground system of petrol storage, and also forwarded details and regula- ; tic/iis governing the installation of underground tanks for petrol storage, j and kerbside pumps. ! Air R. P. Lavery. Clenavy. applied 1 for permission to erect a. bowser at his store at Glenuv.v. —Cranted. subject to the apnroval of the engineer, 'and at tin- pleasure of the Council. . j Alcssrs 'Hamilton and Pitch, soheipromisod during tin 1 past year. ! tors, forwarder! legal opinion regarding Waimatn County's contribution to Bevels Conn tv Council for the mam-

' iouanco of till; Alain South Hoad. iho AVaimatc Connlv was loyally liable to i pay one-sixth of half share of the oust i of maintenance. | PA I! KOI! A Pit IDO I*l. | j The .District Highways Council wrote 1 that reconstruction nl the Pareora. hrnh>'e is particularly urgent, ami stated that unless the local authorities ' interested in the matter could come to an agreement within four weeks as to i the iv .pee Live cunlributions to the j reconstruction, the .Board would haw:

to imply I’o;* Vi commission to r.lloc.ito the cosL. 'I lie Board could not see its wav to authorise more than a .£ for £ subsidy. , . , 'Hie following resnhi Lion was passed : “'ilial the Council and the Bevels Countv Council recommend that the Alain ’Highways Board be asked to undertake the- construction ol the Bower Pareora Inir.ge; and rurtnei, I hat, failing an agrreii.--.nt between the lecal bodies eoncerued, the Mam Migliwavs Board he asked to imniiidintcly appuiut a commission to allocate cost o |. and that the engineers ol ihc Bevels and Waimate counties collalmraie with the engineer ol the .'lain Hi,,!. v ,avs Board as In the type ot bridge ’ to be eunstructed by the. Air ’'lark Cauwell. Byalldale, wrote conmlaiiiing of his stock wandering, cwi.m to the Councirs stall not making the fences secure when lenrmg oil Hie road there. —The engineer to ■ii U i d lo the matter. , . ■ ri.'.i:.,,. Bros.. AVaihao Downs, asked repairs to the Klephant 1 lill-’l aliitu r( . 1( | members iiml ..tne engineer i.o in.->pee(. . Mr Hrki.liU-Mjnop, requested' that the Conned shmgkj about twenty chains ol the ,1 leadim' froi,i the ha cher\ to his -I cV l. W‘ I k to he done .1 land Binds Hermit. , Hollowing a petition presented by Vr 1). I’rrere for the widening ol the i Douglas Sett leineid, a counter petition, signed by some lorfy r-ilo-,avers, was presented, which sUt. that the road m question was well suited to the needs oi Inc district. ■' id proved ihal no change he 111 id, . he |li:i j | was deferred lor Unlhoi cun sidera lion. , .. , ’rile New /■•aland ami Am r.diau Band Co., Bid., olfered ,o hand mm, hoe of charge, idm land owned by the crnip;i ii v - on wliieli 11 w* I'oiui 1 1 •; t: 1 1 n lo ihe’irafhe bridge In Hakataramea

Downs Homes! end is constructed, provklod the Conned paid all .survey arul dedication charges.—"l he engineer to report. Alessrs Poland ami Knell, solicitors, on behalf of Alathicsiin and Son, Hakataramoa. asked that the, county engineer he asked to inspect the damage done by the contractor opening gravel pits mi Alathiesons’ property, with a view to assessing the same.—Alter hearing the engineer’s report, it was decided payment, he made for the metal only. Air .1. Ally asked for a refund of money paid by him for Lhe right to cut cocksfoot 1,11 il certain area, in the Comity, which he found to have been already rut. —The matter was left to Councillor Elwortliv to attend to. Airs Julia Henry asked for attention to road in Tawai district, leading to Lot, s.—The. engineer to report. Afr AA'. Alcnr.ies, Hakataramea. asked that the road to his property be attended to. —Engineer to attend to •-he matter.

The Council decided to contribute toward the cost of the electric lighting on the boundary of flu; borough, on the samo basis as previously for the Air D. l-’reccc was granted permission to remove a bank on the road, subect to the approval of the engineer. The Counties’ Association notified that a. conference would be held on July -20. . ' ft, was agreed that action under the Bating Act be' taken as advised by the Cm in tv solicitors. Air L. Kcleher, Hakataramea, asked that something be clone to prevent water coining on to his property from a. stream, and which would cause damage in a. real Hood. —J he engineer was asked to leport. The engineer was asked to report regarding a drain, about which a. coinplaint had been received from Air AT. Downov, Hakataramea. It was derided that the sum of £2O he paid to Air Scarlo as a bonus for oxtra work- done for the Council, and that a committee submit a report to the new Council on the re-organisation of the office staff. This was on the motion of Councillor AVhatman, who stated that the staff at present had to work long hours to cope with the work. The Public AVorks Department wrote regarding the necessity for straightennm the road near AA'aitaki bridge. Councillor Sinclair stated that this was a very dangerous spot. —lhe engineer was asked to report. Councillor Sinclair brought forward i the matter of a bank against a dram I~L AI erven, diverting the water. It was 'decided to ask the settlors interested to meet a committee ol the mem--1 hers, the engineer also to furnish a IC ()ii Councillor Sinclair’s - representation. it was derided to have a small ■culvert placed across the road at All i Cooney’s, and to have a dram cleaned Sinclair said the approach to the bridge on the Beach road at Morven had blocked access to ft rate-

diunni u. nvlrs&i to grant Air Kearton rot 0 construct new gateways. . '"'Councillor Sinclair also ‘"A} I '"'" 1 regarding a- box culvert at Afr Hamilton’s This had been agreed to, but tlm work had not been. carried out.A motion 01 appreciation of tic services of the members of the AA.uhao AY*iter "Race Committee was oniiied, on the mo ion of Councillor. AA batman, several members speaking in suppoit.