COUNTY COUNCIL.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue XI, 9 December 1880, Page 2

COUNTY COUNCIL.

Wi append the following report of the i above Council, which space precluded us from giving yesterday. WATER SA.CE COMMITTEE. The draft of proposed bye-laws for the better regulation of the County water supply was agreed to and ordered to be printed, with a few alterations. THE PROPOSED WAXSOV BBIDttB. Cr Porter remarked that an offer bad been laid before the Council at the last meeting'from Messrs Burt and Stephen* son, to contribute £200 towards erecting a bridge over the Waihou. The Board of Works had considered the matter, and he was requested to interview the Waitoa Highway Board and other interested parties in the district. Meßsrs Burt and Stephenso'n made the same offer to the Waitoa Highway Board, and had for* warded the offer to the Piako County Council, but as the Act was not in force at Piako, it might take some time before word would be received from that body; and from what he could ascertain, the Piako Council considered the work should be done by the Colonial Government. He proposed, " That a committee of three of this Council meet a committee of three of the Piako Council to agree on a site and to push on the work without delay/ Cr Greenville in seconding the resolution said the work was a most important one, and he urged upon the Council the necessity of asking the Government to contribute towards the work. ' Cr Thorburh said that every member of the Council would heartily approve of any efforts that would be put forth to effect this work. He trusted that all bodies in- • terested would be appealed to, and unitedly make a strong representation in the matter. He moved that the Government be written to on the matter. Cr Bagnall seconded. Cr Beeble asked if the local bodies held a meeting would they hold it here or in the WaikatoP Cr Porter said they could either meet here or at Te Aroha, or any other place agreed to. It was subsequently decided to invite the Piako Council and Waitoa Highway Board to a conference at an early date. THE KOMATA QtTBSTIOH.

Cr Porter presented a petition from 303 gentlemen residing at the Upper Thames praying that the Xomata road be com. pleted between Grahamstown and Te Aroha as soon as possible, and in doing so, said he did not believe the Council had been fairly treated by the General Gorernment in the matter. He referred to the promise made by the present Nature Minister to send a portion of the A.C. Force up to do the work, bat feared there was little chance of them being sent. He did not think there was any necessity for any of them to come to do the work. Many of those who had signed the petition, he had no hesitation in saying, would give a hand to complete the work them* selves, and share any risk and responsibility that might arise. If the Government would only take their veto off the work he believed the Council could do it themselves, and he thought the time had now come when the natives should be put on the same footing as Europeans in the matter of obstruction. He proposed that immediate steps be taken to proceed with the construction of the road. He suggested that the Hon. F. Whitaker be interviewed in reference to it.

The Chairman supported Cr Porter's suggestion.—lt was ultimately decided to wire the Attorney-General on the matter immediately on his arrival in town. BOADg IN WAITSKAUBI. Cr Porter meved that the sum voted for ■work on the Waitekauri tramway, amounting to £50, be at once spent, and he asked that a portion of the gold duty be also refunded for the same purpose, as the people at Waitekauri were as much entitled to it as the Big Pump and others, who had been receiving aid from the Council. Agreed to, after a long discussion. This concluded the business.