MASTERTON COUNTY COUNCIL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 9 October 1912, Page 6

MASTERTON COUNTY COUNCIL

MONTHLY MKKTJNG. The monthly meeting of the M«»terton County Council was held yesterday, there being present Crs \V: 1 J Welch (chairman), H. J. 'I oogood, 1)' J Cameron, A.. I.Percy. I). l«or«iuan, and A. Murray. Leave -..1 absence was granted to Crs Beetham, . Kebbell and Millar. A letter was road from f" l ' " aira " rapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Hoard, thanking the Council lor the Vse.of its- mooting room. Mr J -H. Reardon, of Akatarawa, advised'the Council that 'his oiler to | W ll a cottar on Saunders' road to . I the Council would he kept open until I October Bth.~On the motion oi the chairman, it was decided to draw tho j J attention oi Mr Reardon to the lac , that when ho made application tor permission to occupy the -reserve he was told that ho would do so at Jus [ own risk. } Mr W.' 0. Whitoman asked permission to conduce water along the water- I tables to his mill at Miki Miki. Ho also asked that something be done to tho „,ad in the locality, and offered ■the services of a man for a fortnight. -Tho matter was left in the h«mls of Cv Foreman and the engineer. Mr YV. Davidson asked for the lease of a portion «f tlie riverbed adjacent to Mr W. Hirschberg's property.—lt was decided' to inform Mr Davidson that the Council lm:> "o power r.o lease the hind referred to. A request was received from \V. C. Dobson, that the drain on his road frontage he cleaned out.—.Referred to the engineer; with p:)\ver to act. Tho managers of the L.uisdownc I Water Supply Committee suggested an amendment of tho water supply by-law, making the cost of all future connections payable h' *"° l ieram 01 j persons requiring the same. —On the

motion of the chairman, it was do- j ; oided that the by-law be amended i:i tho direction asked. A letter was read from Air C;:arleS j .Raton, -directing attention to the con- i dition of the road to his properly in ; the Upper Taueru district. —Tho mat- ' . ter was left in the hands of the on- \ ginecr, with the representative for • the Riding, to deal with. ] Mr Walter Larson asked the Conn- ; oil to*open a track along the Pukotei < road, to give him and other settlers 1 access to P-ahiatua. —Cr Murray stat- i eel that the track was still in the ( hands of the Government. He was j strongly in favour cf the work being { put through, as it would reduce the distance to Pahii'.tua. considerably. He could not understand why this eon- , neetion should have been neglected.— On the motion o.f Cr Murray, the clerk was instructed to inform Mr Lavsen •that the track was not under the control of the Council, but was in the hands of the Government. A communication was, received from the National (Peace Society of Now Zealand. inviting co-operation in re- , sisttng the provisions of the Defence 'Act. —The Council refused to co-ope-

| rat,, The Miistorcoa and Mangarnnhoe Private .Telephone Association asked permission to cross the road at liangitumau■ with a telephone, line.-—-On the motion of Or Cameron, the request wa.s granted, subject to the usual conditions. Mr C. F. Vallance asked for tho services of the County engineer in laying off about lialf a. mile of road. —The request was granted, subject to tho usual conditions. Mr G. Ji. Sykos, M.P., intimated that ho would .have- pleasure in cooperating with other country representatives, in the matter of securing an amendment of the law in. reference to tho collection of rates on' native lands. The chairman and Cr Cameron wero authorised to «igu .am agreement concerning the closing of that portion of the Blairlogio road passing through the property of Mr Taylor. Mr ]•'. J. L'right drew .attention to the stagnant water pool in front if the Blairiogie Junction Hotel.—.Referred to the engineer, to take action. The Masterton Agricultural High School ivstablishment Committee solicited support in the establishment of an agricultural high school at Alastorton.— Dealt with by the Finam-3 Committee. A communication was received from Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P.. covering -i letter from the Minister of Public Works concerning a grant for the .Hircrxdale ,'..ad. The. Masterloi Borough. Council notified i-hat it lad no objection to the County Couucii arranging with the ihiroiigli scavenger to attend to Ln-. downe, so long as it does net interfere with his Borough duties.—-It was decided that the matter be left in tho bauds el the chairm in and Cr .Foreman. w:th power to act. ; The W.urarapa Hospital and C.ha- • ritable Aid Board forwarded a statement of aecn.r.rs in i-'fi'rei'oe xo the Buchanan Testimonial Fund. The Upper Plain Water Suj»p!y Coifunittee asked that Mr iiouse Ik' connected with the | o ca' telephone exchange. On the motion of Cr Foreman,

tramway liconso was granted to Mi J. C. Ewington. It was decided that ;i special mooting bo held on October 23rd, to cornfirm an alteration in the by-laws. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The report of the Finance. Committee was read as follows:—Tlio Finance Committee mot tin's morning. There were present—Crs 7). J. Cameron (chairman), W. J. Weld), D. W. Foreman, A. J. Percy ami A. Murray. The treasurer reported as follows: General fund account, <]r, £2806 19s -Id; local bodies loans account, er, £520 17s. Th<> accounts showed a debit balance of £1741 los 7d. The receipts since September 10th totalled £ll9-1 6s 3d. Accounts amounting to £l4lO 17s {Jd were passed for payment; Tihe draft agreement prepared by the County solicitor in connection with the proposed modification of the remaining W ork to be performed at the northern approach was placed before the meeting, and it was' resolved that it bo a recommendation to the Council to approve of the draft agreement and submit the same for the consideration of the Borough Council. GENERAL. On the motion of Or Murray, it was decided that a 400-gallon tank be procured for the roadman's cottage «t Alfred ten. The matter of repairing a road in tho-Te Ore Ore estate was left in the. hands of Cr Percy and the engineer. On the motion of (> Topgood. ;t was decided that tenders be called for metal repairs on the MastertonWaimata road between Cars well's "•■ml Kerosene Hideo, the tenders t„ be dealt, with by'Or Toogood and <-'io engineer. The. engineer's report w.v, read and dealt with.. It u-ns decided that no action ho taken in the matte- of forming footpaths, oic, in Totar.i Street," downe, in t! K > monntinm.