Wa mate County Council.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 13, 29 June 1899, Page 3

Wa mate County Council.

The monthly meeting of the above as held yesterday'; present — Mthsrs ou£lii& (ciinir) and "Rhodes, "Walker, eiiderson, Hardie, Lyall, Elworthy id Studhojine. The minutes of the previous meeting ere read and- confirmed. Mr Y. alker asked if anything had ecu done in regard to poisoning birds od the chairman said he had a report o the subject. CORRESPONDENCE. Fioni New Zealand Accident Insuro.up wi,y, quoting reduced premiums. -Rw<u\ ed fiosn Mr Hayman, Longbeach. statin that he had sent a sample of poi - HiPtlgiain. The chairman said In had sown Mr [ymaii's sample of poisoned grain jiit. He onl.} found" osie bird. A few ay? after he sowed Mr Powell's and ■ul better results, but still nothing erv good. There was really nothing to i,tif\ their paving the price a^ked for utßicle poisoned gniiu. Mr Walker said the grain poisoned V the oversee? had given good results nd he thought he should be instructed 0 prepare more. The chain nan said Mr Douglas senr. lad a patent process, the foimula for khicli, however, had not come to mi. It was decided that the overseer honkl have grain prepared and disributi>d. From Mews A. Davis and J. Wall. tedchff, objecting to the erection of hssjate asked for bv Mr Henderson. Mr Davis waited upoa the Council nd explained that the gate was not eqiiired. Mr Studholme withdrew his notice >f motion. Mr \\ alker was against gates being ilaced across public lo.ids. It was decided not to accede to the equest for permission to erect the ate Fiom Timaru Harbour Board askog if the Council would lend their ito'in crusher as before decided. — Al'eady lent. Fiom A. Wilkie , applying for a llanghtei license for section at Wai iaki I*i oin Colonial Secretary stating hat Wednesday July 6th would be cpt as a public holiday, and asking Jouncil's co-operation to make the la\ a success. — JtU'cehed. Mi T. CODe v\rote protesting Bgainst his tendei 1 which was lowest Mug rejected. He was delayed by tio weather from completing the con lincfcin hivid. Mr Walkor said that Crone could pot get into the riverbed to get »lunq!e. Had the Council k.iowu the Civ-tiiustaMces he thought the tender should have been acceptdud. The letter wai received. From the Department of Lands and Sup cv, a*lrin«} for particulars of propo'ah for the expenditure of thirds Rooming f rO m certaio properties. — Inforsnation to be forwarded in due coui^p. ' From Mr Engelbrecht, Hunter, actons; that the cutting be lowered and vid°ned up to his house. There were £60 rircruod to be spent on sec. 36232 bio -k 5 — Work to bo done. Fiom W. J. Bnssett asking for reI pairs to /road at Bhieelifis; also asking l".ive to' plough the ■side of tli3 road lo kill tlu< goise, — Application granted. ! Mi S Hayes wrote stating that he W b-?n summoned for rates. Me tho-vpt; he .should hnve had notice li'forebMiig summoned. Thi clerk stated that Mr Haves l^l Ujcn written to frequently before k ti')'i had been taken. Mv F \V. Bradshaw called attention to ihp bad state of the road lately tik'u ovf.r at Willowbridge. O'ci's iQ\- to report. x 1 account for J613 for supervision of t>^ WiiiiHO watior x'ace was received lon \[f Kennedy, lata chairman of 'Cjii.niUee. Air Hiridevson said he 3id not thiak Mr Kaunedy was to be paid for his foi vices, if so, he would like to see a •t item nit of where he workad. It Wit* through Mr Kenn."eciy'B negligence ■^Ut mpsfc of the wqrk- required doing. <£c would m©ve> " fiiaft the aec»u.ufc be

referred back to Mr Kennady for further particulars." Mr IHiodes seconded the motion, which was' carried. From r 'Mr H. A.. Innes- Jones, calling attention to the bad state of the road in front 1 of his house. — Overseer to report. Mr L-vall reported that, in comoany with Mr Rhodes, he had inspected the intake of the water-raca, Pareora, and the dam iga was being repaired. A county rate of 11-16ths of a penny in the £. and a harbour rate of 5-6ths were struck. The Lower Pareora 'Water-race Coimnittee wrote ctaiing that they were in favour of carrying on tho races without a ranger, und suggesting th.it the annual meeting be called as early as possible, to discuss the question of water muutenance gdtieially. — lie quest acceded to. It was decided that the Council take the necessary steps to have a fresh water-iaee committee appointed in the Lower Waihao witerune district, meeting to be held at G'enavy at 2 p.m. on a dat" to be fixed. From Mr Oottorill, A. McCulloch, R. Smifh, J. H. Andiews and W. Har rison, "Waihao asking to be supplied with watei Mr Henderson introduced Messrs Cochrnne, Hanison and McCnlloch, who expressed theinseKes as 'villiug to provide' the labour lor eariying through the race if Council appiov-id — These applications were granted, the others to stand o\er. A report was read from Mr Henderson stating that he did not think the dam in M'Lean's paddock should bj interfered with. H 5 a^ked that som » one be appointed to inspect Ihe head uoiks. No complaints had been re ceived, but if dry weather coutinued th re was sure to be a shortage. It was suggested that the overseer inspect the lace, but other metnbeis objected, as he had already enough work to attend to. Mr Henderson said he wanted to be relieved of the responsibility. There was no committee yet appointed. It was decided that tho overseer could go unofficially c and advise Mr Henderson if he cho^e. It was also resolved .that the chair man and Mr Henderson be a committee to inspect the Lower Waihao waterrace hendworks and have Ilium cleaned out if required. The overseer's report showed that he had inspected roulwiiere repairs w.n-e asked for bv Mr Shirley and others, Norton. About 40 chains required doing at once in the most thick lv settled part. — Tenders to be called for work. Had insp-cted road at Upper Pareora. applied for by Mr Nixon. The surfaceman could do the work. Had Wl the thistles cleared off the road as asked for by Mr Forrester and others. Had inspected the North Bush Bridge, and would not recommend a change of site. He enclosed the estimated the cost ot the new bridge. Mr Walker said the bridge would have to be done before long, and he thought the overseer should be m structed to procure timber. He would move in this d'rection. Mr Studholme seconded the motion, which was carried. Had" inspected the road at Hakatrtramea, going into Gibson Country, and he asked to be allowed to have piles placed at the edge of the road, to prevent falling stones breaking it away. In company with Messrs lihodes, H^rdie and Studholme, he had inspected the Makikihi ford. A protective fence was required, also a drain ooening up. — Work 10 be done. 'Had inspected the load where repairs were asked by Messrs Perry and Glen dinning, and would recommend that work be done.— This was decided. - Tenders were opened as follows : — No 333. metalling, Makikihi, R. White. .£37 10s ; T. Quinn, £51 10s. No. 335 : footbridge, near Garland's, C. Wilson, £4& 15s. The lowest tender was accepted in Nos. 333 and 335, fresh tenders to be called for No. 834 by Saturday week. tol>B accepted by town members. The present tenders were too much above the overseer's estimate. .

Mr Bussell waited upon the Council and asked that the road past Mr J. Green's, and towards Teschemakejp'e be formed. Overseer to report Accounts, arnoujitiag to M 2& Is 7d, ware passed.