PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2024, 27 June 1885, Page 3

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL

__ _____ Till oirhn.uv monthly hum i t incr of the body was held it Canibndge on Thutsdi> afternoon. I'm Miit Cls \V. J. C William- Ichmman) .1. C Kutli, K. Maclean, imiu-kill, and Chepmcll. I'ltiii-coi i) Ti Alton \ J.oiton.n. -A leplv u is leid fiom tlic Coldiii d Seciot.uy to tin petition of the council against To \loll,t 1)1 Illg piocl.llllied .1 l)OIOUgll. to lilt 1 oilt ct that the pi tition of the council could not In 1 entuitainod as such a petition must come fioin householder lesident in the distuet pioposed to be constituted ;v borough. In this case, lio\\c\ei, .i boiough could not bo proclaimed as there w.ls not _>">0 lc-idcnt householder in the distiict. C\Mi!Kini.i -(Johio.n ito\D.— The council h.i\ mj»- asked the Covernment to reconsider its decision in lespect to the maintaining of that poition of the C.unbiidge-Kotoiua nud between Cainbudgo and Gorton a lcply was leceived to tho eflect that the < Jovoinini'iit legietted that they woie tni.il)le to do anything in the inattei, Cr Maclean maintained that the ti.ithc over this load was of a colnm.il and not of a local chatactui. The council could not spend a shilling on the road. Tho mattei was diopped, the council being unable to do anything fiuthei touauls inducing the Government to take over the load. The Taotnoioi Road J>o,ud might tako the. tnattui in hand. Coi.oniu. KsHinriiox. — A communication was received fioin Mi H. J. H. Kliott, Undei Sect eta ry of Mine-, inviting the council to send a collection of sp»cimen-> from the goldlield, togethei \v ith paittcwlais ie machiuei v , &<., to be foiwaided to the above Inhibition. — It was agieul to allow tlie iii.ittei to stand ovei for the picsent. KmiKiv. \ Coivn I'vrr. -Ct. Maclean said he was inclined to think it was hettei tostuke a Lite. He was of tins opinion, that if tliov weie to strike a late and raise i'HOOOthcieby, they would get the I'iOOO fioin the Government. This would wipe out the gi eater poition of theii li.ibilittes, at least the nioic piessing >nes. Thi-y could then sti ngglo on vv ith the lemainder. He did not think they weio justified in paying the bank fT>OOor t'tiOO a year by way of in toiest. — (Ji. Fiith said that at the present tune the (io\ eminent was pledged to place t.iOOO on tlic estimates foi the council on condition th.it on the passing of the new Counties Act the county is put in a position to i.iise a loan. Ci. Maclean did not think the> could laiso a loan for tins largo amount as Ci. Knth seemed to think. It wa-> impossible to tell what shape tho new Counties Act would take, and they could not theiefoie do an\ - thing for the ptesent in the inattei. Me objected to money being iai-<e'l e\cept to pa> olf tlx ir liabilities. Theie was n olann bcfoie the council to make some new connection— .i blanch tiaimvay between tho main line and the new batteiy. He did not see what claim the people had on the council to do this woik. It was to his mind a work of a puiely pin ate character. Ci. Williams: (Jettainlyo Ci. Maclean : I would uociaM' a bulling of i.ites foi such a puipo-e, Ci. Knth: The new Act wdlgneiis pnwcitoti\ oursehes to o".r heart's content. I >ut we cm do nothing whatcM'i until tl.i- 15ill bccoines an Act — Ci. Chepmi'll could not agree with Ci. Fiith that they eonld do nothing at .it pie-ent. They could stuke ,t late, tlx le h,ii no sei ions ditliriißv about th it. ( 'i Hnnisl.ill thought that c\en tin- council did rituke a rate thcio would be .some difficulty in getting the n.o ley. The}' would li.m; to take out a good many suniinouses, Ci. Maclean lein.uked that the I<uge amount of intetest they had to pay was piessmg wiv haul on the council.— Ci. Chepmell : 'lhe money we <ne \><iyinyc in inteiest would do a lot of good, Useful woik in the distuct. -Cr. Maclean was quite of Ci. Filth's opinion that it w.is best to wait foi the new Counties Act and see wh.it that would do foi them. — Ci. Chepmell did not think they would get a clause m the new Act to empowei the. ouncil to boiiow money foi woiks that had alieady been c.niiied out. — Ci. Maclean aaid thisqiiestiou had alieady been sugued out, and theie was theiefoie no use tn then going into it again, — Ci. Knth: If the new Act does not give us tho powerj we terpiiie I will be quite willing to go for the late. -Ci. Maclean refeiied at some length to the money which the council had spent on the goldhekl. The wmks which they had can ted out theie weio of a colonial ch.u.ictei, and sJiould never li.ivo been tnide a burden on the county. Had it been in the South the (inwinniont would have found the money anil the local bodies would nevei have be"ii inflicted with a penny of the cost— Ci. Cliepim 11 (juitt agieed withCi. Maclean Then neighbouiing comity, the Tliaine-, had fated iein.uk ably well in this ie>peot. -The discussion heie endi <1. I'lioi-osii) \ iioii i ion oi (JoiuDin. On the motion of Ci. Knth it was unaniuiotHlv agieed, '"That this council stiongly ob|tvts to the abolition of Mie gold duty, ',i l iiise such abolition would piactically close the goldtield within the county ; ' also, " That a co|>y of the resolution be, foiwaided to Mi Whvte and the Colonial Tie.isiuer.'' Till- Koioin \ Kovd. -Ci. Macle.m said he had noticed with mi. eh pleasiue ceitain •irtx les in The Waikato Tune's „( late lefenuigto the vciy bid state of the Clam bn.lgi Uotom.i load. The colonial ma Is vw le the woist kept in thewholo countiy. They weie a disgiace. Thin toad was now being Used l.ugi I\, and the tiaflic was veiy heavy. Tho (loveinnient had n pemliai sv stem of wasting money on load v\oiks. Two yeais ago ,m e\pendituie of t'2oo on this load would have made as good a load as t'"iOO would in ike now. Si vi ciiiHtnoisK Lkinsi The license of Messis (naves and Co., To Vioha, was gianted for the ensuing half >eai. Mils liviiki.it\ Covii'i vim. The follow ing 1» ttei was received fmni tho Suivey lOJHceon this matter:— "A load-way, .">0 links wide, lias been suiveyed through ss L >c tion 7l>. block 2, W.ineio distuct, as you have alieady l>eeii told by the C'ommissionei of Ciown Lands. Tt forms one of the scheme of additional io.uK laid out by fli.int and Foster, and of which plans weie lodged hot c by them, and entered on the public maps. The certificate has been made out subject to this road —S. Prim Sjiiih, A 5.0." The engineci npntud piogieas on the Cambiidge-Tanianga toad. A( foiM s. — Sev ci al accounts were passed foi payment, and the meeting lose.

Cakihn w, Newman hah |iist celcbtated his Mth biithday at the Hnmingh.un Oratory. The London Woild .says :—: — "His Eminence who is cn|ojing a second youth rather than a second childhood exhibits a vitality quite hinpmmg to tliose who sonic little time iigo wuc anxious about his health. Jlc s lid Mass at seven o'clock in the morning of his birthday, and later icceived \isits fiom a number of lite friends. \\ it.li one of these, Mr Wilfied Waul, a son of li its old fiiend, the (Jaidinal was able to talk for an hour and .1 half, although a few months ago his doctois told Idm th.it half an hour was to be the extent of his comersation." Tiih death of Lord Mayor Nottage was very unexpected. It i«i tnoie than a bundled years since a Loul Mayor of London died durning his teim of olliee, the last one being the famous Lord Mayor JJeckfoid, who administered so .serve a lebuke to (ieorgc 111. A Court of Aldciman was held on Apiil 14, at which ex-Lord Mayor (Aidennan) Fowler was elected to fill the pLace of Lord Mayor Nottage for the remainder of the civic brcthicn, and with the «;vord oi JJninoclen, iv the slmpo of London Municipality Bill, hanging over their heads, the C'orpoaation naturally desire to have a strong man iv olliee. Loid Mayor Fowler refused the honour of kingthood on the evpuation of his last term of ofhee. During the next few months, how ever, pnnoe George of Wales will visit the city, and it is expected that Aldei man Fowler will then receive the offer of a baronetcy. The funeral of Lord Mayor Nottage, which took place on April 18 at St. Pauls, is said to have been the most imposing cetcinonial in that tainou.s chinch since the Duke of Wellington way biuiul tliuc,