WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL

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

WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL

TllK Usual nionthh meeting of the council was held .it the cli.unlr i-, Ilimiltoii List, jcstcidaj. I'io-ciit. Mi \. I'liiuioM 1 (chairman), Cm. S. T. Seddon, S. ,s. (ii.ilum, .1. J. Smith, J. It. S. Richaulson and Y. .T. Johnson. A petition was lecehcd fioin rcit.iin tatepayers in the K.inguiii Outlvuig Distnct, in lefejenee to the biidle ti.icK lifii T.inpill, it was resolved to adheie to the di'ti Hiuii come to at List meeting, uameh , to piy one-half thecostof thowoik. Sumo conversation took place <>n the -ub ji'ct of the local <r<i\ oiiiiiu*iit piop»s,»U of the (ioveinment, .Did though it was agreed that it would be L«ttei to de fei .my discussion of the niattei until tlio mc.Hii i ci \\eic before the council, the tone of the member-, who spoke w.is :i^.mi-.t tlie pioposcd >jstcni of milisuliMii^ minities Tiie clt'ik w.w lnstiuctcd to wnte to .Mi J. 15. Whyto asking foi cojiics of tin 1 bilN, .did intiip.itin^ that the council thought the iiiiMxiue-i weie likcl> to li.i\oun iii]iii ions cttect. Mr •!. T. Camp wrote li'sjifniiig the office of pouudkci'pnr at Jl.iutapu. It w.is ajjii'eil that Ci-*. <Ji.ih.nn and Smith make enqumes with .i \ lew to getting .i .suitable jK'ison to act an poundkeepei. A petition was rect'iwd from a niimbci of lesidents of Chuichill, piaymg the council to KMcind its foimer lesolution and take o\er the control of the punt at thit place. The petitioner s.ud theie was a Bum of t'1.50 a\ a liable with which t<> build a new punt and approaches, .so that the council would not be put to any expense. Moieovei, thn sum would not Iw forthcoming unless the punt weie vested in wniie local bod\. The jictitioners also enclosed a \witten guaiiinteo to pay half the ci^t of woikinj,' the punt o\ei and nboxc the •iinount leceived in fees. They hoped tho council would tike piompt action, as the giant of money might l,ipr.c.— The Chairman said the mattei had been fully dis-cuiM-d on afoimei occasion, and he -aw no teisoii to .iltei the decision then aimed at. The people using the punt weie. ill lesident in tin 1 C"iuit\ nt Italian, and he did not think the Waikato County Council would be iii-tihcd in iiiuuring an\ liabilities on then account. — Cr. Johnson said the picsent punt was in a most incoinenient place, and the new punt would have to be placed somewhere el-e. To do tints meant lemoMiig the pieis, &c., and he did not think the |ob could be done foi lesn th..n a couple of hundu'd pounds. —The Engineer did not think the punt could be built foi t'dO, as stated by the petitiunuis.- >«o action was taken in the matter. The Kiigmet'i lepoitud that the w "ikat the X.uiow's budge, sciewini: up and painting, ite , had been completed at the cost of tBS o(|(l, half of which would be bin ne by the Waipa Coontv- Thewillowplantmg near Itnngiiiii had been done at a u>>t \i{ V'lo In. Tli« »wtt\ljtt\ <it v. jllow s v. as •JOOO, and the iob was \eiy satisfactory. It was agieedto gnet'") as a contiibu tion towards the fund stnited l)y the Haiinltiiu Domain Itoaul foi the intioduc tien of hesh wali'i lish into (he distiict. \ i.itc of ,d on all latcable piopcity in the li.iugniii out distnct waslc\ifd. The Cleik was juthoiised to get a fue pi oof safe. A ljuiubei of accounts weio passed for payment, and the council io->c.