TE AROHA NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21205, 30 August 1940, Page 11

TE AROHA NEWS

BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING (Special to Times) TE AROHA, Thursday. The monthly meeting or the Te Aroha Borough Council was hold last night when i the Mayor. Mr R. Coulter, presided. When the question of employment ! men on scheme 13 was discussed. Mi J Hedge said these men were living in Te • Aroha and they had to be fed and clothed Mr Chirk said he was unable to get mer. ! to clear land although he was willing to ! pav £ l ii an area ror the work. Mr Ken- . iitdv agreed that these men must live, I but he was or the opinion that men could ; be more prontabl.v employed increasing j production than chopping weeds. A letter was received from a solicitor | or otorohanga, acting on behalf or loca) authorities in the South Auckland district, asking the Borough Council’s sup- i port in a protest against the increased I prices fixed by the Licensing Authority for cartage or goods. The Mayor said the j nuance committee had no recommendation

to make. The council was not concerned and any action on Its pari might involve expense. Mr Kennedy considered this was a matter which affected every local authority and the Borough Council, with other local authorities, should protest again*, the increase made for carting. Individual carriers had expressed the opinion that they were satisfied with the price they were receiving. Nevertheless, price* wert increased. Local authorities and dairy companies had tile right at the moment to -I

make their own arrangements and flu their own cartage rates, but the carrierfederation reserved the right to increase ttie price where it considered it necesary. No self-respelling authority would tolerate this. The proposal was afreeu to. It was decided to get a legal opHUon on the powers of the Borough Council where a camper had made permanent residence on the borough camping site ana refused to shift when requested to do m