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Municipal Council
Tho usual mon tidy mooting of
Strahan Municipal. Council waa' heh
the Council Chambers on Woduct
evening last. Present: Warden
Hale, Ors. , M-'Cormack, Tan
M'Dot-molt, Stevenson, Kemp, J!
and Hayes.
Warden Halo referred to thc lain
cd deatlrof Mr. F. Collins who, ho s
'was a highly respected townsman.
Collins' demise, after a,-short-Hin
ho was -sure, waa not only deeply
grettcd by councillors, but by tho"]
lie of Strahan generally, ile mo
that a letter of condolence be forwi
ed to tho widow and Mr. E. Coll
brother of deceased. Tho motion
carried, all councillors standing
silence.
Correspondence included ii let!cr f
D. .T. Hantick, applying for permis»
to erect a headstone over tho griivi
the .late. May Bradford. .'Tho War
intimated that permission had b
granted.
Sunday Trailing. ;
G. E. M'in tosh..applied for peri
sion to conduct business in his li
3I10J) un Sundays during .tho follow
hours: ID to ll 11,111., ;' t il (1 p.m., 8
10 p.m. Cr. Kemp moved, and
M'Cormack seconded, .that Mic ho
which fruit shops may bo open
boua-lido .fruit shoji.'trade on Sund
be from lO'.a.m. lo ll a.m., .'! p.m.
0 p.m.-Carried. . .-.(
? ... \Storui ..Channel. '", j
1 "' Secrcliiiy.'Piibliç'M'Ôrk'.s Ijejfirrfiiii
in further,'reply to the Council'« requ
for -repayaient fó'r're'iiéWal bf ¡1 bri
¡ over Hie storm channel,'r'neeiitly
1 slroyed by Hood, wrote'stating that
thc original cost was nuder ' i'50,;
matter of any subsequent repairs
renewals should bo attended' lo by
council.,
Warden Hale spoke" strongly a gilt
tho -altitude taken up by tho Pul
AVorks Department, and said that
cliauncl was built'in'the'llrst'place
tho Government lo protect.its propo
(thc railway), and had since been ma
taincd by ii. Tho Government was 11
apparently endeavoring to put thu
sponsibilily «u lo the uiuuiuipality
Cr. Kemp moved'and Cr. Thpner
condell. "That I lib Public AVorks 1
partmciit bc written to, and inforn
that as the storm channel Wils Colisti n
eil by the Government, and had sii
been maintained .by«H. ibo council lot
to the Government to reimburse il I
amount of tho cost of renewing I
bridge."-Carried.'
Sunday Sport.
Thc East Zechau Football Club ;
plied for thc nsc'of tho Strahan reen
lion grouiui for a .football match
Sunday, October ¡20, and Warden Iii
explained Hint he' had conferred wi
a number ol' councillors with rcga
to Ibis; and had instructed thu con
eil clerk to'inform Mr. Webberly th
tho by-law regulating-thu-usc, and li
ting-nf-the ground, prohibited il.« 11
for sport on Sundays, ami therefore t
application could not be grunted.
King Uiver'.Power Scheme,
i Zeehan Council wrolu concerning
j conference to advócalo I ho «arly coi
plcliuu of.'thc' King Uiver powi
scheme.
j Wnvdcn 'Hale said the proposal ha
I,his hearty support and he consider!
that if-the King Uiver-uehuum wei
ooinplelud, thu f uluru of I he West .Com
ivas assured. Thu provision of chea
power ifould provide a. groat, impel 1
lo mining generally.
<>. Stevenson .endorsed tho rciiiarli
of tho Warden.
Cr. Kemp moved and Cr. Slcvcuso
seconded that Warden Hale and Ci
Luttrell be appointed delegates to al
lend thu proposed'.'conference, and Ilia
.also tho Zeehan Council bc urged I
convene same for ns] variier dale a
possible, to appoint' a permanent exe
cutive embracing, not only the council.'
but combined reuT'cseiitut.ivc» -nf. ol
public interests.. Ho mid 'that ¡he im
iKirtanic of llic-installation of thc Kin;
Uiver power scheine, so far as the Wc«
Const was concerned, was paramount
and it. was a matter which thc Con si
should work for unitedly, and will
strenuous persistence, ile referred lt
thc Now Zealand Government's nun
hydro-elect ric scheme, which1 developed
1M,000 h.p., and .which ..was "'costing
£3,000,000. . Thc "King Uiver sácheme
would produce up- to. 70,000- h.p. at a
very much less expenditure. The.gen
eral manager of the Hydroelectric De
part mont had .stated - that., thc King
River scheme-.was to.-bu'thc next unit
to be -developed,in Tasmania..
The ijiotiou was .cai ricit-iiiianiimiusly.
Tho Premier wroto regarding thu gift
bv thu Federal Government'of a"!framed
photograph ol' H.M.A.S.-Australia. Thc
photograph, 'which was, at, haiiil,-was
niuc'i admired by councillors, and the
clerk was ordered- lo forward.:V letter
of thanks for smut. . '" ' . '
Audit Department wrote rc finiiiicing
thc purchase of S'lrahiin ; "recreation
ground. Moved by Cr. 'Kemp 'lind sc
couded by Cr. Tapucr that tho .Wditor
Goncrnl. be advised that steps were be
ing In ko, V. Tivv'thb uintfoi in-order.
-Motion carried. ' '
Warden Hale, Os. Kemp mid Hayes
were appointed tn confer au to tho best
way of raising thc necessary money.
Wes!. Coast Itoail.
AV.- E. Lloyd, organiser and secre
tary' to Thc West Coast Hoad and All
Tusiiiuniu Better Communication Lea
gue, wrote re a deputation to the Min
ister to support the ccmpletiou of tho
West Const road, and to advocate bet
tor communication generally.
Warden Halo said that .'.tho, circular
had c:jllcd forth a litt .'of critici/nii from
the Nórí h-\Vcst Coast, where it had been
,uiad,ca burning topic. The expenditure <>í^fltí!^ta
'j'iSUSSÂ') ,lu; West .Coast road^had Im*
<lescribed as.sinfui waste. The
West Coast had apparently a dolled I
thc àitïtuilo of"'''taite all and give no- I
thing." Some time ago "Tho Ad- |
vocale" had shown thal, the mining
industry iii (ho West was reviving, and
was worthy of solid support,' whilu ag- j
liciltiirt! was declining. With regard
to waste, in past, days lhere hail boon
plenty of waste on the North-West
i.'onst. Tho construction of thc Wost
Coast road was simply giving thc'Coast
what was Hs .just due, and what tho
people should have had many yeaia ago.
flo considered the present. Ooveniniout
Jcservcd great praise for proceeding
with tho work. lt. was resolved that' j
thc effort made by thu Southern League ||
be fully endorsed l;y this council. raj
Cr. M'Dcrinutt spoke of thc serious f
'inconvenience occasioned by the. lack |
of road communication with thc capital §
of the State. . . . ? _ S
. . General. |
Cr, M,'Coriiinck reported thu I. railway |
drain in Poiitlfex .street required clean- |
ing. Hallway Department to be notl- m
lcd. ¡j
Warden Hale reported that he had had a
to havo some repairs lo tho cemetery |
fonce effected. It was also decided to |
repair a culvert and thc road leading to |
the coiuctery. . - 1
Cr. Hayes' referred to thc. necessity ¡I
for getting tho racecourse track in good
order for Boxing "Day's- . "' ?
II. was decided llial. thc warden aud
Cr. M 'Ucrmott, bc deputed to examine
thc track.and haye repairs to thc value j
of lTi effected, and at the sanie limo ¡
inspect tho properly, 'generally.
Thc warden spoke of tile need of re
pairs at Hie sanitary depot. Matter !
left, in warden's hands to deulAwitti.;;.
Cr. 51 'Cormack -reported ' vandalism
nt West. Strahan. Matter to bo rc:'
ported lo tho police. Cr. Tapncr in- ¡
quired .as to Hie niimhi.T ol' cows, licen
sed during 102-1., ' The iiiforiimiiuu was :
supplied. Councillors agreed ' that i
there >vcrc a jjreal many unregistered
cattle'hu thu streets, and that: action I
must bo taken lo compel ' owners to li- 1
cense cows. .: ' |
1 Accounts amounting to i'ílO/Jtí/10 |
were passed "for payment.' >J
School attendance return .showed: jt
No. days school open,- 20; No)'(in reg-, 3
isler,' boys,. Ol', girls, HI; totals 170. }
Monthly enrolment: lluys 111, girls 81 j j
total 170. Total number ? of nttendr.
nnc.es, 0,108*; average daily altendatu^»-ït'JËÊSSSM
"^?y , . nra
$