The Chairman said that th c, deviation would not be completed under twelve months, and the main road could not remain without a bridge over the Wai tekauri River, considering the immense traffiic that is carried on; , : Or Edwards said that the Government should be called on to assist* towards the damages this County has sustained from the late flood. This is the premier County in New Zealand, and, if we had a Member who. could or would speak for us, we might get our rights. If the matter were forcibly and immediately-put before the Go vernment; he felt sure that our claims would be recognised. By delaying the applicatioa, the chances of our get ting any aid from the Government would be lessened every day.
Cr, Cassrels thought that even when the deviation is completed, this new bridge would be alwaj^s useful, and the work should be. at once gone on wth:-'' •" : '; .."• •' ■ •:'•'■•■./-;'■••■■•■•■ ': ■;

Cr Nicholls moved that Mr Coulsen's tender bo accepted for labor only in re-erocting the Waitekauii bridge. Cr Edwards seconded the motion, but he still maintained that it was the duty of the Executive of the County Council to send to the Government urgent tele grams reporting the heavy damages sustained by the County, and asking for a subsidy in aid. , ,

The motion was put and carried. • Tho ; outward correspondence was then read and approved. ' ', . ■'. AUCIIO3SEEBS'LICENSE ,; ■.:.
