Mr W. J. Weld (of Avon Dassett) presided at the meeting on Thursday and there were also present – Messrs. Ridley Brown, A. Spencer, W. H. Jarvis, H. Barfield (acting clerk), G. Elkington (surveyor) and J. Smith (inspector).
Financial
Mr Barfield said that the balance in hand amounted to £233 13s
The Radway Drainage Question
Mr Barfield read a number of letters with reference to the drainage situation in this village.
The Census of Traffic
The Clerk read a letter from the Warwickshire authorities to the effect that the proposed census of traffic on the roads had been postponed.
Miscellaneous
The Surveyor said that with regards to the drainage at Farnborough he did not know what Mr Beanford was going to do with the upper part, but he (the Surveyor) had seen Mr Duuckett with regard to what the Council had ordered at the lower part. The drain would require to be trapped.
The Inspector said that he had sent a notice to Mr Gwyer with regard to the ditch at Radway.
The Inspector reported that a case of tuberculosis in a cow had been reported on Mr Fox’s farm at Radway.
Abstract of Accounts of the Receipts and Payments for the above Rural District Council for the half-year ending 31st March 1914
| RECEIPTS | £ | s | D | |
| Balance in hand 30th September 1913 | 123 | 19 | 2 | |
| From Overseers in respect of general expenses | 92 | 16 | 2 | |
| Grant under Agricultural Rates Act, 1896 | 102 | 13 | 9 | |
| From County Council in respect of salaries of Medical Officer
of Health and Inspector of Nuisances |
22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rebate on renewal of Workmen’s Compensation Scheme | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Total | 341 | 10 | 6 |
PAYMENTS
| Maintenance of district roads | 165 | 7 | 10 |
| Salaries (Highways) | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Fees for lists of births and deaths | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fee for analysis of water | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Share of expenses of cleaning out cesspool at Radway | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Salaries of officers (Public Health) | 39 | 10 | 0 |
| Establishment charges | 8 | 16 | 4 |
| Compensation to the late Clerk of late Kineton Highway Board | 3 | 19 | 8 |
| National Health Insurance, Employers Contributions | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| Balance in hand at 31st March 1914 | 105 | 17 | 7 |
| Total | 341 | 10 | 6 |
Dated 10 August 1914
Arthur Fairfax, Clerk to the said Council
Banbury Guardian, August 1914