OROUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 1760, 4 April 1912, Page 3

OROUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting of the abovo was held to-day. Present: Crs. H. Russell (Chairman), W. G. Pearce, J. J. Murphy, and McDonald. The. following, letters wera received: —

For Mr "W. ■S. Short, re Menzies , ford bridge, asking if Council had let contract and if so,, what amount. From Gorge Domain Board re domain at eastern _end of gorge, asking it Council will donate sometime to" wards the erection of fences l'l-om Mr W. Yetts, re horse impounded at Colyton, asking if Counci mil lelund expenses incurred. by .From Ocean Accident Co., statin£Vrf 6n Policy'will cipiro on Apul 13, and asking if Council will have wage certificate competed o fro^' c p U ! rm W , b0 « d J»sted re Vuhh W°,^ ooik«: k « Department, 1911 S r° rks Am endment Act i^elSicfe 0^0011^ . f'rpm Audit Office, ro payment nf interest on certain loans out of 1° oral account. ■= of loan of £2000 for the" purpoTeo! constructing Arapata road P i< mm Jreasury, stating that it had tonvarded to the eredrt of Couf- - I'VeraMr J. Tate, asking Council's permiasion to place mile silns on the load sides in Oroua County From Wangauui Education' Board re instruction m veterinary science' I , ro:n Manawntu County Council' ionvardmg cheque for £59 U& id bemo; amount of general rates colected over area formerly included Manawatu County and Government subsidy, less the proportion of fixed charges. . From Mv W. G. Aitken, forwarding cheque for £50 2s 6d ,being halfyear s ,-cnt of reserve •rom Minister of Public Works acknowledging receipt of Council's letter re intention to apply early in this financial year for the amount of Government subsidy for Menzio's •.Ford bridge. TREASURER'S REPORT. The Treasurer reported: General rat es levied last year ,£4898; collected, £4060 18s 6d. Bank balances, general account, £372 los 3d; Siberia loan, £1398 11s. ' ENGINEER'S REPORT.

Mr Roy L. Harding reported:— Mangaone Riding.— 1 find that the deposit of gravel oil the Cemetery road exists only i n a very limited quaii'tity, but tnere is a good pit on Mr iveisos property, and gravel obtained From this pit for Mr Pleffsant's road would cost about 4 S per yard ilie roadman i s at work in this riding cleaning out water tables and clonic general work. I h ave not yet been able to call tenders for regrading the lull on Mac Donald's road. Raumanga Riding.—Contract No 3 gravelling Stanway road, has been completed and a start made on contract No. 8, Ma-kino road. An e\:tra man has been put on to clean drains on Stanway road. A small culvert on Jokorangj road, and one on JVlakara road require replacing with concrete pipes.

Makmo Hiding.—As instructed, 1 haver had water-tables on Mangaone road hill cleaned out; the culverts on tins hill are too far apart; I would suggest that three more small culverts be put in. A start will be made to-day- on contract No. 7, supply of gravel on lower part of Kimbolton road.

laonui Riding.—Contract No 19 supply of gravel on Taoimi road is proceeding, about 600 yards -having been delivered. lam having the gravel at the side of the road screened in order to try an experiment with the roller. .1 he sharp corner on Reid's Jjine, near Buiinythorpe road has been cut hack about 6 feet. I inspected the Cemetery road, at Biinnyed improvements are the best that thorpe and consider that the proposcould be effected for the sum stipulated. "

Hiwiimi Hiding.—.Contract No 16 supply of gravel on Palmerston-Ash-liurst road, has been completed and a start made on contract No. 15 on Watershed road. I have made arrangements with Mr Aitken to fence the road through the Ferry Reserve LI per chain. ;m d Mr Thessman has undertaken to fence the deviation of Siberia road for the sum of 19 S pet . chain. Both of these works hive been commenced and will shortly Tje completed. J

Otangak, R,ding._A start has been made at contract No. 17. supply o f moT I 0" t , ! 6 Pal^rstoii-ishur S t load. J would suggest that the work oi forming a summer road along the Poliangma road be commenced as early as possible. RATE ROLL. The following alterations i n the to James Michojsou, C, J. Hart to L. t ■ Hai t{.., l - H - Bhuidell to l> im] g 7V rT l B l?. S -i to Jessie Short Hn iS - |^ ort « , J. Wesleyan Church to SSi Jid ,T i,rds V V,- A " L ™S™rth to Helen )ew,J. McKenzie to AY t to John and tr> « • aS o ers > D - L - Younger to D. Ross, X S Prior to Alex. MorT P h to E. Short, fV, t Cl Jr rren to 'ona E. Fraser A £iay to Frances E. Gray, A. Gray to ffin? T Tremewan to Ernest J. J. E,. McLennan to S G Bar gr, D. N McLean, H. Beatson and r<l i i I V- H ' Brensher, W. M Cleland to A. Shannon, Isabella E Hard.ng to Oswald H. Parritt

BUSINESS DONE. P ri°(fv ?' p lur l*i'.' s motion, second\T,- R GI ;-i Pea , r<:e, lt; was that n£l-F°i !ld?y + > Siven permission to make, deviation of fence on Bird's SovaT 3 t0 Ml " up! It was decided to refund t o Mr letts expenses incurred in impounding a horse at Colyton lm P oUlia On the motion of Cγ. Poarce sec onded by Cr. McDonald, it was (S----cded that, in accordance wtth the communication received from me Auditor-General, the clerk he m! s ruck ed tn tO C ° l[e f the "Peeiid- »i stiuck to cover loans Nos. 22 and 23, commenomg with the year 1911-

.In reply to Cr. McDonald, the engineer S a,d he expected to have ml ril-i Plt on t,Je Kaka - wn,,J) 600 "' and ' if Possible, he ■would supervise the worJi himself. i . ai T, e inov «l and Cr.- Murunv STtt' I,afc - in repl - v to "SS 1 1 i ? roa d, Aorangi, the clerk be instructed to state that tho a, thTa d 7 be atte » de d to as soon a s the grader 1S available.-Car-

m ppH^ aS - de , C i ded that the Council STf a f a ut m ure be at x v-™- in -