SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD BOARD.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18348, 3 April 1925, Page 11

SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD BOARD.

The wonthlv meeting oi the South JUkaia Road Board was held in the Board's office on Thursdar. There were promt-Means A ' J Hagson (chairman), H. J. Crothers, H. A. Harrison, W- Carruthers, and. Jas. Lambie. The clerk reported a credit balance in th» bank of £336 I s ™- EiiU:s collected since last meeting totalled f220 4s 4d, and outstanding rates amounted to £149 Os 3d. The-clerk waß i nstructed to ißsue notices to defaulters and to take legal proceedings to recover unpaid, rates after eeven day*. The action of th. chairman an engaging " to (jcan the races on tho Three-chain 'ioad was approvedJtr Lambie reported that the street limits for Chertficy had not yet, been erected, and this was left to the chairman to arrange. The Ashburton County Council requested ~ jjoard to send in accounts for -work dono on the main highways and County lo The' Rail w *y Dsp***™* ll * notified the Board of its decision not to eell the. shingle pit at Atitcham. A. request from the Bakaia School Committee to reconsider the eanitary charges was held over in the meantime. The clertk reported that pipe-crossings bad been P°* ** on .Hatfield and Owerdale roads and on • Boag'a road. During the month the Cemetery road > had been improved and Thompson's track and the.Acton river road had been patched and graded. The following transfers were registered:— George Edgington to E. Fox, S. Buckeit lo