OROUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 6

OROUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. (BY TELSGRArH— SPECIAL COIIRESrOKDENT.) ~ FeUding, March 6. . Tho ordinary .monthly meeting of tho Oroua - Cotmty' Council was held to-day. There wero present: Councillors G. Wheeler (chairman),. J. H. Vincent, F.Rowling,- H.. Burrell, W. G. Pearco, W. Reid, and Cornfoot. ■ :'. . ; -._ Corrospondenco was-received as follows:— From Mr. 7 R.. K. ;Bradbury, Halcombo; stating tho residfehts of tho district were pleased to note .that..tho 'Rangitawa' stream was to be open' for tho benefit of tho travelling public.. Thefo wa!s .some inisapprehension in reforenpo;to the; gate, which was asked to.be oponed oil to, tho .Rangitikei- river. The bridge, referred, to by the petitioners was on Maori property, some.distanco south of.tho railway bridge.! Ho understood tho gato was iiow 'unlockftd/. aiid that 'was all tho people wanted. ... From Messrs. 1 Prior and - Gillespio, onclosing'-an/'abcount'for £8 Bs., for semces in connectionvwitK; the loan from tho Bank of New.Zealand;;^;.' ! A tablo;showing, the ferry-receipts was laid on tho table.: ,It:gavo the following figures: —1904, jSl'iS lls. Gd.; 1005, £158 13s. 6d.'; 1906,' £18-1 -;13s. 7d.; 1907, £107 3s.' 2d.; ; ;total,.£sD-l;lS. 9d. - / ,Tho Engineer reported , that satisfactory progress wa£ ; being , niade with tho construction, of • tho Gorge Bridge. .. The following tenders. wero; accepted:—CcntrAct No. 13, regrading ,'hills,■- watershed . road, .and Reid's line,'J; Ti ;Entwistle, £163105.'; contract No. ill, forming Boddy ! s road, P. E. Eichlor, ;£ls. For.; contract No. 12,-300 -yards of metalling : for tho Makino Road, tho tender !0f..G.-H. Lankshear was loweist. The •'following. transfers were agreed to Block, 8, Kairanga.S.Di, and block 3, Gorge S.D., J. to A. A. Macdonald; sections 64 and.66, subdivision .6, Manchester block, Ernest Carr to H. J; Bailey and W. A Bailey; Otangaki' district, J. F. Greig to C. W.- Mitchell; block 14, Oroua S.D., G. D. Remnant to Writ Hesketh ; lot. 45, subdivision P, Manchester block, ■F. F; .Wisleton' to R. D. Vautier; suburban sections 27, 23, and ,29, Halcomljo, Peter A. Petersen to A. H. ,-Peterson \'.section ; 6,. Manchester blook, John Frecklingtoh, to.W, A.' Vorry; section 9, subdivision G', 'Manchester block, G. F. K. England to Samuel Shepherd: section. 93, Bal.combo, estato of.. Eliza Marsh to James Adam; suburban section 185; Feilding, Horno -Bros, to C. C. Ba<jnall. ~ ■ ■ j-.