RANGITIKEI ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 9

RANGITIKEI ITEMS.

■:■ Atithe monthly..meeting of -the'Rarigitiltei County :.' Council, on Satnrday, : thb Treasury .wrote;approving:loatia-of £1600 for Bowon's Road;; and.'£4oo for 'Whale's. Road,;'also'ad- : vising of grants-of money for Ka-wliafeu>Bridgo.£set)-les.(:ed.,,Haweraiiload £72j-- 7 -Me.taroa-Mtnj;a : trcka; ltoad;'£l2l : l7s, 9<LffeM Makehine: Valley Road £34' os, : 9d.,,- _ . : Tne.vl)epartnitnt..of .Railways, advised' ihat ■instructions., bad 'been given. to 'ptit the -work , .station in'hand at Martonv Ohamlier, of u»mlneree. ; Vrote': sslcing ■ for financial ■ assist-/ ■Bae# ff>r thelighting'of .the road to the;Martojl.i'railwsy':station.::!Tho councili..while -ro'cognising that f.the proposal .was, very' dceiraW»;iregr«ttcd that it,;had'.no, funds/'avail-'" ,»Wej r Cv^i;; ; ii>i;V.v:-'v:'";-; ; \V./ ■:■'' r\ iM'ea'ginetT'reported ."that:conseni fpfms :i*t.'i'.' loan; pi '£251)0 for: Taoroa,' Bridge over ; River, "and £800 for gravol-'-Lag-:ih« "Moawhaflgo'Valley','Rfad had been ' subMjttiid ;io the''ratepsyers ; cohcerncd, and ; hidVJbeen signed by .a--sufficient; number ■ to: .oKrV'tßepr'eposalsi/i'Fair progresswaa being" 'rnaeV^th':' thf'efectiori" of-'the.: Kawhatau •Briili|»,; ~All,; t he; piles have ;be<n driven: to :n ..ftrja;;bitteni; presumably-papa, as they.could ;be'.(JriTen no farther. '■;■■/:■:■■ ■'^■/\ ■'■ '* --:-'•, ■ , : ■ -ft^fM'.reported that' the;:Hawera .County '.iCrtiieil Bed _n»de: inquiries : .fof igrayel ..from, the;-Qbin'mHi:-ballast•:pit, it-hat thb/' , council ,are? ibortly ; lending a'deputation to inspect . .-ind-.that' if. it is;suitable -they wiirpn)bab)y ; '.epprq«ch'tho Rangitikci Council 'for laVsiipplv of. con3iderablo inognitude. , ■ -Thoj'opuricif uecidcd:to underteko'the main■tejiaricc of tho .bpundary , ronds- of'the Marion ..■boi;bfigJi--Vconditionally upon , the 'Borbuga. ■Comwil''.rcfunding half:-th«'cost' of- such ro/pdi'a;:':'/.";■■■■'■ '■': J" ■' ■ .", ■' J : . : ' : ) :'■■>■!■ /V-.' ':'. "-, ■.'!, vi '.'.toijnoctibn'. with. the proposed: extonsion of,:,tli.!!.' : :tram-linq':to';Bulls,'. the council: do) vCiJ^V'tVat'if the' Maaawatu Council. ia pr»-'-■.p'ttiltO.i Xα boar ;four-eighths. of the cost, und ilitv:Kpxtoii' lioroflgh;an'd -Bulls-.Town:'Board '■'ea>;h'N<jhc-oiKhth, .tnen";tlio Rarigitikei;Counsubmit to "the of tho ''Raiigitpto Riding a proposal that "this riding he ; ',,snccially rated for a loan to provido, tho ' .two-eighths-of,tho : coßt.'"r.; V!.-.. •.-■ ■/^'A'Vmntion:expressing regret at, the death ' of iMK^Romingtonj'M.l';, ;was' passed.'.' ' The ■.council's appreciation'ipf his services rendered ;• tb; {he idistrict, both ,-ns • n;;mcmbcr of. tho ;. cotihcil and as. Rangitikei'o representative in placed on record. /:-,:■ ■■ ■ .