OROUA COUNTY

Feilding Star, Volume 2, Issue 280, 9 July 1924, Page 5

OROUA COUNTY

THE MONTHLY MEETING. The mor&hly meeting of the Orona County Council is being held in Feiiding to-day. . CORRESPONDENCE. . Waitomo County Council, . forward r ing circular letter asking Council's assistance in urging the Government to amend the existing legislation so as t to enable local bodies to obtain sufficient loans from. State Advances Office for the pttrpose of Main Highways Act ' and other development work . ■ Horowhen'ua County Council, stressing tho' necessity of Government, raising a loan, for the purpose of pending to county . councils lor ! vrql'ks on main highways. iho chairman, No. 9 District Highways Council, stating that it will ha necessarji to nominate a sucI cessbr to Mr. McElroy on the District Council. > Tho game, forwarding extract from Gazette, re main highways, also details of information required. Same, giving notice of meeting and forwarding form for return oi road maintenance estimates. Counties Association forwarding legal opinions.

Mc,ssr fi itaggjtt and Elliott, stating .that the joint by-laws had bn-n Taiscd and would bo forwarded as early a* possible. .Department of Internal Affairs/, elating that a commission has been set, up to consider the question of further alteration of the boundary between Feiiding Borough and Orona County. 'Auckland City Council, notifying cancellation of taxi drivers' licenses. Dlttmer Bros, re drains on Nannestad's road. J. McDonell, asking if Council could deliver two lorry loads of gravel and cost of same. G. H. Wheeler, objecting to erection of a fence across a,side road at Haloombfi. C. F. Bailey, asking f°* sonlc re * pairs to be done to Roots street. C. E. Nairn, complaining of the Rtate of Mangaone road. Ranger, Ashhurst. forwarding list of stock impounded. S. J. Hanlon, asking for permission to pu,t a fence across Spur road east.

0. S. Johnson, complaining of action of ranger at Haleombc. N. Kerrigan, asking that some work bo done to watercourse on Ulysses road, and offering to meet Council in the. matter.. \ ENGINEER'S REPORT. ■ Mangaone Riding.—The contract for. the supply of gravel in this riding,, which, was held up by .the. wet •weather, has again been resumed. The decking of ,thc bridge over the Rangitawa stream on the Kakariki road is very thin and requires renewing* • ... , ' Raumanga Riding. —Little work has been done in this rjding. Watertables on A.rapata road are .in had order, but the roadman with addi : tional labour is at present attending to them. ' Makiho Riding.—Makino and Kimbolton roads have been repaired with gravel, and the latter road has been trimmed with the grader. The road from iHitchman's corner to Menzios' bridge and Forlong's road from the Kiwi tea stream to I\imholton, road have also been repaired. The trucks are to make a start to day at tho.work,of repairing Mangaonm road. .. Taonui Riding.—Stumps have been removed from tho Taonui road from Reid's Line to Colyton; gravel repairs have also been effected to this road, and also Spur road. I "have arranged to obtain gravel for Reid's Lino and Aorangi road from the Orona river at the end of Reid's Jiino. The drain along' Nannestad's road has been cleaned out, and a further dump of gravel has been carried out at Runnythorpo. '. Hiwinui Riding.—Gravel repairs havo been, effected .on Ulysses and Siberia roads, and a portion of Spur road. Tho Palmerston-Ashhurst road has been trimmed with the grader, The new metal on Greenhow's road lias been raked in and. the work of rolling it-is now proceeding. Otangaki Riding.—Pohangina road has been patched with gravel and trimmed with tho grader. Palmerston road has also received similar attention and is now. in good order. Ulysses road, Feiiding road, and the old Napier road have also been repaired. Gravel has been carted to the dump afc Gorge bridge for repairing the Feilding-Ashhtirst and Bunnythorpe-Ashhurst roads. TREASURER'S REPORT. Amount general rates collected current year.; £1099 lis ( 4d; arreas. £133 9s 5d."... ; / Riding Accounts.—Mangaone, cr., £2lO 13s "sdj Rangitawa, dr., £9O» 5s Id '• Raumanga dr, £3D 8s sd; MaKino, cr., £3 16s , 9d; /.Taonui, dr., £727 2s 8d; Hiwinui, <lr., £353 16s tfcl; Oijmga&i, £73 7s lid. , ( >,\ , f Bank Balances.—County fund acr count, dr., £2731.,15s 6d^ Gorge road" I loan; cr., £32 15b 6d.