POHANGINA COUNTY

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1353, 13 March 1928, Page 6

POHANGINA COUNTY

THE MONTHLY MEETING ENGLNEEJTS ACT!VITIES .Mr F. \V. Arbon presided over the meeting of the. Poluingiim County Council, when there were present: Crs. T. Close. A. Rrooking. AV . 31. Stewart, and W. Howell'.. Apologies i’or absence, were received Iroiu Cts \V. T. Pratt ami S. J. Strahau. CO R RESI’ON DEN CE From Llie Public Works Department, agreeing to tiie council Ruining Cave Creek road and asking tor the proposals, and also approving of toe proposals lor Awaliou South Creek, and. advising that mcnotaiy authority will not be available until alter tbe Lils-1 inst. Ap provaL as a'.so given ol the I’olock s road culvert. —Received. From the Feilding and District FatrioLie Society, asking for i lie nomination of a representative tor 'h e biennial election of the society.— 3lr W. T. Pratt appointed. ENGINEER’S REPORT

The County Engineer, Mr D. Watson, reported or Iho month as: follows:

The stone crushing machine has received u thorough renovation, and is now working satisfactorily. Advice has been received from the Public. Works Department of their approval of our plans, specifications, etc., for the.constucLion of two concrete culverts to replace bridges on Awaliou South and Ptrflock's roads. The material will he to hand and a start made with the work at in early dale. The Public Works Department are (piite agreeable that the work of building a, road, at Pii'i j’iri into Cave Creek be earned out hv the Council and have asked for proposals'., (which J (have had forwarded. On receiving authority to proceed with the re-grading and deviation ok on Apiti-Kimbolton mailhighway, a start was immediately made with the excavating, but. :'-s the summer is s'o far advanced, J do not think it ppssiMe to complete tiie work this .season as the cost <•! forming, culverting, and metalling detour road that would carry oral fie. during the approaching winter would he very great. Awaliou Riding.—ln omise .-pie wo of (lie greatly increased motor traffic during the summer, the main road i,s Allowing ununistakable signs) of wear, but probably before long it will be declared a subsidiary highwav, when, consideration cod d he given to the matter ol using crushed riverbed metal, as that would stand tiie wear much bettor. A concrete pipe culvert was put in on No. 1 line, and a- start will be made to renew Hunt’.s bridge during the coming week. Coal Creek .Riding.- Three {hundred yards of gravel were carted and spread on London’s road and repairs to Hail’d orad effected. Seven men. so far, are em|ifo.vod in excavating on the main highway. Mangaone Riding. --Seventy yards of gravel were carted out on. ! ( iunis track. The bridge on Creamery road has been redeeked, and improvements effected on I' iunis, /ig /ag and Junction roads by cutting hack and widening out at several bends. The light grader was used raking in metal on the main highway, and the drain from the culvert to the river cleaned out.

Maiigapikopilco , Ridiug.— A start \va . saga ill made to crush and carl metal to the .Marlon lilock rood, but, owing to the distance to tie carted, both motor trucks' Avere roquored o take the output from the crusher. The bridge near the, junction of Norse wood and fihe main roads is in a very decayed state and several of the decking planks: have broken in. 1 will, therefore, have U replaced during the coming week with ;i concrete culvert, hut to make it safe during the interval,, it was necessary to have temporary decking laid down.

rolmngina riding-The permanent surfaceman hart been employed raking in metal on the main road, and a| tending to general maintenance work.

Tamaki Riding.-As roads liere are in good order. the permanent roadman only was employed. the bridge in front of Mr White’s property requires rodeekiug. -I-his l will be attended to' as soon as possible. XJinutoi riding— A fair quantity of crushed metal Avas carted for repairing Norse wood road, hut the top end requires attending to and could he greatly improved hv the use o the larger grader when the teams are working in that vicinity. A concrete pipe culvert avus; put. in and tlie road widened out at a- had bend near Coal, creek bridge. hour pipe eulvertsi were put in on Makeikei road. The washout on Limestone hill has been repaired. Adopted.

TREASURER’S REPORT Tim treasurer’s report' showed the following accounts! to be in credit:

Cemeterv account, .L'sß 10s 2d; loan account, L2OSM 7s Oil; county fund account, .£5520 7s Oil; county lunil account No. 2, Clio Ids 4d. The position ol the rates was as follows: Outstanding rates at March ;jl, 1027, C7II 10s 5d ; cu lected since, .£4BO 10s sd; rates levied for tlie year, .00712 10s 7d; collected, TO2BO 10s lOil; outstanding, ,0050 10s od.

GENERAL The question' of declaring lupin a noxious weed in the Pohangiua County was again discussed, members expressing the opinion that it should be declared a noxious weed in certain parts of the county. Tlie county clerk pointed out that it was not legal to declare the weed to he noxious in certain parts of the county. The whole county had to he included. On the motion of Cr HowelJ it was .decided to call a, public meeting on March 19 to dismiss the clearing ol lupins from both the Pohangiua and Grown rivers. The following transfers of property were granted: Peter McKay to William McKay, sections live and part 6 block X Apiti S.D.; Alice Burton to L. J. Paterson, section 16 Apiti township. Accounts totalling .£789 13s Id were passed for payment.