MATAKAOA COUNTY.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10742, 13 November 1928, Page 9

MATAKAOA COUNTY.

MEETING OF COUNCIL

(Special To Tlae Times) : ' - application for “ S roMwaJ'’to < tfata" consideration as soon .as possiMT™ tl,o Hospital. BoLd^SiotfiST^ r^tlS fe cha + \ man ascertains and makes aSS^d? 116 extent that **: uSS S thfvrSih? I !— Rested, that xno grazing license granted' him +n the loth of October 1928 .be renewed tha i the wst.brs

r , Judge Carr, of the Native Land relating 0 , extract of .minutes i.eiating to boundary and road adot tlle le Araroa towil secretary of the aVZ. banners’ Union enquiring as to t c amount of outstanding rates in tins county on Crown Lands which Ucceived° rte d back t 0 tlle Ci ’ ovvn

. The ; TV. Araroa 'branch of the Maiapu banner s’ Co-operative Company, requested that a hitching rail tor horses be provided near their business premises.—Resolved that the placing of a latching - rail upon any or the .streets close to the WaiaP u farmers’ Store, would create a public nuisance and, danger and that consequently, the request cannot bo tlla t be suggested to Mr. Snnpson/that he arranges lo jFa horse stand upon liis store site. The chairman of the. Main Highways Board, wrote re the losses of ■material which take place on 'macadam arid gravel roads through the agency of motor traffic, arid covering .information on. -the' matter supplied by the Featherston Countv Council—Received.

Tenders received as under lor contract No. 11.28 consisting of • the formation of 31.85 chains of the Oweka branch road were then opened and considered. From Georgo Smithers £199 15s 6d; from F. J. Honey ££lß9 11s 7d; from H. Wright £164 ■Ts id-. 11. Wright’s tefldef was accepted. , It was proposed by Cr. Wood that the engineer’s recommendation regarding trie Wharekahika river crossing way sought by Mr. H. McClutchie be acted upon, and that Mr. MeClutehie be authorised to make the cutting and approaches at a cost not, exceeding £33, subject to the work being perforined as directed by_the engineer.—Seconded by Cr. Saxby and carried. The chairman referred to the recommendation contained.. in the Engineer’s report that M. Raren receive payment by way of extras for a considerable quantity of hard rock encountered in. contract No. 7.28 which, had not been anticipated, whereupon the matter was briefly discussed and it was decided upon the suggestion of the chairman that consideration of the recommendation be deferred until the contract, - was carried out. Cr. Hovell advised that. Mr. Mullooly’s grounds of complaint of tile draining of waters on to his slaughterhouse property were now well founded, consequent to the action of J. Brown in diverting the -Waikovere stream and causing its waters to flow and lodge on • 'the- road aria slaughterhouse property, and recommend that Mr. Brown be forthwith .required to redivert the strearii so as to cause it to flow on its old course and fill in the cut made by him, whereupon the matter was discussed and the clerk was instructed to notify Mr. Brown in accordance with Cr. Ilovell’s recommendation. Or. Hovell drew attention to the need of the removal of. the rank, grasses, and consequent ? rubbish upon the footpath side between Mr. corner and the Trading Company’s corner, whereupon the engineer was instructed to attend to the matter. Cr. Hovell drew attention . to. ti*; rapid increase of motor vehicles in the district, and expressed the hope that, steps will be taken towards preventing any person not possosed. of, a motor driver’s license operating any such vehicle. ..... Cr. Hovel! advised that complaints had been made to him of the waters conveyed by the new 1 Pahutu road drain lodging on to certain cropping grounds, and suggested that the drain be extended so as to carry the water into the Arewhana streetdrain, whereupon if was decided tlml the matter receive consideration as soon as possible. Cr. Hovell commented upon the, fact that the Hospital Board had failed to hold a meeting for the transacting of its business since August last, conequent to there not being a quorum- of members, and expressed the opinion that members of the board should either fulfil the obligation of attending the meetings or resign office. Cr. Wood advised of minor requirements *to certain parts of the Hick s Bav-Whangaparaoa road between Hick’s Bay and Mr. McGuire’s, whereupon the chairman advised that same would be attended to. Cr Cowan made further representations towards having the council meet Mr. Mullooly’s request for a roadway to his Tokata property, and "that the council take the required land under “The Pub ic Works Act,” whereupon it was decided that the Council could not entertain the suggestion and that theengineer investigate the existmroad Mne and report as to- its teasibleness at the next meeting. Cr. Cowan asked that the. lay mu off of the works to be carried out under the grants available for the Turangakautuku road be undertaken as soon as possible and was advised by the■ Chairman that tin works wuuld be put m hand at the first opportunity. Cr ; Cowan asked that the engineei have-the signs for the Taurangakautuku and Kopuapounemu roads placed- as soon as possible, whereupon the engineer, was instructed accorde' lTl Or.' Cowan recommended that certain parts; of the Awatere river, ie Araroa section of the mam 'highway receive attention as soon as pqssi whereupon the chairman advised o the proposal to rC-metal the paits referred to and all the worn parts of .the' main highway m the early future. „ rr e The chairman advised of Mr. iratford- having approached him -for permission to remove for firewood , certain foiled trees upon the Horn section of the? Hick’s Bay-Whangapar-aoa . roadside, whereupon it .was agreed; that.the request be granted. The charman advised that, since the last' meeting the tender . of £127 12s of Thos. Miller had been accented for contract;No. 13;2&. consisting of the formation of 33 chains of the • Oweka road, whereupon the action jof the Chairman m accepting the tender ;was confirmed. . The ’chairman recommended; that the kjvbrk -- of re-surfacing-'the Kara-katuwharo-Pnrimruku Section of the m“nin liißhway > »»dertato soSKOStcd that the wqfe&Sfjg! be let- bv -tender- and that,, suriace, man Moody arid another surfaceman spiriading, whereupon, it. resolved, that ( .the chairman « jecomnieridatibris he earned out at , flie first - riV-

i chairman advised that surfaceman Tutapu’s horses-were at present unlit for work consequent to obviously improper handling and inattention, and suggested that 3. Brown •bo placed in his stead as surfaceman between ; Rumurnku . and McGuire’s, and that IT. Tutapu be placle w - 01 °? spreading metal witli P. Moody, whereupon Cr. Wood suggested that Tutapu be not removed until the Hick’s Bay hill was in good order, and that J. Brown be placed on McGuire’s road iu the meantime, and it was resolved that the matter bo left to the discretion oi f the chairman and the engineer. The chairman advised that surfaceman Evans could work to much greater advantage with a grader, whereupon the matter was discussed and the- engineer was instructed to have the drag altered to take the place of a grader and sent to Evans. Cr. Wood advised that Mr. Ryder was desirous of having certain small improvements effected to the Wlmre- - kaliika stock track, whereupon the chairman replied that he would liavo the engineer attend to requirements. Cr. Hovell pointed out that the road between the Te Araroa township and, the junction of the. Hick’s Bay road was ,in a very had state of disrepair, : whereupon the chairman advised that provision was being made for the necessary improvements. Accounts amounting to £999 7s 5d were passed for payment.