COUNTY AFFAIRS.

Grey River Argus, 2 November 1928, Page 3

COUNTY AFFAIRS.

MEETING OF COUNCIL. The u-unl monthlv meeting of the Grey County Council was held at the County Chamber yesterday. There were present Messrs A. Robinson (('hairm.'in). J. Ryall, JI. G. Carter, G. Biair, D. Baybutt, A. Donnel.an. Apologia-; for .nbsi nee were received from Crs ,T. \V. Hannan ami Ogilvie. The ende»- of C. Rodgers £217 for Improvements to the main highway at Arnold was approved. The Prime Minister forwarded circular letter re Armistice Day (apre.idy publish! d). —Received. The Treasury and Pubii<» Works De nartnuni advised the following pay nienl : —Alain Highways £750. Anaura Rri ige £l7B Crooked River £221. Moonlight (’reek £776. crates £3l 95., gold Helds revenue £695 3s 2d. The Main Highways Board r.uthoris ■ d < xpcuilil ur ( > as follows: —Grey-Pun.n ’<aiki £5OO, Pig Grey Bridge £2431, (.-i t en'tone Lake Brunner (authority I’er renewal i-nlver s) £l5O. The Public Works Departnuuit forwarded tenders fo : - ih ( » (riction of the Mooiil’ght (’reek Bridge. approving that of Turner and Aynsiey at £947 15s. The Chairman stand '.lint a lower tender had been receiv'd but as it was ,30 per cent, below the Engineer’.cs'imate. it had been declined. This was in accordance with a resolution passed bv the Council some time ago. Replying to the Council’s request for an additional vote for the cur: ent. year for the (iioy-Piinkaiki Road, the (’hairman of tho District Highways Council stated tha’ the Board would subsidise an additional vote up to £sod on a £2 for £1 basis. The Public Works Deport menr advised that the Main Highway* Board had decided to expend £20,000 on the Grey-Westport Coast Road, in order to bring it up to a reasimabh s andard. Half (hi: sum would be sp. nt in the Ci- Rv.ull drew attention t.» the considerable amount of iniemployment in Blackbail, and moved that the work be carried out soon as possible by the let iug of contracts. Tin Engineer intimat' d that the preliminary work would bo put in hand i Imost i mined in t oly. The motion was agreed to. The Engineer stated that he had forwarded plans to the Highways Board fer 1 he ]>rnposed widening of Hie Pa-oa-Taramaknu sec ion of main highway e tiiiiatrd to cost £837 but he had rot leceived a reply. Th r sum of -.450 would be expended this year, of which £l5O was to le found by the bounty, and £3OO by the Main Highwavs Board. Th: ’ was sufficient to complete less than one half of the work proposed, but the Council hoped to provide a fur her £l5O next year. Tic had also forwarded plans to the Public AVorks Department for the Haupiri Junrtiou-8.1l Hill section of tho Grey Valli v Tarumakau Road the work being estimated to cost £902. A letter was received from the District Engineer outlining provisions regarding l:C vote of £2OOO to be spmt on Lie Haupiri ,Tuhciion-B« 11 Hill Road. The Engineer stated that £lOOO had alrcadv been spent, and he had for warded plans for a further £913 worth of work for approval. Cr Carrcr moved that the Aiinist.t : of Public Works be telegraphed. re--4110 ting that the plans sen in, to the value of £913. be approved forthwith; in order to provide work for the unem(’r Ryall second'' I. amt the niwiior. Cr 'carter moved '.bat another £lOOO be applied for. for further works on he -ame roe.d. A politician had been •TOiiig round the conn ry telling the people that £l5OO was available for the work almost immediati ly, and people had gained the impression that the Council was not moving quickly enough in the matter. In reply to Cr Blair, the Engineer -fak'd that the £100(1 spent, had been ■ ividvd on two roads. Cr Ryall seconded, and the motion was carried. It was resolved, on the motion of the Chairman, that the Council urge

•>• !>.]>!! rt :ici>t to exped’te ni:J ers in regard to the approval of plans at promt submitted by the Engineer. The Main Highway B aid forward'd copv of annual estimates. IT Ryall remarkid that the Highways Board had tr<‘a ed the Council Crtir comint nt I-;! that members of the Board seemed clo e enough when hearts had been touched. 'flu- T P Kinga Land and Tim' op Coy notified the Council that the Trustee/. <f the Campbell Es ate bad gran to I •iie’c.icnt land for approaches to the Crooked River Bridge. idie Clerk wa- instructed t> write ■ vpr.e-.siug thanks to the Trustees of the estatv. The st t n Advance- Department advised hat the Department was unable to entertain the uppl'cation for loan ’ fioiiligli ’ Creek Bridge.—Rcreivt ~o Highways Board advised flint 'Ut i’o i;' . givi n for £2131 for ’•(•pairs .o the Big Grey Bridge.- -RcT he A-hburton County Council wrote ini imat ing t int n eon ferom-e of local I'odi s :n (‘rested in t’le matter of hos-pir-il lev ■•; would take place iu March The Town Ch'rk '.'.rote !’:v’ri ','orni i! Io semi reproent:il .\ • To :• conference 1 » lo- convmie.l fur »h< purpose of considering the provision i f additional ground fo- the cemetery. The Chairman Engineer ami Clerk were appoiuhd to represent the Gunnell. A le ter was revolved fr-m She Grey Automobile As ociai'.i.n drawing attention to the unsatisfactory c-mlirion of the rend | a-t the B: .( kball Mines. It ;•> a ■ pointed oat thai al inns th. road was practically blo-k< d with min< limber and other materia! making it dang-rous, ami i .»<» sn:fare o. .'he road was also very humpy. The matter was referred to the Bngin per. T. Dillon wrote offering o sell a c »t--:age to the Council for £5O for use us a roadman’s n sidenco at Kotuku. It was agreed, on the recommendation of the Engineer, that the offer be accepted. The I’mlei -Secretaiy, Public Works Department, forwarded proc la mat ion clo ing road in Block VL Lewis Survey Distric . —Received. The District Engineer, Public Works Department, i orwarded correspondence re timber of road r< st rve. .-tatiiig that it had been decided to hand royalties to th e County lor erection of bridges over the Lit le Ilohonu. on the Green-stone-Lakt lirnnm r Load.—Received. The Ngahere Tennis Club applied for perm is ion to lay down a court on a uua.te. acre section situated on t ic south side of Red Jacks Creek. — Granted. D. A. Au de i son wrote asking GoCouncil to provide access to his property at Par m, stating that at Dr* sent Stfatford and Biair’s tramlin was the only way of reaching his section.—Referred io Engineer. A ’.otter was received from the En gineer-in-Chief <>i the Public Works D partment, (alsu Chairm..n of Gm Highways Board), warning the Coua cil not to procted with any works on main highways until authority for same had been obtained, ‘ t.jerwisc grants might be refused.