STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 November 1924, Page 8

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. The Stratford County Council met at Stratford on Saturday for the monthly meeting; ..Those present were; Councillors S. Walter (chairman), W. Davies, J. Jacobson, W. Were, J. T; Belcher, T. R. Anderson, J. ,O’Neill, T. Parker. An apology for absence' was received from Councillor S. Pitt. .. ENGINEER’S REPORT. 7 The Engineer reported inter alia-as ioilow 7 s - .

’. South Riding.—General, repair work has been .-'done om the Skinner Bird, and : Pukengahu Roads. A culvert on tliig XLinneptyHoacl ivfc jVXt. X 3/ O’Brieivis property has been lengthened, a ditch cut-m. the solid ground to lead the water into the pipes. The road formation at this point has, been, widened About 300 cubic,yards of screened sand and shingle-; have be.eu carted out of the W.ainjgongoro stream.. Four liund.red yards of , chips and' sand have been distributed, along the sicles of the Mountain Iload. . West.Riding.—A considerable amount ot. metal patching has been .found necessary . on .the ;< Ixiwer Hastings Road; t.he water-tables on this road have been attended t 0...,. General . siirtace, work has .been carried: out <m the :^£peT.: Hastings,., -Gpunake lvo. 2, Cardiff: North,. R owan, Pahnei, Duthie, and, Opunike No. 3 Roads. ;■ The , clay portion of jlie Brooks Jtoad . has. ,peeii; rounded up ; the s>x cliams metalled- .at: the end of last fr fr en f 2 ri »ed UP, blinded wdb r ? led * - Start has heen made with -the widemng , and formaDcn of Hie Ronald Road from the -tfinnorty hperi d ni nd ' 1 9-felcll. 'pipes ha'X been , placed in (he Rowan Road t< l’eplace old wooden culvert.

, GENERAL. ulhe • secretary of the Lowgai fh Co +K tlVe ' •? air f- Genipany, Ltd . wrote the -askmg them to,supjiv..lb6 yazds of crushed- metal; whicn thev Lad. been unable to proeme elsewhcro' ; T 7 as I'esolved, that if possible the metal would be supplied.

VACANCY ON POWER BOARD. >H" h % :^9re fe ry - $ the Taranaki' Electti r !', 61 ' ,®? ar(i wr °te that through had been ° f Sangster a had .been- created on the board and asked that it be filled. ’ anc r , G<)Ul . 1 eill°r- ■ Anderson stated that AV^The e ae^^t.* fnOWn 'vas informed of what wa, taking P W cj£ u mt^d n lf^ n - said cw ' h , ad !,I 1 Hie attributes necesE f : position, and he S that the matter..he deferred f r + u Penod of one pionth.—rCarried. ®