HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 September 1925, Page 6

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY meeting. 'l'll© Hawera County Council met to-djay, when there were present: Ois. J. R. Murdoch (dbair), T. Walsh, E. A, Washer, B. G. Lysaght, A. G. Larcom, G. A, W. Williams, G. J* Haw ken, and l i'. Winks. A 're)ply ifco> the Hi ll '"’ o ' l ' ll ' IG OT °ugh Council, to a request limit I27TJ- chains of the [borough (streets should be included as main highways, received lroui the Highways Board, was loti'warded by idle Mawera Town Clerk. The Highways Board' .stated tlrulb they were prepared to subsidise £1 i'or_ £1 on the roads mentioned up to £l5O per pule. The chairman pointed out that the board would pay the borough according to the standard erf roads [subsidised in the [adjacent county. The Matapn branch of the Farmers Union forwarded a complaint through the Elitiham County Council, concerning tlie 'st-aite of the Sheet Road between the Wainigongoro Bridge and the Ahiaipaiipa Road. The chairman said that provision had been made in the estimates to repair the road between the Aliaipaipa and Duthie roads, on which portion there was a lot of traffic. Beyond that, however, there was a good metalled road. The Council decided that they could not agree to -a request by the Piateta County Council that they co-operate with that local body in the purchase of a pair of “loadometens” for the purpose of checking the weights of vehicles using the road. The chairman mentioned that it was reported] .that the Electric Light Company had' raised the water in their dam to such ion: extent that the water on the Mawihitiwhiti crosising was now too deep. “If such is the case,” said the chairman, “it is up to the company to erect a bridge.” The matter was 'left with the loreman to report. Ini view of the falling through of the Kgmoiit Plark Board’s scheme, that . local bodies should make grants to the board’s fund's, tlie board wrote asking that tlie Hawera, Comity Council (who previously lagreed to the scheme) should now make their grant to the board’s southern committee, which exthe revenue derived from Dawson Fails side of the mountain. Tlie chairman asked Or. Lysagliib (who iis -al member of the Park Board) if, in tlie event of the local bodies contributing to tlie 'southern! committee and making the position on the southern side good, would the Park Board spend the revenue derived from Dawson Falls, on the northern side of the mountain. Cr Lysaght isaid that toll iees collected at Dawson Fall remained with the southern committee. Or. Larcom asked if money collected at the southern end had not been spent on the northern track. Or. Lysaght said that one time a Government subsidy had been spent on the Egimoub track, when half of the money should have been spent at Hie southern end. “They spent it and told us afterwards.” , The council then rescinded the motion passed ipreyiously making a grant of £7B to the Park Board, and passed another resolution, donating tlie money to the southern committee.

OVERSEER’S REPORT. The overseer’s monthly report was as follows: The Austin Road at ihe Normanby Dairy Go. lias been metalled to a width of 18ft., rolled and blinded. All. the metal that was crushed lias been put on the Tempsky Road, being enough for £i» new eo£ii froni the Alitiipalpal Road to -Mr H. M. Cameron’s property. This length absorbed 600 yards of metal, as the old coat was verythin. It would be advisable to let a iob for procuring about 1000 yards or stone or forked shingle to be delivered at the ford or Palmer Road - for the repair of Tempsky Road, and enough delivered at the {unction of the Skeet and Palmer Roads for the repair of the Skeet Road. The widening of the Manawapou will be completed in a few days. All the metal is laid and the rolling is being proceeded with. Tar-patching has been done on tlie following, roads: Main South from Hawera Riding and Mokoia Riding, Ketemarae, Austin, Boylan and Waim Roads. ' The filling at the Mungamunga bridge is being proceeded with and is getting on astisfactorily. The _ horses and scoops are working on this job ana will finish it next week. Shingle is being delivered on the Mereniere arid Main South Roads in readiness'for tarring. The bridge carpenter is now working on the KapuiU bridge, replacing the old stringers with iron bark. A start has been made with the building of the cottage at Okaiawa. It was found necessary to pull the old toll gate house all to pieces, as there was a good lot of timber to replace. It is intended to widen the road at the Inaha early this month, as the new piece of culvert will be se,t enough now to carry the traffic. Another horse was lost during the past month, being found dead in the paddock. Another one was procured, a Six-year-old, at a cost of £sl. The report was adopted.