WAIMATE WEST.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 20 January 1927, Page 9

WAIMATE WEST.

COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING. The monthly meeting oi the Waimace West County Council was held to-day at Manaia.. Present: Crs. it'.. Long (chairman), A. Gam biin, F. Mourie, Sir v\ . H. Le Fleming, J. Leslie, and J. F. Stevenson. CORRhHPONDEN UE. Tile application oi the banneis Cooperative Organisation Society xor an i.uiccioncer’s license was granted. A, letter was received Loin Uie Ham il..ghways Board stating tiiat il a lvaci ae.e brought back to an original cv.i union oi lepair it came under lou Heading or “maintenance. D “ couple inches or additional metal were added to such road, or it it weie wid ened, the extra work would lie “oca sti notion.” Ihe Dohson Mining Disaster Rene-. U.unmittee forwarded a subscription ,i.st. which it was decided to place in lire county office, where anybody caa-ng to make donations might leave then contributions'. Mr. A. r. M. Ga.rg.nn wrote, drawing attention to the rough state oi the road in front of his property, and <a*>k-> mg if the same could be tarred. —It was resolved that the road he reported upon by two councillors. GENERAL, Cr. Gandin. .said the Ivaiipoiiciiui bcacn road required, grading. do county ratepayers used it, burn ni->.«. and day, in good numbers.—Lett to cn« -,i.iail man, Or.. Ganiiin and the engineer larrange for grading. <Jr. Stevenson said the lower portion of the Glenn Hoad required attention to the effect that all money voted by the council be spent in the southern area, he endorsed. A committee consisting of the eh ... man and the engineer was appointeu to arrange lor taking a tally oi the traffic on the Skeet Hoad. The dog tax was fixed at 2s Gd tor cattle dogs, and 10s for all other kinds of dogis. Accounts totalling £1550,5s dd were passed for payment. The engineer reported that 80 tons of bitumen had 'been ordered. The suppliers had forwarded 110 tons. —It was i©solved to take the 80 tons ordered, and to pay for tbe rest as it was quired. The chairman raised the question oi grading the central portion of the Norman by lload, and it was decided to do this work out of loan monies. NOXIOUS WEEDS. The chairman brought up the question of winged-thistle, a weed .resembling Californian thistle. He said it .was most detrimental to the pasture in districts where it became establis;tied. The engineer stated that the .seed w as carried in sheeps’ wool. The clerk was instructed to. notify the Manaia Town Board of the spread oi the weed. Or. Leslie said ox-eye daisy was spreading very badly. Or. Stevenson said it wias disheartening to see neighbours negligent. I lie only way was to keep after the weeds, and get- them out before they seeded.

NATIONAL! PARK GRANT. The Egniont National Park Board applied for the annual grant of .Ids, usually made by the council. Though the council .approved the grant, the matter gave rise to conside able discussion, which indicated that various members felt that the south:- . district had not received due attention. Or. Stevenson said Taranaki did not jet appreciate the. value of the mountain. It would be a pity if the board took up a parochial view in administering' its funds. Manaia would be benefited by an occasional meeting of the board being held in the town. The chairman stated that something like £7OOO had been subscribed in the north for the northern mountain house. Several subsidies bad come along, and these also had been put to that .account. He understood that the nrt ter had now been straightened out. II was up to the_ council to see that the money spent on the mountain was duly apportioned. ft was resolved that a previous mo- : -il. to- the effect that all voted bv ■ council be spent in the southern area, be endorsed. ENGINEER’S REPORT. The engineer reported that the Mam South Road between the Oeo dairy factory and tli? Inaha Road had been put in good order. The tarred portion of the road had been patched, re-surfaced and widened where necessary. Most of the water-tables had been cleaned out, the side-tracks had been graded, and the shoulders of the metal roads made up. About 120 chains of the Upper and over 30 chains of the Lower, Auroa Road had been re-surfaced with bitumen. Two miles of the Manga where Road had been resurfaced with bitumen. The engineer hoped to make a start- with re-surfacing the Manaia road to-morrow. The. whole of the unmetal 'ed portion of the Normanbv Road had been graded and put in good order. The grader had been working on the Upper Inaha Road, and finished there to-day. The engineer said great work was being done with the grader. The roads were in ood cider. 'The report was received. SPECIAL MEETING. At the conclusion of the monthly meeting, the council held a special meeting, the council held a special meeting to decide upon the statutory ha .('-holiday in the county. Wednesday was selected.