WAIMATE WEST.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 15 August 1929, Page 2

WAIMATE WEST.

MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL. The monthly meeting of the WauV mate West County Council was held at Manana yesterday, Or. E. Long presiding. Also present were Crs. J S. McKay, H. H. Buxton, J. Leslie, F. Mourie and S. H. Le Fleming.

The chairman of the Main Highways Board (Mr F. W. Furkort) wrote suggesting that adjacent counties, who did not at’ present have a traffic inspector should combine for the purposes of employing one. In Hawke’s Bay, it was mentioned, eight counties had combined for that purpose. The advice was received, the chairman questioning the sort of service that one inspector could give eight counties. It was l decided to support a resolution passed by the executive of the New' Zealand Counties’ Association criticising the formation of ai separate Highways Board for the South Island. Permission was given the count}' engineer to act in an advisory capacity ,to the Manaia Town Board’, provided that it did not interfere with his other duties.

Regarding the poll to be .shortly taken, by the South Taranaki Power Board, the clerk (Mr V. H. Hobday) reported that he had; sent out (5Q circulars explaining the position m regard to voting by partnerships, factories, hall committees, etc., and also supplying draft resolutions authorising some person, to vote on their behalf. The chairman was appointed to exercise a vote on behalf of the council, while the clerk was given authority to bring the roll up-to-date.

The danger to motor traffic at the junction of Auroa Road with the main road at Otakeho was mentioned by Or. Le Fleming, and the- matter of erecting a warning sign was left to the engineer.

The engineer (Mr J. A. Hansen) reported that 200 yards of boulders were crushed and spread; along the' Mangawhe.ro Road, and that this had been rolled in and blinded. Some tar-patch-ing had keen done along this road, and the water channels had heen attended to. \The mound over the railway crossing on Sheet Road had been removed and the spare earth used to bade Tip the metal in plaices along the road. A considerable amount of work had been don© near Ivnpinii on Sheet and Manaia Roads. The top end of the Upper Auroa Road had broken up badly last month, but this had been patched and was now in fair order, although it would have to be re-surfaced before next winter. The Oeo, Dingle, Omuturangi, Rowan, Glenn, Winks, Kearin and Inaka Roads had been patched with crushed metal.

Cr. McKay was elected deputy-chair-man, filling the vacancy caused" by the death of the late Mr J; F‘. Stevenson.