In Central H.B.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 256, 12 October 1932, Page 5

In Central H.B.

District News of the Day

COUNTY AFFAIRS

THE PATANGATA COUNCIL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH, (Special Representative.) The monthly meeting of the Patangata County Council was held at. Waipukurau yesterday, the chairman (Mr Chas. Pattison) presiding over Crs. H. Parsons, W. T. Kittow, E. C. Nation, E. T. Wilder, C. R. Edgecombe. A. W. 8. Longley and R. H. White. The engineer (Mr J. C. McLauchlan: and the clerk (Mr J. W. Elliott) were also in attendance.

The Waipukurau Borough Council wrote requesting the council’s annual grant of £lO 10s towards the cost of maintaining the railway crossing-keep-er. —Granted.

Mr B. J. Sidwell submitted a report on the Porangahau water supply connections and instanced to the council how unnecessary waste occurred. Mr Sidwell was authorised to arrange for the installation of stop-cocks where necessary.

A lengthy circular was received from the Kairanga County Council urging support of the following motion: That the Government be asked to consider the advisability of increasing the registration fee of sporting dogs to £1 or. £2. The writers considered that if this step were taken it would have the effect of reducing cases of sheep worrying by sporting dogs. The matter had been referred to the Ministe: of Internal Affairs, who had replied to the effect that the proposal would necessitate an amendment of. the “Dog Registration Act, 1908,” but that further consideration would be given the representations when an amendment to the Act was under review.

The maximum fee at present is 10s, minimum 2s 6d, whilst for dogs kept solely for rabbiting, Is. Cr. White remarked that the letter could be received, as although there might have been some damage done by dogs, sporting dogs were not responsible for all of it. The chairman did not favour the suggestion on the ground that a man who kept a sporting dog should not be penalised because of the damage done, which in his opinion was the work o’’ mongrel dogs. After further discussion it. was decided to take no action in the matter The Waipawa County Council wrote agreeing to meet the Patangata Countv Council in a conference for the purpose of discussing plant charges for the maintenance of Te Aute road.— Received. The Central Hawke’s Bay Power Board advised that the cost of supplying energy for a water pumping station at Otane would be as follows: lid per unit for day pumping off peak hours as arranged with the engineer, and Jd per unit for night pumping between the hours of 10 pm. and 6 a.m. REPAIRS TO BRIDGE. The District Highways Council wrote instructing *he county to arrange to renew the top cnords of the north end span of the Waipukurau traffic bridge The engineer (Mr McLaughlan) then presented the following report on the state of the bridge, as a result of a tour of inspection with the engineer of the Highways Board: — “The condition of the Waipukurau bridge proved" worse than expected, and a complete renewal of the lower chord of the north span, down stream side, was necessary. ' “Following this, Mr Dinnie made a further inspection, and has decided to recommend to the Highways Board that the -filling for the new bridge be put in, the four spans at the north end removed, the filling made to connect with the remaining portion of the present bridge. “The bridge was later inspected by Mr C. J. McKenzie, Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, P.W.D., and he stressed the necessity for reducing the loads crossing the bridge, and limiting the speed of all traffic. “Since the last inspection the lower chord on two spans had cracked so that the renewal of this bridge is an urgent matter.” Mr McLauchlan added that the bridge was 46 years old and was, no doubt, at the end of its life. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see it collapse this summer, unless loading is restricted. When the dry weather comes the timber, will be very brittle. It is extraordinary how the bridge bends; it is almost like a snake when a heavy load passes over it.” After careful consideration of the question, it was decided to refer it to the Main Highways Board urging that the construction of a now structure to replace the present traffic bridge over the Tukituki river at Waipukurau should be proceeded with at an early date. CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS. The Transport Department forwarded particulars of the classification of the roads in the Patangata County. The roads had been inspected by an officer of the department, in company with the county engineer, and the writer recommended that the whole of the roads in the Patangata county be classified in Class 111. After a general discussion the council decided to adopt the department’s recommendations, and to place all the roads in the county in class 3, the maximum load on such roads to be 6J tons. ENGINEER'S MONTHLY REPORT. The engineer (Mr J. C. McLauchlan) reported for the month as follqws:— Porangahau: Main Highway :—No additional work apart from the surfacemen has been done for the month, but the road is in good order. Siteman’s Bridge: The placing of the culvert to replace the old bridge has been completed and a good job made. Tenders will he invited for the filling for next meeting. Cook’s Tooth road: An inspection of this road was made recently and it. is in good condition though the surface

is rough. The ramps at the big slip Will require new battens as these are getting done. Beach road: Mr Sidwell has reported that the bridge near Healey’s on the beach road, Porangahau, is in a bad state, but 1 have not so far been able to inspect same. The Wangaehu road requires the grader on the clay section and this machine will be sent along as soon as available. The Mangaorapa roads are in good condition, though a large timber culvert is reported to require renewal. EPARAIMA RIDING. Main Highway: The grader has been at work on this highway for the bulk of the month in off-hitching the watertables on the Wanstead-Wallingford section, three extra men being engaged jn removing the material. The work is nearing completion. Patching has been done as required from the stack near Wanstead. Stoddart’s road: The grader has commenced the overhaul of Stoddart’s road, the metalled portion being in a rough state. Bush road; The Bush road has been trimmed up during the past week, as this was very rough on the clay section. Old Hill: The Old Hill road requires the grader to rake in the metal over the whole length and this will be done shortly. Wallingford-Blackhead road: The overhaul of this road will be put in hand as soon as the grader is available to enable the settlers to get the use of this road during the summer. Weather permitting this will be in hand next week. Pukekura quarry: The contract for the spauls for the Waipukurau County is now about completed, but the condition of the quarry is most unsatisfactory, the good rock appearing to have run out, but a fair sample has been obtained up til) now. It seems that a new quarry will have to be located, but a casual inspection of outcrops in this locality, and on Mr Todd’s property, did not locate any good stone in sufficient quantity in a handy position. A further investigation will be made during the coming month. PATANGATA AND OERO. Metal: The contract for getting shingle at Homewood pit is now pwgressing fairly well and a total of just over 1400 yards now being delivered and crusned. It was found necessary to instal a pump to wash the shingle when being screened, as the sand blocked the crusher and made heavier work. Metal: Metal has been supplied on the Drumpeel, Te Kara, Otane township, main highway and Tod’s road and it is hoped that this work will be completed by the end of this month. No finality has been arrived at in regard to the new pump for the Otane water supply The power grader is now operating in this riding giving all the roads a general overhaul. Metal: The contractor getting the spauls at the Waipuna quarry is making good progress about 1350 yards of rock now being stacked ready for the crusher. Main Highway: The surfaceman with two unemployed is widening the cutting near Lissette’s bridge and is making a good improvement. The grader is urgently needed on the main highway and Coast roads which are getting rough, metal being badly needed in places. Several cottages have been shifted back on to the new line, the fence having been put back to give room for this to be done. A culvert collapsed on the coast hill and will be attended to at once. TAMUMU AND POURERERE. General surface work has been carried on in this area and the roads generally are in fair condition, though the Long Range is in want of metal. The contractor getting the spauls at Te Manuri stopped work some time ago owing to the wet spell, but will be carrying on at an early date. The access road has been partly formed and culverts supplied where required. I am pleased to say that £5OO has been placed on the estimates for metalling the Long Range road. The surfaceman is excavating a site for the crusher at Stony Creek, in readiness for crushing the stacked rock. MANGATARATA RIDING. The metalling of this road is progressing steadily just over 800 cubic yards being delivered to date. It is proposed to trim up the road giving access to Mr Peacock’s homestead and give this road a light coat of river shingle while the truck is available. GENERAL. During the month the No. 1 grader came in for overhaul and started again on the road yesterday, the No. 2 grader proceeding to the Mangatarata road. Waipukurau Bridge: The condition of the Waipukurau bridge proved worse thn expected, and a complete renewal of the lower chord of the north span, down stream side was necessary. Following this Mr Dinnie made a further inspection, and has decided to recommend to the Highways Board that the filling for the new bridge be put in, the four spans at the north end removed and the filling made to connect with the remaining portion of the present bridge. The bridge was later inspected bv Mi C. J McKenzie, assistant engineer-in-chief Public Works Department, and he stressed the necessity for reducing the loads crossing the bridge and limiting the speed of all traffic. Since this last inspection the lower chord on two spans has cracked, so that the renewal of this bridge is an urgent matter. COMBINED BAZAAR ELSTHORPE CHURCH FUNCTION A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT (From Our Own orrespondent) The Anglican and Presbyterian Churches held their combined bazaar in the Elsthorpo Hall on Friday, afternoon, when there was a fairly largo attendance. The various stalls were well filled and bon testimony to the hard

work done by the ladies of the district in preparation, for- this annual event. The bazaar was opened by the Bev. Robertson, of Waipawa, and was continued on Friday evening, when some enjoyable items were contributed by the Rev. Hall, of Otane, and Miss Betty Ryan. The stall holders were as follow: — Work stall: Mrs C. N. B. Williams, Mrs E. T. Wilder, Mrs B. S. Macaulay, Miss Williams; book stall: Mrs H. Macaulay, Mrs N. Taylor; sweets, Miss B. Byan, Miss J. Sutherland; cakes: Mrs J. Sutherland, Mrs A. McGaffin; flowers: Mrs A. Orbell, Mrs L.-Haycock; produce, Mrs Bruce, Mrs Lincoln, Mrs Ryan. Prizes were awarded as follow: — FLOWER SECTION Adults. —Decorated table, Mrs E. Minty 1, Mrs D. Minty 2; basket of flowers, Miss N. Dillon 1, Mrs Tiffen 2; bowl, Mrs Tiffen 1, Miss N. Dillon 2; vase,. Mrs E. Minty 1, Mrs D. Minty 2; lady’s spray, Mrs J. Sutherland 1, Miss N. Dillon 2; gent's buttonhole, Miss J. Sutherland 1, Miss N. Dillon 2; posy, Miss N. Dillon •1, Mrs • Tiffen 2. Children’s section.-—Basket of flowers, Jean Minty 1, Belle Priest 2; bowl, Belle Priest 1 and 2; vase, Phil Marsh 1, Belle Priest 2; lady’s buttonhole, Jean Minty 1, Belle Priest 2; gent’s buttonhole Jean Minty 1 and 2. Points prizes.—Adults, Miss N. Dillon; children, Mis* Jean Minty. COOKERY Fruit cake, Miss E. Tiffen 1, Mrs A. Eagle 2; madeira cake, Miss E. Tiffen 1, Mrs W. Watson Junr., 2; seed cake, Miss E. Tiffen 1, Mrs Bawden 2; marble cake, Miss E. Tiffen. 1, Mrs W. Watson Junr. 2; plain sponge, Mrs T. Priest 1, Miss Tiffen 2; butter sponge, Mrs W. Watson Junr. 1, Miss E. Tiffen 2; chocolate sponge, Mrs W. Watson 1, Mrs Penman 2; sponge roll, Miss E. Tiffen 1, Mrs J. Sutherland 2; pikelets, Mrs Dillon 1, Miss P. Tiffen 2; kisses, Miss E. Tiffen 1, Mrs J. Sutherland 2; shortbread, Mrs Sutherland 1, Miss E. Tiffen 2; butter drops, Mrs Sutherland 1, Miss E. Tiffen 2; cream puffs, Miss E. Tiffen I, Mrs Sutherland 2; apple tarts, Mrs J. Bruce 1, Mrs A. Eagle 2; jam tarts, Mrs W. Burling 1, Mrs J. Bruce 2; white bread, Mrs W. Watson Junr. 1, Mrs H. Burling 2; walnut loaf, Miss E. Tiffen 1, Mrs W. Watson Junr. 2; gingerbread, Miss Reynolds 1, Mrs W. Watson Junr. 2; points prize, Miss E. Tiffen. RESULT OF COMPETITIONS Golliwog, Alex Gilmour; dolls Mrs Hall and Mrs Burling; dinner, Mrs Cyril Williams; chocolates, Miss Pat Williams; cake, Mrs G. Linnell; cushion, Pam Wilder; bowl, Mrs Priest.