PATEA COUNTY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 18 June 1913, Page 5

PATEA COUNTY.

' above was i held,' t -l?atea|^^^H : Neatly: K;-:.^':"#^^^^B ; Blake,, Dickie, »-^d^4^?.S^^^H • . The ,t!l^ifma]i^.T(yelp(^eflH|^^B '■ Syiiies; (elected : ,in- ;t£e'^'s^j|p^H 'car; Symes," • see the Symps.cfamUyi.siiJiiitj|^^B ■on: the CouncilTTT^the^ ii^-jb^l^H .^lmost siic^ ifsf. iM|la||H WajterSymea-;wa^■ pttgiii^^H members', j;. He. .r^gr^t^ei^^i^^H ■which necessitated li^^t'Qfilgtl^H Mr .Oscar iSymes.,; wiy>,.wasv^Jaj^M best members, til©: Council :eye^3jiM not : pne. of those who; s^a^^^B talk, but his .vote was.--alway^|pwH in: what he believed to be Sic jß^ ierestsof tho. Council. lijwSsfoffll sequence of ■ the Patea tCoiindiLyKi been so well represented in^t^JigM men of Mr -Oscar ..Symes'. stanipS^M ratepayers , were•; so lighyyi;l;jf«Cq lightly taxed; as any county iict/fcli^p Island, and; their' roadsi-w€o6e!f]b^Sj than ■■= roads, generally.; ; -.- iiiwX-k^iS^j^a county; -Tliere. werel a^few^&xceHH roads,- it > was true;-butstheyfe^M cover all of those particiila^iCaw roiids. In. Patea they;.had i^o<|yw| sider motor vcar roads sd|mucK v{ißt^a f on", back block settlers^Mr' Symiwj sponded. V. *?ot ; W _ ;:. •i • ■■: NATIVE BATES;.OT| ' The Chairman reported';bnp*fl^^ result of. the conferences testb^SJl delegates 4 frpih theY Native.Mmister; tield?;^^H \;v elUngton^ . Sprae x twe.atyV.deteg^^ teiided,-,tlie, East Cpasii Cpuaoy^H fully, represented...'F iis£ of,::AjT^S^^H [ erice was :held> between^ ;|O^|^MB gates';-'to decid^. wJ^t^|l|ttiMß ;siiipuld.gp -aud^^ter^^stlli^jpMl Ministei;;'; and A : di|ic^^d^hes&||M points .jthey -■ "w,4ttte^X:;enibo'd^ittj|^ffl Amending ,-' A<^l -^w^M lexceptional: position in so if K^^H almost;alL-ihe native;lands^^Jifl^M in.the -?üblic^Ti;us^e;"andj?|iJ|^i!^H cd,' so *■ fax as; Tkranakt, wa^'cp'iUjM .w ; as that ,'the: Public 'Trus^l«fl made directly' responsible forJ^^B ment of rates. on these native^^^B not .as, at vpresent .wher6^.t|b^^^H su© impecunious natives, whij^^^M a waste of money. Both Minister and the XJndeivS^^^H Native Affairs expressed, J^^^^| that under the present Al^^HH lie Trustee was already -reppmHpH that thoy^would succeed .if tj^^| the. position i,t, la w. The I Putfticpl teje^.on;£he other kaiicT, contendeaß ing. under,legaL.adyice,. ; that<Jio|w» sponsible ."foij?thetr.ate& onlyj r sovif^M ha.d moneys in, hand.iC^nseqUer|tlyß was"a^d.eadl9ck: uiilesl^n^xi.qaH^OT .th'pv ppsitipn Ijy legal prpbpecfi^gsa evbr,. J-in rpply. to. > a dir^t qu^fi^ ,Mjms^r promised tliatliffvs^^a an' amondmsnt imadevto thisicla'u^l ing^he sEublic Truste&:direcfcly||g|l Bible- fpr. v ;th.e payment ofrti-heseSipi ■future on aa,tisv^ him', by .license. .The>Nativ« Allhll^l ,very..: sympathetici. -.with r.th^^M amendments Buggesteduattds t ag?H bripg down, an "amending CEfili-tof^ Europeans to{coUecta-atesi'fi'p&illil \arids all -over < tne colony p-ab(Ai|t|l Jime; concluded the Chaiiroattj|xi(||l| natives h assumed theW respdH'sibiJi and paidi their- proper. iat6^ ; iaMißpOT tribute smaking^ and-^-rfeeiOT^l rojids instead of alt6^i^4t!^llro|tiJ the! Europeans as heyetdfo^^gsl^ Petitions were received Jfrpnl^^B pnlthft. Ball -Boad'<,..to.;,the:^l^H jud^iiig'. byrthev met^l iwtkic&fc^H laijd &j^i^,Biitt;E|^lb4f^p 7 idches; dedpj,. ibfiey %^^o£^Bf?^^B it' \vas ■.bifly"a:':'Tv:»sfe'pT/mpney^t?Q^^B on the'-same 'Rnefy asvihe/nie^Jl^^B most ;:^uJfcV $lir ougii ? cMs&34y#^^^B widp'gay&^only^Vone^rack^TP^l^H f ee|:, woula., ;^4i^vpHgi^^|^ -:^lio^B rpo^v-ATh^?;^^ of^ppiSipnjxals^l sto^e: frani^lpglewbed 'Whic^l^ailH at 1s- jj>pr ] ; j t ard:.-moreXtßrtii now being used. Tney^equest^^B the' Council should ;inetal>^ha^|!^B of the Ball ;L rji>ad between k th^]^B and Alton-to.a width of l^^eiet™ d©pth ,of; B.inches,: as t wasJipp^AJH Aitoh-Gorge,. ,' i ,; ii ; >i ;:.^;,;-.;;.;;^|» . .The Chairman .remaiiedyiK^k^Jß sition was that ih&. Council; ha,3liM ceiitaiii umpunt to spend,. J ari!|l^biM| no;alternative.but;to continueXaiß were.gojing^ ;Th e y: had^absc^be^aM rates, to ,cpmgletejiliiai-,^prtio^M ■was) not a r fair:fprppqsiiionjit^^aM whole .of Eate^u West" fiar.Vai^^|M ther-.. : Where met^l^wasl^d^^M in ;the f . season w^a, bouid vlc^c^S but v pro^s^o^; w.as .made .to^diq^B of n)QtaT i^r pnfio ifill rtMs;^^ as ■ the VvMidtiii'stf gtone'.was.iispnlji : non4 Avai,offeHng fi-ont theiW-?^J|il cont-jrap {^.- were, wade,*; b\i^ui;^iiii||^B hisi opinion^ ;th6, ifletai;^yi%<et^B >as«. bettci;, and. had ; ,g"r^ater#|!<^l qualities- than; that^ f rom MidhixfelH Cii. Blake; said ; thafcrf^he^CpipniM called Lipr- Renders vbefpM^d^iffiH Procuring ■ a- supply from QMtitg^H none, - :at < anything-i •■ like^i;.a-r TTe^^H price, were-reqeived. He did^noH with the Ch^rman-that therißt^^H metal was- better;.than,thei^i^B crushed■ metiil, but tli© Cqunßii^H ,tlie."Best^it could. a€^the ; time.i3^H thatithe,petitioners b& nptifiedpH Council.was doingrrthe the woneyrayjtiiable,;'^ud cpuM^H it^^ay/i'toj alter present cond^B Seconded by Cr-Deathvandcarr^B ->• ,T»aOA^ : mo£tmCQl^gH 5 The.'^hajr^an^-.:9^i^ 1 part' ?Pf4Wie§^M%'^Jßs^SMM ■ show^i;. hjgi,h^^M&e^'rihiaj^ffiH 'from -thfe. -f,oj;,the,^e;«ftt^eii:Vs^ig^i»jsl» ? : oo^irj •hi^^«6^iajiripp« offer 'to hire: was-well^: --Ho^itnl^ that the roller offered by,^te*^H Council was • not the iiio^t up-tS and if thb' Patea: G<>uncii inteoM experiment with one he considelrwH slioiUd, have a thoroughly up^tß machine; Furthermore; he uii^B from Mr Basham that -iky||l re-erecting;.firid. r&iliH3?<vtß^^^H Elfchain,would cost £25. -Cr Dickie mentioned tnat i^H to the AVaitotara. County J^H roller-that it was a 15-ton roM^B Fowler; roller, for the purpose^^B trial they contemplated, would™ been as good as any other, w.fl ( exception possibly of fuel oonsufl Some' of the councillors had <?ntl , the':AVaitotara. County CounciL-B and: in their opinion it was^tod^B He was of opinion that they^B have gone on with the trial whtß r>iitered into negotiations at thfl It \vas too late now; , fl . Cr Blake expressed his regrA ■rtwx. had not hired a roller and H 'faith iwith the ratepayers. 'B After a considerable discussioijß \vhole: position, including; the eH of purchasinp; a roller and scaririH matter dropped. ._ v GENERAL. V Mr G. H. Ryan, Hawera, fl stating that Mr J. Cooper bfl chased Sections 2 and 3, Block fl lylc S.D., containing 493 acrefl ■the intention of subdividing ifl ■i present ho was unable to givifl ito sections-faomir Frckar«-a vcß i il'iis road had upt been opeupd u^fl ;!:•; ft, was only 3ont'-l an otiie^^B j .-ifljoi-nnfj; ownei"? *hacl fenccd^^B ' road. He app^cH^o tbe^'^^H have oijstvuctio.i^* rcn^vj&ltS^H

to-raaovo Department notified would be put into the to commence loading 23rd. Eight "M" wagloaded daily, the same (Hamilton, Manawapou, attention to the fact bullock and horse waggons metal from the Manutalu the Council could imagine twelve bullocks drawing two would make' on this Hioad at this season of the year. by-laws were to be H' with contempt it was a farce Hors wasting their time in .franifcn.—li was pointed out in reply X that unless the Council could ■ evidence of these facts prosefc'cduld not be made. |J\ Hill-Taylor, Hawera, wrote enIr r© by-laws governing width of rate., for milk wa.ggons, as he purp;TDilkjng" a considerable herd of [in the Patea County during the njg aeaspn.—lnformation supplied. County Council menfcTthat they had great difficulty in Ining supplies of metal for the last JM^-three years. There was no hope fooojnpletion of the Mount Egmont lind they wore forced to look fur■tfield for supplies.' • They reoomHd establisliing a crushing plant X railway reserve at • Sentry Hill, Kkgested. the co-operation of other ■ils in the scheme. —Left with en- i letter was read from the H|(& Association re bbtaiuing legisKpauthonty for County Councils B&ttlish their own accident iasurHornds. —The Chairman said he was ptr^this was a right move. The Klt^had to pay something like IJfoyear in accident premiums, and ■m^'never had anything but veiiy B»Scidente to deal with. In such. HSpgenerafly costs the man, more Bdj©1"" ih© than it; ..was. ■, rj;^3Ihe would g,e£ betBffl&neht, and it :wbuld be far .the Councils had their;, own was appoinl^ i>o reCouncil at the forthcoming and he, toKether with Crs Death, were -appointed to notice that he would the next meeting of the a road roller and scarifier

decided to'apply to the authority' to' overEBfmEER'S REPORT. Bragmip^r. reported as follows: ■pj^ibfi;j Road!-—The work carried K||^§i^p&d has been mainteiiIJll^dpnsisting: for the most part King holes in the? metalling. ■|iakura: Bridge.—The contracfcfsrs /Tingey and Co.,- Ltd.) have Bgss|te3':.; the work of painting fringTthis bridge, the work being (rJßridge —The chipping and |g of the ironwork on this bridge pj.been completed, with the exyfof - the cylinders and some of ■Brfciructure, and this I propose B&tihthe weather is more setBiie painting of the woodwork ■^Messrs Tingey and -Co. w'East.—The grader has been in RftftS portion of the county for pteri portion of the month, gradfek Bping .carried out on Little n. -rfliad, and a number of by-P-Tw# surfacemen have also been Id at maintenance. I propose |j£A6everal points on the Mabin Hong tho present month, with have been scheduled for —A distance, of four Station road making a.total oE since March 31, and' metalling on this, road portion of Ball road ISTnin South iop'l to Tho fnil width .is several of the (uttjn:^ to ease the P i ~ ,w«rk c lot <>f mn.ubeen cauied out, piiiici-. Hurethouse Taumahfi, Loan. —The amounl of out during the month \ i ,;«■ into the first section,'j Be yards into the second sec- i laid being about 15 date we have carted out of metal, and laid a Mf 283 chains. Portion of the recently carried out above rutted 'very badly durnecessitating constant in, and adding of fresh BTof metal. The reasons tho CU-t up so badly I consider ■towI:—First, that it was necc*.Bi!f s the-"metal on a soft foundaBn the fine weather this road_ Bfal inches deep in loose eaith: B which as soon as it raincxl Brad; second, the small am«un b jßaid per chain, the loan raised Brfficient to allow of a greater Brthickness> being laid; thiicl, did not commence to'tiavel metal until the side too muddy for pleasant which time the metal water had made its "nay soaked the foundations, After delivering a fpw.' at Ball road Station,' ceased hauling metal and after a week's de--tmje I had been wu - to the Traffic Manager, that the ' Department supply trucks for the until the 23id Juue, extraordinary traffic of H.M.S. New Zea'irain was'takeii off withbeing sent" to either County, which paused _us great inconveni ■ .Jiave aheaay; H^K^cubic^ "to one of tlio. .dutiiig ;the month hav«r .to the -Wa\ erlvyi which/" seeing that wo" cubic yards on order, or as much as the two je- liardly treating teport refeus to W'aitotara WORK' the En«ino's nI^^^Htat last mceung) u> yvo i W^^^mT the forthcoming season, mentioned firstly the which the engineei wearing out and uould His (the Chairman's) was based on an cxpenyears, was that this io<id better than it was ten. in this recommendation the engineer. So far as concerned it had been proved unsuitable, exSo far as the Pa~ bridge proposal was excessive,l and would ; by half. This would j proposed outlay some- ■ usual expenditure .. suggested that, \\itb the proposals I wore done the Conn- : with the piesent rate ' adopted. : to instruct the cleik general Patea West metalling tho Ball amendments were made j in. the general report, j. adopted and tho engirt- ! conjrratiii&te'd in ' pre- ■ a Report which amendment.