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COUNTY WORKS.

RIDING AUTHORISATIONS. At a meeting of the Southland County Council on Friday works were authorised as follows for the various ridings:— WAIKAIA. Estimated Cost, £970. P. Maher's road: 50 yards gravelling and two chains maintenance. Muddy Creek road: 200 yards metal. Block X road: 28 chains gravelling. Waiparu Bridge road: Approaches and formation. Wendon Creek road: 14 chains gravel. Otama Valley road: 29 chains metal and 40 chains reforming. White's road: Reforming, 68 chains. Otama Hill road: Reforming and metalling. Otama Valley: 310 yards maintenance. Robertson's road: 20 yards maintenance. Tayles' road: 120 yards maintenance. Main Wendon road: 300 yards maintenance. Winding Creek road: 100 yards maintenance. Waikaia township road: 200 yards metal. Simpson's road: 50 yards maintenance. HorrelFs road: 100 yards maintenance. Waipounamu road: 100 yards maintenance. Main road, Mataura river to Waiparu : 200 yards maintenance. Wendonside School to Muddy Creek boundary: 100 yards maintenance. Wendonside School to Paterson's gate: 50 yards maintenance. Hurley's road: 200 yards maintenance. McDonald's road to Dome Creek: 250 yards maintenance. Muddy Creek road, Lady Gordon Bridge to Muddy Bridge: 200 yards maintenance. Waikaia township to Block X road: Formation, etc. HOKONUI. Estimated Cost, £lß7l. Mataura-Hedgehope road: 500 yards maintenance. Mataura road: 100 yards maintenance. Mataura-Glenham road: 400 yards maintenance. Waimumu Channel road: 400 yards maintenance. Mcßride's road: 80 yards maintenance. Bowmar's road: 160 yards maintenance. Mataura-Gore road: 500 yards maintenance. Gore-Kelvin road: 700 yards maintenance. Block roads: 320 yards maintenance. Gore-Reaby road: 320 yards maintenance. Copeland's road: 120 yards formation. Gore-Mandeville road: 1100 yards maintenance. Coomer and Badman's road: 30 chains gravelling. Friend's road: 8 chains gravelling. Dickson's road, Croydon: 20 chains formation. Riversdale township road: 150 yards maintenance. Riversdale to Switzers bridge: 100 yards maintenance. Waimea road: 100 yards maintenance. Riversdale-Pyramid bridge: 150 yards maintenance. Riversdale Factory to finger-post: 100 yards maintenance. Finger-post to Mandeville: 150 yards maintenance. • Mandeville to Sheed's: 80 yaTds maintenance. Finger-post to Riversdale: 400 yards maintenance. Riversdale to Kennedy's: 150 yards maintenance. Waimea bridge to Valley road: 300 yards maintenance Longridge-Sandstone road: 150 yards maintenance (half cost). I Lynch's to Kingston Crossing: 70 yards maintenance. Longridge Village road: 100 yards! maintenance. McCartney's road : 100 yards maintenance. Want-wood road: 130 yards maintenance. Gore Boundary to Holland's Quarry : 250 yards maintenance. Coalpit road: 50 yards maintenance. Pyramid Factory road: 98 chains gravelling. Waimea Siding road: 45 chains reforming. Balfour-Waimea road: 30 chains gravelling. O'Connor's to Brown's: 23 chains re-forming and gravelling. Lynch's to Kingston Crossing railway station : 12 chains formation. Kingston Crossing-Sandstone road: 87 chains forming (half cost). McAllister's road: 7£ chains gravelling. Mandeville-Kingston Crossing: 33 chains re-forming. Wantwood road: 6 chains re-form-ing and gravelling. Waimea Valley road: Three days' grading. Smith and Burgess' road: Two days' grading. McAllister's road: One days' grading. Riversdale-Nine Mile: One days' grading. Heenan's road: Two days' grading. Holland's road: 28 chains forming. Liverpool Street, Riversdale: 16£ chains gravelling. Longridge Village road: 12 chains gravelling. ORETI. Estimated Expenditure, £1466 (first instalment). Balfour to Hailes' cutting: 900 yards maintenance. Longridge-Ardlussa : 200 yards maintenance. Half-chain road: 200 yards maintenance. Balfour-Waimea. road: 100 yards , maintenance.

Longridge-North. road: 200 yards maintenance. Athol-Parrawa road : 300 yards maintenance. Steffen's road: 800 yards maintenance. Balfour footpaths: 50 yards maintenance. Dairy Factory approaches: 25 yards maintenance. Balfour-Pahuri road: 635 yards maintenance. McTaggart's road: 200 yards maintenance. Dipton Railway roadl: 300 yards maintenance. Lumsden Slaughter Yard road: 35 yards maintenance. Lumsden to Mararoa Bridge: 235 yards maintenance. Five Rivers main road: 355 yards maintenance. Lumsden-Balfour road: 40 yards maintenance. Main road, Lintley: 100 yards maintenance. Lumsden roads and footpaths: 100 yards maintenance. Church road: 400 yards clay. Murphy's road: 17 chains gravelling. Dry Ridge road: 43J chains gravelling. Ray's road: 8 chains ditching and formation, 5 chains gravelling and 20 chains metalling. Campbell's road: 50 chains formation. Longridge-North road: 80 chains formation. Hewitt's road, Lumsden: 50 yards gravel. Orr's road: 29 chains gravelling. Walker's road: 4 chains formation and 21 chains gravelEng. Longridge-North road: 14 chains metalling. Lumsden-Lintley road: 30 chains gravelling. Lowflier to Bull's road: 46£ chains formation. Parker's road: 32 chains formation. Harrison-Gibson's road: 20 chains formation. Athol to Black Ridge: 90 chains formation. PaTrawa to Cameron's 6 chains formation. Old Otapiri roadl: 19£ chains formation. Lintley's Back road: Formation. Soper'9 road, Garston: 6 chains gravelling. Staite's road : 22 chains gravelling. Kingston Crossing-Sandstone road: 87 chains formation and 150 yards maintenance (half cost with Hokonui Riding).

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Mataura Ensign, 14 October 1911, Page 9

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COUNTY WORKS. Mataura Ensign, 14 October 1911, Page 9

COUNTY WORKS. Mataura Ensign, 14 October 1911, Page 9

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