OROUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1019, 12 November 1917, Page 3

OROUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

BUSINESS AT RATUBDAY'S MEETING. Members present at Saturday's meeting of the Qroua C.C. were :Crs W. C. Pence. J. If. Yineeut, \Y. Groenhow, Hugh Burrell. 0. McElroy, P. Kidder and J. Morrison. The duties of rangers are to be suspended between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. until December 31. Instructions were given the Overseer to attend to the drain complained of by Mr Pollers. '.Mr Lord was allowed to rent, the concrete mixer at £'2 a week. CORRESPONDENCE. Director Fielding Technical School, asking for contribution to be forwarded before November 30. .Messrs Sandilands and Elliott, stating that Mrs Peffcrs has been paid the royalty lor gravel. Mr *G. Lord applying lor hire of concrete mixer. .Mr D. 11. Speedy and ten others, requesting that the roads bo closed to straying stock. .Minister of Internal Affairs.Oorwarding draft of proposed Order-in-Council amending genera] regulations under the Motor Regulation Act. Recruiting Board, forwarding roll of men of the Second Division, and asking lor same to be checked. TREASURER'S REPORT. Amount general rates levied; £7'l'2l Ms 8d; collected, L"29i)() Us lid; outstanding, £-1521 -"is sd. Riding Accounts.—All dr.: Otangaki riding £1026 15s lid, Mangaone, riding £1!) 10s Kiel, Taonui riding £6BB 15s 7d, Ifangifawa riding, £oo6 13s od, Makino riding £756 10s 7d, lliwinui riding £43s'Bs od, Raumanga riding CJ7S 7s 3d. Bank Balances.—General aecount, dr. £'lß2B 17s 7d; interest account, dr!j £309 lis lOd. RATE ROLL.

Tlic following alterations to be made to the Rate Roll: Fanny Tremcwan to L. G. Tremcwan, \V. 0. and J. Christian to E. Christian. OVERSEER'S REPORT.

Mnagaonc Riding.—The gravelling on tlio Feilding-Halcoinbo road is now finished. 1 intend running the grader along Lethbridge's road, also ptitting more gravel where required before tin 1 teams leave.

Rangitawn Riding.—Thc surfacemen have done all that is required in this riding for tlie month. The grave] on the. Mingiora road .is very rough, and 1 am at present having it clayed. Raunianga Ruling.—The men have | been most oi their time during the ! month putting the Junction road in order. A timber culvert near Mr Page's has had to be renewocl by «*» pipe one. There is also a timber culvert given way on the Makara road near .Air Hailey's, which will wain renewing by a concrete one as soo"n as the stream is dry. This culvert is 3-lft long, and tlie cost will be about GSO. Makino Riding.—Tlie teams are still at work gravelling on the Kimbo] ton road, and it will take some time yet to. finish. The drain which Mr Fetch and Mr Soulhe.v complained about is now being attended to. As soon as Ihe other work on hand is finished, the Maugaone road will be attended to. f should also like to run the grader along the read. Taouui Riding.—The contractor for gravelling Rcid's line has made a start with his contract, but the pi I is rather a bad one to get out oi in wet weather. Having so much rain has somewhat delayed this work. The surface men hay< done all other work required during tii< month. fliwinui Hiding'.• : The surface mei l have done till that has been necessary during the month. The Ashlmrst RumiythoVpc road was cutting upratnei badly in places, and 1 have had it. attended to. Otangaki Riding.—The surface men hare been aide to do ad that was required in this riding, and at present are putting footpaths and main street in order. General.—Owing io the heavy rain on the 7th, the Mangaone bridge near Bunnytliorpo lias been badly damaged, and it will take some time to repair. At present all traffic is stopped. The new bridge on the Tokorangi road has also been damaged by the flood, and the Kakttriki bridge is unsafe for traille-.