POHANGINA COUNTY COUNCIL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 421, 12 June 1922, Page 3

POHANGINA COUNTY COUNCIL

MONTI HA’ MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Pohangina County Council was held on Saturday, when there were present; Councillors 11. \V. Smart (chairman), T. E. Craine, S. J. Sirahan, A. Brooking, J. J. Lynch and W. T. Pratt. CORRESPONDENCE. The Prime Minister (iho Ul. linn. \\. F. .Massey) wrote as follows, in response to the support given by the Pohangina County ( ouncil to the Pahiatna County Council’s resolution urging the Government to apportion a part of the loan recently raised on the London market for the payment of local bodies’ antecedent liabilities: —“1 have to inform you that the question of providing funds for this purpose has already received careful consideration, and it has been decided that it is impossible for the Government to arrange for the repayment of the total indebtedness of all local bodies by means of a St ate-raised loan. As a matter of fact the £5,000,000 loan recently raised has wholly been allotted for specific purposes, and would, in any case, be far from sufficient to meet the liabilities of local bodies in this respect.” Air T. E. Craine, on behalf of the Ridge road party line, applied for permission to erect a telephone line across die road at Te Awa and Ridge road. -Granted. Mr J. Boddy wrote alleging that a council employee had cut tutu and thrown it across the writer’s fence within reach ol stock, and as a result tivo yearling heifers, valued at 50s each. died. Air Boddy claimed £l2 iOs damages. -Tt was decided to leave the /muter in the hands ol the engineer and the member lor the riding to investigate.

The Public Works Department wrote that the plans had been approved for the Cutwai stream bridge, and the necessary monetary authority would be forwarded at a later date, 't lie council was asked to noie ihai only nardwood stringers would be used on this bridge.—-Received.

The Wuiuiea (Nelson) County Uoundi ns keel the council’s support of tiic followiny :-■ ‘' Tfi:il in justice to the ratepayers um! tyre-tax payer') of the Dominion, the tyre-tux should he equitably allocated between all counties and road hoards (where the ('omities Act is not in force) and made available during the current year tor the maintenance, repair, and control of all the main mails used for motor traflic.” —Decided to support the resolution. GENERAL, The mailer of raising a loan to provide an engine and stone crusher for (ha Mangapikopiko and Uinutoi Hidings was left in the hands of the chairman, the members for those ridings, and the engineer. The treasurer’s report showed that the credit balance was £1599 11s 4(1, made up ’ as follows: Comity fund account, £998 13s i lOd; No, 1 Joan account, £46 5s 5d : loan' account, £298 4s 6d; cemetery account.,; £56 7s 7d. 'J lie following collections were made during the month:—Rates: Manga-, pikopiko Rilling, £32 9s 2d; Unndoi Riding, £6 Os (id; a total of £SB 9s Bd. Sundry eollei-t ions: Rents £ll 5s sd, sale of material £1 Is. burial fees and sale of j plots £2; total £l4 6s sd. Accounts amounting to £473 15s 10d were i passed for payiaent. I The monthly reports of the council's day and night rangers were adopted. They had impounded 21 head of slock, ranging over the entire county, and hud collected £1 15s 6d in fees. ENGINEER’S REPORT. The engineer (Mr D. Watson) reported as follows for the month:—Awahou Riding: The work in tills riding has been principally road repairs. Goal Creek Riding: Cartage of metal for Ridge road has been lempo-

varily suspended, but 1 expect to have it. resumed within a few days. About 5000 ft of the timber for the decking of Aptti bridge has arrived. On receipt of the balance, which is expected early, this work will be put in hand, Mangaone Riding: The metal required for Valley road has been carted and spread, all taken from a block culling that has completed the deviation of the road near the top of the hill. Before shitting the men from this district, 1 purpose having further improvements effected uii one or two very acute bends of the road, as Inis work can be executed at u very small

cost. Mangapikopiko Ruling: ’1 lie usual maintenance work has been carried out. Rohungina Riding: I have made an inspec- ■ lion of To Atva and Ridge roads, the object being principally to ascertain the condition of a. number of old wooden culverts that are in a state of decay. The material for replacing several of these has been ordered. On receipt of same, the time required to complete tin* work will he short, lamaki Riding: The work required to be done on i the roads in this riding has been performed by the councils team, which is situated in the vicinity of Digger’s creek, it was employed with the use of the grader, trim- | ming off the sides'of the roads and carting j metal to camber weak portions. I'lnutoi j Riding; The usual road work has been car- j vied out. A few days have been spent cart- j ing for patching Norsewood rogd. In amici- | paiion of the permanent teams arriving in | this district at a reasonably early date to do l the metalling required, i have only had j snllicieiil carted to repair weak parts of the I above named road. General: 1 have prepared estimates for work to be executed i during the current year and have forwarded same to Wellington for inclusion in the j Public Works Estimates. Plans, etc., which; I previously prepared for the bridge on , Vnmtoi road have been approved by the Public Works Department and returned to j this oflice. INFORMAL BUSINESS. Complaints having been made by the ; council that bis carts were cutting up cer- j lain roads in the I'mutoi Riding, Alt' E. j, Broadbell waited on the council after its ; meeting, and the matter was discussed in-, formally. The chairman stated that Mr: Broadbejt was part-owner of a sawmill m i I'mutoi Riding, and his carts they alleged, did damage to the, roads, which the council was asking Mr Broiulbelt to help to repair, b v providing timber to tut amount oi about£4o. The, roads under discussion were m i the back blocks of the county, and had not; been built to carry much traflic. W mist j the council did not want to prohibit tins . heavy traflic, they did want to protect the ' ratepayers, and see that the roads were kept in good repair. Again, they must. .hold any damage against the ones who did it, atm the question was, could they come to some arrangement with Mr Broadbell whereby excessive damage could be repaired by him . Mr Broadbell was quite agreeable to this course, and the chairman mlormcd him that the matter would he discussed at the next meeting of the council, and an answer torwarded to him. j