PAHIATUA

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 193, 17 July 1939, Page 4

PAHIATUA

Air IT Sladden, the consulting engineer, presented the following report to the meeting of (lie I’ahialua County Council: “Contrail for Aiakairo and AA'aitukotorua bridges.—Aiakairo: Staging and boxing for superstructure is expected to be completed tins week, and placing of steel and pouring of concrete will then bo proceeded with. Seven men only have been engaged on tiie work AVailakotorua: Tlie west abutment lias been completed to beam level. “Contract for Slonov Creek, Alangaratnarnmn and Bolton’s bridges.—Stoney Crook : Tlie abutment liases have been concreted. Alangaramnrama : No further work lias been done on this during the month except preparation of concrelo aggregate. Bolton's bridge: The remainder of tlie piles have been cast and a commencement Inis been made with the driving. The balance of the steel for these three bridges has been delivered. Broken weather during the months lias to some extent delayed construction work.” i VALLEY ROADS’ IMPORTANCE. The importance of the roads and bridges in the Ballancc and Alungaliao valleys was stressed at the meeting of the council, following I lie reading of a letter from the Public Works Department stating that the council’s application for the provision of a preferential subsidy for the renewal of bridges in the Bullnnec, Alakamako and Mariina districts was being investigated and would be dealt with later. The chairman (Or Bisset) commented that it appeared as if the council’s application was going to receive favourable consideration. He had been under the impression that the Pahia-tua county was ill a worse position than most, others with regard to bridges, but on comparison of figures bo had found that this was not. so. Their line of argument, however, ill applying for the subsidy for bridges in the Mangaliao Abillcy was that these would he all used by main highways traffic in the event of the Gorge being blocked, and in this respect were particularly important from the point of view of defence. STOCK FEEDING. Air E. Elphick, ALR.F.U.3, gave a lecture to rite Mangatamoka Young Farmers' (flub on “Feed in Relation to Spring Troubles in Cows.” PERSONAL. Air J. AA’. Sturton has been nominated by Messrs S. K. Siddells, AY. T. Brown, L. T. Herbert and .IDG Crewe for the vacancy on the Borough Council caused by the death or the late Air J. E. Alurphy. Airs A. Idington, of Lower Jlutt, is the guest of Airs S. Davis, of Otca. Sergeant R. J. F. Whiting, of Wanganui, has taken, up his duties as sergeant of the Paliiatua police sub-district. Airs E. Bomiington, of Pahiatua, is visiting Wellington.