OROUA COUNTY.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1735, 10 February 1921, Page 3

OROUA COUNTY.

MONTHLY COUNCIL MEETING. The Oroua County Council met yesterday. Present; Councillors O’McElroy (chairman), J. Morrison, W. McLennon, H. Brewster, A. Campbell, W. Greenhow and J. Vincent. CORRESPONDENCE. Prom the secretary Wellington Harbour Board, notifying that an election of two representatives for the district would be held on April 27th. —Received. RATE ROLL. The following alterations were authorised to be made in the rate roll: W. A. L. Bailey estate to E. Clevely; K. J. C. L. Jepsen to Glaxo Co.; Petersen and Martin to W. R- Michie; J. Nathan and Co., Ltd., to Mrs A. Kreegher; F. W. Dorn to W. Mills; Public Trustee to Nguun Paranihi; C. .H. Reid to A. and Mrs Parker; W. Currie to Jas. Currie; W. T. F. Crain', to G. A. McDonell. ENGINEER’S REPORT. Mangaone Riding.—The rough pacts of Lethbridge Road have been clayed. The Peilding-Halcombe Road bas been rolled and is now in good order. Rangitawa Riding.—Only general maintenance work and the claying o! the principal roads has been carried out during the month. The stone crushing plant should be in operation before the end of this month, when a start will be made at metalling thf balance of the Feilding-Halcombr Road. Raumanga Riding,—A Shan bend on the Stanway Road has beer, widened and the culvert in front o' Mr Marshall’s property on Makars Road has been replaced with concrete pipes. The men are now at work Rearing the remainder of the slips or the Arapata Road. Maklno Biding —Kimbolton Road has been ■trimmed with grader and clayed. The large wooden culvert on Maklno Road ha; been replaced with concrete and improvements have been effected 1.0 thf approach to Menzie’s Ford Bridge. A start will be made about the end o. this week at the abutments of tbc bridge across the Maklno stream or McKay’s Line. Taonui Riding.—Gravel repairs are now being effected or the Bnnnythorpe-Ashhurst Road. -f>r old wooden culvert on Reid’s lane bm been replaced with 18-inch pipes, ihr grader is at present at work on the roads about Aorangi. Hiwinui Riding.—The concrete bridge on Raukawa Road has beer completed with the exception of the parapets. The approaches to the bridge and the remainder of the gravelling will be completed in about r fortnight’s time when the road wir be opened for traffic. Otangakl Riding.—The work of dismantling Baldwin’s Bridge and replacing it with a culvert has been completed. The mei are now at work raising that part oi Pohangina road near Mr Hall’s property where road was continually being obstructed by flood waters. General.—Some time ago this Council purchased a tractor for the purpose of driving the. crusher and hauling grader, etc. This tractor has proved s good investment, doing the work much more economically and effectively than horse teams would, and for this reason I suggest that an Anderson 01 engine be purchased to drive the crusher, thereby leaving the tractor available for other works. TREASURER’S REPORT, Amount general rates collected £7821 17/3. . , Riding Accounts. —Makino Riding (dr.), £332 8/; Mangaone (dr.), £8 12/11; Raumanga (cr.), £137 15/; Otangaki (dr.), £496 18/1; Hiwmm (dr.), £639 1/: Rangitawa (cr.), tilt 6/10; Taonui (dr,), £548 5/5. Bank Balances. —County fund account (dr.), £1474 11/5; Interest account (dr.), £335 8/11; machinery loan (cr.), £2485 6/7. GENERAL. Cr Vincent reported on the conference which had taken place with the Pohangina County Council and the settlers interested with regard to the proposal to form the Broadlands road in the Malton Block just above Ashburst. Cr Vincent stated a question of establishing a special rating area was involved. The people who had to find the money seemed to be in favour of the road. Mr Akers had offered to put in 500 acres of his large section into the rating area. Really what was going to happen now was that the engineers of the Pohangina and Oroua Counties would go oyer the road and give an estimate of the cost, while the Pohangina County Council would supply full particulars of the rating of the Malton Block. Pohangina was quite agreeable to contributing to the upkeep of _ the road. The Oroua County’s position would not be very heavy. There war nd doubt that those interested would lie somewhat surprised when the% found out what it would cost. —In reply to a question, the chairman saic the cost of upkeep would be contributed on a pro rata basis between the two bodies.