KIWITEA COUNTY COUNCIL

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6671, 26 July 1928, Page 14

KIWITEA COUNTY COUNCIL

Tho usual monthly meeting of the Kiwitea County Council was held yesterday.' Present: ! - Councillors L. T, M'Lean - (chairman), W. P. Shaw, ,F. V' O. Stack',-J. A. T; Brown, D. L. Younger, \V. Hair, N. V. Shannon, and T. D. Wood. Accounts amounting to £3107 7/5 were passed for payment. Correspondence. From tho Treasury Deparlmont adVising payment of lines collected during tho quarter ended 31st March, 1928, amounting to £3/6/6. —Received. Prom the New Zealand Counties’ Association forwarding copies of legal opinions:Nos. 563 to 569 inclusive.—Ec-

’ ceived. f V.S From the town clerk, Palmerston Nth. W ith reference to hospital management, " f .r, and advising that his council has come, to tho conclusion that there is urgent need for concerted action on tho part , of alf.contributing bodies in tho matter • of approaching tho Government with a request that the whole system of con- ■ trol be revised, with tho object of definitely defining future policy and pub;Vy Uc hospital revenue and expenditure, rt\ and, further, that the Hospital and Charitable Aid Institution Act should •s-f ; bo amended to enable city, county, and borough councils having direct representation thereon, and requesting this s council’s support to the above suggestions.—Received. " _ ■ From the Commissioner of Crown . Lands re Section 13, Block XV. Hau- ’ tapu S.D.j and advising that the Ec--V servation Board will be dealing at an ’ early date with the question of the reservation for scenic purposes-of Scctions 12 and 12a, and regretting that . this council cannot see its way to re- ■ ; linguish Section 13, and thus co-operate ■SI: With the preservation of the beauty spots of the district.—Left in hands of the county clerk to forward a^rcply; • From the accountant, Main Highways u-h Board, forwarding maintenance author-for-the expenditure of £IBOO on the 'ill portion of the Feilding-Huntervillo main highway in this county.—EecciyFrom Messrs. Hyde, Cockburn and s' , James requesting permission to erect a, iK private telephone line across the soldiers’ settlement road in the- otamakapua block.—Grantca os usual condi: ■ •fi •, tions. ■ _ ... .K: From the district engineer, Public Works Department, enclosing copy of .' ■/i circular outlining the terms and condim tions on which the Government is proLA phrod to grant subsidies to localbodies &?Loh' work which they may decide to undertake this year for the relief ot . unemployment. —Received, From Mr. W. J. Complin calling tho U-y council’s attention to the state Of the road'through his property at Eewa.— '■"■.'J Left to councillor for riding and over-

■ ;A" seer to interview Mr. Complin. From Mr. E. Waugh, Eangiwahia,lrcquesting permission to put down a tram H‘.’iliac- across the maim Eangiwahia road, Vi/ opposite Messrs. SmAli and 'lreland’s v.*n property, for the purpose of ■■telfling legs.-r-Granted during the pleasure of ji-j-j the council and subject to the work be;ilj ing carried out to the satisfaction of the overseer. . • ' i'l From the Precision Engineering Co. :■ V|? Ltd.) Wellington, forwarding a photo- • i-rapli of a standardised steel sign for classes B. C. D. and E., designed; by .their engineers to conform to Eegulathe Motor Eegulations,; 1338}: a sample of which has been submitted to and approved by the Main. HighTrays Board.—Left to; overseer to make • a recommendation re erection of ' sary sign posts. . From the town clerk Fcilding, advising that his council has forwarded: a request to the ■ Government- that the 'Apiti-Norsewood road be opened pud tKlf unemployed men be engaged bn the Work, and requesting this council’s Support vto the suggestion. —Agreed; to. •SSrpin'VMr. P. E. KristensOn; requestto re-erect boundary •feUee'V-On. the edge of the formation fronting his property on the Peka road. —Granted, subject to the approval of the overseer. FromiMr. D. Young, Tequestiugipermission to, erect a post on the sidtj of the-VroUd fronting his property, >Kimv for, the purpose .6f: carrySrig a"private mail bag.—Grafetod, ; jnib; ject to the approval .of the overseer. From Mr. F. H. Thompson, requesting permission to cart logs over the plain road to Euahinc. Report of Overseer for Southern Sidings.

The following is my report for the period ended July 7, 1928: ; ; Cheltenham Biding: The usual maim, tcnanco ■work has received attention throughout the riding during the past month.' The county dump -trucks have ;anco metal on Kimbolton road and o 0 *;, t . cubic yards on Sinclair’s line ■where the harrow bends -were’ recently improved. Thefee sections of the main highway also been trimmed with the: grader and tho pot holes repaired. I intend to have some repair work done on Levett’s and. Barrow’s lines during tho current 'month. * fcjj.ifsKiwitea Riding: The.Kimbolton road •it, section of tho No. 52 main highway,has received attention with the grader, and po't holo repairs have been carried out on' the Kimbolton road and Perry’s - line. 1,,-The usual maintenance work in thp pature of cleaning put water channeis'.and culverts and repairs to road surfaces has been attended to. I ini' tend making an cany start with earth fillings on Kimbolton road. Waituna Biding; The grader plant ■„' has, been engaged in this riding widening and improving the new section of the main highway on the Eangitikei Valley road and Eewa hill, and the large stones have been taken out on a :■ .section of this road, in order to prepare thd road surface for a dressing of fine ‘ mctali The contractor has made a start ‘■delivering maintenance metal oh this )/-road,-and 200 cubic yards of first class ~ .metal having been delivered to ’date, ’ fair progress is being made with the VoVt of improving narrow bends on Eewa hill, and the usual maintenance wqyk .on pll roads has received attention..:; - Ongo Biding; The surfaceman has attended to all maintenance work in the riding ,and good work has been done in opening up storm water outlets, repairing pot holes, and picking out large stones on the road surfaces. I hope to bo able to cart about 50 cubic yards of maintenance metal on Sinclair’s road during the current month for pot hole repair work. Kimbolton Biding: Tho surfacemen ‘.4iavc been engaged the greater part of

tho month cleaning out water channels, repairing road surfaces and cutting back over hanging fern and scrub. Two bad bends on the Otamakapua road hayo been widened and the work of metalling same is now in progress. 3 have instructed tho roadman to strip and prepare a limited quantity of maintenance metal on Junction road for the purpose of repairing tho worst sections of M'Beth’s road.

Peep o’ Day Biding: On the eastern section of this riding the roadman has been engaged cleaning out water tables, 'cutting back overhanging fern and scrub,, and attending to road surface work. A few loads of metal have been carted out to improve the approach to the ford at tho Kiwitea stream on the Peep o’..:Day" road. On tho western side of the riding the usual maintenance work has received .attention, and the roadman has also attended to the trimming of the new metal on the Pakihiknra road. The large earth slide off the Mangapapa road is again showing signs!::of moving. " General:' The . construction of ■ new bridge and filling work over Hayne’a creek on the Cheltenham cross road is almost completed. * Report of Overseer for Northern Hidings., ! ' . ; Tho following is my report for the period ended July 7, 1928: — Pakihikura Biding: Approximately :I0 miles of'tho Sandon block road have bepn graded, during the past month, and all' the tig stones have been picked our. Thp metal carted out by the No. 3 dump for pot holes and weak places has been, tipped in convenient heaps, and will be placed , on the road as required. "When the worst places have been attended to the lorry will be. put in dock until favourable weatntr conditions prevail. Eangiwahia Biding: During the past month 221 cubic yards of metal from the. Peep o’ Day pit, and 31 I cubic yards of screened, river metal .from Karowarewa have.been put out on the Otamakapua road. Pot holes have been attended to on the Whare road and the weak places and water tables on the Mangoira road have received' attention. The usual maintenance work hat been carried out on the main south road and the big stones on the Auputa road have been picked out and the surface topdressed with dine metal from Karewarewa. The Cement pipes arc now. on tho ground to replaccThe old wooden bridge which partly collapsed and enough pipes are there in readiness to replace one of the other bridges which may go at any time. ‘ Eautapu Biding: During the wet weather numerous small slips came down, mostly in the upper Kawhatau, and these" have been attended to and. the usual maintenance work carried on. A set of cement pipes has been put in opposite Mr. M*Cord’s, and a wain dug . to' cope with- the extra storm water winch in the past has caused a Ibt-'pf damage. On 'the MangawKararikl road the usual maintenance Work has been carried out, an'd a smalTslip clear-' ■sdTCwSy?and weak places repaired with pit metal. , ,-./■■■ .■ r . • : : :■ ; Resolutions.; That notice bo' served upon tho own-, ers of properties to remove branches of trees overhanging tho roads and footpaths in various parts of the county. That Mr. F. H. Thompson bo informed that the council is unable to grant him permission to cart logs over the i^'ch' i tihTC ,, -'af , ’the 1 overseer considers tho weather conditions arc suitable for carting •> ,OOAr ' r and, further, that it will bo necessary for tym to enter into a bond for the sum of £so ; before such permission is granted. ) That tho Eangiwahia-Euahine Dairy Co. h% granted permission to lay a .water/pipe'under'the road to premises at Eangiwahia, subject to the work beiirgrSaricd out to the satisfaction of the overseer, and that the latter be allowed to take the levels for the same.