Kairanga County

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 161, 9 July 1941, Page 7

Kairanga County

MONTHLY MEETING OF COUNCIL The monthly meeting of the Kairanga County Council was held yesterday, there being present: Crs. W. R. Hopcroft (in the chair), D. Collis, M. W. Voss, N. P. Nielsen, F. J. Russell, P. V. Koehler, M. G. Hansen, E. W. Croucher, and T. D. Lynch. • In connection with the proposal to erect a stopbank at Longburn to eliminate further flooding of the Longburn district, a letter was received from the Railway Department advising that it was prepared to contribute £SO toward the cost No reply, it was reported to the council, had been received from the Public Works Department as to whether it also was prepared to make a contribution. The matter was held over to the next meeting, when it is expected that plans, etc., will be available. The Commissioner of Transport advised that that portion of the main highway through Longburn had been declared a closely-populated locality and thus subject to the speed restriction of 30 m.p.h. It was t f omented the council had been battling for this for 18 months. Arising out of an offer by Whakarongo settlers to contribute £75 toward the cost of reinstating the protection work at Stuart's Bend which was carried awjjy by the recent flood, it was decided to spend up to £ oO (including the county’s share of the subsidised labour employed) or reinstating the portion of the banking which is adjacent to the county road. The chairman said the damage done by the flood was amazing; acres of ground had been washed away. The area was just outside the River Board’s district, and the county road was menaced to some extent, but not to the extent that soma people had tried to make out. A letter from the Opiki branch of the Farmers’ Union complained that nothing had been done to improve the very dangerous condition of Hume’s crossing at Tokomaru, and suggested that the matter needed attention urgently. The council decided again to approach the Horowhenua County Council with a view to securing some assistance for the work. It was stated that 90 per cent, of the users of the crossing were resident in the Horowhenua County. The ranger (Mr. P. H. Farland) reported that he had found 59 head of stock wandering on the county roads since the last meeting of the council. The engineer (Mr. L. C. Pickering) in his monthly report stated that major repairs had been effected to Hoihere Bridge, which should now last at least another five years. The opportunity of recovering metal in the Mangaonj Stream brought down in the i ent flood had been taken, and several roads had been remetalled. The clerk (Mr. N. I. Nielsen) report ed that only £157 of last year's rates was now outstanding.