COLUNGWOOD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 June 1927, Page 3

COLUNGWOOD

—— tMMIL cdimiF. Mußki fsMiiifas #i i'M .At the monthly meeting of the Oollingwdpd County Council, there were present Crs. Fletcher (Chairman), L. Flowers, C. L.. Grant, J. C. Fish, W. J. Addison, 11. J. Sldltori and D. Davis. FINANCE The following statement of accounts was received : County Fund Account, Or, £SO. Aorere, Britlge Loan Interest Account, Cr. £49 9s sd, Mangarakatt Bridge Loan Interest Account Cr. £37 5s sd, Bridges and Culverts Loan Interest .Account Cr. •£ll7 12s lOd, Paturau Road Loan Interest Account Cr. £79 13s 2d, Bridges and Culverts Loan Account £1324 Is 3d, Paturau Road. Loan Account £57 2s 4d, Wharf Account Cr. £149 10s Id, and Gibbstown Water Supply Interest Account Cr. £ls 9s Id. Accounts totalling £441 11s -5d were passed for payment. CORRESPONDENCE Inward correspondence was dealt with as follows: — In compliance with a. letter from the Marine Department it was resolved, that the Engineer put a buoy on a sandbank iri the Aofere River channel. ..The .Matamata County , Council asked what were the,Council’s views on a suggested amendment to tile Counties Act to provide for ending the financial year on' Juno 30th instead of March 31st. Councillors said they were satisfied with existing conditions, and a reply was sent accordingly. Mr. 11. P. Washbourri thanked Council for supporting the. petition to have tlio river ljmit extended to connect Golden' Bay with Nelson and forwarding copies of letter sent to every Minister arid’ Member of Parliament.

Cr. Fish - reported on attending ’he Highways Conference held at Christchurch/ Cr. Fish was thanked for his report.

GENERAL Resolutions were passed as follows: That about £6 be spent in repairing Diamonds’ road ; that the Engineer report on the first crossing vhere the scour is taking place on Lower Kahuna road; that the point at Sandison s LookOut. be cut off and the spoil be utilised as required. The Chairman read a statement dealing with uncompleted works on the Bridges and Culverts Loan schedule, and moved that lie and the Engineer make an examination of the site where work is required and report to next Council meeting. It- was resolved that, application he made to the Public Works Department for the following grants:— Paturau road £9OO, Wallace’s, bridge £2OO, Coo/s road.bridge £250, Ruataniwha bridge, Walker’s, by-road £3OO, regrading high' point Pakawiiu Bush road £2t)o; deviation of N£uroa road £SO, Middle Creek Puponga £200; and that the Engineer prepare an estimate for Kaituna bridge for Hardwood Top, which with the loan money of £SOO will complete the work.

ENGINEER’S REPOK r. The County Engineer reported as follows : -The contracts in progress are: — Metalling of 80 chains of the PakawauPuponga road, T. McNabb. and. Sons; and metalling 78 chains Pakawau-Pu-ponga rdad, H. N. L. Hawkins. Considering the showery weather now prevailing .good progress is being made on belli those works, especially the former, where two lorries and six or seven men are employed. If the weather comes in very wet, trie formation is likely to cut up badly under the heavy traffic. The weaker places are the embankments on the second contract. The contract for the supply of 200 yards of metal, Ring's Cutting-Raituna, bridge, will be commenced next week. A commencement .has been made on tlio contract for the supply’ of 200 yards of metal, Bonny DpCh.road. Tills metal being for patching purposes only on a long stretch of road; wet weather will cause the traffic to be detrimental, to the i bad surface, ■ and should . the. contract proceed satisfactorily I would like to see an extension of the quantity. The three men. engaged completed the temporary bridges over the Onetaua and Fletcher’s creeks on the PnkawauI’uponga road, and since then the new read has .been in continual use by the. travelling public, The bridges, arc of course cnly temporary structures. The low eastern approach to the. Ironstone Creek bridge, Parapara, where, every flood used to sweep across the road, wash the metal away and block traffic for a time, has been raised up about 3ft, and is being metalled. A bad point, at the old tailing heap further along is being widened out at the same time.

Metalling repairs have ben clone in the Pakawan bush, also on the mud flat towards Kaikoha.. Boulders and shingle have been carted for underpinning the retaining wall at the Paknwau bridge. A small groin has been built to prevent erosion at the Seaford Creek bridge. It have prepared an estimate to widen out. all cuttjngs to a width of 20 feet and effect other improvements on the Rockvilfo road between Dales Creek and the Rockville bridge. The road on the dining table will need metalling dr at least patching as well as other work.

To paint the fence around the Soldiers Memorial -will cost about £7 or £3. The paint is in fair order, and one good coat should be sufficient. Tt was resolved that the Engineer have power to put on extra metal up to 100 yards on Bonny Doon road; that tenders be called for ploughing where necessary and grading the Rockville Roacl from Wigzells corner to Post Office corner, and also metal at per yard : and that the memorial fence he painted.

Many different methods of overcoming the glare of car headlights have been introduced dining the past few years. The latest device to lie patented opens up a new avenue of research in this connection. The new device is 'based on the fact that light has (he effect of varying the conductivity of selenium. A selenium cell is fixed to the car in such a position that the light from the headlamps of an approaching car can strike it. The cell is wired up with a high tension hat levy and a relay, and tho result of light from other headlamps meeting it is to effect a current flowing through it and through the rclav, which in turn completes. ,n second circuit through the car buttery and nil' electromagnet. The latter automatically operates ihe dipping mechanism and alters the angle of the lamp setting.