COLLINGWOOD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 21 July 1944, Page 6

COLLINGWOOD

COUNTY COUNCIL MONTH I.V MEETING HELD The monthly meeting ot the Collingwood County Council was attended by Councillors P. G. Eish u-hairmoni. VV. J Solly. A. K. Wigzell, W. D. Lash, J. Richards. A. J Flowers and S. 11. Marsh. Accounts totalling XKM !>s lid were passed lor payment. Mr 11. Donnelly applied lor pennisKeserve. The Clerk was instructed to write the Commissioner of' Crown Lands on the matter and to inform Mr Donnelly of this action. It was agreed to donate .111 Is to the Royal Humane Society. It was decided to support the Matamata County Council in urging that more of the motor spirit tax Be .spent on roads The Council decided to apply for the usual grant of £l5O for noxious weed The Commissioner of Crown Lands notified the Council that approval had been obtained for the payment of .C7O 13s 2d for the Kaihoka Lakes fence. The amount would be paid when an inspection had been made. The Clerk was instructed to thank the Commissioner. The Mines Department advised that a grant of £2O had been made for the repair of the swing footbridge over the Parapara river. The engineer was instructed to have the work completed. As scrub has been burnt on the sea side of the Collingwood-Pakawau main highway and the Pakawau-Puponga road, it was decided to erect two notice boards warning unauthorised persons against lighting (ires. The resignation of the dayman. Mr George Harvey, was accepted with regret. Councillor Marsh stated that Mr Harvey had been dayman for over 32 years .and had been a good and conscientious servant of the Council. It was decided to send a letter of appreciation to Mr Harvey. Mr L. Flowers waited on the Council regarding a grant of £SO for the construction of a road to Kahurangi lighthouse which had not been spent. He also asked the Council to consider taking over the road through Mr G. Richards’ property as far as the Sandhill creek. Bv doing this it would do away with using the beach as a road. (The matter was later brought before the Minister of Rehabilitation). NEW RATES It was decided to levy the following rates; General rate 4',d in the £ upon the unimproved value of the whole of the rateable property within the County of Collingwood; Hospital rate 7-lUd in the £ upon the capital value of the whole of the rateable property within the County of Collingwood. Special rates: Wharf Loan, 3-20 din the £; Aorere Bridge Loan. l-10d in the £; Dry Road Loan, id in the £; Mangarakau Bridge Loan. 2d in the £; Gibbstown Water Supply Loan. 7-lfid in the £. The engineer. Mr P. C. Lewis, reported. inter alia, as follows: — Collingwood-Bainham: Three sets of earthenware pipes in the vicinity of the washout in the Bonny Doone have been replaced with concrete. The formation of the country along here is bad. There are several springs coming up into the wqtortables, and some of these may be coming out under the road. Collingwood-Pakawau : Potholes have been tilled from Coal Creek to the Pakawau Bridge, making the surface in very fair condition. Stringers for the Brickyard Creek Bridge have been ordered. 17-Mile Creek: A certain amount of scour has taken place round the end of the apron and extends through the ford. If stones were placed around the end of the groyne just above the ford, this would probably prevent further

scour in the ford itself. At the end of the apron further scour may take place, letting the end of the apron down.