THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 5 June 1907, Page 5

THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL.

[BY TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENT.] : .'■'•■■ : . Thames, Tuesday. TaE monthly meeting of the Thames County Council was held to-day, . Mr. R. .W. Bagnall (chairman) presiding. ,

- Tenders (or road works were dealt with as follows Matatoki main south drain: A. Friskin, £100. This was the only tender and was not accepted, as being above the engineer's estimate. Opani-Turua, Road: W. Hartlv, £20 2s 6d; E. Brown, £20 19s; J. Dynes, £17.55. No tender was 'accepted, all being -above- the estimate. Wharepoa Road: I'. McConnell, £85 (accepted); J. W. Rickit, £96 ss. Upper landing to Tairua: Wright and Jen-kin, £257; G. Cnlpan, £260; C. Odium, £197 (accepted). Moanataiari Creek Road : J. Porteous, £9 19s 6d; H. McGuinn, £9; J. Winder, £9; D. Donnelly, £B.los (accepted). An application from S. Stevens, of Tapu, for aid to prospecting to drive 100 ft was referred to the Mines Department. ''. • A request was received from the New Dart- Gold Mining Company for a supply, of water from the county race at Hape Creek for boiler-feeding purposes, and it was granted. '..■■{ —•'.-'! The secretary of the Thames Hospital Board) wrote asking the Council'to reconsider the matter of the expenditure of £1000 for a sanatorium, and that in view of the fact that the other local bodies bad approved of the expenditure of. £500 for that purpose the Council sanction an expenditure of the reduced amount of £500. It was resolved that the Council agree to the proposed expenditure of £500.

The Council agreed to make application for the following Government.grants for necessary road works throughout the district:Puriri to Neavesville, £500; Neavesville to Golden Belt, £250; Golden Belt to Puketul, £250; Ptiketui to Hikuai, £250; Hikuai to Tairua, £250; Golden Belt battery road. £100; Hikutaia to Whangamata wire track, £200: Omahii to Whangamata, £200 Thames to Hikutaia, £500: Thames to Waikowau, £500; Tararu Creek, £50; Ohio Creek, £50; Moanataiari Creek, £50; Waiotahi Creek, £50; Karaka Creek, £50; Hape Creek, £100; Crosbie Settlement Road, £50; Tapu Creek, £50; Tapu to Kapowai, £250; Tairua River bridge (additional), £250; Otanui Road, £100;- Matatoki Road and drain, £300; Kauneranga Vallev, £200 Wharepoa district, roads, £500; Spicer's Road, £100; Opani to Netherton, £350; Waitakaruru to Hazard's Road, £500; main bridge over Thames River, £5155. It was also resolved to make application for the proposed expenditure of timber and flax "halves for the following:— Crosbie's Road, £22 lis lOd; Big Beetle Road, £50; Tapu to Kapowai, £150; Puriri to'Tairua, £308 6s lid; cross and creamery roads, £137 8s 2d.