SOUTH OTAGO.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20930, 21 January 1930, Page 13

SOUTH OTAGO.

CLUTHA COUNTY COUNCIL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) TJia mn January 20. j meeting held to-dav was ttended by Crs George Hay (chairman), VV. S. Thomson, R. MTndoe, A. T Harris Ihmnaa Magmness. Edward King W j’ A R. Jack. aDd Jaa * made sympathetic refer7p™?„ e <i?ath of Mr William Lawson. «f f ? apatow a>. Who had been a member of the council for some years, and moved to^T 1 ? ° f Co ? d ?J ence be forwarded ridta StaSf “ £ ,he ■‘“•““‘-C.rENGINEER’S REPORT ported:-^ 6 " (Mr G ' S - reMAIN HIGHWAYS. Dunedin - Invercargill. The roaH reasonably good order Th? work of scarifying and generally nreffravA? ®. a klu.tha-Kaibiku section for las' aurfacing is being commenced to-BaJclutha-Papatowai.—The road generaUy is m fair order. All work on this road m now suspended with the except tion of surface grading, and the prepa£ “S ,°£ a further length of the OwakaCathna bridge section for gravelling. ,^ a i? U i- ha ’ Kak ? PMnt—The scarifying R^lwav dl |f e 5 0r \ ad Jacent to Otanomomo n Jn S l at - 1011 J 133 been completed, and S SO cb ams have been surfaced with Sn* 1 ,- Ther oad has recently been order throughout > and is now in fair Owaka-Purekireki.—Eurther gravelling was undertaken during the period, and S-.E* \\ now , Co »pleted for a distance of about 4J miles. Grading and general maintenance work will fulfil a ]T requirementa at present. Olydevale-Waikera.—About 200 cubic yards of Clutha River gravel have been used in surfacing various weak sections n f i h . e / oad . b f "' een Wahvera and Ashlev Downs, and this section of the road is “‘J? I'’ 1 '’ order - Repair work has also been carried out on the Pomahaka River to Uydeyale section, and repairs to the inshortlyl6 6ectlon will be undertaken MNab-Edievale— This road is now in first-class order. All weak portions were recently surfaced with gravel, and the road graded throughout. Frequent grading should fill all requirements on this road for some time. Waipahi-Pomahaka, Waiwera Railway Station road, and Waikaka-Kelso.— Grading and general maintenance work has been earned out on these roads, and they are at present in fair order. Clydeyalc Riding.—The building of new pontoon for Clydcvale Ferry lading lias been commenced. Specifications for gravelling Ballantyne’s road, Burke’s Ford road, and Rongahere-John O’Groats road are now being-prepared.

Tha report vu adopted, and complimentary reference was made to the work of the new power graders by Cre Cumming and Harris. FINANCIAL. Receipts for the four months ended January 16 amounted to £2481 17 s 4d expenditure to £3279 4s 6d. Cr .Jack, in moving the adoption of the finance Committee report, said that the affairs of the count? were satisfactory, considering the position in the country and the slowness with which the rates were coming in. Still, he would ask members not to exceed their limits until the end of the financial year.—Cr Gumming said the position was very sound.— •the report was adopted, and the accounts were passed for payment. RANGER’S REPORT. ** r ? n fs er reported that the following & St tad been dealt with:—!? cattle, 2 horses.—Received. CORRESPONDENCE. fbJ b £i£ üblic W °rks_ Department notified the following authorisations:—£2oC (fre* Fu a keraii^ k \ P? t n - t H Uggets road : *73, i (£ r‘°Fr £ >s 4335 14s f£2 C fS?Vn StB T aT , ft .*? Joelß Saddle : £ l5O TW n lr k ,? sl 4? road.—Received. Thomas M. Ball, district engineer forwarded letter from J. J. Camfbell Glem =Vt Eg j hat she5 he road to hla P«>- °- r s le ? and metalled. The department wished to know what the coun--1 lasI as 3 111 /. ng find toward the cost ... e work,—lt was decided that th« 11 Tho ,r G £ ld * Bubs -idise the metalling 22 an =n«, ,ct -W eer Wlote that on May tf an authority for £l5O for metallinl wkaven roati had been issued, “nd a^ J ?v n * be work would be put in hand Cr Maginness said the work had “as *» a, J,i’TJ&. b SS weekf * d probably be made next iterates v!e7 S a \ d £ oald | a to C |x toni^ rest ™ tp * the load to the engineer and Cr Willon te attend fi onald Mlnnes (Clinton) wrote <W IS SsSSSet^M the position was that iflhp Sf/ 13 sal3 countv marl == uidL ii the road was a fiTS had iMtao- - « HALF-HOLIDAY. The council then went Into committee.