Waimate Road Board.

Opunake Times, Volume IV, Issue 184, 7 April 1896, Page 3

Waimate Road Board.

The Board met on Wednesday there being present Messrs McCarthy (chairman), Budge, Pearce, Borrie, Blennerhassett, Stevenson and Watson.

KEABIN BOAD. Messrs J. K. Cameron and J. V. Wyborn wrote asking that their rates be expended at once in improving a very soft place. Agreed to expend £4 7s 2d. (McCarthy-Pearee.) MANGAWHEBO BOAD. E. Davidson and McCracken wrote stating that, after tendering for a supply of gravel in accordance with a sample, it had been found that the pit had run out and they, therefore, asked that the deposit of £1 be returned. Agreed to. (Budge-Watson.) OEO BOAD £7OO LOAN. Four settlers wrote requesting the Board to build a bridge instead of blinding the metal. Agreed to. (Watson-Pearce.) OPUNAKE-STBATFOBD BOAD. A,. J. Rawstran and J. Morton wrote stating that the settlers on the road were all averse to its being declared a byeroad, and expressing the opinion that a matter "of this importance should have been decided only after notice. Agreed to treat it as a main road. (Stevenson-McCarthy.) A. J. Rawstrom wrote stating that this road had been cut up very considerably by contractors doing loan works, and asking for some expenditure.— A few pounds to be expended. R. Palmer and others wrote stating that the above road between the Punehu stream and the Oeo road has never had a penny expended on it, and asking for the money in the hands of the Board to be expended.—Money not yet received. E. Green wrote asking for an expenditure of £l2 or £l3 east oj Auroa road.—No funds. BAMA BOAD. Mr McLean attended and asked for the D.P. moneys coming to the road to be expended.—Agreed to expend all available moneys. PATIKI ROAD. Resolved that this road, as far north as the Eltham road, be treated as a main road.' (Stevenson-McCarthy.) NEILL BOAD. D. Fitzgerald attended and asked that something be expended on the road ; 80s to be expended on the road Mr Fitzgerald to give labor to the came, amount. (Watson-Blennerhas-set.)

UPPER MANGAWHEEO LOAN. A. J. Hastie attended and asked that 10 per cent additional be raised. He stated that settlers were willing to raise a further £IOO. —Additional 10 per cent to be raised by special order. (Watson-Budge.) UPPER AUROA ROAD LOAN. G. J. Mudfoid wrote asking that the Board cut off water it had turned upon his property. Beferred to foreman. F. Bockstrow and G. A. Hurley attended and asked that an additional 5 per cent be raised to blind the metal.—After a long conversation it was agreed that an extra 10 per cent on the loan should be applied for for metalling seven chains left between the two contracts, provided the settlers are willing, Mr Bockstrow to inteiview settlers with leference to metalling the seven chains.—(Watson-Mc-Carthy.) M. O'Sullivan wrote asking that a few pounds be expended so as to allow him to get grass 6eed in.—Agreed to. UPPER MANAIA ROAD. Messrs F. W. Frethy and J. Mackie presented a petition, signed by about 40 settlers, asking that the portion of this road between the metal at Kaponga and the Stratford boundary be metalled. The deputation argued that they were not making any unreasonable request, as their rates had been for 12 years expended in a way that was not advantageous to them, that in addition to rates their thirds accruing from sections 84 and. 103, paid into the Board's funds. That all the tourist traffic on this side of the mountain passes over the road, and that this unfinished mile is the only break between the Plains and Stratford. The deputation considered that the settlers on the same road as far as the Opunake road also had a claim, because they had been paying rates for a number of years before being cut off from this county, and had received no benefit. They asked that some steps be taken in time for the work to be undertaken early next spring. Several members agreed that a good case had been made out, and the Chairman promised that he would try and devise some way for getting the road metalled.

COLLECTING RATES. Mr Blennerhassetb suggested that all rates should be in hand every year by the 20th September. It would be better for ratepayers to be asked to pay their rates earlier. Mr Stevenson thought it was the Board's fault entirely, as there had been money in hand all the summer. It was simply through unnecessary delay by the Board. Mr Pearce said the Board could not get tenders let in harvest time. The Chairman said that the foreman had only been appointed a short time, and during that time he had done as much as was possible for him. Mr Pearce said that the work on the South Road had been badly neglected by this Board. The road to the west of Otakeho was in a disgraceful condition. Mr Stevenson said that was the Council's fault, not the Board's. INSCRIBED LOANS. The Treasury wrote stating that £2600 had been paid to the Board during the year, and if required £4OO more could be obtained. The clerk said that the £4OO had been since paid over for credit of Oeo £BSO loan. LAND FUND. A certificate was received from the C.C.L., authorising the using of d.p. moneys from Sections 2 to 6, 11, 12,

25, 26, 30, 31, Block IX., and 9 and 18, Block V., Kaupokonm ; 76 to 79, 81, Block XT., 18, 15, Block XIV., Opunake ; 1 to 8, 8 to 12, Block XIII., Kaupokonui. Permission was also granted to use the thirds within the Watino-Oeo No. 1- and No. 2 loan area., with the exception* of D. M. Holmes', Section 16, Block XIV., Opuaake.

MANAIA BOAD. The Manaia Town Board wrote offering * loan of £SO for Manaia Road on the conditions already published. Accepted. KOKIEI BOAD. P. McDonough wrote requesting that his rates be expended so that he could get his cart out. Agreed to expend £4. AUBOA BOAD. E. Green wrote asking.that something should be done on this road between Skeet and Eltham Roads. Not yet taken over from the County. MAKAKA TOWNSHIP. E. Wichman wrote asking the Board to return a pound which he said he had paid for the right to cut grass on Makaka township, but which he found afterwards was limited to the road in front of his section.—Declined. GOBSE. Resolved, That notice be inserted in the newspapers requiring that all gorse hedges abutting on roads be trimmed, and gorse on road frontages be eradicated by the 80th June. (Pearce-Blennerhassett.) ACCOUNTS. Mudford, £l7 13s 7d ; Cameron and Co., £B2 13s 9d; Blackhall, £B9 8s 4d; Sherin, £9 ; Sorensen and Carter, £25 18s 3d; Keogh and Sheasby, £2 ; Tait and Back, £81; Venus and Co, £24 12s ; C. Cameron, £lO ; Martin, £2 ; Tremain, £lO 8s ; clerk, £8 6s 8d ; County Council, £143 18s 7d; Times, £1 15s; Witness, £8 7s 6d ; Tynan and Co, £2 2s 6d ; C. McCarthy, £8; Davison and McCracken, £56 ; Cameron and Eearns, £24 15s; Warner, £lB6 lis; J. Martin, £ll 7s 6d; Johnson, £7 2s 6d; Burgess, £8 10s 6d ; Mason and Co, £6 16s 7d ; Allenby, £9 10s; Shearin, £BO 18s lOd; Keogh and Sheasby, £8 17s 6d ; Shearin, £10; Dillon, £lO. Total votes, £1249 183 6d. TENDEBS. 77. Upper Mangawhero Road.—Allenby, 22s 6d per chain (accepted). 78. Upper Auroa Road.—Forming, grading, and metalling about 15 chains : Blennerhassett and Co., 90s per chain; Mudford Bros., 86s 9d shingle, 88s stone, 70s shingle and gravel; Cameron, informal, 58s; Mudford (accepted), 83s. 79. Eltham Road.—Cleaning and deepaning ditch, about 55 chains: Shearin and Collins (accepted), Is lOd per chain; Kocte, 8s ; Riseley, 3s. 80. Wiremu.—Stumpiig and ditching 4 chains: Caryis and Co. (accepted), 27s 6d per chain ; Allen by, 86s ; Shearin and Collins, 82s 6d. 81. Auroa Road. —Gravelling, 200 yards and forming 38 chains of side tracks: Blennerhassett and Co., (accepted), 2s 3d per yard, side tracks, 5s lOd ; Day and Co., 2s 6d per yard, side tracks, 4s 9d; McCracken and Davidson, 2s-6d per yard, side tracks, 5s 6d ; Blackhall, 2s 9d, side tracks, 4s; Cameron and Kearns, 2s 9d, side tracks, 10s 611. 82. Patiki Road.—Gravelling, 100 yards : C. G. Cameron (accepted), 2s per yard ; C. Cameron, 8s sd; Blackball, 3s 6d. '

88. Patiki Road.—Blinding, delivery, and spreading 15 chains: Shearin and Collins, 193 per chain; Sorrenson and Carter (accepted), lis per chain; Blackhall, 17s Gd. The Board adjourned.—Star.