WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1396, 25 October 1932, Page 2

WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL.

The monthly meeting on Friday was attended by Crs. W. J. A. . McGregor (chairman), D. Teviotdale, F. J. Linscott, W. T. James, W." B Hopcroft, J. HY Smith, H. F. Blatch Jno. Horrell and Geo. Stroud.D. McKerchar, Te Tua, asked the Council to proceed with the work on Broomfeld : Road< and on access road to T. -Dorgan's section.-^Left to Member and Engineer t<s rhake inquiries. The -. Chairman, Pahia Dairy Co. . and ten other ratepayers petitionee' the Council to form a road jfrpm Pa hia to Hirst's along the Railway line; from Section 32, Block 5 £o Sectiol) -23, Block 4; distance 1 mile— A pi proved of, the work having been sanctioned by Central Committee. Mrs L. J. Brown-; Waihoaka, drew attention to the need of some protec tom below the han'drailing of tht bridge, over -the Grindstone Creel near the Waihoaka School. — Left to Engineer to attend to. A. W. Acker, Orepuki, asked the Council to have hedge on frontage oi sestion 18, Block 7, Hirstfield,, cut back off the footpath on Salford St.. the section belonging to an absentee owner. — Left to Member . and Engineer to look into. . H. C. Lindsay, District • Engineer r Invercargill, advised the, Department agreed to the provision ot a level crossing at 19 miles '.43 "chains and 19 miles 77 chains on: the Tua: tapcre Railway provided the Council bore the cost of their provision, plus cost of fence on South side and cattl* stop if needed. Tenure to be year to year, no rent charged but Council to" pay costs of deeds. — Department to be a&ked probable cost of work. R. J. Stuart, Otaitai, applied^ to have culvert across Riverton-Thorn-bury road lowered, the fall having been brought up. — Left to Member and Engineer to look into. Chas. Brown, Secretary Local Committee, Waimatuku, advised the mid; channel drainage -work was costing the settlers from 9/6 to 13/2 a chain and, as the work crossed the open roads spacing 8 chains, the Council was asked, to s,hare this cost. — The Council granted this subject to the* supervision of the Engineer. T. S. Muirhead, Waimatuku,' gave notice of damage done to his : farm ditches by silting up as^he result of drainage work on the mid-chahnel \ work without allowing for proper outfall at the lower end. The writei; advised he held the Council liable and would be compelled to take legal action to prevent resumption of work until outfall has been provided. — Letter referred to the Central Committee. •The Manager, Perpetual' Trustees Co. } . Ltd., Invercargill, wrote m re- , gard to notice to cut back gorse on road 1 fronting Marnane's property. — The writers to be served with 'notice j 1 to clear the gorse. Eric J. Gait, Drummond, offered 5/- per acre to lease the County Council section at Drummond for one , year. — Left to .Member to inquire into. 'C, Thomas, Otautau, applied for right to cut firewood on roadline. — Granted, subject to approval of the Engineer. T. Cochran, Clifden, asked that open ditch along the Lilburn Road at his woolshed be -cleaned <>ut under Scheme No, 5. — Writer, to be infirmwork cannot "be "done under No. 5 Scheme. Member and- Engineer to inspect. ' . * C. Gardner and Son, Clifden, -made application for. ditch between their .progerites to be deepened 'under Unemployment labour. — No. J4B Scheme to be' recommended to wrifers. 'R. W- Ronald, Nightcaps, advised his drainage application foV work un-" der Scheme No. 5 would Benefit land owned by three property owners. — No. 4B Scheme to be recommended. D. I. Robertson, Secretary, Returned Soldiers' Assn., OhaiY forwarded subsidy grant from* Poppy Day funds. —Received. "' The Clerk, Nightcaps Town Board, asked that a suitable , approach to Nightcaps Cemetery -be l^id prior to gravelling.— -Matter has been attend* ed to. B. Rushton and three other ratepayers asked that drainage work; namely, cleaning out, cutting and taking up outfall through -* Section 7. Waiirio into Section 6 be done under Scheme No. 5; — No. 4B Scheme .to be recommended. Robt. Boyd, Ohai, applied for a roadside drain m front of his property as the surface water soaked on to his garden.— -Left to Member and Engineer, writer to v, be informed no ditch will be dug at Council's" expense unless it benefits the roadline. C. A. Forde and Cnas. £een, Wairio, applied to have creek through their properties straightened under Scheme No. 5. No. 4B Scheme recommended. *■ W. G. Pearce, of No. 18 District Highways Council, advised his Council had recommended the provision of •£2OO, £2 for £1 on this $&*>» estimate for the - completion of the bridges on the Wreys Bush-Mossburn Main Highway.— Received. i J - S. Dick, Secretary. Southland - Assn:, wrote 1 m regard to improve- i ments to Wreys. bush-Mossburn Main ! Highway.— Received. < W. G. Pearce, of No. 1» District i Highways Council, advised his 'conn- ' }

cil had agreed to the Wallace County f proposal m regard to the -maintenance of the Mossburn-Key section of • the Gore-Te Anau Main Highway being a' subsidy of ■£d for £1 and to operate as from Ist July, 1932. R e - 5 ceived. , < T. R. Ritchie, Medical; ' Officer of * Health, Dunedin, advised ten . per { ceiit. reduction m contributions from local bodies towards 'Health Irispec- ' tors' salaries and expenses as from Ist April ■- last.— Received. W. G. Pearce, of No? 18 District Highways Council, advised the new rates of pay for temporary men employed on bridge work— Bridge "foreman l/10id per hour* bridge carpenters 1/6 3Md per hour as from -Ist July, 1932-.— Received. P. C. Weenink, Secretary, Southland Unemployment Executive Committee, advised it had been resolved "that no further applications for land drainage be accepted-- unless here is a definite prospect ,of men being available at an ' early date ,to undertake^ the -work." The writer advised tlie works already approved would take' over - 12 months to compete, while many jobs where labour was not available m the locality would not be done at all. The letter ' pointed out the improved subsidy of 50 per cent, cost of labour to allow applicants to do work' under 4B Scheme.— Noted, applicants to be advised to apply under 4B Scheme. Cr. Hopcroft pointed out where men were at present working the jobs could be completed. The same writer wrote by direction of the Committee conveying their ap-' preciation to the Council of the good work done by the. Engineer, Mr J. G. C. Baker with the drainage- and land improvement works' under No. Scheme. His comprehensive , report submitted ' was' Appreciated.— Members expressed the opinion this was very satisfactory. < ' ' The County Clerk, Southland County wrote m reference to their being approached by the Mpj "rlighways Board to form a scheme of Traffic Control. It was suggested the Southland and Wallace Counties _coopefate -m an appointment of- a Trafic Inspector, the Highways Board paying a£Z for £1 subsidy' o n salary and expenses. — The 'Council approved of the scheme but appointed the Chairman and Engineer to wait on the Southland County and finalise arrangements before the scheme 'is submitted to the Highways Board. GENERAL. The Council voted .£25 to the Wairoa Earthquake Relief Fund. - Accounts .£2005 7s 2d were passed. ORDER 'PAPER. Orepuki - Riding— Couling Road, Ruahine, forming :- £1$ ; Ward Road, Maintenance, subsidy to M.H. Detour Vote .£1 for £3: £4. Pourakino Riding— Ward Road, Maintenance, subsidy jto M.H., De-, tour Vote £1 for £3: £14. Waimatuku , Riding— Part Leader^ St., Riverton formation and graveling: £17.^ ENGINEER'S, REPORT! . The Engineer (Mr J. G. C. Baker) reported since last meeting the weather has continued fine and 'dry and road maintenance has been carried on uninterruptedly. In connection with Mr T. P. Dyer's application under the Southland Land Drainage Act for drainage 'relief for his land (Lot 1, L.T.P: HOT, , Block- 111, Centre Hill Survey District), through part of Mr E. J. Healey's land adjoining' (Lot 2). On 20th, September the Chairman (Cr,. McGregor) accompanied by. Crs. Blatch and Stroud, met Messrs Dyer and JHealey at Mossburn and inspected the location of the proposed drain; a conference was then held and a settlement" was made as fol-' lows: Mr Dyer is to have drain constructed up swamp running generally along the common boundary between Lots 1 and 2; the suggestion being made that the work be done by contract^ under Unemployment Scheme 4B ; Mr Healey will pay' up to wards ith cost of the lower 24 chains of the work. "The following No. 5 Unemployment Schemes are under way at- present: Donaldson's Drain, Alton; Te Wae Wae Settlement Drainage; Gait and Erskine's Drainage, Papjatotara ; _ McEwan's ,Drainge, Papatotara'; "Stalker's Channel, Gladfield ; Kane and Simon's Drainage, Scott's Gap; Kauri Stream Drain, Colac; Oraka Creek Drainage, Beck's Channels Waicola; Centre Road, Longwood; Barry Road, Orepuki; Skerratt and Meager Road, Pahia; Oraki Creek drainage, Pahia, has been stopped temporarily and •men are now on.Skerratt and Meager Road, Pahia. Work, on the Taunamau sea outfall, has not -yet V been started and the uncompleted -works (Stopped during,. the winter) , viz., Midchannel, Waimatuku,.- S.trathvale and Allenby Drainage; Lake George Outfall have not yet been restarted. PJans and specifications for work on ' Barron Road, Wild Bush, have been prepared and this work can be start- j ed as soon as men are available. 1 Plans and specifications aartg t pow be- ] ing prepared for the formation of i Butler and, Mumford Road, Orepuki and when Barry Road is completed I men will be transferred 'to this job. 1 i —Adopted. -The Chairman \thanked J the Engineer Cys. Blotch and Stroud for assisting him to. settler a difficult drainage case, the Council s was indebted to Mr Baker -for a com- t preh'ensive report* wh*i<& indicates I

the large amount pf work being done m land improvement m the County. In the event of No. 5 Scheme world being discontinued and later being resumed, he would like tp pee jbhe worksy started completed. Cr. Hopcroft agreed this was also the .Committee's - opinion, that a. continuation of present works necessary may be granted.