TUAPEKA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3513, 12 July 1921, Page 12

TUAPEKA COUNTY COUNCIL.

j The monthly meeting* of the above body i was held on Friday afternoon (reports the j Tuapeka Times). Present: Crs McLennan (chairman). Brown, MacDonald, Dodger, ♦Simpson, Cotton, Revie, Leary, and Bennetts. CORRESPONDENCE. From Dr Gmnour (Roxuurgii), notifying ! several cases ot mlectious diseases in tliat ! district. —Deceived. ) .From 'JLreaecy Bros. (Evans Flat), asking ■ to be relieved of their bond in connection j with the mining of a road which ha<l now : been restored.—The engineer having certiS lied that the work of restoring the road was i satisfactory, it was resolved to return the bond. } iu-om R. >S. Charters (Dunedin), drawing I attention to the rotten slate of culverts about half a mile on the Eeithcn side of I‘ornahaku River. Engineer to obtain necesi sary material and attend to repairs. C. Tophum (Millers Flat), on behalf of the Soldiers’ Memorial Committee, asked permission to erect a memorial in the l’ublio Hall grounds.—Granted. Todd Bros., Ltd., forwarded account for adjustment of area in altering road on section 15, Block IX, Greenvale, with ini terest, which had been in abeyance since 1908, together with interest, the total amounting to £l7 14s. —Engineer to report at next meeting. John Harris (Heriot) drew attention to the bad state of the road known us the Old | .Mill road, which was really impassable ow- : ing to the large 1 oles, these being partly due to the overhanging trees. The chairman said that he had seen Mr Haugh about ! the trees and he had given a definite proj mise to remote the trees within two months, j Writer to be informed accordingly. MLaughlin Bros. (Evans Flat) asked for seme repairs to road leading to their property, also on roadline leading from Bush road on Falconers Valley l-oad. —Consideration deferred till next meeting. The matter of appointing a surfaceman | for Crookston riding war left in the hands ! of the chairman and member, j Robertson Brown (Tuapena Mouth) asked | for some improvement to the Blackeleugh j bridge. He was prepared to under tale j the work himself if the council could no! | get the labour. -It: reply to the chairman | the engineer said the work required woulci | cost. £3OO. —The clerk to write and explain ] that the council has no funds to carry out j the work in the meantime, i O. Moen (Waitahnna) was granted permission to erect a gate or roadline near late Mr Loeffkr’s property The Heriot Hall Committee asked t the council to procure 18 tons of Logan’s Hill metal, which it would oart free of charge and place on road opposite hall. —Requeat ! agreed to.

POISONED GRAIN. It was resolved that the usual amount (£SO) be expended in poisoned grain. TEMPORARY LOANS. The question of the wisdom or otherwise of receiving temporary leans was raised through an inquiry by a local club as to whether the council would accept £250 at call and the rate of interest it would be prepared to pay. Or Rodger (chairman of the Finance Committee) said that it was apparent that before the close cf their financial year they would have an overdraft of anywhere between £9OOO and £IO,OOO, and it was probable the bank would be quite agreeable to being relieved of some of the responsibility. Though the application before the council was in respect of a very small amount, he believed they could secure up to £3OOO in this form of investment. Ho was rot favourable to the jaunty accepting money unless with the express approval of their banker. Cr Bennetts did not see any reason why they should study the bank, and considered if they could get money at a reasonable rate they should accept it. At the same time he would, as a member of the Finance Committee, exercise some caution, so that they would not be involved by a sudden demand for withdrawal. The Chairman expressed himself a.s not being in favour of taking money at call. It was resolved that the chairman interview the bank manager oil the subject. THE ENGINEER’S POSITION. The Chairman reported that nothing had so far been done in regard to filling the engineer’s position. The committee has considered the matter, and had decided to leave the matter for the full council to decide. After discussion it was. resolved: “That applications be invited for the position of engineer or qualified road inspector for the county, application to be made in writing, accompanied by credentials, and lodged with the chairman on or before August 6.” GENERAL. The accounts for the months of May and June, amounting to £3315 4s Id, were passed for payment. It was resolved that one truck of metal be ordered for road near Mr Herbert’s, and six trucks for Rae’s Junction-Edievale road. The engineer was instructed to communicate with the Public Works Department in regard to the £IOO vote for the Rae’s Junction-Edievale road, which had been withdrawn. Cr Leary asked for an expenditure of £SO on main road from borough boundary to Big Hill. —Tlie Chairman thought that before expending any money on the main road they should get a report from the engineer. —Cr Simpson agreed with the views of the chairman. —The Chairman said it had been an understanding that any money spent on the main road should be subsidised by the Government, but there was little hope of that in the present conditions.—Cr Leary, in view of the attitude expressed, moved that the chairman and engineer report at next meeting on the main road requirements. Cr Revie drew the council’s attention to that portion of the road between Heriot and Diumisdlie corner, which had been rrtetalled. The metal had been put down narrow, and was being scattered all over the place.—The engineer undertook to look into the matter.