PATEA COUNTY COUNCIL

Patea Mail, 17 November 1939, Page 4

PATEA COUNTY COUNCIL

’ ENGINEER’S REPORT The following report ot the County Engineer was read at, lie meeting of the council held on Wednesday, and adopted. KATA.HA. K11)IX(f: All work lias Been conlined to the restoration of fiooo damtige. On Hie Waiiotara Valley highway Sutherland’s Bridge is nearing completion. Wien this Bridge is stripped for repairs it was found ne-

cessarv to renoiw the stringers in one of the old Spans. All earthwork in connection with Hood da,mage on the Makakaho Road should, he completed this week, but there are several restored fillings which have yet to be metalled. In the AFoeawatoa the slips have been sufficiently widened to enable wool lorries to get in and out. .IRU’.M All AKI IMDI.VB : Most of the nurk in this rit'r.ng has been in connection with flood damage. A number of slips on the Omahine end of the Aloinroa Road have been cleared and slips on the Alangawhio Saddle and the various Block Roads have been cleared. At two points on the Omala Road stream diversion cuts have beer, completed and the road at these points should not give furl her trouble. The Village Settlement Rond has been grafK'd and ordinary maintenance attended to where necessary. AVAVK.Ri.KY RIDING: Karahakl Road has been formed fn readiness for Government, grant metalling, and Karahuki Road am! Kola Highway lave been graded. The narrow places on the Mataimoana Road have been widened mid genera! maitenance has been attended to on all roads.

OTOIA 'HAST KI.DJXH: Vfurk Ims heen confined to general maintenance throughout tin; riding. ! lie Mabon Txond is n<r.\' open for lorry traffic and nil other roads are 'in good condition. OTOIA WKfcST IJIDIXG: Hurstliousc and Kaiwaite Bonds have been formed and the Government grant metalling iis now in hand. Hurst house Koad is practically completed with only a small section of chip surfacing to finish. About A) chains of metal has been laid on Kalwaiti Hoad. Joll Koad is being formed in readiness for metal. Several roads in the Hurle'yville area. .Mamitahi Beach Koad and Ingakipe Koad and biidgo approach ]mvc been graded. Genera] maintenance Ims been attended to where necessary.

iMAXHTAHL C'K I'All Kb’: This plant has been completely overhauled and crushing started on October "oth, good progress having been maintained. VfA ITOTA It A CKIhSIiKK: 'This plant is being overhauled, and it is intended to start crushing there next week. COl'Xn: GI.MKK'S .IMH'OKT The following report of the Gminty Clerk, ALr. (1. J. Broker, was submitted to the council at its meeting on Tuesday, and ail opted. Highways subsidies and Government grants totalling aHlb’^O/1 -S/0 have been received since last meeting, and further claims to ditto will be made as soon its possil.de. Government Grunts: Authorities arc to hand since hist meeting tor the Billowing grants for the current financial year: 1 — Kuwaiti Koad, £2 for £!, £1,1)08; Block 8 Koad, £2 for £l, £1,015. Kates amounting to £-144/12/4 for the current year have been paid up to date.

C. Hodge, arrears: The sum of £lO/0/11. (inolu<l inl2/- costs), was paid into Court in satisfaction of last year’s rates owing l»y C. Hodge. History .Booklets: Although (Ac sales of the History of the County have tab lea o IT considerably in ll>o last twolv-j months, copies are still being sold. The petition to date since publication m November 1927, is as follows. — Total sates "It!, out of sales or refur’; OS. free issues 92., slock in land 2.2,2,; total edition 1009.

The total cost of tiie publication and incidental expenses 'was £9l/10/- and to date sales have realised £.7(1/12/9. I am endeavouring to arrange for the booklets (o be on sale at the Provincial Court of the Centennial Exhibition. Tn view of the Centennial celebrateons, 1 have also written to the various booksellers in the centres with a view of sales. T have also obtained a list of old pupils of the Batea School, and propose to forward circulars to about b"0 of them, in connection with the booklet,.

I would suggest Cor the ronncil’s eons'd(o ill ion Hint a number of copies of Hi,. List or v bookie-. be donated to tlic various military camp libraries, wldidi ( are being established under tl:e auspiroa of the Libraries Association. Afcidont Tnsura: A. Mb boveridye, ol : XnluduWi, suffered an injury to hm id gin hand v.d en starting n motor 10-ry on 10|k Ortolmr, and was liu-a-pm-itaied Cor a. week. Compensation n mom ted in W/V2/ , and lias been paid ), v vlie Sent 1 ibilisk Insurance Coinpony. kioiimakaki Land and Cottage; f ormal not lee to give np possession lias been served on tlm occupier of the Conned’s proper!v at 3.Tmimalmki, u S. J. iVkscn. Wait Clara Station Timid: Tie TVuitotara I,line Company lias been cbarged lb,, sum of £i> I/!•/- Cor its proportjnn of Ike cost of mninteiiance of (be Waite) ara St at ion Tload, due to the exI'avo'd in ary (raflie Cor tke year ended best July' last. T have 'also asked for settlement of Ike ekarge for tke previous year (£2B/10/7), which is still owing. Lem Tees: I propose to prosecute several defaulters who have failed to