WAIKOHU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14045, 15 July 1916, Page 5

WAIKOHU COUNTY COUNCIL.

The following business was gone through after the luncheon adjournment yfcsterday : — (Jr.' Tullook moved that Martyn's road be inspected by the engineer beioro any further money is -spent, m order to ascertain whether a permanent road line can be lonnd.— Agreed to. A resolution moved by Cr 'Smith tha-t tt -pound be established at Matawai was earned. ' On the motion of Cr Peacocks it wa-s re&otved to write to the rangsr, instructing him to' be more strict m carrying out his duties. , Cr Kmith <lrew attention to the obstruction caused by the verandah posts i-i front of the store at the corner of •Larenhara. road He asked tho Council to instruct the owner to remove them. — Motion carried, Cks Frasar and Peacocke voting m the negative. The Chairman said lie wished to suggest that many men who were themselves unable to go on active service might be glad to act as trustees for others who were going, and he proposed that a list be kept at the Couric.l offices of all who were willing to offer thsir services; The suggestion wag heartily endorsed, and the clerk waa instructed to keep the. record, of all who handed m their names. Authority was given to raise a 1 dan of £600 for erecting^ a bridge over the Waihgarbmia river, and for a loan of £I^op T for erecting i bridge over the Wharekdpae rivet- at Senunens' crossing. ■ ■ ■•■:...•* Of the balahcs of : the- money standing to :; the credit of the ' workers' dwellings' -loan' it decided to place £200 ' bit fixed 'deposit for 'two years arid £2000 foivone year. • . The clerk was authorised to employ a collector for Native rates on a commission basis. • ■-.-■•■ O Peacocke moved that the ranger be written to, telling him to impound, stock straying On the -roads, as complaints have been frequent. The estimates for 1916-17 ars as follows : — General.— Td surfacemen's wages £4590, grader - parties' wages £1100, casual labor and contingencies £1000,; upkeep of horses £500, r . bridge repairs and renewals £700, bridge timber and ironwork £850,' general stores £250, ; plant repairs and renewals £250, new culverts (timber) £400, new culverts . (pities) £20Q, ; salaries and- office exnen'se's £1550, Hospital and •Charitable Aid Board £1300, Hospital loan interest £350, Kaitara-tahi bridge interest £154, workers' dwellings interest £676 total £13,870. Deductibns-^-Governmeht- subsidy £1850, refund Mntuera ' crTa nt, £200. refund Tangihanga bridges £^50._ refund Government grant Ma-tawai-Motu road • £250, refund' Cook County maintenance £500— £3050— balance £10,820. Rate reqiuired for .this general expenditure lfd ' to be struck over whole (Jaunty.^ ! ■Special.— Motu riding:" To share of general expenditure, £3220, rate lfd; i metalling Motu Valley road £200, do. Neill road £300, do. Mbtu 'front' "rdad £150. do. Ra.kauroa-Tahbl-a road £100, new bridges Motu valley £250, Poututu No. 2 deviation £250, 'deviation beyond Poututu £150— £1400 ; special works rate gd ; total Motu ' ridinur, £4620; total rate 2Ad- .- ■ ■ ~ Maiigatu ridintr : To shkbs of general expenditure £3690, rate lgd ; metalling and improvements £1000 ; special works rate id: total Manga tv riding £4690; total rate 2id.^^' , : ' " Ngatapa riding : To share Of general exi>end^ture £1430) rate l|d ; Roberts' bridge £300, MetatHtig £300-4^600; special works rd.te- |d ; total Ngatapa ridinpr £2030; total. i?ite 2£d. , Kaiiakana ; -a' riding : To Share general expenditure- £1020; -rate ,l|d; metalling £400: speCia-1 works i'ite |d ; totaf tCanakanaia ridhig £1420 ; to.taJ rate 2id. .' •• Karaka lixfilig: To share general expen'Hitur© ' £1460, ia.te l|d ; metalling £Wd: special Works 'rate |d ; fetal Karaka- riduig- £2060^; ' total rate 2£d.