WAIKOHU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14243, 10 March 1917, Page 4

WAIKOHU COUNTY COUNCIL.

5 At the meating yesterday, tenders for : tho supply of building material wero > opened, and that' of Mr. G. Smith was I accepted for timber and joinery. Tcn- , del- for hardware were held over, {ind will be dealt with on Wednesday, as 1 fuller details are required in the. cage , 01 sOmo tenders. On the motion of the -■ Chairman, a committee, consisting of 1 Cr.s. Smith, Tullriek, and Peacocke, I was set up to ,<leal with these tenders, - and to arrange for the erection of the . cottages. j > Cr. Shanks moved that the contractor f for the metalling in Kanakanaia road t be urged to complete his contract. The overseer was authorised to allow' him to 1 finish the work, which had boen partly 1 done, and hold the rest over till next b year if the weather is' unfavorable. 1 It was resolved to draw the attention a of tho Inspector of Noxious Weeds to i the Rpread of blackberrv in the Waihora t Valley. i Ci'.* Smith stated that the nnnrry ner.ir - Rakauroa was about worked out, and i- he would lik-J'tho overseer to have an- - thority to opdh a notf one.— Agreed to. ;• At C*. Slhith's request authority wan il given for metalling 'about 20 chc*ns of the mUin road near Armstrong's mill. ' A attm of £20 was granted for repairs :- to Slmw's. vond. s ' A' resolution, proposed by Cr. Smith, e t)ia.t all motallin^ on hill roads 'be boxed, ff was carried. ; A ' cl A progress pfeyment of Was s passed tiri'iibeountßf Honey's contract 1 , e Cr. Fraser.' asked that the metalling near Hutchinson 1 , bridge (pi<evioii3l^' au-

thorJ3ed) bo gone on with. — Agreed to. j Cr. Tullock drew attention "to the foi-. I lowing matters, "which, it was agreed, j should bo seen to : Repairs to metal in j Puha-Wha<tatutu road; fresh site to be selected for roadman's cottage at Man-, gakino; willows, at a 'k°' lu bridge to* b_ topped. . . ! At th« request of Cr. Peacocke, it | was agreed' to have teams put on to repair the clifF-cutting at Te Karaka as I soori as possible; also to do- patching in the Kaitaratihi-Main road", and to clean out th© main drain at Te Karaka and' culvert at Evirison's corner. ' Or. Peacocke also moved that steps he taken to license taxi-drivers. — Agreed to. It was resolved to have th? office and overseer's house connected to the new telephone exchange.