UAWA COUNTY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17180, 10 February 1930, Page 2

UAWA COUNTY

Kv':"’'-MEETING OF COUNCIL B S 3; i ' (Herald Correspondent.) of the Uawa County nuioil was held in Tolaga Bay on BtofiJay Present: Crs. E. B. Boland; Eroan: H. P. Barron,' E. t\ iMfil, Ipi: Beeves, G E. Smith, and I ■ T. weeks. Leave of .absence was granted wjQn. King Spencer and J. McNeil. f.Tho; Union Bank of Australia advised Wat’:' ‘the interest rates on overdraft jwaltt be increased to 7 per cent. — fipfid. ’w***' Waiapu County Council asked tjkut consideration be given to ' a joint jgjtahe for appointing a traffic inspector §S./tJhe Matakaoa, Waiapu and Uawa clerk was instructed lo Igfedhat the council was in favor of rating up with the scheme, and sugiiwted that a conference between the Pprrften of the counties should be held gfcTokomaru Bay to arrange details. IThe pdupdkefeper' reported 12 Head of (took impounded during the month. Iptie clerk was instructed to institute Srbfideding to amend the plumbing and irainage by-laws. iTlfe engineer was authorised to confer kith Mr. Reynolds with reference to tho iteration of the road line of Hick’s pSie. clerk was instructed to charge Ik> usual rates for calves, including Jfcanem dipped at the cattle dip. js?lhe' engineer was instructed to order Ira hecekulry timber to provide a runmm f° r Tolaga bridge. The engineer was asked also to prepare an estipat* 'Sot next meeting of the cost of racting wire netting on the bridge. I Accounts amounting to 151784 17s 7d |iaSsed for' payment. ' fe, ;.ENGINEER’S REPORT jpPKfr report of the engineer, Mr. J., P, (xdthrte, was as follows: — I'*'*Slain highways maintenance: ReSoattyg w\th maintenance shinglo hds’ JsHui -carried out on 41 and 42 mile, ind ahingle repairs are now in hand »i : 84 mile and 35 mile. ' A small wi'dgb hear the county depot at 37 bHc, - which had practically collapsed, litas bieii replaced with a pipe culvert necessary tilling in has been jammed. A soon as tRc filing [ wis settled permanent metalling will p carried out. The roUg\» portion in ixon’s catting hhs been scarified iui graded up ready for re-coating, Hid? has'beeti delayed by the break t trhc weather. ; “Secondary highways: Metal reBiira have been put in hand from 6 P 8 mile, and a grader is engaged fitting the section in order for .niotalBgi .' Crushing has been delayed trough a .break in a crusher casting; lis is now being refitted'. The culert outlet had badly scoured fear. Mr. Caldwell’s has boon stoitejiyed, aiul the creek bed put in prSurfacemen have been engaged gilding up-the shoulders of the road iere necessary, and repairs have [ I‘ep earrried out ou the bridges from ( ikipfiiti to' ToTa ga. roads: Rolling in .and of metalling'’ on the Waga-Arnkihi road ’ bps been com- j eted. A surfaceman' is engaged , ianing up and generally repairing ( te road. A protective- groin 'has i isen placed at McNali's bridge, where i was occurring through deepen- ’ ij|bud straightening of the Channel be- ’ iw the bridge. Repairs also hayebpen. , imed ont to bridges on this section. Re-. J iisJtate-irieiit' of formation on’ Rut- J jige's road,' damaged by the flood, i&» beep completed and the necessary adverts placed.- The .rjrfaeepvan’op pdweU’s hill is'engaged on relading tho Rip© slip -preparatory to Uftkiiig a concrete » crossing.' -ReSjtatem.ent work on Huhnul road has «eh completed.' The men are onaged procuring material for fencing •fchorised on Bartram’s deviation. ( the metalling on Kaiua road has been Diitpletcd. Metalling authorised ‘on ( )elta road'hasheen completed; and thfiii tands are engaged on a renewal of i wo culverts and opening outlets, ijflien I proceeded to make the enjjjipeerjmg survey of Hick's Toad I Mml that all" the original survey m* hail' gone; the survey was made jHyeaTS ago, and all pegs had disilpeared. I have had to have, this (MuHine re-surveyed, and now I find pt. the road line is occupied in lilies with plantations; these could ift avoided by a slight alteration to jjU line over the first 20 chains, and Pould like tlit* council’s nuthofitj Spjjteal with .Mr. 'Reynolds' in' the ; Batter.” ||she report was adoptc^l.