SECOND EDITION WAIKOHU COUNTY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17229, 8 April 1930, Page 8

SECOND EDITION WAIKOHU COUNTY

MONTHLY COUNCIL MEETING The Waikoliu County Council met today, there being present: Cr. A. A. Fraser, chairman, TVs. G. 11. Morice, C. Gaukrodger, H. 11. A. Doild, d. Hope, and M. Doyle. Leave of absence was granted Cr. H. J. F. Tombieson. Messrs. 11. G. Hooper and J. Geary, roadmen, applied for an increase in the rate of horse hire, at present 5s a day, to cover the increase, in the cost ol horse feed.—lt was decided to fix the rate according to the price of feed, and also to pay the carriage, the new payments to be made also concerning the stocks in hand.

Mr. S. Swat-brick, of Qtoko, referring to the subsidy of £200; ill for ill, for the metalling of the Mukaretu road, presumed that the, council would have to spend i!400 on tlie mad, but a metalling contract had been lei for only £206, leaving a balance of £134. He asked lor information concerning the council’s future proposals. —It was decided to explain that the contract already let was lor the lower purlieu of the road, £266 covering only the, carting on to the road, and that' the estimates for the coming year were net yet drafted. The manager ol Messrs, -Common, Shelton and Co. Lid., Motu. wrote asking that attention be given to the road in front of llm store.—The matter was referred to tDo engineer. Mr. T. IL Tyermttn requested that repairs be carried out on (lie Motu* balls road, which, was suffering from traffic betagen Waitangavna and Quirk’s Mill. —[t was decided to reply that the matter would be attended to with ordinary maintenance.

Mrs. Anna Cooper, of Otoko, wrote thanking the council for improvements ■carried out on her road mid asked 1 hat maintenance work he carried out from time to time.—Received. Messrs. Burnard and Bull forwarded for approval a plan of land to be taken for road and road to be closed in the Tapuihikitea block.-—Approved. The Opotiki County Council wrote thanking the Waikolm County Coun'jil for contributing £lO towards repairs to the .Motu Falls bridge. The local settlers had agreed to find n like amount, aiuß the Opotiki County Council had authorised its engineer to proceed with the repairs. The chairman of the Main Highways Board advised that the council's application for increased subsidy for maintenance would receive consideration. - Received.

The chairman of the Main Highways Rout'd wrote asking the council io supply a list of any additional roads which should be declared subsidiary main highways, the roads to be placed in order ol urgency.'—lt was decided to recommend the Kanakanaia and Makaretu roads. The District Engineer, Public Works Department, wrote requesting payment of the council’s contribution towards tlio cost of erecting Rutledge’s bridge.— Agreed to. The District Engineer, Public Works Department, wrote asking if the council had any suggestion to make re unemployment relief works to lie undertaken during the coming winter. —It was decided to reply that the only suitable work was that already referred to the department, the formation of Olliver road.

The engineer was authorised to pur chase another tractor grader.

Accounts totalling £5947 were passed for payment. The county clerk, Mr. J. G. Appleton, said that the credit in the general account was likely to be about £2OOO more than last year, but some of the riding balances may be smaller. The following tenders were’ let: Contract 1/30, 400yds of maintenance shingle on Rero highway, four tenders. W. Manson, £360. Contract 39/29, groynes, at Bruce’s read, two tenders, W. Dunsliea, £l3/ 17s 6d.

Contract 40/29, metalling Lavenham road, seven tenders, .1. Take, £6O.

Contract 41/20, metalling Mangatu road, three lenders, A. Monde, £153. Contract 42/2)3, Motu front road, three tenders, J. Take, £7O. Contract. 31/29, formation on MatawaiHangaroa road, one lender. Fitzpatrick and Mclntosh, £BIO.