WAIROA COUNTY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17231, 10 April 1930, Page 2

WAIROA COUNTY

COUNCIL’S MONTHLY MEETING

(Herald Correspondent.)

.■it the .monthly meeting of the Wairoa County Council there were present (Ts. W. J. Hill, acting-chairman, A. T. Cm roll, S. D. Dickie, W. Tait, K. B. Crombie, and F. 11. Norris.

The council went into committee or tiie matter of tenders, with the following results: Erecting small bridge arm installing culvert and filling, Grepet, road, no tenders were sent in. and the let ling of the work was left in the hand: of the engineer; forming 76 chain: Tahaenui,, road, three, .tenders were re reived, and that of Mr. A. Smith wa: accepted.; forming 121 chains of Nga motu road, seven tenders were received and that of Air. A. K'cllington was ac cepted; forming 43 chains of Wailni; Valley road, five tenders were receive! and that of Mr. P. Rugsted was ac cepted. The. Valuation Department,. Gisborne, forwarded for inspection revised yalua tiort rolls of the county, except lor tin Waiaii! and Mohaka ridings. The Napici District Highways Council forwarded ; copy of a circular from the Main High ways Board asking for recommendation: for the declaration of additional mail highways. The matter was left to tin chairman and engineer. It was decide to inform tire same hotly that Hie conn oil did not collect royalties for extra ordinary traffic by motor lorries on high ways in addition to lees under tli Act.

The District Engineer, Napier,. askei that the scrub on the road leading t Waikari railway station would he cut He also requested that schedules o suitable relief work he forwarded. —Thi was, left to the chairman and engiiieei A . list of liabilities on all road am bridge works under Government subsidy is to be sent in.

The. resident .engineer, Wairoa, wrot asking the present position of legalism Willow Flat road deviation. Tin engineer said the plans were now ready The chief surveyor. ‘Gisborne, forwarde for the consent of the council a plan i the new rood to be proclaimed in Ard keen settlement and intimated that tli consent of-the settlers must be endorse, thereon.—The assistant clerk stated tha he gave, the list to Mr. Meagher, wl promised to ask the settlers to call a the office and sign it. The Sitrvevm General, Wellington, gave notice of hi intention to proclaim an extension ( Omana road to give access to Mr. Er Te Ngaio’s property. —No objection wa offered. The Commissioner of Crowi I>ands, Gisborne, offered to lease certaii land on Waikaremoana road.—Tiie offc was accepted, and occupation asked h as soon ns possible. The commissione advised that' the car park reserve a Onepoto, Waikaremoana, was vested r the council for three years from Angus; 1924, and no compensation was payablto Mr. Neale. —A renewal is to he nj> plied for, for five years. Mr. John Lane claimed £3 as com peroration for damage to cattle wild, crossin a a slippery bridge at Ruakitur, The "council decided it could not er tertnin the claim. Messrs Coop Bros., who stated the,' had paid in fctveii £7OOO and £IO,OO to the council in rates over a. certait period, asked the council to consider th matter of giving access to their proper!' on Mahia peninsula. Cr. Carroll san Messrs Coop Bros, had made an hones plea for access. He favored leaving on a proposed bridge on the coast rom and doing other work which wont open up a lot of land. If the brulg' was built they must, follow the .cosat and that was no good. The chairman endorsing the iustic of the claim, sun that Mr G. C Ormond had paid i about £i6oo a year for several year in rates, and should have had some thing hack in the way of a road. Cr. Carroll: Mr. Ormond had jus sat back while a councillor, and there fore received no benefits. Cr. W. Em endorsed wlint had been said, hut le was >sure the cost would be high, ti Norris said it- was a matter of finance and doubly hunt in these times. Hr engineer shoo hi look into the m.iltei and take out a rough estimate. 1 lui was agreed to, and a letter is to b' sent oi; the subiect to Messrs. C’oof Bros. Cr. Crombie asked if a portioi of a large ratepayer’s rate could h< placed in -a reserve fund for such : purpose. The chairman said that rouh not he done. Mr. E. B. Short t was granted per mission to fence in pa i t of a, roro reserve near the hold at Morere, sue iect to the usual conditions. Maine ratepayers and Mr. F. S. Bowen pen tioned the council on certain matter" and Mr. Sym.es also waited on tin council regarding drainage. In tli first case the engineer is to report. B the latter case the engineer stated ttin if the. settlers cleared the outlets tli culverts would he |>nt right. Cr. Crombie brought up the ques tinn of appointing a permanent financi committee,, and this was supported te the chairman and Cr. Carroll, lie matter is to come up at the annua meeting in Mav. Tenders are to • called for metal for Nulinkn t. f \vn ship.