WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL

Southland Times, Issue 17819, 27 November 1914, Page 2

WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL

ST ATI! TO R Y MEETING. The statutory meeting of Die Wallace County Council was field on Wednesday at Otautau, Crs. T. A. Buckingham, I’’. .1. Linscott, I). Clark, T. Flynn, F, ,1. Dyer. N. ,f. A. McGregor, T. Cody, Jno. Findlay and Jno. Jlorrell being present. The clerk occupied the chair, in accordance with the -ud. and called for nominations for the position of chairman. Cr Linscott moved that Cr Dyer he chairman for Die ensuing year. lie stated that Cr Dyer had proved himself a very able man at Die Council table, and was sure with the experience lie had had in Council matters, he would carry out the position with ability. Seconded by Cr T. Flynn. Cr .McGregor moved that Cr Buckingham bo chairman. In doing so lie said there was no councillor who hail a more thorough grasp of County matters Ilian Cr Buckingham, and Die present state of the finances of the Council required Die attention of a councillor whow ns close at hand. Seconded by Cr llorrell. The nominations were then declared closed. Crs Buckingham and Dyer retired from Die table on the motions being put lo Die meeting. Crs Clark, Flynn, Cody anti Linscott voted for Cr Dyer, and Crs McGregor, llorrell and Findlay for Cr Buckingham. tho Clerk thereupon declaring Cr Dyer duly elected chairman for Die ensuing year. tin taking the chair Cr Dyer was greeted with applause. He thanked councillors for Hie honour they had done him in electing Him chairman, of the Council. He was well aware of Die requirements of the position, and lie trusted Dial, all councillors would cooperate with him in placing the finance of the Council in a better position as il would lie his endeavour during Ills term to reduce Die expenditure in every direction possible. lie trusted that as formerly councillors would settle all differences at Die Council table, and meet afterwards as the best of friends. i Applause I. After Die minutes of last meeting 1 1 nil been read and confirmed, the chairman welcomed the new councillors to tho table. Crs Cody, Clatk and Findlay returned thanks and staled their intention of cooperating villi Die chairman in reducing Hie expenditure and placing Die finances in a better position. The full Council was created a finance committee, of which Cr Buckingham was appointed chairman, and <Ts McGregor, Linscott and Clark were appointed signing officers. Cr .McGregor was unanimously elected to represent the Council on the Southland League, COR iiESI'ON HE.NGE. The Assistant Under Secretary. Public Works, acknowledged receipt of letter asking for grant of £7.T for I >eeopsky road and advised that there is a sum of flail available on the vole provided on this year’s appropriations for til in road, Received. Under Secretary of Mines Department advised Dial a sum of CIOO had het'ii authorised for expenditure on the Colae-Round Hill road for gravelling.— Accepted. .1. L. S. Wright, secretary of Die Otago Expansion League, wrote re Mel-bnurne-ijliKT-! lunediii steamer service slating that owing to Die very attenuated and insufficient service provided there is a disastrous effect on the intercolonial trade and lie asked for Die Bonncil's co-operation in making representation lo tiie U.S.S. ('o. and the iluriard Parker Co, to reinstate the service. Received. Under Secretary of Public Works forwarded schedule allowing Die unauthorised balances for road and bridge works, the expenditure of which is to lie entrusted to the Council. Plans of Die works are to be submitted to Die Hepurlnient’s engineer. List as follows:—Armstrong and Guise road (f for t). £3O: Barron and Christie, do, £3O; Baxter road, do. £3(1; Beaumont .Settlement road, do, £3ii; Reek and Taylor road. do. £su: Belmont to RedclilT, £3mt; Cameron road (.Maori llilll It for £t, £11)0 16s 'id: Camp Creek Hill, north side. do.. £3O; Clifden to Lillburn, tin, £100: l)e----eopsky, £130; Dipton Boundary road (£ for £). £3O; Hipton to Caslleroek. do. £100: Duncny lo Tiie Key. do, £BS 3s Sd: Edward road, do. £3O: Erskine to Beach. Jr 100: Falls Creek (£3O £ for I), £62 as Sd; Feldwiek to Lambic earner. £3O; Flynn (Waikonra I It for £). £100; Ford road, block xviii.. Longwood. do. £3u; Forde road. Woodlaw. do. £3O ; Fraser road. Fairfax, do. £3O; Garigan road, do, £3O; Grassy Creek deviation, do. £73: Gully road, block 11, Waian. £200: Gnmmies Bush to Erinedale (£ for £). £3O; Hamilton Runt to Apariina River, do. £3O; Hayward road, block 13. Jacobs River. i£loo £ for £), £3S 7s 3d: Hewitt and Baltersby road, do, £100; Hollybnrn Bridge It for £), £130; Kearney to Smith, do. £3O; Keenan Creek road, do, £3O: Key to Whare .freek. do. £3O: Rindsay-Cnlehtnt road, do, £3O; Line of Hundreds east of railway, do, £100: do, west of railway, do. £3O; Longwood. block 3. section 2. £130; do. block 16, sections 3, I. 10-12, £200; do. block IS (Flynn road) £202 3s 4d: Lumsden.Mossburn road (£ for £l, £100; Marshall road, blacks I Oand 13. Waian. do. £100; Mayfield road, do, £3O; McFarlane road, do, £100; McNeill road, J.R.H.. do, £ll2 !)s Sd; Merri vale-Te Tttc, £200; Merri-vale-Waieola if for £), £100; Morley Gorge, do. £.70; Mossburn to Centre Hill deviation, do. £100: Mossburu-Te Auau direct, 700: Muir road (Waikonra) (£ for £), £100; Newton and Grocer road, do, £3O: Nightcaps to creamery, do, £3O; O’Dowd road, do, £SO; Ohai-Shean road, do. £73; Oraki station to Hunt (£IOO £ for £), £300; Otalm. do, £100; Playfair and Mcßae road, do, £3O; Power cutting, do, £3O; Reynold road, do. £3O; Riley and McCleeny road, £273 1 0s: Riverton Harbour endowment road (£ for £). £4O: Ronald road, do, £3O; Rnaliino to Beat'll. £130; Scott’s Gap-Feld-wick. £SO: Scott's Gap, lower, (£ for £). £IOO 12s 411; Slattery road, do, C3O; Lake Grant to Tiitaka, £100; Wakapalu to beach f£ for £), £3O; Ward and Duncan road, do, £SO; Watson, black 1. J.R. H., £130; Watson and White (£ for £), £SO; Whitestono bridge, £200: McLean road. Longwood and extension, £100; Dodd and Hawthorn road (£ for £). £SO. —Accepted.

G. L. McClure, Fenham Downs, Otantau,' acknowledged letter ot 20th Oct. slating Die Coun'cil had not received authority to expend vote 100, item 2144, £l5O. He had found that if the usual course had been adopted, authority for expenditure would have been issued. Specifications should be submitted to the resident engineer of the Public Works Department, Invercargill, after this is done the authority would come to hand. He pointed out the great Importance to Die settlers to have the work carried out and could not understand the position Die Council had taken tip, and also considered it should not bo necessary for It ini to instruct the Council bow to proceed. He asked for intimation whether Die Council intended lo proceed with the work—Cr Findlay moved Unit specifications to made out and forwarded. —.Motion carried.

The Minister in charge of the National Provident Fund forwarded a sup

erannualion system for employees of municipalities, road and harbour boards, C.A. boards, church or other organisations. firms, companies, and employers. —Received. Alfred Dillon, Pahia. drew attention to road fronting sections 3:'. and 34, blk. a, Longwood. Three to 5 chains are impassable, and if this were gravelled during the summer he would bo able to get his produce to the railway. —Left in the hands of the member for the district and the engineer to attend, Skoggs and another, Pahia. wrote asking if a postponed work on their road was to he proceeded with.—To be informed that the contractors had been instructed to proceed with the work. Fortune and Co., Orepuki, asked for refund of £3O held by the Council as deposit for road. —The Clerk said this was a deposit laid 3 years ago by the writers, who wore mining under a road, the condition being that the road should be made good.—The engineer said the road had been made good and it was decided to return the deposit. Constable Phillips, Orepuki. applied for lease of 10 years with right of rciiowH, for roadway between .las. Podham's and .Ino William's sections, reserve area, block 3, L.S. District, as a police constable's paddock, at a rent of iOs per annum, —Held over, inquiries to be instituted by the member for the district. 11. ti. Pankhurst and Ward Bros, drew attention to state of road from the factory to Ward’s road. They had to put 2 horses into a. milk cart to draw the cart at all as the road is dreadful. —Heft in the hands of the member for riding and the engineer to deal with.

G. E. Charlton, Tualapere, asked tho Council to go into tlte cost of the extension of the Tualapere drainage scheme.—Engineer and member to visit the locality and report at the next meeting.

McEwan Bros.. T’apalotara. asked tlte Council for some maintenance work on road between tlte school and their section.—To he attended to.

Edmond t'osgriff, Glifden, drew attention to an embankment which had been washed away on road through Mr T. Gochrane’s properly: also some water tables which needed attention, —Member for riding to attend to Die matter. Secretary of Southland Court at Auckland Exhibition intimated that the bal-ance-sheet would lie completed shortly. His committee had instructed him to present the Council with a, framed photograph of portions of the court, and it would follow shortly,—Received with thunks.

W. A. Edwards. I.tmisden, advised Hint all surface stones had been taken out and ploced on his property and Die contractor has started grading. lie was having a difficulty in getting his flow to a sufficient dept for Die water to run through, and il was necessary lo have a man to follow the plough and hook out the stones. Being busy on his own farm. Mr Edwards intimated bis inability lo further help—anyway he had fulfilled his agreement with Die Council’s engineer. Received. E. Pagan. Birekwooci. claimed fill lor the loss of horse's life while engaged on work at Mararoa Riding on 21st May, —Letter received, Die Council admitting no liability. R. Tapper, junr.. advised lie laid attended the last Council meeting of Hie Southland League and the Council's representative laid been appointed a member of the I’ommiinii ations-tourisls and natural resources committees. Mr Tapper advised the Council of their necessity to appoint a councillor as their delegale the having retired before the last election as a member 1.--Letter received. .lack Griffin. Nighleaps. asked for a refund of rates, £3 10s Id. lie bad paid on sections 12 ami IT. block 7. Nightcaps, unwittingly, (lie property being sold to Die Government last August - - Held over for inquiries lo lie made.

Tiie Minister for Labour returned requisition front shopkeepers at Nightcaps re hours of closing their premises and notified Dial the notice wuuid lit* published in the Gazette, and become enforceable in due course.—Received. Jno. C. Robertson. Wild Bush, asked permission to carl 4(' tons ot lime without a license.— Request declined.

.1. Davis, ranger, Feldwiek. advised of bis doings for October and staled lie had impounded 10 head of eatDe and collected fees amounting to 12s. —Received.

The document for signature in con nect.ion with Die bank account was re ceivod for signature.

Accounts amounting to £n 61 Us id were passed for payment.

The engineer read his report as lo! lows: —

Since lasi meeting preparations have been made for Hie season's work in the way of making up 33 plans and specifications in duplicate in connection with Government grants, of which Hie Council receives notification this meeting.

Re letter from Mrs Jones, Die resident engineer is spending some tnonej' on tins road and Gr Fl.vnn is providing the culverts and the necessa r.v timber lor a dock culvert.

Regarding application by Messrs Pearscy and Hunt for a level crossing over railway at Tihaka. before anylhing can he done it. would be necessary to ascertain the requirements of Hie-Rail-way Department. While in this locality an inspection was inane of road leading lo section 58, block IS. J.R.A. (Mr Jackson's) and T Ihink tin would be sufficient to build a small bridge over the Draka creek to give access.

In response lo .Mr Parson's application for work on Parson's road, il will be necessary before work can be done to fill in ad abandoned water race which crosses and recrosses this road. I have written the owners of this race for permission to do this, but so far have received no reply. There is a Government grant of £l5O for Coutt's road and part of this money could be used for Die above work.

The bridge gang lias completed repairs to Die Ford road bridge and are at present engaged at Camp Creek bridge which will be finished about Hie end of next week; a start will then be made on the Wairaki bridge and in connection with tills work I have hart bores pul down to ascertain Die depths of papa rook' below surface level and have purchased from Messrs Fraser and White their pile boring plant used by Diem on tho Tualapere bridge.

Tito report was adopted, after the engineer bad replied to Cr McGregor that at the Wairaki bridge they had struck papa rock 6ft below Die surface and it would he necessary to bore. Cr llorrell moved Dial £2OO he spent in Orepuki riding, and Cr Buckingham that £2llO he spent in Otautau riding.— Carried.

In reply to a question, (ho engineer said no liability had been accepted by tlio Council in connection with Wairaki bridge, although lie had called tenders for the supply of Now Zealand timber. Carswell and Co, asked that tiie Council authorise their chairman to sign Hie plans of road work in a new sub-di\i-sion of sections facing SouDt Riverton beach. Die contractor being prepared to deposit any sum of money as required by tlte Council as a guarantee that the work would be carried out to Hie Council's satisfaction, so that in Die moanlime Die sections could lie disposed of. Request declined.