WALLACE COUNTY

Southland Times, Issue 20538, 14 July 1928, Page 4

WALLACE COUNTY

MEETING OF COUNCII* (From Our Correspondent.) The monthly meeting of the council held yesterday was attended by Councillors H. Garden (chairman), W. J. A. McGregor, W. B. Hopcroft, T. A. Buckingham, S. Fowle, H. F. Blatch, W. T. James, L. Cody and F. J. Linscott. Mr E. P. Newton, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, wrote advising of the appointment of Mr F. S. Dyson, District Engineer, Dunedin, as a commission to inquire into the boundaries of the Waimatuku River Board and the Otautau River Board.—Received. Mr 8. J. Collie, Wairio, drew attention to the bad state of road leading to his property and asked that 20 chains be gravelled next summer.—Left to member and engineer to look into. E. M. Bentley, Ohai, applied for permission to erect a petrol bowser in front of his property.—Left to member and engineer with power to act. C. G. Macauley, Mossburn, made application for a slaughterhouse license.—Granted. Mr A. L. Adamson, secretary of the Farmers’ Union, Invercargill, wrote with reference to the number of wandering stock on the roads at night time and asked that the regulations prohibiting same be enforced. The writer trusted that rangers would be appointed in every district.—Received. He also wrote in reference to the spread of the blackberry pest and asked that the regulations to check same be enforced.— Received. Mr F. A. Lloyd, county clerk for the Otago Counties’ Association, wrote in reference to a preliminary meeting of delegates in Dunedin on Saturday, July 14. The writer also asked the Wallace County to join up with the Otago Counties’ Association.—The council agreed to join up with the association and the chairman was appointed the delegate for July 14, while on his way to the county conference. Mr J. R. Hardie, Town Clerk, Palmerston North, wrote in reference to hospital management and asked the council to join in approaching the Government to have the system revised to define the future policy of public hospital revenue and expenditure.—Received. The secretary of the Southland Electric Power Board wrote enclosing tracing of alteration to road from letter box to Monowai bridge.—Common seal to be attached. At a special meeting of the council the audited balance-sheet was accepted and the following rates for 1928-29 were struck A general rate of 1 3-16 d. in the £ in Orepuki Riding and Pourakino Ridings; 15-16 d. in Waimatuku and Mararoa Ridings; lid in Aparima and Wairaki Ridings; Id in Otautau Riding; 1 7-16 d in Waiau Riding; 7-8 d in Wairio Riding; and 3-16 d in the hospital and charitable aid rate, and a timber rate of 4d per hundred feet royalty. Mr Nuttall’s report in regard to the crusher was referred to the engineer. ENGINEER’S REPORT. The engineer reported as follows: Since last meeting the weather has been wintry, but seasonable, and surfacing work has been carried on as well as possible. The new bridge over the Aparima at Wrey’s Bush has been open to traffic some two weeks now and the approaches were completed on Monday last. The old bridge is now closed for removal. The new bridge at Whare Creek, except for one coat of paint, was completed last week, and this week the contractor for the approaches is making a start on same. In connection with the application from Mr McCorkindale and others, asking for a public level crossing at the north end of Wairio railway station yard, Councillor Cody inspected and as a result I have in the first place referred the matter to the district engineer of railways for his consideration. On June 25 Councillor McGregor presided over a meeting of Ohai township ratepayers. Mr Burns and I were also present and the matter of a special rating area for a proposed drainage scheme and street lighting, sanitary and dust removal services as per petition lodged here, was gone into. At a subsequent meeting held a week later a local committee was set up and further consideration is to be given before the matter of the special rating area and the works to be done is fixed up.—Adopted. The chairman reported on his visit to Wellington, stating that several councillors met the Southland League and members of Parliament beforehand and had their support in regard to an increased grant for the Thornbury bridge. When Mr Furkert was present they made a deputation to the Minister of Public Works and made their requests to receive a fair hearing. The application to have the Ohai-Orawaia and Gropers-Thornbury roads declared main highways was repeated and they trusted some good would come of their visit.