WALLACE COUNTY

Southland Times, Issue 20664, 20 April 1929, Page 4

WALLACE COUNTY

MEETING OF COUNCIL. The monthly meeting of the Wallace County Council yesterday was attended by Councillors H. Garden (chairman), T. A. Buckingham, W. .J. A. McGregor, W. B. Hopcroft, F. J. Linscott, S. Fowle, H. F. Blatch, W. T. James and L. Cody. .

W. Crowther and 18 others, Orepuki, applied to have Mumford Road, leading off Fortune Road formed and opened for traffic. The petitioners trusted this work would bo done while the weather was good. —Left to member and engineer to attend to. William Smith and Co., Ltd., Invercargill, asked that the road leading to their sawmill at Waihoaka be attended to before the winter sets in.—Left to member and engineer to attend to. S. Pollard, Colac, drew attention to the state of outlet to Lake George, which needed cleaning, and to the work of the Wakapatu Mining Company’s operations damming the water back on his property.— Left to member and engineer to attend to. The Public Trustee, Invercargill, executor in the estate of James Frew, asked that the road giving access to the property from the main TuatapereOrepuki road be attended to. —Government grant to be applied for. James Graham, lessee of the above mentioned property, applied to have the road attended to before winter. —Government grant to be applied for. M. Stephens and Sons, Waipango, forwarded cheque for rates, and asked that the road giving access to their property be attended to. —Left to member and engineer to inspect.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill, wrote in reference to gravelling the remaining 31 miles of Ward road, Fairfax. ■ The work was estimated to cost £2250, and the writer wished to know if the council would find quarter of the cost if the remainder was arranged by the Public Works Department and further loading on the land—Held over till next meeting.

F. Bowden, Invercargill, wrote in reference to his previous application to have outfall for sections 30 and 31, Jacob’s River Hundred, Colac, cleaned out. —Writer to inform the council who the owner now is.

The clerk, Otautau River Board, applied for the right to deposit spoil, mostly gravel, as taken out by the dredge on roadline along channel through Mr Norman’s property.—Left to engineer with power to act. T. George, Wairio, asked that the gravelling of the last 10 chains of road in Mr Ford’s contract, be completed this season.— Further grant, to be applied for to use truck gravel and work to be done in the spring. F. Ridder, Tuatapere, asked that the Government grant for Merrivale —Te Tua road be spent.—Writer and those interested to apply to the Minister of Lands for a deviation of the present, road before the grant is spent. A. Boucher, Ohai, asked that the public drain running through his property be attendee! to. —Left to member and engineer to deal with.

J. L. Birtles and W. Ramsay, Nightcaps, appeared as a deputation to' the council to ask for better access to their properties in the shape of a stock bridge over the Aparima River. They offered to do the carting, make the approaches and assist the council all they could, as in the meantime they had no access at all in times of flood.—Left to member and engineer to inspect and report. J. A. Pears, Nightcaps, applied for permission to erect a motor gate at North boundary of Etalvale Run adjoining Dunrobin with Mr W. Bond, and a similar gate at Etalvale south boundary with Mr W. Ramsay.—Permission granted, subject to approval of engineer and during the pleasure of the council. R. Key, Town Clerk, Lumsden, applied for assistance for the council towards the cost (£80), of buying a piece of land for a new cemetery.—Held over for clerk to look into the matter. M. Monk, Lumsden. applied to the county to have the gate at Manapouri Station on the Redcliff road shifted, as it was in a dangerous place, and also to have the three on Robinson’s Road, The Key, removed, or else swing gates substituted. — Left to engineer to attend to, councillors recommending that motor crossings be put

tn. B. Monk. Lumsden, offered to take a grazing right lease from year to year over gravel reserve at Holmsdale Village at £1 per annum, and offered to clear gorse in lieu of one year’s rent and swing-gates on the roadline.—Year to year lease granted, subject to Commissioner of Crown Land’s approval, and right to take gravel.

G. Kelly. County Clerk, Ashburton, forwarded a’copy of the proceedings of the conference held there on March 14. Councillor Garden reported on attending at the conference at some length and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The clerk, Waimatuku River Board advised the wish of Messrs. R. Hishon and J. H. Meehan to have further dredging work carried out at the top end of the stream, and agreeing to pay £7 each per annum for 20 years to cover cost of same. To allow this work to be done it would be necessary to bo done under the jurisdiction of the council. —Resolve that Councillors Buckingham, Cody, James and engineer by a Sub-Committee to look, into the matter with power to act. H. Mathieson, Ringwaj' Ridges, also wrote stating his objection unless the council agreed that his boundary be not altered and that no spoil be deposited on his land. —-A Sub-committee appointed to interview the writer.

The financing cf the council’s share of the cost of work on Aparima Bridge was apportioned as follows: —Orepuki, Pourakino and Waimatuku Ridings to contribute half of the total, the remaining half to be divided between all the Ridings, one nineth each. The clerk submitted the balance-sheet and same was passed for audit, councillors passing a vote of appreciation for the clerk’s services during the year. It was. resolved to apply for a free grant of £5OO for the Birchwood—Feldwick Lower Road.

Before adjourning Councillor Garden thanked members for their support to him during, his chairmanship Whther he was returned to the council or not, he would always remember the fellowship and good feeling which existed between members to allow the business of the council to be conducted harmoniously and yet efficiently. Councillor McGregor replied and thanked Councillor Garden for the efficient manner in- which he had filled his position. The engineer reported as follows:—Since last meeting the weather has been excellent for road work. This month alone has so far had 20 consecutive fine »days in the Otautau District and good progress is being made with metalling work. There are one or two exceptions, where no progress is being made, one contractor on the Wreys Bush —Mossburn Road has done nothing the last three weeks and the contractor on the remaining gap on the Gummies Bush—Ermedale Road is making a poor showing. Among the more important works completed are McNeill Road, now metalled right through from Flints Bush to Calcium. The bad gap on the Scotts Gap Road is now metalled. Moffatt and Forbes Road, Orawia, and Clark Rond, Drummond, are completed from end to end and the gaps on Terrace Road, Alton and Happy Valley Road, Tuatapere, are now finished. Several other roads will be completed right through next summer. In connection with the request of the Southland Motor Association concerning a proposed foreshore bridge over the Waimatuku Stream, Councillor Linscott -met the representatives of the Southland County Council on the 16th inst. and made an inspection of what appears to be the only site at this place. As a result of this conIference the Southland County Engineer will report as to cost at a later date. In connection with the Aparima motor grader I would ’recommend that this grader be fitted with a scarifier attachment and this would greatly increase the usefulness of this- machine., - -