WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL

Waipa Post, Volume III, Issue 127, 12 July 1912, Page 3

WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL

The Waipa County Council met at Ohaupo on Thursday. There were present: Crs J. Fisher (chairman). Mac Kinder, Teasdale Bryant, Ryburn, Poynter, Alexander, Macky, Allen and the supervisor, Mr W. H. Mandeno. Hospital Contributions. The secretary of the Hospital Board requested payment of £771 4s iod, the amount of its allocation.—lt was decided to pay the amount in quarterly instalments. Rechabite Meetings. Permission vas granted the Ohaupo Rechabites to hold fortnightly meetings in the old Council Chambers. Moana Vale Road. The Moanavale Ratepayers' Association asked for repairs to the Cambridge-Te Awamutu road, where it passed ■ through Moanavale.—lt was decided to inform the association that a tender had already been accepted for the work ; but that the council did not consider it advisable to commence the work at this season of the year. In the meantime the worst portions of the road would be attended to. TheKihikihi Road.

Mr P. Virtue, Auckland, complained of the disgraceful state of the Kihikihi road n?ar Henderson's and Northcroft's properties, where traffic v/as practically suspended.—lt was decided to refer Mr Virtue to the Rangiaohia Road Board.

Drainage Matters at Ngaruawahia.

Mr Samuel Draffin, proprietor of ttie Waipa Hotel, Ngaruawahia, wrote emphatically denying that there was any nuisance existing through drainage at his premises.—lt was decided to inform Mr Draffin that it was at the river end of the sewer where the offensivencss occurred and that the council would be prepared to allow the town board to put in a public sewer along the county road. District Road Engineer.

MrT.Burd, District Road Engineer, intimated- that he had been transferred to Tauranga. He thanked councillors for the courtesy always extended to him. —The council reciprocated the kindly feelings expressed by Mr Burd and congratulated him upon his promotion. Slaughtering'Licenses. The Department of Agriculture forwarded certificates of renewal of slaughtering house licences to Messrs V. J. Fitzpatrick, Cambridge ; W. Tapp and Son, Frankton Junction; R. Chilcott, Hamilton ;F. D. Corboy, Kihikihi; T. G. Elmsly, Kihikihi; A. W. Jones, Pirongia; J. Middiebrook, Te Awamutu. Accounts. The following accounts were passed for payment: —Farmers' Auctioneering Company, 14s qd ; A. Bell, £5 16s 8d; Thos. Karl, 3s 8d; T. Mclnnes, £52 ; Daniel!, 14s iod; Renner, £32 10s lid; T. McCormick, £1 16s; T. McMechan, £l 2s 6d; Collenson Bros., 17s 6d; Young and Co., lisQd;C. T. Rickii, £1 os 8d ; Independent, £1 is ; Waikato Argus, 15s; J. Marshall, £l 4s; J. Bagurst, £3 ; T. Napier, £lO 6s; interest, £333 17s 3d; J. McCormick, 13s 7d ; T. Tibbs, £lB lis ; J. Mawhinney, £7B 15s; J. Muir, £8 7s 6d; W. Wilcock, £6 6s; Skewes Bros., 5s ; J. A. McNaul, £ls I2s : J. Douglas, £4 4s.

Finance

The report of the Finance Committee showed total receipts at £6044, and exoenditure at- £2586, with a debit balance of £B9l, leaving a balance of £2567 available for allocation, equivalent to about I2s 6d in the £ on the rates collected. The following schedule shows the amount available in each riding :• —Rangiaohia, £579; Pukekura, £744; Mangapiko, £310; Hamilton, £384; Tuhikaramea, £245; Newcastle, £228. Supervisor's Report. The supervisor's report was read as follows : The very wet month just past has tried the roads severely, and in many places clay roads have broken up badly. Even where they are sanded or gravelled, the traffic in many parts, is now so heavy,that the roads have gone into holes. It is becoming increasingly evident, especially in the Rangiaohia and Mangapiko Ridings, that, under present conditions, metalling is the only and economical plan of dealing with our principal roads. Of course, this would mean borrowing money, as metalling in this country is too expensive to be done solely out of revenue. There is little to report in the way of work clone. No new work, beyond necessary repairs, has been undertaken. As far as possible I have endeavoured to get anything specially bad attended to, but as we are working at present sometimes I am not aware of bad places until they become very bad, and timely attention might have prevented it. Then again, it is not always easy to get a man at a moment's notice to attend to what is wanted. It appears to me that if a suitable man could be secured in each riding, it would be a good plan to guarantee him, say, three days' work every week during four winter months. His duties would be to go round all the county roads in his riding, sec that drains were in an efficient condition, holes filled up as they ap-

pear, and in any special case report to me. Conference re metal : On the 29th ult. 1 attended the conference at liuntly re the above. There was a good attendance ot delegates. On inspecting the quarry most of those present were very favourably impiessed both as to the quantity and quality of the metal. Subsequently Mr Bailey, upon whose property the quarry is situated, stated that provided a railway siding could be obtained, he was prepared to put the metal on the trucks it 5s per cubic yard, and also to pay the annual charge of £SO for maintenance of siding. What the local bodies arc asked to do is to use their united influence to obtain the siding, and to divide the cost of its construction amongst them. No definite action was taken, but the meeting was adjourned to Hamilton on the first Wednesday in August, at 10 o'clock.—The report was adopted.