WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL

Western Star, 24 May 1929, Page 3

WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF COUNCIL. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. The statutory meeting the WVbuue County Council was 1-tid at Ot.iutau on Wednesday when the following Councillors were present: Messrs James, Cody, Horrell, Blatch, Foale, Hopcroft, Linscott, McGregor J'nd Buckingham. Councillor James -was appointed chairman for th c ensuing 12 month.-;. On taking the chair, Councillor James thanked the Councillors for the honour conferred, and said that with their assistance he would do his best in the interests of the County. He also stated that with one exception the old members had, been ret-r.-ned. Ho welcomed Councillor HorrelJ bfck to the Council table. He had csone g;ood service in tlie past, and he < t nsidered he, would do so again-Coun-cillor Horrell thanked th e chair nan tor his remarks, and assured them he would do his duty by the riding ivhich iie had th 6 honour t 0 represent and the County as a whole.

Councillor McGregor was appointed chairman of the finance committee H. D. McHugh, Defence Department advised that h e had inspwfA'd the Kiyerton Drill Hall reserve, and found that the gorse and broom |>n the roadway in front of the adjoin*sections had not been cut. He askfcd *ZJ* n ¥ pl , anat i<J n as *o why the Inspector took action against the Department and did not take similar action against the adjoining owners. With reference to Colac Bav Drill Hall various repairs were needed. He drew attention to thc fact that the nsu,. anCe on this building had no t the matter had been referred Io the residents at Colac Bay. 1m;k J ' V y e A ney ' ma nagor of William Smith and Company, Limited, wrote vith reference to the state of the r o ad lend.ng to the mill manager's residence at Waihoaka. Rate, had beer W, d W th f laSt + 25 «»d nothS? Xt *° the road - H * st *ted strnrt S.° unc V a s Prepared to const! uct the road properly without deaifdiHnn C + ompa,l y was prepared, in addition to about, £3O already spent °n it, to pay the sum of £2O towards such construction and making, withbetl'T C !i " nd S^ bject to the ™-k being carred out ]mmediateJv __ Le £ to report! 1 S ° f membet . and G. McSwain, Tuatapere, applied tn have, the road culverts cleared out b e°Z J-J- HM «le re on' s slaughterhouse and D. Jenkin's road atiho S&;^ e T, dammed b »<* "J the ailuay ground leas«l b v him .-Left m the hands of member and engineer xnrdin 3 " Jatr,*, Rivert o n, wrote £ 10 &I 6 r T aCI » übdi YWinff section tu, B'ock 1., Jacobs River Hundr-d and -asked that th 0 Counci \n ve a certificate to the effect that this 43 of TJtT*?* 3 r ° ad b >' thi Conn engTnei " *> fnr™^'.i Rowan ' P° st master, Otautau £?" ed T 011 fl ™ sett'eis at Longw o od for permission L erect a private telephone line the road at Longwood.—Granted ff A. Bickley, Thornbury, stated' he M d T, + S T d OU > the <«trh as suggest eel by the engineer, and asked That the culvert be lowered to ff i ve £,„ sufficient fall—To be advifed that surfaceman would attend t 0 the mat-

William Curran, West plains rethe culvert on ' the swamp that- crosses the Riverton Harbour Endowment road be lowered.Jo be attended to.

nH'i }'. 6efe ' Ota'utau, asked that a t JS* P lT ed at tllß top of George near the stock bridge.-Unfer to b 0 informed that it is llo t the policy light C ° Un f ° Subsidiz e' £ 't'eet

E. D. Russell, Glenburn, asked that a Government grant be applied for to gravel and re-form another twenty chains of the Glenburn road. If tlrs were granted he asked that the work be done next summer, a s the road wa a in a bad state.—The council could not «.£ its way t 0 apply fo r a grant. -L. \\. Stowart, secretary, Calcium /•'Son? TrUSt ' a PP ]i€d for a grant of £2O towards the upkeep of the cemetery grounds.—£lo voted, half to be charged to Waimatuku riding cemetery be advised to apply for the balance of th e monev to the Southland County Council. John Fisher, clerk, Waimatuku River Board, advised that the work on H ; shon and Median's drainage channel wa« being proceeded with, and that the boa r d would claim £l4O when the workwas finished—-Received.

John Kirkpatrick, Wairoto, asked that the gravelling of the road leading to his homestead be put in hand at once, and that Messrs O'Brien would do the work. He would also supply a man to spread the gravel.—Council objects to making a one-man road. G. C. Stowart, Otaitai Bush, applied for fall across th e road at E Daniel's residence.—T o be attended to.

R. H. Eastman, Ohai, drew attention t 0; the lack of. drainage in front of his property, and looked to the council to rectify the matter.—Mr Eastman to be referred t 0 Ohai Railway Board for completion of road E. ]. Valentine, Wre ys Bush, 'applied for the right to cut flax on thc *id 0 of the road from the Wairio School t 0 Wrevs Bush.—Writer to be informed that he had the right t 0 cut the flax.

More and Son, Longwood, applied for tlip right to cross the road with the tramline.—Granted under the usual conditions.

R. I H. Bisset, Avondale, stated that 1 permission had been granted to contractors t 0 cart gravel through >■''» property 0 n condition that, royalty was paid ; and th e track left in proper order. As this had not been done he asked that payment be stopped until the conditions were compiled with.— Clerk to hold sufficient monev to put the track- in order, failing the contractors doing it.

Ihe District Highways! Council advised that it did. not approve of the erection of 'motor gates.' 0 n \[.H. Wreys Bush to Mossburn, but" the hoard had n 0 objection to present gates remaining. Engineer to communicate with the Public Works engineer and explain the position. W. Hammond asked that the control of th 6 Lake Mavora road be transferred to the engineer of tho Lake County Council, as Messrs Mackenzie and Sons were prepared to complete tho work for £lls under the supervision of that council and tho Public Works Department. The money was in hand for the work.—Granted, -abject to the approval 0 f tho publ'-;. Works Department. Thomas Waddell, Mossburn, a«ked that the member and engineer inspect the road through his property at- Dunrcbin—Left in th 0 hands of the member and engineer. J. S. Dick, secretary Southland League, forwarded an extract regarding a suggested road connecting, west Dipton with via Castleroek Estate, which would shorten the present route by about; ten oy twelve

miles. He also inquired how the work on the Etavale—Mossburn road was progressing.—League to be advised that council has no money to make unnecessary roads. The sam e writer stated that a conference of Southland members of Parliament and representatives of local bodies had been fixed for Thursday, May 30, at Invercargill, and stated he would be pleased to receive remits I from the counoil, , and th 0 names of the delegates appointed.—The man and Councillor Blatch were appointed delegates. G. Kelly, county clerk, Ashburton, forwarded the report of the deputation t 0 the Minister of Health regarding hospital Je-vies.—Received. The clerk reported on the application of the Lumsden Town Board for £BO towards, the cemetery, and said the council had no power to grant the money Writers to be advised accordingly. F. Bowden, Invercargill, forwarded particulars of sections 30 and 31, blk 18, Jacobs lliver Hundred, and asked that Council use the powers conferred on them to grant him relief in the matter of drainage.-—Action to be taken under Land Drainage Act. Accounts amounting to £4978 0/4 were passed for payment. A vote of appreciation was recorded in favour of Mr Garden who defeated at th e recent election for valuable services to the Council.

—Order Paper.— Councillor Fowle moved that the following amounts be authorized for expenditure in Waiau Riding: Tua-tapere-Clifden, maintenance, £7O; O.tahu road, maintenance, £4O; Papatotara main road, maintenance £7O; Broomhall road, Alton, maintenance, £4O; Lillburn road, maintenance, .£SO; Merrivale-Te Tua road, maintenance, £ for £, £SO, total £320. Councillor McGregor moved that the following amount be voted for expenditure in Wairaki riding: M.H. Winton —Ohai and Ohai-Orawia, maintenance, £1 for £2, £IBO. Councillor Cody moved that the following amount be voted for expenditure in Wairio riding: M.H. OtautauNightcaps maintenance, £1 for £2, (£25 to be charged to Wairaki riding), £BO. —Engineer's Report.— The engineer, Mr J. G. C Baker, submitted the following report;— Since last meeting, although the weather ha s been considerably drier than the average, the progress made with construction metalling was disappoint ing, and some works that should have been finished weeks ago were still under way, their chance of completion before winter being small. In connection with the matter br.jug'.t befor c last meeting by tne Waimatwku River Board and Mr Hugh Mathies.on regarding proposed extension of the board's deepening work, in the first place beyond its 5-:h-3.iu>e, and in the second beyonde it boundary.—On April 20 Councilors Buckingham, Cody., Jame s and Mr met the interested parties en the ground, and the matter was fixed up to the J-alis-faction of all concerned, the work to he gone on with immediately. With reference to the request of the Otautau River Board for permission to deposit spoil on road along the new channel north of George street, this was really a matter the council should look into. If this road was ever to provid 0 for wheeled traffic the clumping of spoil by the board would increase th 0 cost of an improvement in this direction, whereas if the spoil were levelled the existing road surface would in places be improved. Regarding Mr J. A. Pears' application to erect motor gates on Wreys Bush Moslsburn main highway, I put the matter before the local representative ■of the Main Highways Board, whose letter is now before the Council objecting to the proposal. In connection with the application of Messrs Birfles and Ramsay for' improved access to land on east side of the Aparima river at Etalvalo, and asking that a bridge at this place he considered, Councillor Cody made an inspection of tbe locality, and as h e was willing to liberally subsidize Govemmon money for making the road on the east side of the river leading to this place and push the work through to completion in a reasonably short time, I could not recommend the suggestion of Messrs Ramsay and Birtles to erects a short bridge ove r the low water portion only of this river, leaving the rest of the river bed to be negotiated by road. It would be only a matte r of time when the bridge would require extension, which might possiblv continue until the bridge became four times its original length before safety wa s reached. —Adopted. It was resolved to inform propertyowners to cut noxious "weeds on roadlino fronting their properties, and the lowering of fences at the corners, surfaceman t 0 inform the engineer of these plans. —Tenders.— The following tenders were let at Wednesday's meeting of the Wallace County Council. — Formation, etcetera, Charters road, Block V., Centre Hill S.D.—Accepced, subject to deposit. Maintenance gravelling main highway Winton-Ohai, and Ohai-Orawia (Nightcaps-Ohai section).--!!. Keen, gravel from truck 3/9. Amount of contract,, £3OO. Forming, re-forming and graveling Pahia Village t 0 Round Hill.—P. Murphy £l 10/- for forming, £1 o'6 for re-forming, and 3/5 for truck gravel. Amount of contract £IOO. Rock Point, widening and gravelling, near Mossburn, main highway Gore-Te Anau (Mossburn-Kev section;*. —J. A. McLauchlan, gravel, 3'- per cubic yard.