WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3156, 15 September 1892, Page 2

WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Till! IHll.il monthly m.',;li lu . nf til" \V:iip:i County Cii'in-;i| w;is held at tlio Council ClMiiib'>r<, ()h;inf«i, mi Tiimdav l:i.-l. Thon: wore present : Cr<. La-nc (cliainn »:), Teasdale, Anderson, Ku.<atis Smith, Finch, Shepherd and Klinsly. Mr A. Ariustroiiir, Ciiiint.y KiiKinei-r, \va< :\\«i in iittondunm. EsiiisisKit's Rki-okt.— Tii liis monthly iv.pnrh, tliK Kniiim-P,- st=it-<l tl.iit he had .•tfcetiluiJ Al.'X.-indciV ».(}".-1- t> d.. tin- chains of roiul-fnrriiiii" -in tlui MiiMiiltoii-Xuiiriia-wiihia riiid fur tlio old timber fni:n Willruighhv's liridße. Thn work hn.l Ihmmi coM)i)!c.ti'(J :ni(i the tirnlipr reinuvnil. Tim hri-k'i' on 111,. ()h;iii|,u.]' l ,t.;r( l nKi <->f«l neiir Mr li-u-rttt dV is nlUn ;iml reqniuw iv. niacin!,'. Tlipnji'l down to thn .V;iito\i'h ljridgn, opposite tlm ha< wi.rn away till it is only 15 f. ut in width ; it should ha widp.MHd nut to 21 fuet nnd fenced. As the good woMther now comint' on, thn Knjriiißcr snegrated tint any now wurk« the Conned intend to tnko in hand «honl>l be broiißht forw.uvi :l t onco, so in to take advii.itiKU of the summer weather.—Cγ. Finch said that us the rnad on which the liridee is reqtiirrd is vnrv littlo used, lir would like ro see the msittor doferrod, as funds were very low and there were other works in th« district more urgently needed. —Cγ. iSmitb spoke in tlio wimp slrain, and moved that the matter be defprred for ii

month.—Seconded hy Cr. Finch and carrieil.—The Kngineer was instructed to put up a ni tice in the. meantime, that the bridge is unsafe for wheeled Irallic.—Cr. Anderson moved that the works recommended on the Xarrows road be cni-ried out.—Seconded by Cr. Kusabs and carried. Accounts.—Payment of the following accounts was authorised :— J. Cuvaiia»li, 5s ; K. IJrury, £S 12s Id : Kdwards, Y.U (id ; Fleming and O'Connor, £3 ; M. Fitzgerald, £5 13s ; W. Mawhinney, 13s (id ; J. Drabble, £1 Gs (id ; R. Waite, £2 4s ; H. W. (;ieve, (is 3d ; T. Cowley, £7 Ms ; O. (Jiles, £4 lils ; ('}, Appleyard, £3 15s ; J. Higginson, £1 10-* ; T. Baker, £1 12s (id ; C. T. Rickitt, 12s (id ; Jus. Kennedy, £3 Ss ; Anderson and Kennedy, 3s ; (J. Miles, 10s ; A. Glide-, 10s : C. S.McCiHnm, 17s ; E. (farmonc.wav, 10s; G. (jilns. I.Bs ; J. Spragors, £2 ; Engineer, £17 7s lOd ; petty cash. £(i. CAMHBinuK UniDfiß.— The Ooveniment notified the appointment nf A[r Thomns Jackson, R. M., as a Commissioner to hold an enquiry to a<cert iin the proportion to be paid by the various local bodies in the maintenance of the Waikato bridge at Cambridge.—Capt. Jackson alsu notified having fixed the time for holding the enquiry at half-past 10 a.m., at the R.M. Court, Cambridge, on Thursday, September 20th, and requesting that the Council

huve all the evidenM prepared which tliej think necessary.—ln c-i?e of the ofcliei bmiiss interested employing a lawyer, the Chairman was authorised to do so if he tlxiiß'ht it necessary. Subsidy.— The Paymaster-General wrote, stating that. £220 7s 7d, subsidy under the l; Local Bodies Finance Act. ISSS," nntl the "Appropriation Act, 1891," us tollmvi:— Pnkekura Road Board, £G2 Is : Rancriaohin, t'lo 1U .Si ; Tuliiknr.unea. €11 lfl-s Id;

ont-lyint; district?, £12612s 10<1. Gousic Delinquents.— The engineer being the proper person under the Act, reported a number of persons to whom

notices should be sent to clear the turze off the riads adjoining their properties.— ; The matter was left in the hands of the citrk and engineer to see through. Whatawhata. —A. petition was received from sixteen residents at Watuvhata, pointing nut tliat the Government having sold certain l.ind on the river bank which j had been used as a landing place, and this now being fenced they ar* without a landing place for their goods. They asked that u road be made down to the river near the bridge.—Cr. Shepherd supported the petition, but pointed out that it was a question whether the place where the road is required i« not under the control of the Riglan County Council in whom the bridge is vested.—lt was resolved that the matter be. , left in the hands of the engineer and Cr. Shepherd to report at next meeting. Sonsmv to Local Booms.The petition from the Awatere R'>al Board on this subject which has already been dealt with in these columns, was read, and the chairman was authorised to sign the petition on behalf of the Council. Rating ok Native Lands.—A letter was received from the Premier stiting that the qiie.-tion of .unending the Rating Act so as to provide for the r.itingof native lands will

rec.'ivu attention. RuKUiiiA Swamp Road.—Mr Gardner, ttiiiiiiiarer of tlio Rukiihin estate, writs st;i t ing that he would pay one half the cost i>l the work mi this roatl if the work is carried nit this spring, and that the dr.iin is cleaivtl from thn like t> thn railway line, and the ti-tres cot the full width of the marl.—Mi C. Hibbs wrote, calling the attention of the Council to the. necessity fc.i doing something to this road which in its present state is likely to be rni'ied.—Thn matter was l-.ft in the hands of the engineer to report at next meetinp as to the necessity of tlio new condition with reference to the drain. Ohaupo-Tuhikahajiha IvOAO. — MrGani ner wrote, stating tti.it he could not give ar answer on this question until after the return of Mr T. Williamson, the aenim member of the firm of Williamson 11ms., from Hngluml in J>ec«mbei\—Tho Chair man paid that he considered tlia County had bean very liadly treated by Messrs Williamson, and if they had to wait til 1 after Mr Williamson's return it would put the making of the mad off for another year, He thought the matter should he brought to a head, and if it was thought neewsarj to take the road through under the P.W, Act. They were under great obligation to the public in the matter of gates on roads, and if they would not assist the Council in this mutter they should at once receive notice to remove aU gates off public roads. —The following cornmitteß was appointed ti confer with Messrs Williamson and Buttle on this matter, viz : —Crs, hang, Teasdale, Anderson, Shepherd, and Smith, Failinsr to come to satisfactory terms the committee was instructed to at once takf steps to carry the road through under the Public Work- Act. Kmi'fSßli's Road.—Mr John Krippner attended at the Council and urged that thr Council should open up tho road to hi? ui'itlior's property, as at prevent she ii.i* n' access to linr property but through hiland. In lvply to Or. Finch, he, s.ikl it would injure his mother's intfrvst if he gave her permission to go through his land, as should ho sell she would have no road.— Cr. TClmsly pi'opasod that, there being no funds at the Council's disposal to carry on this work, it, ho deferred f., r the piv.s»iit.— Seconded bv Cr. Shepherd and carried. R.Vl'lS. — In accordance with notice jjiviin, the following rates were struck :—A geneial Mte of jd in the £ over the whole riding; mid separate rates of J,d in the £ in the Mangapiko outlying district; .pd in the .£ in the Alexandra outlying district, and id in thfi.fi in the Hamilton outlying district. Allocations.—The various riding accounts, with the exception of Hamilton, being considerably overdrawn, the following fresh allocations were made :—New castle, £1-48 : Tuhikaramea, £42 ; Hamilton, €128; Pukskiu-a, £280 ; Mangapiko, £100; Rangiaohia, £340. Valuations.—ln reply to Cr. Shepherd the Clerk stated that the valuation of the Newcastle district was £03,033, but this included about t'DSOC Crown and native lands, which wero i X'suipt from taxation. Last year the amount collected was £105 0s Oip-1, and this year was £170 17s Sid, the actual ratable v.due being increased by fiver £1-100. Howik'm Bkidok. — Cr. Anderson suggested that new caps and one stringer bn put in at this bridge, which would make it safe for some years to come.—The engineer was instructed to carry out this work. Havelock's Lk.u , Bkidok.—The engineer was instructed to inspect the approaches of this bridge and report at next meeting. Conr.ix Moth Bill.—Cr. Teasdale, urged that representation be made from the Council to the Premier and to the member for the district asking them to endeavour to take steps not to have the Codlin Moth Act brought into operation. A resolution to this effect was propped by Cr. Tuasdale and seconded by Cr. Kusabs,—The Chairman moved, as an amendment, that the Council take no action in this matter.— Seconded by Cr. Shepherd.—On the amendment being put it was lost, and the original motion carried. KtHiKiHi.— Cγ. Eliusly moved that the county road in Kihikihi, from Mr Kiggs' to the school, be repaired and formed.— Seconded by Cr. Teasdala and carried. liim.Vi; Aotitk. -The following statement of riding account* for the ppriod ending September 13th, 18!)5, was laid on tho tablo :—Newcastle : .Amount of vote, £74 ; total expended to dat«, £:V.IO 18s 8d ; over-spent, £310 IS< SI. Tuhikaramea : Amount of vote, t'2l : total expended to date, £43 13s -Id: over-spent, f22 13<-Id. Hamilton: Amount of vofr?. £l>-t ; total rxnt'iided to date, t'S2 (Is Id ; nvdit b.ilin :e from previous allocations, £■!"> 1-V ."id ; to spend, £27 0i 4tl. Pukeknra : Amount of

v >t\ fllli; t.ita! expi'ii'li!) t. dar..-, fI.MI 1-U IM ; I ,i'<.|-..,,n.t, LMHi 13- 11.1. Man-L-apiko : Amount of i i., |_'.->:; ; t t,,| ,i X . li"lid,'d (ii ilat-, t'l.W lL'- KM; ■■v..|--'P"nt, t'l7 12< lOd. 1! inu'i'olti . : Aurnint of v..te, i - lL':i ; total .xMen.le! |, dale, t'l Ili Jt:.-* fid; ovrsperit. l\'.': Hi, C, I. - ].', X i,en,lw| on liriilu-es ami eolvrU: \ewra~ll-:. f'.IS ]'U: Hjnnilt"ii, &,:, ]:>, i;d : PoK-kma. t372 ISs s(i ; .Mao-apiko, L7H lis^l.