RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8099, 10 January 1907, Page 2

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Toe Raglan County Council met at N'gitru-iwatiiii yesterday, Taere were present: Crs. Hewett (Chairman), liaukart, Molvinnuu, Aunandale, Cobourne, Edmunds, John-.tone and Crawiurd. A special msL-tmg was held to fix the day on which the statutory half holiday shall be observed within the County, and i'hursday was appointed. In reply to a the Valuatioi Depart aeut stated that it had been found impracticable tu vamo ail sections held by one owner separately.—Received.

Tho Treasury refused an application for a, loan of £IOO ter instilling the KaglanJlaungatawhiri road, cm the ground that it i- not entirely a new work.—Keceived. The Commissioner of Crown Lauds what aolion tao Council pcopo-ed to take ia reference to the Oiler ot oJU made by the "aupiri Coal Mines Company fjr the right yf mining uader Oortaia roads. It was resolved to ask the Cos.! Mines Company to submit an offer in writ-

The Chief Surveyor wrote stating that it had been decided tr.at ia future the district road engineer shall inspect any work proposed before " halves" ot timber and flax royalties are expended.—Keceived. Mr R Nicoils asked for £5 compensation for I"S3 of timd owing to hi 3 having had the Huntly punt, for which he was the successful tenderer last year, for eleven months only. Ceft. in the Chairman's bauds. Mr W. vVatsun, of 'laugirin, asked that tiie road thr iugh his placd be closed until trie C uacil may require it to bore-opened; also t-.at the r ad be defined.

It was decided to reply thrit the Council tvill define and i.gr-.de a deviation, and that the old r-ad w;il be exchanged tor the area requited for the new. Mr 0. Swanu, Aoteu, complained of the state of the Kuapuko hill road. The engineer is to report whan next in th'> district.

The Kawhia County Council nodfied that they did not recognise any liability tor the upkeep of the Haglau-Waipa road, but were willing to contribute a nominal turn towards its maintenance.

Mr MeLeod, engineer, reported that scarcity of labour and the holidays had interfered greatly with the work authorised, lie had prepared plans for a jetty or portion of a wharf at Port Waikato, for the approval of the Marine Department. Tne grant was for £IOO, and the cost of the structure proposed would be about £125. fn tho Onowhero riding a few men had be-in employed at Wairamarama and on the Kiondyke road, clearing slips and pilocting general repairs. A serious slip had occurred on tho Kiondyke road, and it seemed to him that the road should be deviate I for about half a mile through section 3, Hi..ck X., and some native Und, sll held by ('". rawford. A very bad grade in the l.'uk.i.-uia caused a good deal of iuc mvenence, as it is us id for oreamery purposes every moriing. He proposed rat.uer extensive cuttings and fillings, the est of which, including culverts, he estimated at £IOO, which he suggested should be allocated as follows; Whangape land fund X7u, Onewhero £m, Onewhero latesabout £2U Men living near the place would du tho work for lidppre r cube yatM. Tne finishing of the Tuakau bridgb approach metalling was merely a nuostiou of iitvi weather. Some repairs were carried

uiit at the Awaroa landing in the Wlungape riding, and on the JJothwoll road. Sir Fred Ji ■! was jo-t st uting on Shepherd's road, >i eumurray. lie reported adversely ud tho r iiu-st that tho read north of the Awaroa Undiug be closed, uuless another on pvopei gmdoS wen. i/otained. Owing to having sprained his ankle lie had been unable to visit the drains ou the Kaugiriri swamp road, but he wus against spending money on them j every smiling that could be afforded fur that road should be spent in raisiDg it, to m<iko it independent of floods. As rej,'.irds the Waingaro riding, the lo»n works at Waingaro wero progressing fairly weii. Jackson's contract should be finish. od in a week, and the Waimai contract stinted at once. Some culverts were built .■a the Ngaiuawibia-Huntly West ruad, near Nguruawo.iia, in conjunction with tne i&u&ds Uepaitment at a oat of about £l2. in the \\ hamgaroa riding the Te Uku secool de/iation was started, audmetai was broken for tie Wt-irsi; spots on the Maunga-ti.vi'.-.-i-Uag'.Hn K;ad. As far as Xarioi w oj c .uceraed, metal •<•;*■> Oeintr bruken in the 'juariios, out ol Govorumeut grauU.— Adopted. ,'w largo number of accounts wero passed for paymeui. Mo.-sra Latigley, Kuthertord and Smith waited un tho linauca and harbour committeo aa a deputation from the newlyconstituted liaglan Town Hoard with reference to the aojuscmeut of finance between the two bodies. This matter took up the whole of the evening, aad the Council adjourned until to-Jay,