TAMAHERE ROAD BOARD

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13891, 17 October 1918, Page 7

TAMAHERE ROAD BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Tamahere Hoad Board was held on Monday. The chairman, Mr T. Clarkin, presided, anil the following members were also present: Messrs W. G. Phillipps, W. J. Trubshaw, \\. E. Clark, and \v. Lee Martin. By special resolution it wis decided to adopt schedules 2 and 3 of the Noxious We<>ds Act in their ontiretv. Mr Martin moved the notice standing in his name, "That the resolution on the minutes that no sand he sold to the ratepayers be rescinded." This was agreed to, and the fallowing motion was then carried: "That a royalty of 2s Od per yard he charged for sand from the Board's pits and only to be removed under the supervision of the foreman, to whom all applications for sand must he made, a deposit of £3 to accompany each application, but this amount to he returned if the pits are left in a condition satisfactory to the foreman." An amendment by Mr Martin, seconded by Mr Clarkin, that the charge be £1 and £1 respectively was lost. Mr Bye presented a petition signed by 50 ratepayers requesting the Board to take a tally of the traffic on the roads for one week, with a view to finding out whether the erection of toll-gates would be warranted. The Board considered the question, and it was decided lo inform the petitioners that the Board are still of the opinion that they would not he justified, considering the state of the finances, in incurring the expense necessary to take the tally A motion hy.Mr Martin that the Board are prepared to expend £ls towards the taking of the tally failed to find a seconder.

The secretary of the Employers' Association, Auckland district, wrote that the labourers were applying for a new award, asking for a considerable increase in wages. A copv of the demands were enclosed. It was proposed to hold a conference for the purpose of framing counter-proposals, and asking the Board to appoint a representative Mr Insoll was appointed to represent the Board.

The matter of a stone crusher was held over for further consideration, Messrs Phillipps Trubshaw and the chairman being appointed a sub-com-mittee to report at next meeting Tenders for sanding Hoeka road were opened, and the lowest (Mr T J Lowrey's), at 3s 4Jd per yard, was ac-

Q „;fe f6r , eman was instructed to visit and report on Tinkler's road ™, Tf ! e l oreman re P°rted as follows Work this month has been confined to the cleaning up of the Tauwhare quarry and breaking down stone for patching purposes. The teams are at present S5 a s p t0 "? Jo the worst parts on'the Tauwhare-Matamata road and Tauroad r i; ZlLlt * r ° Uph State - «>d at 11 f?L\ C *l ° nly fill the worst holes, as hand-broken metal is a slow pro : cess, t requires an experienced man to break rnore than two cubic yards of Jjm metal per day. There is a belt of solid hard bluestone in the face 30ft supply of grey mixed with blue and vaiT nn n th 0n K hangin * and *>*- wall. On the whole this would make good roads if put through the s onecrusher and well mixed Several of he water-tables require cleaning out next we d ek° ft? * man on «*Vork next week I have patched up several Places and laid son,o planks or thi bridge leading to the g setUement 6