WAIPA COUNTY.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17966, 11 March 1930, Page 10

WAIPA COUNTY.

MONTHLY MEETING. TRAFFIC INSPECTORS. The Waipa County Council met yes.erday. the chairman. Mr S. C. Macky presiding over Crs A. Livingstone, S. 3. Saulhrey," T. Church, N. Reid, E. I'. Peacocke, J. S. Fisher, R. G, ?peake, W. McGee, G. S. Clarke, A. I. Storey and J. T. Johnson. The county clerk of the Waikato Jounly Council forwarded a copy of i report of a meeting held at Hamilton Dii February 14, 1930, 'concerning the proposal to group various Local Bodes for the purpose of traffic inspecion, and asked lliati the proposals he put before the 'Council as early as possible, as a majority of Local \uthoritics in the group were anxious o have the scheme in running order >y .the Ist. April. It, was decided to support _ the scheme and to reply to the Waikato jonnty Council to this effect. The failure of Morrinsville and Te ■Vwamulu Boroughs to fall in with [he scheme was characterised as most unfair by' Councillors as these horvnghsWould henefit. at the expense of.

oilier bodies. Their boundaries would >e policed and the benefit they would derive from Ibis would have lo be ipporlioned belween Hie others . in- ,■ liuled in l!ie. scheme. II was decided Dial, the chairman wail on Hie 'i v Awamulu Borough Council and fur--1 her explain 'be posilion with a • • vlo persuading llic Council lo reconsider ils decision. The I own clerk of the Hamilton Borough Council desired lo know whether the Waipa County Council was prepared lo accept the Magistrate’s order allocating the fees for the period ending iMay lit 1030, as the basis of apportionment for the 12 months ending Atay 31, 1931. It was unanimously decided to agree to the existing apportionment, Tokanui Road, The medical superintendent of the Tokanui Mental Hospital complained that the account of the discussion on the question of maintenance of the Tokanui Roach was, he regretted, inaccurate and therefore unfair to his Department He pointed out that under “The gentleman’s agreement” the Hospital undertook lo look after the section of the road ."'om Cruick-

skunk’s corner 1.0 Ike llwvMV' 1 Kami gate unci that anybody now losing over Ike entire length of the ■' -ad would have no difficulty in seeing (und feeling) wko kad carried out I heir part of the agreement entered into. It was explained by the engineer that an engagement had been entered into between the Tokanui Mental Hospital and Waikeria Institution for the maintenance of the road referred to and the Council was not responsible for the work entailed- It was decided to reply on these lines. English FinanceMessrs Buxton and Co. advised that Mr Buxton was leaving for England about the end of March Lo conclude negotiations for the flotation of a corporation which was being formed for the sole purpose of (investing in New Zealand ILocal Body Debentures. They believed the result of the efforts would be the creation of an organisation capable of handling any local body loans either large or small on either flat or amortisation terms, provided first, class security was available and at a total cost of interest flotation and* exchange charges substantially lower than current rates usually charged in New Zealand oi \uslralia. As they desired to place on record with the London brokers the financial status of a certain number of local authorities they asked for a copy of the last printed balance slice!; and to be furnished with particulars of any sums required by the Council. • , , , This was left to the clerk to deal with. I Kihikihi-Arapuni Main Highway. Mr A. T. Weal complained that the Main Road from Woodward’s property at Parawera right up through the Pukeatua Settlement was in a very bad state with pot-holes and stated that very little had been done on the road referred to for some considerable Mine- He would be glad to know if the Council proposed to do anything to the road- . . It was resolved to acquaint Mi Weal that the work WX'W k* P u t ' n hand shortly. General Matters. The paymaster-general advised that he had remitted to the credit of the County Fund Account the following sums representing refunds of the Main Highway Board's proportion of the cost of plaintcnancc of IMain Highways;— Great South Hoad £B7O 8s id- To Awamutu-Pirongia £GS lis 9d: Tc Awamutu- Cambridge, £10.) 10s sd; Ham.il lon-Raglan, £9 6s lid; Te Awamutu-Burton’s Corner, £7O 16s Id; Kihikihi-Arapuni, £47 Us 11 The district treasury officer advised the payment to the credit of the County Fund Account of the sum ol £l4 ris being lines, collected at the Magistrate’s Court at To Awamutu during the quarter ended December The Hon. Minister of Labour forwarded an extract from tbe New. Zealand Gazette wherein Wednesday had been appointed as tbe statutory closing day for shops in the County ° f Messrs Swarln’ick and Swarbrick forwarded for tbe execution of Ihe Council an agreement signed by Mr ■ L. Maeky, Mrs 1- .)• Thompson and the Public Trustee consenting to the tak ing and the closing of a road in Allotment Part 91 Parish of MangapikoThe agreement provided that w■> council should transfer the loai so closed in exchange lor the land taken to Mr J- L. Maeky who m turn should sell the stopped road together with the severed portion of land to (Mrs Thompson for the sum of to . The 'Council should erect at its own cost a sufficient post, and wme fence so as to enclose completely the land taken from the adjacent land oL Mr Maeky. It, should also pay the sum of £4 4 'compensation. Maisey’s and Robson’s Road. ! y .[,. ]\. Robson stated that as nomine: had been done lo Hobson's Hoad since he wrote about a year ago lie now withdrew his offer for a contribution of £5 towards the cod of improving it- With a view to getting a decent access to his farm. no\\c\ci, ho was prepared to contribute £;>o towards the cost of an alternative scheme, viz-, the 'continuation ot •Maisey’s road from Parrish’s gate to iiis (Robson’s) property on the north lie coni ended that with the new proposal there would he only about one quarlcr of the length to maintainH was left m the hands of the chairman, engineer and riding member ; to go int<4 the mattes,

Mr E. Buhner slated that he understood that it. was the intention of the Council to form and grade the old Waotu road from Ihe Wailetl road lo the junction of Te Ana Road, and ■suggested that the road be lightly metalled at least as far as the top of the hill winch became very slippery in get weather. lie was prepared to contribute £lO towards the cost of the work or to assist the Council in any other way possible. Mr Buhner also asked permission to be allowed to remove sand from, lllie road-side in front- of his property near the junction of Waiteii and Te Ana Roads in order lo give him access lo open a gravel pit on his own properly. The riding member and engineer were instructed to look into the question. Messrs Swarbrick and Swarbrick forwarded for the execution of the Council a memorandum of transfer of Allotment 520 Alexandra East from Fj. Oavey and D. M- Campbell. Transfer of Tair’s Road. Messrs Swarbrick and Swarbrick .idvised that the transfer of Tarr’s road had now been executed by Mr Tarr and asked that the Council pass a resolution accepting the transfer. They stated that Air Tarr had informed them that as a condition to the dedication some work was to he done on I lie road and asked the Council lo confirm same--11, was decided lo approve the transfer. it was decided to held ihe next I meeting of the Council a week earlier

on April 7 on account of the proximity of Hie Easter holidays lo Hie usual meeting date of April 14. Mr T- C. Grace, of Pirongia, waited on tlic Council, asking that a portion of land he was leasing from the Council be reduced in rental as the formation of the land was such that a- large proportion was subject Iff flooding. Ho had agreed, to what, he now considered a° high rental, in the first place, because he was under the impression that it was more valuable than he had" had since discovered it to he- He suggested that Councillors inspect the land* and see the position for themAn application from Mr Grace io purchase the freehold of the land wai declined, the Council's, solicitor holding Hiat it was not within the Councils power to sell endowment land- , , ~ It was decided to make the suggested inspection in order to arrive at a better understanding of the posi-t-ion - „ * The Engineer’s ReportThe engineer Mr J- W. Civil, in reporting on the month s [activities slated that grading with motor and horse graders had been carried out on the Great South Road, Ngaruawaliia to Hamilton. A 40ft. x 36in. concrete pipe culvert had been placed in position at a lower level in Collie’s Road to replace two small culver! s and alignment and grades improved on in the vicinity of the culvert. Walsh’s road had been sanded and grading on the Main Highway, Hamilton-Whatawhata Road car-

ried out. General maintenance work in the Hamilton riding was being proceeded with on the Hamilton to Ngaruawahia Great, South Road, on Burbush and Eliicolt’s roadsit was considered by the engineer that an engineering survey of 30 chains of Lee’s Road lie left over to next year in order to secure a £1 for £i subsidy for the work. The Hamilton to Te Awamulu Croat South Road had been graded and some 90 chains from Mystery creek to the Rukuhia Factory had been given a coal, of gravel and necessary repair work carried out. The Rukuhia Railway Station Road had also been attended to and the whole surface of !h« Lake Crescent. Road re-surfaced with three cubic yards per chain. In company with Cr. E. F. Peacocke, the engineer had met settlers interested in the proposed Rukuhia Drainage scheme when an inspection ol iho land and drains had 'been made on lhe various roads in the riding. Widening and sanding work on the Xgahinapouri to , Rukuhia Railway Station Road was carried out during Ihc month and grading, gravelling and general surface work attended to on various works in the riding. Metal had been carted ancl spread on the Hamilton-Whatawhata section of the Great South Road while fair progress was being made with the forming of 80 chains of Ranby’s Road. in ail other ridings general surface work had been altiended to while in the Orakau riding specifications and proposals had been approved of by the Public Works Department for 23

chains of metalling with Otorohanga gravel, the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi fiat road. This work was now completed. lt was considered advisable by Cr. T. Church that members should make a tour of the 'county roads with a view to ascertaining the state of the roads in the various ridings and what work was necessary in this connection-