LITTLE RIVER ROAD BOARD.
The usual meeting cf this Board ivas held on Monday, Sept. 1. Present —Messrs Parkinson (ChairmEwi),' Gebbie, Coop, and Forbes. ! Letters were received as follows :-r- j From the, Colonial; Secretary, in Ireply, relative to the mortality amongst the Native population at Little Riven j From Mr George.R. Jablin r -in-r-eference to diversion of road in Western Valley. From the Chief Surveyor, in reply, relative to re-pegging of road lines. From Messrs Keenan, and Fittan, eiK closing copy of letter Bent by them to Mr William White re proposed .road through a section the property of that gentlemaii in_ Little River bush, and asking that the | road laid laid off might be cleared.to'their sections. .From Messrs Snow and Anson, asking' the Board to re-consider their decision with regard to clearing slips'from the Peraki bridle road. . -. -- - -,- ' From Mr George Lamb, offering to clear the bush and form the proposed road diversion in Western Valley. ' From Mr M. Wheeler, requesting some assistance in obtaining access to his land in Gebbie's Valley. ; ; From Mr E. Hall, about road metal supplied by him on Gebbie's saddle, Lyttelton road. ' -.-'.]
From Messrs Sigley and Dixon, asking; for the use of the cottage near Stoney Point ; also,, for permission to ■ enter Mr Morton's land from the road, in the event of their concluding terms with that gentleman for obtaining stone from his land at Ahuriri. . , . ... A petition was received from 21 residents at Tai Tapu, requesting that about one and a half miles of the Lower Tai Tapu road be shingled. A petition was received from 13 residents at Tai Tapu, requesting the Board to form the crossroads in the Hepworth township. A copy of. resolution agreed to by the Halswell Road Board was received through iMr Brake, in which that Board offered to pay half cost of constructing a branch drain from the main Tai Ttpu drain to the Halswell river. Mr G. Johnson requesting permission to commence work at tbe Okute valley end of the road, about to be opened out from Barry's saddle to the valley. Permission was granted. Mr Brake to be informed that since former correspondence on the subject, this Board had,caused the drain to be widened and deepened in places, thereby obviating the necessity of further action in the matter j as far as this district is concerned. ! Resolved, that Messrs Keenan and Fittan's-application be acceded-to, and that tenders be invited for, the workJ That the! application- relative to shingling tho lower Tai Tapu rOad'be 1 also granted, ";" '/.\ t ■ -That the forming- of theicrOss>oads in the Hepworth ' Towtfship.-be also proceeded with, ' r -'"-;' i i Tint tenders be invited for carting and I 'stacking 500yq"s, of shingle, near -Mr: Bar- j net's, for road Repairs. . . ' , ] That"tenders; be invited foi the' erection of a bridge over the Hukaturo/, creek in Western valley. That tenders be- invited for repairing about five and a half miles of road on Lake j Ellesmere flat. ...-._ -J _- *;
— -That Messrs Blant&ard-and MTntyre be employed to peg off the )oads ;of ijOkute valley, and />"' \ 'i That Mr Fentort be again asked to value the work done on tie Mountr; road extension."'' V."' ,/' ,j ■.That..Mr<piii?3Jjlll be requestedvtq complete his "contract for road metal jas per I specification.— ,_.„,•-:...—A' 1 ~ That~Mr"QC _tV Joblin be again referred to the Board's letter of August 22, in reference to road diversion. . That Messrs Harper, solicitors, be requested to give an opinion re the dispute between Messrs Henley and Gilmour, about the drainage on. the Ahuriri.proper..tiesA" .i..'.. r A. . That Messrs Sigley and Dixon's apph-. cation be complied with. Tenders were opened for keeping different sections of road in repair for a period of twelve months. That of Mr Richard Berryman for sections No. 1 and 2, a distance of about nine and a half miles ; and that of Mr John Archer, for sections No. 4 and 5, about eleven miles, were accepted. No. 3 section was not let. Sundry accounts were passed for payment, and the Board adjourned. _
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 330, 16 September 1879, Page 2
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667LITTLE RIVER ROAD BOARD. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 330, 16 September 1879, Page 2
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