Kiwitea County Council.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 348, 25 June 1894, Page 2

Kiwitea County Council.

The regular monthly meeting of the above body was held at their Feilding office, on Saturday afternoon last. Present - Crn Reid (chairman), W. Jones, J. J. Wiliamson, W. F. Jacob, W. Morton, and Homer. The minutes of previous ordinary and special meetings were read and confirmed. Correspondence was received and dealt with as follows : — From A. Clairstom account (-£3) for work done on Whare road; From Wm. Hair, drawing Council's attention to impassable state of Tapuae road — Work being done. From F. Powell, re poisoned wheat. Applications were received as follows for changing of name on rate roll : - From T. P, James to D. T. Tucker for section 22, block XII Ongo ; from John Roe to John Johnston for section 30, block IV Ongo ; from Win Benson to L. Camplin for part ol section (110 acres) 210, block HI Ongo ; from J. S. Howie to Gregor Martin for section 2, block IV Apiti ; from George Malcoln to Dwan Bros, for section 51, Rangiwabia ; from W. Wrightson Wm Vvrightsou to Alexander Grant for sections 27 and 28, Apiti. From H. J. Hayns, secretary Pohangina Road Board asking this Council to refund amounts collected by Registrar of Dogs for Kiwitea County Council from Pohangint Road District residents. From W. Mills, chairman of Cheltenham School Committee asking Council to improve approach to school. From Charles London, account (.£1 Is) for removing slips from Oroua Valley road. From C, E. Nicholas re refund for bushfelling on roadline. From James Stent, on behalf of settlers, asking for the return of petition re separation, to enable it to be presented formally. ! | From Mrs E. Cossey and R. Burne, | asking that thirds from the former's section be spent from Edward's street to her section. From Colonial Secretary's Office, stating that loan of .£928 had been gazetted. From H. H. Richardson, Clerk Rangitikei County Council, advising this Council that ninety feet of sloping spans on the eastern side of tho Onepuhi bridge have been greatly damaged by the late flood, and that one of the cylinders of the main bridge had sunk about four feet, and that it is the inteution of his Council to raise its share of the cost of rebuilding the portions destroyed and securing the approaches thereto by way of loan under the Local Bodies Loans Act. From S. Daw, T. D. Wood, C. MeKiuuon, and eighteen others, drawing Council's attention to the impassable condition for wheeled traffic of road between Birmingham and Rangiwabia, in consequence of slips, and asking Council to make it passable for dray traffic. From Department of Agriculture, a pamphlet with suggestions for planting trees on Arbor Day, Angust Ist. From Feilding Borough Council, asking the Kiwitea Council to contribute one -fourth of the cost of a bridge across the Kivritea stream, within the Feilding Borough. From H. F. Hancox, Birmingham, applying for lease of gravel reserve adjoining Mr Bainbridge's property for purpose of making bricks. Accounts were passed for .payment. Cr. Homer, in presenting the petition from 8. Daw and others re the Kimbolton road, said that it had been partially opened at a cost of £24 up to the present tune, whiefa amount was -expended in making the road passable for horse traffic only. MrJ. Stevens, M.8.R., had told Mr Lowes and himself that the Govern ment had expressed their willingness to ■ keep the road open if the Council bad not i the funds. It would cost about £1500 to remove all the slips and unless they were removed the whole road would require re-metalling. He thought application should be made to the Government by the Council to have the slips removed at once, and if they agree to do so their Engineer i should be instructed to proceed with the work as soon as advice has been received and not wait till next meeting. The chairman said that the Hon. Mr Reeyes had promised to do his best to get the Government to keep the road open, and if pointed oat that the Council had ! reached the limit of their overdraft the ! Government might do the work. Mr Homer moved a resolution dealing with this matter later on. Mr Jacob presented a petition signed by G. P. Church and nineteen other ratepayers in the Oroua ward asking that the proposed road through Mayfield be not made, bat that a deviation be made to Hayne's line and from there to Mackay's line. Messrs Buchanan and Levett waited on the Council to oppose the proposal con* tamed in a petition sent to the last meet ing of the Council asking to have certain sections declared a special rating district over which a loan would be raised for the purpose of making a road through Mayfield property. They objected to being included in the special rating district. After discussion it was decided to hold over further consideration of the matter till next meeting, by which time the matter would ba gone into more particularly and legal advice obtained. The deputation thanked the Council and withdrew. Proposed by Cr Williamson, seconded by Cr Reid, That Mr C. Bray, junr's application for the position of Engineer to the Kiwitea County Council be accepted from June 22rd, 1894; three months' notice on either side to terminate agreement.—Carried. Cr Shannon took his seat after the luncheon adjournment.