WAIPAWA COUNTY COUNCIL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 39, 9 November 1937, Page 10

WAIPAWA COUNTY COUNCIL

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Business ef Moflthly Meetl'ng tSSSSSmHS

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WAIPAWA, Last Night. Thh inonthiy mee'ting of the Waii>aWU Connty Gbiiineil WaS held to-day. Preseiit: Grs. L. Glenny (chairman), O. Baihbridge, 0. Thomseif, B. Gray. And T. Biitler. Leave of absenCe was granted to the chairman, Mr N. M. P&tils6n The Order of St, 8ohn and N.Z. Red Cross Society asked for a donation towafds the Par East Relief Fund.— It , was detfided not to make a grant, but that listfi be opened at 'Thkapau, Tikokino and Ongaonga. ' The N.Z. FedOfatio'h Of LOcal Bo'dies ' Employees, Buildings and Gehefal Workeris wrote repudiating the action of the H.B. Labourers' trnion. It waS pointed out that the f ederation had been forrued by the CountieS Assocxatxon. with the idea of- secarihg uflif ofmity, The chairman^ No. 5 DiStriet Highways C6uncil7 suggestod that the coUnoil's • engineer . shotild investigate ahd supply an estimate of cost of deviating the maia " highway at Gwavas. — Mr feutler said that Mr H. M, Cliristie, M.P., had state.d that Ihe work WoUld be' done by a Publxc Works Bepafffiieiit or Main Highways" Beafd dfflcef. The efigifieer s&id' that the pt'epAfation of . the estimate would involve a eonsider-' abie afliOfint of work,- and -he did not thiiik the eotinty shorjld be Saddled With it. -Mr" Ghristie is to b§ reqnested to arrange for -the gurvey, MiSs-M. Buehanan advised that the fiauipden Bush Domaiiir Bo.ard was willing to take oyer conttol of the MathewsMemorial Pavk- The writer objected to t)ie position at which the flood-gate had been erected. She considefed it would affeot the county road, and Was n ttienaGe to her proper'ty. The legal position iii fegSfd to the dOmaifl i§ td be ascieftained, the transfer being agfefed to if-ail is ifi Ofdef. The engineer to inspeet and report on ihe dood-gate.-Offieerfi' Reports, The teiephone lin€®man repofted having caffied out neeessary repairs on difierent .lifies. Sixteen old instrutaents had been dismhntled and returned to the departinent, having. been replaced by inOdefn Bricksens. Four applicatxons had been received for rifew connectiohs. Mr Thomsen said that the new instra- . ments had made a wonderful improvement. The clerk stated that appliea'tion had beexi made fdr a fufthef fsUppiy of Up-to-date telephones. Applicants fqr. new eoiinections ftfe tO be asked hoW rauch they a.re prepafed to contfibtite. The ranger reported having roiaoved §0 head of stoek froni eount.y roads' during thO- pfiS't hionth, - Afising Otit of the engineer Js repoft, the Afgyll-Otane road, Sear Smith's bfidge, is to feceivo attentioii; ihe engineer is to replaCo the broken woeden eulvert near. Freemantle's, fiinerua; a daugefeas point near Wiison's cutting; Clinton, is to be attended to; metafling over a mije and a-half is to be done dn South Makaretu ioad; F. juli's tender at £6 was accepted for painting the Tikokino pound board^ traffic-inspector SenlplO iS to be asked to be fegular in his attendahce for testing purposes, Ss delays greatly inconvenienced countfy reSiuents; an additional £56 was allQcated for metalling the Brow road, Which, with thg GOYernment subsidy of £ for £, will make £200! the total coStnf the wofk the engineer estimated dfc £900- -:"