HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 April 1916, Page 3

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL

The irluiOiiiienua County Couucii) is holding its ouunury monthly meeting in the borough chambers xo-day, the chairjuan, Councillor .vlonK, presiding. Correspondence, summarised beiow, has been received and is being dealt with aloffg with other business. The Under Secretary ol the Public Wot-Ks Department intimated that the Department would be glad to have any applications lor roads and bridges sent iu not later than the 15th -May. Arthur Seed, manager ot tlie May Estate Ltd., wrote drawing attention to several places on the OLaki Gorge road that, required urgent attention. An offer to light the lamps m 'io Horo township for one month at Is pel lanvp was received from W. J. "Napier. Tlie Waiftanao river continues the erosion of private Jam's oil its banks audi thn atens to enguli part of the county road, and: one of the settlers, G. It. KeVnsley is taking steps »o protect his land by means of a groyne. He na requested that the council give him some assistance in the work. The Department of Lands and survey, in reply to the council's request for ir.ai_s of the Otaki and Te Horo riding, stated that owing, to the press of work it was unable"To comply with the request. It would, however, mark on the present map (which it says is a fair representation or the county; the boundaries of the ridings in question. Notice that it had decided: to entertain the council's application for a V>an of £700 for the Arawhftta road came to hand from the State Advances office. The ofFic ' also rcsolvod to grant the council £1600 for metalling Potts s road. According to Joseph Liggins two roads at Tokomaru loading from the subway to Guy's boarding house in one instance and to the writer's milit in the other require to be widened and repaired. . He asked that this work be done. . It. R. Martin, secretary to the Wellington .Recruiting Committee, wrote to say that his committee would hncl speakers for meetings at Manakan and Otaki if the council engaged the halls. COUNTY RANGER'S REPORT. The county ranger, Mr G. Watson, reported that now there was less stock wandering on the roads in Tokomaiu riding. Several offenders were prosecuted and four were fined 10s each and one £3. Further informations have been laid and they will be heard at the next sitting of the S.M. Court. Driving fees in this riding during ihe month totalled £1 6?. .In the Wirokino ruling the wandering stock is most troublesome around the boundaries of Levin borough mil informations also have been laid against offenders in this riding. Driving fc.es amounted to 14s. , In the Te Horo riding there has been a. tot of stock on the roads been use oj the settlers' fences being in a state ol disrepair but the worst of these nave been attended to. It has been found necessary to. institute proceedings against offenders in this riding. Driving fees amount to Bs. The Otaki riding is very free ot wandering stock. Driving fees amounted to 4s. .. Tlie attention of the council was drawn to the noxious weeds growing oil the county ron rl s. . >p taonirvt he was safe -hi saying that there was no road tree from them. He would complete the registration of dogs bv the end of next month. Another matter was the number ot motor cars and botor cycles travelling through the county with no _ visible numbers, and at excessive speed. Ihey endangered other traffic. Driving and cycling at night without lights takes * pltace at Te Horo, Waikanae and Manakan, there being a number of offenders. It would require spending a few night in each place to catch them.