HAURAKI PLAINS COUNTY

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5273, 11 May 1928, Page 3

HAURAKI PLAINS COUNTY

k O MEETING OF COUNCIL. ROUTINE BUSINESS. The Hauraki Plains. County Council met at Ngatea yesterday, Cr. E. L. Walton presiding over Crs. C. W. Harris. A. L. Fisher, J. C. Mill-r, W. Madgwick, C. W. Parfitt, J. A. Reid, H. H. Hicks, and J. F. Mayne. The engineer (Mr F. Basham) and the Wcrk (Mr E. A. Mahoney) were in Attendance. . SALE. OF PUNTS. Only one tender was received W the purchase of the council’s punts, but as this: was too low it was not j accepted. i l *'' HAURAKI WEST DRAINAGE. The Department of Internal Affair® forwarded an'extract from the N.ZGazette containing an order in Council. constituting the Hauraki Plains West Drainage District from June Ist and declaring that the number of ’ trustees shal consist of live pe’MJ(ns. MAIN HIGHWAYS. The chairman, No. 3 District Highways. Council advised that the Orongo-Netherton Road had bee-n declared a highway as from April 2. A susbsidy at the rate of £1 10s. for £1 would be paid on maintenance, and the question of subsidising construet’on would be considered later. BACK MIRANDA ROAD. The Under— Scretary, Public Works. Department forwarded a blue print V lowing a section of the Back Miran- ' da Road northward from Haleys coiner., which had been handed over the exclusive- care, control, and managment of the council. POUARUA ROAD. > Six Pouarua Road .settlers wrote Z asking that-the question of metalling the 70 chains of the northern end ot Pouarua Road to give access to then sections be considered. ’ Cr. Paffitt said that he had advised the settlers that they would have to wait until the summer- after next, by which time there would be (subsidy available, . MAUKORO BRIDGE. *4 The Piako County Council! advised that the Public Works Department ment had declined to erect the Maukoro West bridge. Mr Horner, the nhw county engineer, was having a further test pile driven, and was confident that he would be in. a position to forward plans to satisfy the department and let a contract foi. le work in a short time.

AWAITI SUBSIDIES. The Minister for Lands, the Hon. A • D. McLeod, wrote with reference to the council’s request for consideration of the payment of a subsidy on a £2 for £1 basis on the Awaiti BIQCk road on the Crown settlement metalled last year, and also in regardi to the Ngararahi stopbank road, me Minister advised that it appeared 2 that the Crown had already, given " very liberal assistance to these works. Hfi-understood that the Public Works JBartment had provided £2BOO on a £ for £ basis for metalling the roads of the Awaiti block. There were approximately 400 chains of roads, but the Public Works Department had already, metalled 185 chains without cost to the settlers, in addition to which it had contributed towank the co£t of metalling the road connection between the settlement and the Netherton wharf. 1 The Ngararahi stop-bank road, continued the letter, was not bounded bj a Crown settlement, as it-was entirely outside the Hauraki plains rating area. The Public Works Department had proviled a subsidy of £l2OO foi. , metalling this road, and his department could not entertain an increase--1 in respect to the Awaiti block roads, it woifld be seen, that through the work already carried out the depai - ment had provided practically the equivalent of a £ for £ subsidy, and in vidw of the assistance beihg granted by the Public Works Department was - not prepared to favourably entertain any provision for increase in that department’s subsidy. Cr. Reid said he failed to see why the Crown tenants of that area should not receive treatment similar to other Crown settlers. The Ngararahi stop- | bank r.oad settlers were not Crown | tenants, but the land.on one side was all Crown land. SPECIAL COMMITTEE. The chairman, clerk, engineer, and Patetonga riding member were conr* s V’ s titutedj a committee to deal with the I threatened legail action by a Patetonga settler for. payment for gravel.