WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 220, 30 December 1909, Page 2

WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

.. . .„ < . A meeting of Waitomo County | Council w&~ he id a: the Council Char::- ■ bers To Kuiti Thursday iast. : Jchm'tor, Vdmm Gregg T and Boddie. ' . ( . . .mtOr Was r it of the _ r taut the ectior :'r. 1 won id ho t . ray men t of mM I purchase money. Tawarau Toad: Mr McAdar: wrote calling auc-nticn to the -. J :ho road and requesting the Cc.ur.ds to ha . reuairs made. { Cr Were explained the pc=:;:c:: sr.:. 1 said the request should be attended to. j Cr Were was authorised to 'enter.:; | an amount up to £5 on the roc.'.:. J Poundkeeper: Mr MeDianr.id -.vrote resigning the position of ucundkeoner and ranger. Resignation accetped. Te Kuiti Loan : The Secretary of the Treasuary wrote stating that the special order in respect to the Te Kuiti loan had been gazetted. Loan applied for: The Secretary to the Treasury wrote stating that the moneys for loans to Local Bodies for the year had been exhausted and the I £SOO loan applied for could not be ; granted at present. Settlers Petition: The settlers on the Otorohanga-Pirongia road forwarded a petition to the Minister of Public Works asking for the Council's recommendation to the same. The petition requested that a sum of £4OO j be granted for metalling the Otorc- i hanga-Pirongia road to enable milk to be delivered to the factory. On the motion of Cr Gregg seconded by Cr Were it was decided to recommend the petition. Kiokio Road: A letter was received from Wallace Bros, calling attention to the bad state of the road and requesting the Council to do some work on it. Cr Gregg explained that the road had been graded in bad wheather and had subsaquently become very bad. There were some nasty hole 3 and the road was an important one: it should receive attention. On the motion of Cr Johnston seconded by Cr Hoffman the matter was left in the hands of the Councillor for the riding to deal with, j On the motion of Cr Gregg seconded j by Crßoddie it was decided to instruct ; the Engineer to prepare an estimate ! with a view to raising a loan for metalling the road to the creamery and railway station. Te Kuiti-Awakino road : ihe Minister for Public Works wrote acknowledging receipt of plans and estimates for metalling work and stating the same had been forwarded to the Department's Engineers for the usual action. Hauturu road: With reference to the road between Oamaru and Kihikihi junctions, Cr Hoffman stated he had put a man on to do the most necessary work. —Confirmed Noxious Weeds: The Inspector wrote drawing attention to the weeds growing on the Esplanade, Te Kuiti. —Received. A disputed road: Mr Hine, Solicitor, wrote on behalf of Mr J. Smith concerning the road applied for by Mr Lever through Mr Smith's property. The chairman explained be had met Mr Hine and Mr Lever and there was no hope of an amicable arrangement. He had signed an application for a 1 >< ; foot road on behalf of the Councii. Letter Received. Obura County: The chairman reported that the committee set uy to confer with the Ohura County rormsentatives with regard to a maim had completed their void; the ma: of £447 3s 4d was to he ; :hh to Chara County Councii, they to ethow m .- standing rates. <oa .m:b:o . Were seconded by Cr ."-r.yt.. too etremittee's action was cor.f:rr.tc-o. Ngapaenga rood: Co m: rrtw attention to the -to o o" th: to mo said he thought to: C arm so: oo; spend—say ~'m h. whim: or to road along a paya boo::. A omaum of about 9 or 1 _■ cnains mmo maoo the road passab.o tm '.moo. tra.ac. As matters stood ho had been o ;.mv" on his section and stih had to y:m: ad his goods to .ho waoo. Be rad amao 30 baies of wool to cow: cot ano . tons of moos to go in ana v. :u.d nam i to pa ! Su A the Coancikwo wito regato to moooter ana on. too n.e v. Joacio the Eryir.ec-r to tea. :v:t.:. Road -rants: Cr Bed die .a. w that ho had inter: iewod the Minister for Babbie Vdoms waer ::: c.ongao: reeont.:a tO'Crooner witn .ot 'weens am M.la and Mr MeCarone mmm. .m ; Jennings being on a to: to the King : Country. The minster a::v;sea sorting their estimates an : mans too : works aiong as stcot as ; essicm am; he <Cr Beddiw gathered that the main road wouia be o .usnea an eat:. :n orarr to have a radios of metalling finished, Sneakinc with rtsymt to the :r'_ta:a i: v:as ; •. n : to aowit ::: regar: te omreading road grants. Cr "5 oddw mid th'';: :vcre stid in the dark as to the intentio:: m the Oovernremt. wo to :or:te and ascertain file position • dei'mitego The motion was seconded by Cr O'Dwyer and carried. 'A farthw mttim. to the twee: that as scon as a rtyy was received the Ibaoiinetr should be instructed to prepare pdaa and estimates for immowateiy carrying oat ah works entrusted to the Cotircih was proposed im Cr Were-. Se.onaoa by Cr Jcimston and carri.a. ghew: r:a . ml i Cr C'Dwycr rah:: A which was obtainable in any aaantity c'.ose to Pio ?:w A stria of road a: the w rr.i.e peg naa boon owe a with this materiai and it made a sncndid mm. The eeot of metaiiiny '.vita this materia! weak: mot be more than iimestono am:: he thought it tvas v.mi worth a trial. was" em'mrsant v.kth the Oomtija am: :m g OI the dog tm in the County for the commg year -eer discussion. Cr Boddie mcoec' ano Cr Johnston seconded tia:t the taa. be ds ! Jd oo: sheen ma t

cattle dogs and 10s for ail other dogs throucrl ohl the Coj- The chairman o pc - o d r aobit c i c^ga, - _ 6d 'as i odfor all c nis cse ~ and + Cr ed a r'-S-----ihe t for c good, eepgput " otion r _ for g of ~ or.no a - the Cr T rg of r ( r Bodc ° waiter or the County. there were some e:-:tremely had places in the road it winter. There was r order to improve the had •-'aces. On I the motic:: of Cr There seconded by Cr j Johnston. Cr Bod die was authorised to attend to the matter. Councii Offices: A committee consisting of the Chairman. Cr; Eoddie and Johnston was appointed to arrange for plans and soeelftcatior; for the Council Offices. Speciai Order: Toe epeeisi order in connection with Te Ifuiti town "loan was duly confirmed. Account; to the amotwt of T169 lis Id were passed for tc.yw.eni.