KAWHIA COUNTY COUNCIL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 530, 4 January 1913, Page 6

KAWHIA COUNTY COUNCIL.

ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING.

The ordinary' meeting of the ; Kawhia County Council -was held on December 21st, when there was a fall attendance of the councils Communications were received from the Prime Minister, the Minister of Public Works, Mr C. K. Wilson, M.P., and the Under-Secretary Public Works Department, on the subject of Governm nt grants fur roads, etc , works. - Authorities are being hsued as rapidly as funds will admit, and votes totalling £3400 are offered to the council for expenditure.—The council: decided to undertake the ex penditure of the and to proceed with the works at once. The Ujider-ScretaryJEubiic Works Department stated, in reply to a letter from the council re thefoariof a Stone crushing' plant that the department bad loaned a j)lant Waitfimo County Council under stances', but regretted ic' was impos sible to comply with the reqeat of the Kawhia County Council/for the loan of one. ;..*';'^;v-

Trie Under-Secretary "hotined that the grant for the ; Okupata;Pekanui road to be\ handed oyer to the Waitbmo County Council for expenditure. —!t was decided to with the Waitomo County Council on the subject. The Land Department stated that the,. Tuapuaebounuku block;.. requried i survey, and probably additional-road ; ins Deforce it caald Da qperied for se lection, and that it is hoped to make arrangements forasuryiy? during the present easson f after which steps can be; taken ■ seiectiun " ; ." ■'■,;•,•'i'._■■, .■-■■'■:.■■•' '■' The clerk of £tfie YfcaTtomo County Council wrote asking'for Suggestions as to where tie next meeting of the Backblb'cks- Local, Bodies Association should be cpuiicilhas already suggested J&at the/meeting be held in Kawhia. The chairman and Cr Davies were appointed delegate* to attend the conference.. The dele gates were instructed'to ' support the third clause of MajojrLusk's remit which will be discussed at the confrence. , ■"*." v „ The Whakatane County Council asked the council'*.,, support in a movement to get ythe Minister to allow the cost of sap^rvision, etc., of road works out of "grants to be paid ont of the was de cided to support the Wakatane County Council in tnis matter.. Letters were received,*rorr. the Hon. W. Fraser and the Hon. W. H. Her nes each stating would be un able to fix a datelfor his visit to Kawhia at present. The Marokopa Dairy Co. renewed rite request for the erection of,a butter *7*hed aft-Kmohaku.—lt'was:resolved to ~ "rerVrthe letter batk to the company for a reply* to the council's-letter of October 18th. Engineer's Report. —Since making my last report I have visited all parts of the county, and several, times inspected the different woiks in hand - .AH metalling work is. now in full Bwing, and good progress is being made with the formatibn works: Mr "P. Esbelby is , making good progress with'the reforming of the Kinobaku to Waiharakeke road from the landins shed to the Oteke.strea'll bridge, and will complete this portion of his ' work at an early date. Mr"II. Swanson is also engaged on his'metalling contract on Kawhia to Marpkopa river road. A gpod pit has been opened up and quarrying operations are iu progress. Mr F. G. Stokes now has a ■ fair numebr of teams engaged on his metalling contract on, Okupata road, and has about 50 chains of gravel laid on Contract No. 35, and ia now commencing to lay gravel on the -near end of bis Contract No.' 36. •The quality of tbe gravel is , good ■ and is being well laid. Messrs Daviea and Schreiber Bros have been engaged laying metal on their contract during the past few weeks, and ' now have about 50 chains completed. - The quality of the atone used is very good, but tbe metal iB being laid far too heavy, and much in excess of the specified gauge. I have recommended tbe crusher being cloßed more, and more careful feeding of the atone. I expect by this means' better result* Will be obtained. The metal how laid 'will be hand broken, in regard to the erect ioa of the Wbakapirau road 'bridges, the committee appointed to deal with this matter have been successful in arranging for the cutting and delivering of the timber at the bridge sites. Arrangements for building can be made later In regard to Mr A. Armatong's complaint as to the manner in whicri his private road was obstructed by "timber, etc, .Okupata road, 1 have made an inspection in reference to this matter, and I find that through an alteration in tbe line of Okupata road, His. private road has been left without connection. *j I would advise that the necessary connection be made, and I estimate, tbe cost at about ss. The alteration of the line of road baa greatly improved Mr Armstrong's access. as-, Bistant has been employed in making an engineering survey of the Kai mango road, and I propose .to keep him no employed .until at least two miles of the work has been complet . ed. Several Government grants have been offered to tbe council for expenditure, among- them being Awaroa to Maboe £737 Is Id,, Kaimango £538 19a 6d, Kauri £99 Is 10d, Kibi £397 18a. 3d. and Taumatatotara road (east) £lB9 4s Bd. I propose to at once prepare contracts for these works to be submitted to the district engineer for s approval, and the work put in- band as soon as poaisiblr. and also earry out the same work in respect of any other of the" different grants wiiich rriary be offered, and which bave been - previ- ■ oasly> handled by tbe council. The engineer was instructed to can /- .xelSwanson?s contract unless satrsfac-

'* It was resolved to apply for • maintenance grant for the Kawhia kopa river road. " Gr Babbage was given authority to expend up to £2O on the AwaroaMahoe road. 1 An additional £5 was voted foe tbe approach to the Oparau landing shed. - Tbe dog tax was fixed at 2s 6d for wdrking dogs and 10s for others*

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