Kawhia County Council.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 333, 18 October 1907, Page 2

Kawhia County Council.

SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the above was held on Monday, 14tb, when there were present—Messrs W. J. Shaw (chairman), G. G. Jonathan, A. W. Babbage and H. Armstrong. The business was the passing of the special order re the wharf loan, which was done by resolution. ORDINARY MEETING. OOR-iE 5P103W ■ 8 Co j, To Rt'i a-moa, complaining of a rued which Mr Le Prou had fenced fl, which she wished opened. Also forwarding letter from Mr HLurstbouse, Chief Engineer, stating that she should apply to th* 3 Council to open the road.—The Roadi Department to be written to asking that the road be opened. From Secretary Acclimatisation Society, Auckland, stating that the society would supply trout fry (or the stocking of streams in the County, and asking that arrangements ba m ;de to meet the fry at Te Awamutu.— It was decided to ask for a supply from New Plymouth also

From Walker and Pe:ke, solicitors, Auckland, enclosing eocnint ( r 10s 6d.—Referred to Cr M‘oa -db. From Superintendent of Electric Lines, acknowledging receipt of £l2 for erecting telephone to De 0. Campbell Jenkics* residence, and also the sum of £4 for maintenance paid by the doctor.—Received. From A. Wright, Waiharakeke, ob jactiog to paying 10 per cant, on to bis rates, as he bad not rtceivel tbe first notico.—R ceived. From John Ormsby, Otorohanga, acknowledging receipt of final notice foroverduj rates. In fasi of the deci-

sion of the Assessment Court at Ka whia some time ago upon a point which was raised regarding tbe value of native land for rating purposes, he was at a loss to know where tbe authority to rate came in.—Received. Froui Acting-Minister of Public Work?, stating that as the Government had already built a wharf at Kawhia, and done something towards the improvement of Jsrvois street, and as there was so many, more pressing needs, a further sum for Jervois street Could not be granted. From L. Woolly, Kinohaka, applying that her name be put on roll tor section 20, Kawhia South.—Granted. From R. H. Aitken, Waitetuna, asking toz payment of £3 due io him for work done on the Waitetuna Valley road.—Cr Norton wrote denying that the Council owed Aitken tbe money. From T. Parkinson, Te Rau a-moa, objecting to pay the 10 per cent, for overdue' rates, on account of his name not being on tbe roll.—Received From Receiver of Revenue, Auckland, stating that the sum of £33 Ils 9d had been paid into the National Bank, Auckland, as it was found out that the Cjuncil still had an account i there.—Account to be closed, and money transferred to Bank of New Zealand, Te Awamutu.

From W. Sobye, Oparau, forwarding copy of a resolution of a meeting held re how tbe money for the roads in that district should be expended.—Cr Armstrong said that the engineer had acceded to the wishes of the settlers.

From F. A. Pearson, Haucuru, drawing attention to the fact that the Ktimingu real was blocked. He enclosed a ieUer from the Roads Department which stated that the Council had now to Keep tbe road open. He asked for authority to put men on to clear it. Tbe ratepayers wished to be represented on the Council, as their present member (Cr M'Oardle) lived in Wellington and had no interest in the Kauri Riding. —Or Babbage : Half of the road is in tbe Waitomo County.— Resolved that tbe settlers ba allowed to put a man on for a week to open up the road, to be paid out of Mr Pearson's thirds.

BNGII EBB’S BEPORT. The Enginet» (Mt A. Armstrong) reported as follows: “I have the honour to report that I have completed the plans for the works on the Pirongia West road. These have baen divided into throe contracts as follows No. 8 starts at the boundary with the native laud near Messrs Newton’s and is 112 chains long. The work is principally widening, with the the exception of one short deviation, and two places where it is proposed to raise the road over rather swampy ground. About one half of the contract will be metalled. There is a good deal of rock showing along portions of the road, the quantity of which ill is not at present possible to estimatd, but will produce more stone than will be required for metalling. Contract No. 9 starts from the end of the road repaired by Mr Bohrieber in the early pai t of the year, and is 67 chains in length. On this contract it is proponed to do 25 chains of metall ’ ing. The balance of the work consists of widening the road to 14ft. Contract. No. 10 starts at the terminating peg of the last contract and is 68 chains long; this takes the work up to Mr T. Scott’s gite. Tne work is similiar to the last, 10 chains of which it is proposed to metal. The specifications for these three contracts are still to prepare. ' Okupata road—So far I hive been able only to get two contracts oom pieced oh this road. The first No. 11 will principally be metalling. The work will start at the boundary of the native land with Mr Mackenzie’s and is 40 chains iia length. Only about 15 chains of this will have to be widen ed as the rest of the work is on the emtraet at present being carried out by Mr Schrieber. The settlers on this road expressed a wish to have the metal made 10ft wide ; this addi somewhat to the cost of the work. Contract No. 12 is for two deviations pf the road near Mr Sobye a. The

~ r-r contract is 20 chains long, but includes both deviations, and both are within the road lines. The present road is 7 chains longer than the deviations will b) when completed. Tbe steepest gr »de ie 1 in 20. The field work is completed for2scb of widening etc., opposite Mr Clarson's but the plans tire still to prepare. There will be two more oontrac'.s t > b gut out further along tbi* rood but r.heje I have not had time to do. Owing to the bad weather I have not been able to got the work done a; Waitetuna, but I will take the fir.ft favourable oportonity of going there.” THE SMALL BIRD PEST. Mr W. Terry, of Oparau, wrote as fillows “I. beg to draw your attention to the alarming increase of the small bird’s pest in this district, and urge upon you to take immediate steps to minimise the nuisance by sup plying settiers with reliable poispned g tin—not useie -s stuff like that sup pli-.d last season, which really increas ed the evil. I have already bad a large pa block nf oats ruined, and which I will require to plough and sow gain. In fact it is abooiu eiy watte of time and money Rowing g ass as it is pul cd as soon as it germinates I append a tried and reliable receipe for the preparing of the grain, and as s >w ing is now bee >ming general and tbe birds natural food soiree they would take it readily. By taking action now it will prevent ma y failures la er on wh°n Mie bush is b irnt. R cipe 601 b’. of wheat steeped in milk for a time; thin sprinkle with soz trych nin', and lib. of -agar ; mix well and dry in the sun.” The Cbairm-'.n said that he got some piisoued wheat from Auckland, which ha had tried but found to be of very little use.

ACCOUNTS. Tbo following accounts were passed - for payment:—H. Pettit £4 18s Bd, W. J. Shaw £l, H.Armstrong £1 10j, Petty Owb £B, W. J. Smith £lO 18s 3d, P. Ward £5 4s 3d, J, G. Howes £2 10 J sd, Insurance £1 10 1, A. Babbage £l, Cbamptaloup and Cooper £1 5s Id, O. Perham 10j, J. Ealwasser £l, Drug Co. 37e 7d, J. K. Newton £9 4$ 4d, A. Armstrong £5O 4s, Aherau £1 4s, 0. H. Quin £l9. THE LOANS. A lot of correspondence was read from the Treasury re the loans, it being asserted that the reaeon of the delay was owing to fact that ail the necessary documents had not yet arrived. The Chairman could not understand the statement, as the cleric had forwarded two lota. MAROK-.PA TELBFHONE. Mr P. C. Ease, of Kiritehere, forwarded £25 and a list of guarantors to the Kino-haku-Marokopa teleohone. The Chairman said he called a meeting of those interested, which was well attended, and a guarantee of £36 given in the room. The amount subscribed altogether would be about £4O, and there might be a shortage of £ll- The Kawhia Riding would be greatly banefitted by the telephone. There was only a certain amount set aside for telephones, and they had better apply straight away. Cr Jonathan advocated the Council giving the guaranty at oooe. Eventually on the motion of Css Jonathan and Shaw it was resolved : “ That authority be given to the chairman to direct the clerk to give the Council's guarantee to the Telegraph Department as soon as the settlers* guarantee list of not less than £36 comes to baud duly completed, so that the work may be put in hand at the {earliest possible moment.” BIDING BOUNDARIES.

The Colonial Secretary. Wellington, wrote stating that the Council's application for an extension of time to enable the Council to alter the boundaries of certain ridings would receive consideration.—A telegram was also re ul stating that it was doubtful if the ex eusion could !>e granted, but suggesting that the Council might pass the special order, and tbe question of validating it oould then be considered. Cra Shaw, Jonathan and Babbage were appointed a special committee to go into the question of adjusting the boundaries, which will be dealt with at a special meeting of November 12th, . GENERAL. Is tho loan money has not yet been paid over the Engineer agree 1 to have a holiday until each time as there was work te do. It was decided to hand over the revenue derived from tbe licensing of billiard looms to the Town Board, Cr Jonathan was requested to ask th Town Board to repair the path leading to the Council Chambers. It was decided to procure lithos, of the various blocks in the County for office use. Ct Babbage was given authority to spend the Awaroa-Mahoo road thirds as soon as tbe money is available. The now famous account due to C. Quin again oame up for discussion, and it was decided to pay £l9 as full settlement.