Kawhia County Council.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 365, 19 June 1908, Page 2

Kawhia County Council.

An ordinary meeting of the above wa ■ beM in tbe Council Chamber? on Monday last, when there were present Crs. W. J- Shaw (chairman), H, Shaw, G. G. JonathaC, A. N. Norton, A. W. Bibbage H. Arma.tong and W. W. M'Cardle. THE FIWHIA LOAN. The Chief Stir.ey »r wrote that tha plan of the Kawhia bpecitl Racing area was in c nrse of preparation. Tne dalay wasc a-ted the presuru of urgent Dapirtmia a! v irk, no draughtsman being thus avails bls. Tn« tetter was received, rising boundaries, A petition read from 2G Tabaroa ratepayers requeuing that the iliog boundaries be left as at It was pointed out by the chairman that there had been no re valuation of the county ibis year. Taking everything iuto consideration it was decided that the ridings of the whole county remain ae they are. BUTTER FACTOR! SITE. An application was made by Messrs Hunter and Ward for a lease of about balf-an-acre of the vacant land for the purpose of Greeting & butter factory- The matter was referred to a committee of the whole Council, to meet on Thursday. RIDING ROADS. The Waitomo County Council wrote relative to the matter of the maintenance and control of roads between tbe two counties, viz., portions of the Kai manga, Hauturu ank coach road. * It was resolved to hand over the thirds received in respect ot sections fronting portions of the sa d roads to the Waitomo Council. RAILWAY MATTERS Cr M'Cardle was requested to act as a deputation from the Council to the local authorities at Te Kuiti to ask them to co-operate in urging on tha Prime Minister ths necessity of railway communication between Kawhia and the Main Trunk Line. MAROKOPA WaARF. Mr A. E. Langley waited on tha Council (as a representative of Hero kopa residents) asking that a grans b-t made towards the erec ion of a wharf at that place. The following motion wn c**ned : “That the Council recognises tbe desirability of including tbe Ma** kopa district as far as Tirua Point, in tbe

Kawhia County, and extending the Harbour Board jurisdiction to the Marokopa River.” whakapirau landing. The Council decided to extend £lO on a landing for Whakapirau district, at site to be decided on by the councillors and settlers of the Waibarakeke and Taharoa Riding. ACCOUNTS. Tbe following accounts were passed for paymentW. JFShaw, £l, H. Shaw £J, A. N. Norton £1 10s, H t Armstrong 15a, A. W. Babbage£l, W. W. M’Cardle £l, N. Z. Drug Co., £l t Kawhia Settler £2 Ils 6d, Loan Company £22 9s 3d, Jonathan Ltd--5a 3d, J, E. Scott 5s Gd, G. H. Chase 19s, W. H. Reynolds £4 2? 6d, A. Ormsby 10s, Paki 7s, Mana £4 ISe, A. Straach £5 J. Easy £5 ICta. J. G. Parkinson £6, J. M. Forbes 41 2s, G. Putiti £2 8% Teraiu £2 Be, J. Fisher, £2 9s, A. Shea £8 Be. T. Taylor £1 15s, E. PeacocK £2 2s, H. Hodges Ba, R. Nesbitt £2 5s 9d, J. D. Sutton £1 f7s 7d, Nathan Boa £l, labour on wharf 17a 3d, F. Hoaking