Kawhia County Council.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 387, 13 November 1908, Page 2

Kawhia County Council.

The ordinary meeting of the above body was held in the Oonnoil Chainbees on Saturday teat, when there were present-—Crs W. J. Shaw (chair<ii.ad), A. W. Babbage, G. G. Jonathan, H. Armstrong and A. N. Norton. Cr J. P. Wright, the newly elected representative tor Taharoa, r.teo tooa his seat;. COK.BEBPONDENCL. The outward corresp.-nttenoe having b e.i taken a.i re id, iha principal inw.ndg was dealt with as followii' From Jas. Kearns, Blinubaku, slating that he had been unable to get the improvements to the Waiharakeke Channel completed, only £1 63 being expended out of the £5 voted, Unless the Council undertook to get the balance expended it must lapse, as he Could not get labour.—lt was decided that the balance be not spent and the Si 6s paidFrr.m P. W. Bell, Harihari, report »nj thftv be .jad'expendei 1 10 in r.-pairs culvert on the Po<-k. —Amount pa '-ed, to ba paid mt of t thirds due w Hadhari Grazing Run. From Treasury, sta mg that the matter of loans at £250 tor works in K iwbia township and £2OOO for wharf improvements would receive attention, —Received.

From Secretary to the Treasury, in connection with the Mahoanui Kawhia road I jan of £2500, informing Council that the words on the special order, *’ and all native tends adjoining the said road,” were not defituite enough. —The Chairman said tb •». the special order on a previous proposal of £5OOO fur the same road also contained the words complained of. Objections were raised to other Haws iu that pro posal. It seemed strange that now a new loan was oontemphved exception was taken to what was previously ac* cepted.—The Clerk : No sooner one mistake is rectified than another is found. I have written asking if tbe money will be granted if this matter is attended to. If it was warded any other way they would perhaps say that the special order did not agree with the ballot paper.—Received. From Secretary Waikaio Charitable Aid Board, applying for payment of amount due by the County. £5O to be paid.

From Under-becretary of Public Works, relative to the Council's request that the survey of the Kawhia Harbour-Main Trunk Railway should be put in hand at once, as follows : 11 The department's engineering staff is fully occupied upon important and urgent duties at present, but on the completion of some of the railway works now in hand I trust that I will be able to detach an officer to make the survey of the line in which your Council is interested.—Received. From Secretary of E'ectric Lines, stating that the work of erecting the telephone line between Kioobaku and Marokopa would be carried out with as little delay as possible.—Carried. From Commissioner of Crown Lands, suggesting alterations in the schedule to be used when applying for thirds.—Held over until the Commissioner’s visit. financial. The Clerk reported that the various accounts stood as follows :

ACCOUNTS. Tbs following accounts were passed for payment;—VV. J. Shiw £l, A. W. Babbage £l, A. N. Norton £1 10s, A. G. Martin £9 2s, Wbareonhi £7 10s 6d, J. R. Liddle £1 2s, T. Taylor £8 16s, J. Bamsey £8 12s, H Hodgee 16s, C. Thompson £lO 12s, A. Shea £2, D, Galvan Is, F. Atkins £ll I9s, A Atkins, £7 14s 6d, J. Dungan £65, H. Terry £8 10s, Homo Green 16s, Oharit- i able Aid Board £6O, J. Kearns £1 6s, G. Robertson Bs, 1?, W. Bell 10s, H. Ellmers, jr„ £lO, J. Ramsey £5, W, Ross £1 Bs, Chase and. Co 2s 91, Jonathan Ltd. 9s 6d, H. H. Pettit £5 8s 9d, Wilson end Horton 18s 3d, Raglan Printing Co. 6s, F. Hosking 10s Bd, J. D. Sutton £1 6s lid. SHED AT LEMON POINT. A letter was road from Mr Jas. Kearns, Kinobaku, notifying that he bad interviewed all', settlers immediately interested in the shed at Lemon Point, who wore agreed that it should become the property of the Harbour Board. An estimate of the shed (amounting to £l2 15s, was also forwarded. In connection with this matter Or Babbage moved a notice of motion, given at the last meeting of the Council, “ That a previous motion relative to the shed at Lemon Point be rescinded."—Seconded by the Chairman and carried. It waa resolved, on the motion of Crs Shaw and Babbage, “ That £lO be granted to tbs settlers of the Taharoa Biding for the erection of a shed at Lemon Point (as per schedule eupgli.id) to bo the property of the Harbour Icard, to be erected on skids so that it could be moved to any other place if necessary, and that the settlers supply the amount necessary to make up tbs exlra cost." MABOKOPA BIVBII. Mr P. 0. Rose, secretary of the Kiritehere Settlers* Association, wrote asking the Council’s co-operation in extending the functions of the Kawhia Hsrbour Board eo as io include the Marokopa River. The settlers there were anxious to see the river improved and were quite reedy to pay harbour rates, and he presumed that the Board would require to re-adjust the area so as to go as far south as Tiru® Point and Waikawhau. He wished to know it the Burd could include the country therein its area. The Chairman raid that it could not be -lone as the Board was al present constituted. Or Babbage recognised the necessity of including she Marokopa and Kirit. t-re district, as it would be a good 1 thing for those places w4l ,4 .la - i

wbia. Bat that could not be done until the boundaries were extended. Ibe Chairman said that what was wanted was a properly constituted Harbour Board, Some settlers who used the Marokopa River were not willing to be included in the County yet wanted to Come into the Harbour Board, which was impossible. The only way the difficulty could be solved was to extend the county. Some day hey would have to get a Bill through the House and they wanted to see that all lands ever likely to be interested in the Kawhla Harbour were included. He moved—“ That the Association be informed that it has the matter in its own hands, as the extention of the county boundary would also mean the extension of the powers of the Harbour Board.” The motion was seconded by Cr Babbage and carried. A THREATENING EVIL. Cr Babbage drew attention to the encroachment of rabbits into the County, they having been seen both at Aw*rna and Oparau. They should ask the Government l-o do something to check the spread. Kawhia w<*e a clean County so far and it would be rough if the Government allowed the rabbits to come in. Ur Jonathan said tha*; these pests were harboured on the native land. If the land was settled the danger would not be so great. This wat. another reason why the native areas should be settled. Or Babbage : Yes ; and Crown sections too. The Government have bad blocks for eight years and won’t bring them out, simply waiting fur increased values. Cr Jonathan : And increased rabbits and noxious weeds. It was decided 10 bring the question under the notice of the Stock Department. GKNICRAL. Certain questions relative to the surveying of the Harbour Endowments were discussed in committee, and it was decided to place i:he matter before ! the Commissioner of Crown Lands | when he vidted the district.

Mr E. W. Buckeridge surveyor, attended and presented a skeleton plan in connection with ths proposed reclamation of land fronting the town. In reply to a question tbe Clerk stated that over £lOO in r&tee had been lately collected. Iu referring to the expending of I thirds Cr Babboge mentioned that on the Awaroa-Maboe read during the past year shout £lBO had been spent. Accounts amounting to £8 Ils, expenses of witnesses in tbe recent case of Quin v. the Council, were passed for payment. Only two tenders were received for work on tbe Waitetuna-Aotea road, that of J. Ramsey for £47 4s being accepted, Cr Wright asked for authority to spend money on the road between Lemon Point and Te Maika road.—The Chairman informed the new councillor that he could expend £5 between meetings without authority. Permission wee given to tbe settlers of Awaroa and Kiuchaka to erect telephone lines along and across the Awa-roa-Mahoe and Maboenui - Kawhia roads respectively.

County Fund, cr £598 16 11 Loan Account, cr £761 6 6 Harbour Account, or .. £110 1 8