Kairanga county Council.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7317, 10 June 1902, Page 3

Kairanga county Council.

ano monthly meeting of the Kairanga County Council, was held to-day. Prosent— Li-3 Luxforu, (chairmaD), Were, Conlan, Hanson, Voss.

CORRESI'OXDEN-CB. From tho Minister for Health, asking tho., ste p ? bo taken f OT destruction o( lats and inspection of house yards — Received. -

From the Pulmerston Borough Coun- I cil, asking Council to join with BorouMi in offering 3d each forde.-i.lrats.-It wa 3 decided to join with tho Borouoh Prom Cm P. J. Nathan and "TV. p. Jvendall, apologising for absence from meeting.—Leave granted. From Cr Kendall, submitting bis opinion as to the closing of a road in Linton swamps; and also suggesting that if the Gorge bridge is to be rebuilt 0 the Council should insist unon the verdict o£ the Commission beini; carried out. j From H.P. Larsen and H. Fabrian, applying for lease of road fronting their property on Bunnyihorpe railway road. —Granted on same terms as formerly From Mellardy Bros., asking that Roberts Lino be opened to the Taonui stream.—llesolved, that Mr Pharazyn bo given notice to reaove obstruction from the road. From Manawatu County Council, with copy of petition asking the Government to purchase the Mauawatu Uaihvav. From W. Akers, protesting' against closing the Jaekeytown—Seotts' i{oad. From A. Perrin, asking that John Jones be appointed assistant ranger. Granted. From J. Flynn, applying lor position of ranger for the Fitzhcrbevt riding.— Left in the hands of chairman. i From I, Cooksloy, asking that gawliakarau road contract stand over till spring, and stating that it will take about ,CuO to complete tho contract.— Contract to be completed by Not. Ist, subject to the immediate completion of i lie bridges. I'rorn a number of ratepayers resident °« I'oxton Line, asking that Maxwell's It «■ ?I>li. notl «P to the river frontage. l 0 ",' , ' loi--«\fA to grant the request, ■invoii^r1;^'"68 t0 be taL"en °g«"»t A« 11T,.." l, trferi "B vritU the liver bank, par ofU e'roT^P Shlck' B leaso of » IUSCEI.L.VXF.OUS In reference to the roads which the Manawatu Eaihvay Company *shed to clo.se » the Linton wiiLp.VwWde wdeinol to «B«» to their W ng cto«,d'

(W. Unnlaii .stuled that tit..' read- io 1«: j closed were opened by the Company, j who incorporated the" jj.wfn-d roads I into their seelions. During the month the ranger impoended .l-.!7 head of e:iltk\"u fact fiivoimhly commented upon. [I w.is rL'|ior!ed (o fhu Council (hat a settler in the FiUhcrbo t district intended moving a house on a si- dgo with the aid of: a traction engine.—lt was decided to send notice that any breach of the Public Works Act would be followed by legal proceedings. It Mas decided that correspondence and accounts not to hand 2-1 hours before (he meeting of the Council would be deferred till tho next monthly meeting.

Mr Bradbury, "Bunnythorpe, applied for permission to till up a hollow on tho road fronting his properly.—Referred to the Overseer.

Mr Tews desired permission to put in a pipe drain to Hughes' Line to drain a portion of his property. Mr G. Craw presented a petition from 22 residents at Linlon and Fitzherbert "West, asking that Wellington Road, Linton, should be. taken over from the ManawatuKailway Company and formed and metalled and thrown it open for traffic.

(Left Sitting.)