WAIMEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 119, 20 May 1881, Page 2

WAIMEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Wednesday, May 18. . A special meeting of the Council was held on the above day, in confoimity with the provisions of Section 4 of the Public Works Act) 188 >, Sub Bection G, to take into cottidaration certaiu alterations in the public [ roads in Suburban South proposed by the Waimea Highway Boards viz:— 1. To stop up the public road between sections numbered 52, 53, 66, and 16, on the plan of Suburban Souh, and to take land for a road iv exchange 43 links wide and 28 chains 40 links long, through and along the pouth side of the said section 53. , Ji~ 2. To stop up the road lying through sections numbered 44, 45, and 47 on the plan of Suburban South, and to take in exchange a road 43 links wide and 28 chains long through aud along the north-east Bide of the said sections 44 and 45. j : Present, all the members. Mr Kdward Trolove. and Mr Alfred Allport attended for the purpose of showing that they would be injuriously affected by the first of the proposed alterations, unless certain conditions were assented to by the Waimea Highway Board. ..'.'."'. On the motion of Mr Shephard, seconded by Mr Mactnahon, it was resolved,' T^at thi meeting be adjourned till Wednesday, the 15th June at ll o'clock a.m. for thi purpose of giving any land owner affec.ted by the proposed alteration of road first described lan opportunity of conferring, with the Waimea Highway Board and arriving at so en ft definite arrangement with that body in relation thereto. With respect to the second alteration it was proposed by Mr Bird, and seconded by Mr Wells, That the decision, of the meeting ot ratepayers held on the 26th Marsh last at whioh it was resolved, " That the ro»d lying through sections 44, 45, and 47 . on the plan of Suburban South be stopped up, and a road 43 liuks wide and 28 chains long through and along the north-east side of the said sections 44 and 45 be taken in exchange for the said road so. Btopped up," be confirmed by the Council, Wednesday, May, 18th, 1881. : Special meeting of the Council hold this day in pursuance of the provisions of the 134 th Section of the Counties Act, 1876, for considering the yearly balance sheet (which, together with J.Jie Auditors report theroon, has in conformity with the 133 rd Section of the same Act been published in the County). I ; Preisat : All the members. , The balance sheet bating bien laid before the Council by tha Treasurer and considered by the Council it was on the motion of Mr Shephard, seconded by )Mr Phillips, resolved, That the yearly, balance Bheet be Altered by the substitution of the word « formation " for the word "repairs?' in the , item. " Repairs, Road Stanley Brook to Thorpe, £63 45," and also in the item !' Repairs Road Stanley Brook to Dovedale, £99 19a 9 V and that after such alterations are made th' Chairman sign the same and forward a copy to tie Colonial Treasurer as required by the 135 th Section if the Counties ACt. " ~ • - ■. .'., . :.l ; , .. Wednesoay, May 18,1881. ... , Monthly meeting of the Council. Present: All the members. Minutes of the lait monthly meeting were read and confirmed. ; Mr Shephard brought under the notice of the Council' a petition; from 82 persons, chiefly settlers fa, Stanley-, Brook, .addressedto the Minister for^Publio'^t^orks^pjrijriDg for a grant of £800 for completing the road leading from the Lower' Wakefield railway itation to Stanley Brook, bo «a to jepder the former expenditure of a Government gratjt of -6800 on that road, together with » gum <jf £200 to £300 of the funds of the jJppsß Motueka High way Board, and about an equal amount from the Waimea Boar<i,pf, practical j use,' tHe petitioners urging that the rendering of such road available for dart traffic would throw open a large quantity of timbered Crown lands, which would be taken up wiln. avidity. On the motion of Mr Shepherd, seconded by Mr Bird, it was .resolved,: Tnat the memorial just read be.forwarded to. the Minister for Public Works, with the expression of tjhe opinion on the part of the Council of the reasonableness of the prayer, of the iptfji;, tionersand the accuracy of the atatementi on which it is based. . < ; The Chairman stated that he had taken steps for the removal of the blockages in' the outlying district road, near tb« Top House which had been reported by Mr CanOinjr. • . - . . „- . , „;-;■ j A circular from the Chairman of the Manawatu County Council was read stating that the proposed conference of locals bodies had' been 'postponed % W : Tfch£ grsfc in June, ' : •■■•'•■•'-•'' -.- ••"- '-■' j A circular from the Wallace -County Council was read encldiing for the coniiideratjon of the Council the d raft of a petition to the Governor and House of Representative* praying for the restoration to the 1 Counties of 20 per cent of land sales. On" tna' 'motion' : of Mr Shephard, seconded by Mr Dencker, was resolved, That this 'op'uncil cann*6V cpneurin the prayer of the pelHioi. ■„ !', ''■■- "'■ !A circular from the Rangitikei" County Council was read accompanying a series of ,Bix resolutions expressive of the opinion that the machinery provided by the Legislature to take the place of the abolished Provincial system is utterly inadequate ; to carry out the functions of a good local Government, and indicating in what directions reform is desirable. The Chairman was requtsted to acknowledge the receipt of this communication/ . ",... ;.■.„• .v ::••■ '■• v :f : ■';•'.-:" •;•■. iA letter from the Colonial, : Secretary was. read, in reply to a resolution of the Council expressive of its inability on the cessation of subsidies to continue charitable assistance to the destitute, stating that if the Council will continue to adrajnistel chaiita- . ble aid pending legislation on t^ejsubjaot in the approaching session of Parliament the Government will find the .necessary funds; Toe-Chairman : was. instructed to reply In the affirmative. ! : • ; .;.-.., .., }A letter, dated April Spfcti, frQnithViJader Sepretary for Public Works i .wM te^ fal reply to the Council's communication relative to proceeding: with 'tHe proposed deyiatio% of the road; af.StfoneVa Sangt. ittting. th^t a-peport had- pe^^Ue^n^or, yb\shW

*>„ : ptpmises£ext week, and that upon its re- [ ceip| a deciefon , will be arrived at, Mr Carkeek having been requsted by the Council to survey and report on the ira-. provemen); on the Great Bailer Boad, proposed by the residents in Motueka and Motupiko Valleyi, near Spooner'* Range, I and that suggested in a memorandum of. ' Mr Blackett in the eaine locality, so as to enable the Council to judge of tbe grade and the length and cost of each of the two lines, and generally to* judge of their relative advantages, a brief report from him was received andread. Mr Carkeek after running trial grades^ from Windy Point into Norn's Gully estimates the total cost of the 127 chains, which would be required for a new Hue on the south side of the gully (including the cutting through the saddle) at £180, and expresses a strong preference for adopting this aide of the gully instead of the northern. After consideration of the report it was proposed by Mr Shephard, and seconded by Mr Dencker) That ,£l5O be set aside by tbe Council towards carrying out the' work now reported on provided it be not undertaken by (he Government. This motion on being put was superseded by an amendment proposed by' Mr Bird, and seconded by Mr Macmahon, and! carried, That the further consideration of the report be postponed till the next meeting of the Council. A letter dated sth May from the Colonial Secretary's office was read in reference to tbe proposed separation of the sab-districts of Stoke and WairaeaEast from the Waimea Highway District, and' such districts being constituted a separate highway district; requesting the Council to suggest a suitable place within each of the proposed highway districts for the meeting to elect a first Board on tha 4th July next. Tbe Chairman was instructed to suggest the Agricultural Hall, Richmond, as a suitable place for the new district first named and tbe Institute at Lower Wakefield for the other. ; ; ,The .Chairman reported having on the 6fch May received a telegram from the Marine Department as follows: — " The master of the Lady Barkly reports no harbor lights at Motueka in April. Please attend to same." And that he bad telegraphed in' reply that the lata lessee of the Motueka wharf Had removed the Motueka harbor lights, and he (the Chairman) bad applied to the Marine Department to carry, dut its expressed intention to erect proper leading lights.' The letter referred to had been forwarded on the 28th ult; l ,--';" The Chairman informed the Council that he had forwarded to each of the Registrars of Do^s powers to sue defaulters under the Dog Registration. Act. , A memorandum from the Commissioner [of Crown Lands, iqformed the Council that ,tbeleaae of the Riwaka Pound had expired, ;and the Chairman was instructed, to take the iproper sttprfor its removal. ; An account for £5 2s 6d being presented ! on behalf of tne lessee of the Motueka IWharf for payment by the Council, the cost 'of a truck and, lights procured by him, it jwas proposed by. Mr Macmabcn and seconded joy Mr Dencker that the account be paid. iMotion negatived. ■ Leave of absence was granted to Mr Shephard during the coming session of Parliament. , Tne Chairman stated that a final payment of £17 14s 8d for Hospital purposes bad been made;: being the balance of the Council's share of the cost of maintenance of the Nelson Hospital to the 31st March, when the charate of the institution was resumed by the Government. . . . | -A. letter from tbe Under Secretary of the Mnui Department was read, in refprsnee to the request of the Council for Government assistance inV rendering:: certain portions of ths Wangapekt gold-fields more accessible, jenquiring M.to 5 tbe cost of the intended ,work, and the 'amount which the Council is prepared to spend thereon On the motion of Mr Phillips, seconded by Mr Shephard, it was resolved, That the Go vernment ba informed that the estimated cost i> £100, and that tbe Council ia pre pared to expend half that amount. . It was also resolved, That the Upper Motueka Highway Board be requested to proceed with the portion, of tbe work between Bush End and the Lorig Cutting, estimated by their Overseer to cost £48. The; Chairman wa9 requestsd to obtain if posseible - for the guidance of the Pound keepers in the County a sufficient number of Copies of the Cattle Tresspasa Acts in operation, i . ' . ' . i A letter from the Lessee of the Motueka Wharf was read complaining of Mr. Cross continuing to load and discharge goods on ihe3 fore : shores and making enquiries on several legal*points In connection with the wharf management. On the motion of Mr. $hephard seconded by Mr. Phillips it was resolved that the lessee be informed that the Council is about to take legal opinion on tbe points referred to by him. . ; A report from Mr. 'Bird was,, brought before the Council in reference to protective, works at the Fpxhill Bridge proposed by the Waimea ' Highway Board, for the. cost of frhich application was mitdetdthe Council py that c ßOiu:d; On the motion, of Mr. Shephard" seconded by Mr Phillips it was jesolved/Thatttie sum of £.50, be placed at the disposal of the Waimea Highway Board for protecting the Foxhill Bridge in the manner proposed, by Mr. Bird. < A report was read from Mr. C. H. Martin 6n the Maungatapu Outlying District road ?talbing that he had expended the sum lately yoied by the Councilj and strongly urging |he further .expenditure of £12 on a certain portion of .the same road which still remains in a^ery bad condition, v On the i&otlon of by Mr., Macmahon it was resolved that the sum of £12 be voted fotrthe* pjirppse "proposed by:; Mr. Martin. - I Paymetiisrbrdered of £11 15s 9d tjD,tfpper ; Higiiway' Board for certain repairs, and replacing' jbf culverts otf iKeMain." South' Roadoufi of the Council's rot* of £12 for those . purposes. £2 8s Od to same Board for removal of fallen treesn^air.th^JJopq- Saddle on the tame Road; £5* 1 8s Od Messrs Lucas and Son fpradyertising; £1:4 17s Od repairs to Mftun. gatapu Roaa* put of ,£26. voted bythe Cpuncilj s^lV 16b! 7d ; .for-, Tel^graips an,d I ,other mis-, ceilantoua expen^ea. „ „ „= >,;,.,< I Council < adj jurned to W.e^lnesday,; 15th June, at^U o'clock, •' -. . ,Vi" '_■_