HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 14 June 1920, Page 3

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

monthly MEETING. 4 Tlic monthly meeting of the above j Council was held at Levin on Wat urea J. j Present: Crs. G. A. Monk (chairman . J j. k. Whyte, 11. Barber, !• • - r - K -' dl ' L. Coley, *W. J. Bryant, S. A. Broat - belt, and G. I- Darkness. Ja'hvc ot* absence was £ ial,tc< McLeavey. The minutes were read and confumed. Correspondence. Correspondence was read and dealt with as follows: — From Public Works Department asking that applications for loans lot road or bridge construction be mnU MO t later than June 1-L-AUeiided to. .from State Advances Office, Malm that £7OO had been remitted in eo lection with the Olald Gorge, nottli | tSSic. »Alug to I* oupporteti <l» I in p,. That the Prime Minister bo ui b od fi toVve introduced legislation grvmg I local bodies full power to enloiu. ; p. 3 - incut of rates by Maoris, or prowdu.* J ..for pajinent ot ..Name lat » > | General Government.— lo be mp J P °?rot Hawcra Borough Council, :mk- | ing to be supported in “ I lt:e” removal of duty h Wren’s footwear, if the. duty o J 'Z Srpair and 10 percent additional 1 W cro removed the comparative cost o footwear for a child up to id years o.t ' ago v'-uld be equal to infant fooler, which was admitted into l ie * “ £ . .... IT-irkncss thought, uic a ‘ u '( .pi i., .put li. Hip pM’PPt ,c ;r°.2r - »' o- 1 « »—■« /t::'!-,,!.,. ■ in ; to bbc supported m a icsou ion that the attention of the l™. * ‘ u , lie drawn to the unsat isl.eto.y ifsmmrteib Ihi Cluarman considering .it a move,in the rigid '"reet.on V." ~ Tnosr 11 lit * Town Ho.ud, aProm Lpl'cr * which - for a copy ot ttie 'V' $ -I ,ifiling with the 1 1 I Council, ueaii „ i.ouu- I £iZX Order- in-Oounc• 1 was reC orded.-To be (I>;ilmol . sU)n IcUCt 1 i - t 0 r contribution of EM»t .‘l asking i c „|' iheir roads- | w-u-ds the maintenance j had reptied that he Ii . tin. Horowhenua voum. t that he thought the Council shoutd com j .. , , lo the Shannon Council. 1 111 U . hurt length of road conamount paid in rates Sidoring the mi., “for unveiled | -The Chainuan y • lhuit .”_ check this U'tUT was stating that i’lom W - inn t ~m olllsw erc pppp.jipst» r,.v~ s (lialu to Or. Broadbclt. f . -. minting that the work as - h;u , a lis , Department wou ■ ~v;ltluble.-Kes-oon as cement » 3 eci ,? a ; i v g Hunter (Ohau) stating | 1 ruths am, the Council’s onUUU "‘hud promised to supply pipes for gmecr had 1 r , lu , Kuhn stream. | a drain lead. sCU t, and | The Pipes had no >U *<■ J : *" said the mat; vcmence. IIL A ,,-Leavcy to report ter was lett to C ’ :1S indisposed, on. but that coin over U( . moved that the mat < be iUlnC lH::S:s ; view belt and Ilaibut. s Agreed to. , , Korndarou) drawLrou. H. J - ll 1 of the i»S atGmtion to drain on the Hpiaima’s 1u ° lH • ' , toutschool— Lett to t iev '} f °- -r fv-iuton. J- McMillan. at Koputaroa at tiu i iM «er cbiiiii* ing there w.i- . t ion with the in' dispute tn eon f Council Viaika road, and a- inalse its would spilt the ;i , olier M-.)- ; t> xpense. he did though it would d . was not feel like giving -M ~c en rc . pointed out that t . tV rred to ducedbysonieGm.-M.tt t 0 a committee, prey musle a) 1 aC Erom C. C.. and Hislop) Mating J. " the hearing Of his claim against the Council ... aspect 1 land dedicated for the purposes ot Cotasking, M Kahui ~ ‘d oic „, fMf ~f been r hW i ;ul a.-Left to Cruder'and inspector to attend u.. Grazing or. Roads. i tv.-.,,, \ V. i'haie.A letter was nurd. t■ *. ( . t: , ... wiou (Otaki B.u ihi , Hon to run three W! , 5 W«» "“-f-Tx.?' ch„-.r..T.A unprocurable. Council ran n out that H m'’;'- ' j'’ Similar re but the Conn cil had had to withdraw thimCr Rvder thought peihal rbould be granted for ™ •er, and moved it be -ranted for

least, two cows. Vailing'this the Conn- j j cil should give permission to graze on ' the back roads. There was no seconder, although members expressed a desire to assist. Unfortunately theie were no reserves. It was agreed, however, to oiler the use of the gravel pit, if ot any use. The Ranger. A letter was read from A. Mitclicll, L. Kilmisler, W. V. Letford, G. L. Tantrum, and D. Noble (Otaki) drawing attention to the prevalence of stock oh I the roads at Otaki Railway, and stating the roads were never free of them. j Two horses especially were most objec- f tionablc, and a danger to school club ( dren. It appeared that two or three people had the grazing rights of the road. The Chairman said lie had seen the ranger, who had taught the ollcudcrs and had decided lo summon them. The Singer reported that during the month lie had impounded 1- head of ( slock, chiefly from Otaki and Te floro ridings, five of the offenders would be sued next Court day at Otaki. Kola- ( live to the petition from Otaki ratepayers, lie thought the trouble had , come to an end, as he had seized the ( stock and laid informations. Cr. Ryder said he.had had complaint.'. , relative to stock on Hughes’ line, but j Mr Matson assured that councillor that , the trouble had also ended there. T Or. Coley said he had received several complaints, but knew' Mr Watson had been in hi;; riding, and that stock had been turned out as soon as he had left. The ranger, he said, had done his £ best. t Mr Watson said he had caught the T stock complained off atm secured driv- c mg fees, but later had impounded t them, and this he thought should cause jthe nuisauce to cease. 0 Cr. Whyte said he had heard that the c ranger had impounded one lot of a cattle, and allowed those from a neigh- e Injuring farm to roam at large. t Mr Watson denied this. c Cr. Ltroadbelt said in liis riding there A had been trouble, while Cr. Harkness t said there was one horse m his district i that gave trouble. Thu fault- was not f altogether due to the ranger. t Miscellaneous. 4 Gr. • Harkness asked that Bruce and other roads bo inspected with a view lo improvement, and expressed pleasure dial Florida road was at last to receive attention. lie also drew attention to j the bad state of the hydraulic ram, and | suggested it bo put in dead water. j Gr. Hrondbelf also asked for minor ( improvements He suggested also that j , the Hokio beach road be attended to. j and that adjacent local bodies be asked j It was decided to call for tenders for ; , Ike Kawiu-Foxton road, plans, etc., now I being available. | Gr. Ryder desired the gravel pit at j ( \\ aitohu lo be leaned and a gate creeled.—To be referred to the inspector. touching on the I’ahiko drains the Chairman drew attention to the fact * hat l lie acting-iuspector was sore on , the matter, but on Cr. Ryder reporting 1 hat lie had finished his portion (he mafter was nut further discussed. The Chairman reported that the Waihaaae beach road was being attended 10. and would soon be finished. Cr. Coley reported that the Gorge roads were going on well, but that soon metal carls would be needed. Recently there had been one bad slip at Devil’s l.lbow. but this had been cleared. lie explained thul in the appointment of a roadman for his riding he had been guided by others and had recommended a nun who had recently been arrested for being a military defaulter. A second man had been put on, and the first had returned, but lie had advised tiic foreman to keep to the second appointee. •Speaking on Pratley’s drain, he said the trouble seemed io be that it was below sea level, and suggested on the arrival of the new engineer he should at once inspect. It was proposed l»v Cr. Monk, seconded by Cr. Ryder, that Cr. Whyte be empowered to have certain work done on the Tokomaru Valley road for I a -uni of W’UO. to be dune subject to terms of contract. It was decided to seal the transfer of i t] ie gravel reserve. AVaitohu. from | I-lema te Ao to the Council, and that | Crs. Harkness and Broadbclt sign the i transfer on the Council’s behalf. Mr Howard waited on the Council and asked for improvement to the Gladstone road. Since he had interviewed the Council he had emploved six men at his own expense, and he could not continue to do so much longer. Any money granted by the Council would be properly spent. He had already spent £SOO on the road out of his own pocket independent of his work. The Chairman said if Mr Howard put in a statement of money expended the Council would no doubt assist by spending £3OO. Mr Howard agreed to do as requested. / Messrs Bartholomew Bros, also waited on the Council and asked for drain improvement at Arawhata. —To be considered. Mr Tubman waited on the Council and asked for drainage improvement at Hokio. and stated it the lake was lowered he would be prepared to give £IOO as an indemnity in case the Natives sued the Council for wrongfully interfering nith the water. It was resolved that in order to meet wages and other payments in connection with the Avenne-Heatiierlea water works the imprest account at the bank . l>e increased by £3OO for the present, and Cl) that the Council open n ledger account with the X.Z. Railways. Accounts, Accounts amounting io £503? Jy, lid weir passed for payment. This was | considered t, record payment for some i years.