HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otaki Mail, 15 February 1922, Page 4

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

FEBRUARY MEETING. 1 ,The monthly meeting- oi the Horo whenua County Council was held on Saturday. Cf. G. A. Monk (chairman; presided, and others present were: Crs. A. R. Knox, S. A. Broadheit, C. I. Harkness, J. McLeavey, H. Barher, J. R. White, F. J. Ryder and H. G . ! Bryant. j INSANITARY PREMISES. ! j Dr. Findlay, of the Department .-1 ; Health, wrote stating that an officer j of tiie Department had reported that a I nuisance existed, owing to insanitary j pig stys on premises in Queen Street, i Levin, and the Council was required to call upon the owners of the proi perty to have certain necessary alterai tions carried out in order to abate the j nuisance. j A similar communication wa,s lei ceived from the Department in refer i ence to premises on the main Ihaka’u f road . occupied by a Koputaroa resi- ! dent. In this instance, also, the nuisance was caused by insanitary stys, and the steps' to be taken to abate this were pointed out lor. the gtt.dahce of the Council in enforcing mi provements. Mr C. A. Loughnan, oi' Palmers' -■ North, wrote in acquiesence of tlte request made by tiie Health Department through the Council that lie carry out certain concreting and other work on ; his dairy farm at Makerua. Air .three matters were taken together. The chairman said Mr Loughnun’s case appeared to be satisfactory. Cr. Broadbelt stated that the oi<-u pants of tiie Queen .Street property were tenants of the Dairy .Company, and their tenancy regarding the com plaint- made was nut satisfactory,--nit tiie company would do iis best to have an improvement made. Cr. Harkness said die suggest! r that pipes be used instead of an open race for conveying the milk to * lsc stys might be more unsatisfactory than die pr&sent metißll, as then was a tendency for milk products block in the pipes. J Cr. Broadheit said lie thought si, too. The present arrangement would be satisfactory if looked after. Tin* company would do its besl iit die mat ter to get some improvement made. ! Regarding the case on the Iliakara I Road, it was decided that tiie oc-ti pier be written to with a request dur die improvements suggested by the Department be carried out. BEACH ROAD .SIGNPOST. The Levin Borough Council wrote stating that on the instigation of the Chamber at Commerce, it had decided to consider favourably erecting a signpost at die corner of the County ’and Beacli .Roads, Weraroa, for .the guidance oi traffic to Levin and Wellington (distances to be shown) -.n condition that, the County Council bore half of the expense. Cr. McLeavey asked what would, be . the cost. ' The Engineer said the amount ol ; printing proposed would cost a good deal. The chairman said some of die printing could be dispensed, wtili. !i the direction to the Hokio Beach an l j Central Development Farm were 'shown on the board it'Should be -anr ficient. On Cr. McLeavey's motion, it .vas decided that the comity pay halt eon of the post, with die tfire< tions as suggested by the chairman. LINDSAY ROAD BRIDGE. iA request was received Horn three ratepayers —Messrs. \V. H. Tubman, . Best and Park and L. G. McDonaldt that tiie bridge at. the. end of Lindsay Road leading to land known as Mai- j rua be repaired. J Cr. McLeavey said it was tui old private bridge, but now die Comic: had taken the road over it was responsible for the bridge. It was in a very bad state. j The Engineer stated diat .Etco would I ; be required to renew die bridge, though for £2O or £3O it could be made serviceable for two or three years. The chairman considered that in the. meantime at least die latter scheme j was the more desirable, and the En gineer was instructed to act accordingiy- j DRAINAGE AT CREAMERY. j The Levin Co-operative Dairy Company wrote regarding die state of die j drainage at their Heatherlea cream- j ery. The cause of die complaint .ia-.i j been removed, and it was hoped it j would not now be necessary to cany j out tiie recommendations of die ■ Health Officer in regard to the installing of a save well. S The chairman stated that that ap- | peared satisfactory, and no lumber action was necessary. CLEANING THE HOKIO. Cr. McLeavey reported that in company with die members of the Lake ' Domain Board and the Engineer, m had inspected the outlet to the Hokio stream. It was not so bad, and would take less expenditure to clean ou than was expected. The Lake Domain , Board was not in a position to do j anything to assist. The Lake was go- ■ ihg down rapidly owing to the dry - weather. The chairman: The Board wdl re j wanting the Council to raise the level next. I Cr. Broadbelt asked trie Engineer u .the cleaning out of the stream nom the footbridge to the lake worn 4 be sufficient. ~ , The Engineer said yes. If they j went about a chain above the bridge j | and cleaned up to the lake it would . i give them plenty of fall. He believed j ! die Maoris were now agreeable to | having the stream cleaned out. On the motion of Cr. Broadbell, 'he Engineer was authorised to expend up ' to £lO in clearing obstructions out oi ■ the Hokio stream so as to lower the , level of the lake. • MOTIONS. . J Cr. Broadbelt moved, ana it was } carried, that the Council cannot give ' exemption to portion of Piaka Roai remaining a 50-link road, and requests tliat the fence boundary be set- back the required .distance, 50 links, from

the centre of the road. On tire motion of Cr. Barber, it was decided that the 'necessary steps bo taken to raise a Jofin oi £9OO for the purpose ol reforming and metalling a portion of the Pretoria Road. It was decided, on the motion c 1 the-yliairman, seconded by'Cr. Whyte, to accept the.transfer by way of dedication for a public road a portion ■! 21: and 2A7, area 31.27 perches, tod . the transfer be signed by 'lie charrnan and Cr. Broadbelt, and 'be seal of the Council be attached. On the motion of Cr. Ryder, seconded by Cr. Bryant, it was decided to purchase a 21h.p. portable engine to be set up and put in working order at the pit at Weraroa at a cost- ot £495.