HOROWHENUA COUNTY

Otaki Mail, 16 August 1922, Page 4

HOROWHENUA COUNTY

j AUGUST MEETING OF COUNCIL. ! Tht.' meeting on Saturday was attended by Crs. G. A. Monk [chairman), S. A. Broadbelt. C. I. Harkness, F. J. Ryder, H. Barber, H. G. Bryant, J. ilcLeavey and A. n. Knox. Cr. Whyte was given leave of absence. Sir .lames Wilson, chairman of the Palnierston Hospital Board, wrote in I reference to the increased cost of main- ' tenauee of the hospital, and suggested that the Council should support the I Board in its advocacy of increasing ■ the Government subsidy from 1-, l> to a flat rate of £1 for £l, It was decided to support Sir James Wilson in having an alteration made • in the lines suggested. The Agricultural Department notiiieil Hiai Japanese wiueberry had been declared a noxious weed.—Received. Mr \i. B. McGill, Koputaroa, informed the Council that he was banking the county drain and wanted lo know if permission could be granted to butt the bank on to the incline narrowing § up to the county drain bridge.—He I ferred to' Cr. Broadbelt. £ SUB-DIVISION OF ESTATE. : Messrs. Nankins, Fitzgerald ami Abraham, Palmeiston North, stated 'that- the Ashlea, Estate was being subdivided, and asked the Council's apI provol ol the plans showing the po.-i----j Ition, course, levels and extent of the I proposed loading scheme. The chairman said there was no Milan before the meeting, otherwise an I in.-peetion cuuld be made. He m.jved the. matter be referred to the councillf they wanted more information they m ' would have to apply for ft. ROAD REQUIRES ATTENTION, Mr 1.. M. Jenkins., Shannon, drew attention to the very bad state of the I unformed roar! leading Mom his place. i r. Barber said the mad led to a I dead ''od. Thai was the trouble. 1 The mailer was referred to the euunI. Minis for the riding ami Engineer to ! aitend to. I nil H'OSKIJ i-l 'RCIiASE AT SHANNON j the Disirici I'ubiir Trustee wrote thai n\ the beginning of Hie year the t (..Miii.il inquired re the purchase ul 1J I acres ol land belonging '" 'he Hen- ■ nessy estate, situated near the Otatara i:reek. and asked it the Council still I required the property. The chairman considered that the Council might make a purchase there, and use il as a site lot a workman's cottage a- well as gravel purposes. >.!■. Barber stated he had seen Mr llennessy. who had given permission to sink a lew -.halts lo 'est the metal j right through ihe section. The chairman: That is a good idea, j On ihe Chairman's suggestion, the ■ Clerk, Engineer and mover were I ENGINEER'S REPORT. The Engine*.') reporleiJ: Since m\ I i Uisi repori the weather has continued I hue, which lias helped considerably ! with the progress of work throughoul I (lie county. There is nothing ol iiu- [ portance to report on so far as the (general work is concerned. A <""- S siderabie amount of metal ha.- been I j pui otii in the Wirokino Biding, and J the plant is at present v, oi king on | i the Levin-t'oxton Road. The grader ha.completed work in the southern ridI ings, and is now working towards s Tokomani. J he work on the Muliu- ! imu West waier-race extension was I niiipii'i -I dm ing the month, and appears -'i lar lo lie satislactoiy. Two old bo.\ culverts on the Bullet Road collapsed during the month and had H, lie icplaced with UOm concrete ictilveii "I, Main Itoad. Olaki: 1 have I a ter making iinmiries re Hooding ol ; i property on upper side <>l culvert. 1 | ~il to remove the present twin -Jin - | culvert and replace with !*in concrete " | pipe at a cost of £6O, us per attached j in conneiiion with Mr Bowler's re-] n quest loi a larger culvert on Levin-j Shannon main road. Cr. Batbet and : I myself, in company with Mr Bowler, j inspected the locality during the pe- | rind and round thai to give Mr Bowler, reliel a -ZHu culvert 60ft long will be, j required, whom will cost approximate-j « lv £7O. and -as Mr Bowler has offered to contribute £lO to this work. 1 would • recommend that the same be gone on j w i '■ h. I J The decking on 'he Ohau Bridge is j beginning to break up badly in places, j and will requite '." to 50 new planks; j almost immediately; in fact, the whole i of the planking is in a bad -Tate. i The Otaki Bridge decking is also beginning 'o feel ihe strain of heavy traf- j j ftc. .and the asphalt on the bridge is j starting to break up owing to having J' l>een put down on loose broken | plank-. In company with Cr. Knox I visited j ami inspected 'he- Pahiko drain-, and j found that they required a good deal j ol attention, it was therefore decided Lo serve notice.- on all the owners of properties concerned, and this has been done, | r.v. Ryder said he. wished to draw attention to the condition oi a eul- \ vert leading to his property at Tokomaru. The culvert was very bad. and the toadman wanted 'shaking tip." Cr. Barber said Mr Bowlers culver; should be sanctioned, as i; was necessary. l.i Haiifties; commended : 'ne Engineer oil the work done on the Foxton ' Rosa The Muhunoa waterrace was .. also a good joe, and he was sure the i residents would r>e pleased with it. j He agreed that the Ohau Bridge should , ji» seen to. The piece of good road in ! the Weraroa, Settlement, he consideri ed, should be tar-sealed to hold it. i and there was another piece just to j the. north of the'town which should 1 be treated in the same way to prevent i the surface breaking. I Cr, McLeavey said he hoped the tar j • j sealing would he done on the Wera-1 • j roa Road, which it would be a pity to ; ha-'e damaged before being treated ' Cr. Ryder reported that the Otaki | Bridge wanted some attention, it j i J would be advisable -when the Engineer i i | was done next to "-aye a look at & i

piece of erosion on the Rahui Road. The Pahiko drains were now being cleaned out. He asked that the grader be put over Blair's Road. Cr. Bryant stated that, ihe roads in his end of the riding were in splendid order, and there was nothing to report. In reply to Cr. Knox, the Engineer said that considerable difficulty was being experienced in bringing in the water race at Te Horo, and deeper levels had to be gone to than was anticipated. . However, that difficulty was being got. over now, and the work was goin; on satisfactorily.