HOROWHENUA COUNTY.

Otaki Mail, 13 September 1922, Page 4

HOROWHENUA COUNTY.

MEETING OF COUNCIL. Tlie September meeting of the Council was held on Saturday. Present: ' Crs. G. a. Monk (chairman). J. E. Whyte, H. Bryant, A. R. Knox, S. A. Broadbelt. .1. McLeavey, F. J. Ryder, and C. 1. Darkness. FOlitil lAWIIAO ROILING DOWN I WORKS. I Die IJealUi I >f • | >tut 111 i’ii I wrote re iiie ai'i’jM alien of Mr .1. M. Milne lor ;i in ense lor a boiling-down works. In trim- oi Section hi of the Health Ail, I'.CO, the Ilejiai'Unem was agree al/e in the graining ol the license on i .In sit.? selected at Poroutawliao, the license to be lor one year as from j December 31 next. The Department , and the Council laid the right to reF lose a license lor extension ol the works ami machinery any time in ihe liiiure. The license should be withheld, however, until the Council l received a report Hum Inspector Huggins lhat the work had been completed to his satisfaction. A councillor stated that the works would be opposite the new school. ur. Darkness: Rut the school seelion is pi chains deep, The chairman: Tlie smell will be more than 10 chains deep, • Too Department's letter was received. W.E.A. GRANT. Mr J. H. Sinclair, lion, secretary ol the .shannon W.E.A., applied lor a grant to the funds ol the class. Die class was established in the town as a permanent institution, thanks to Hie support ol the Council and publicspirited citizens. The chairman said tlit* Council hud made grants to these classes on the understanding :hat they would be a diminishing (jauntily, l evin had got j a gram this year, however, and they j could hardly do otherwise lot Slian- ! lmn. | Cr. Whyte said lie did not tihder- | stand Hie gran! was lo be made an I annual one. 1 The chairman: 1 understood it was flu be on a diminishing scale. Cr. McLeavey said the object may I be. a good one, but the Council had ! no money to spare. Cr. Rroadbelt supported the chairman's view that the grants should be on a diminishing scale. Cr. Darkness considered the charge should not be on ihe local bodies, but "ii the education system ol the count iy • Cr. Ryder: We should rely on our own resources and not depend on the Government, or local bodies. The chairman's motion for a grant, of CIO was granted. AS! 11 LA ESTATE SUB-DIVISION. Messrs, Rankins. Eitzherbert and Abraham, solicitors, asked to be mlormed of the Council's decision will) regard lo giving its certificate as to the formation ol the Bangitunelukomii.ru lioiul in i J so sub-division of itie-. Ashlea. Estate. 'Die writers had ir.eeived .instructions from TemuLutiiii. Er.ii., to complete the necessary ■ 'dedication oi the strip this company was giving towards the road running j from flic Tokornaru township and , connect mg with that portion of ’he j load being dedicated by Ashton., Lot I The chairman said there were no r pai Ccot irs, and there was nothing lo upon ' Whs if Mud Him ijif lmn As!i ley's was dividing the property between the shareholder.-, but ihtv could not get their lilies until the road in question bad been dedicated to the Council. I'hc chairman stated that the A< ' ' provided that an approved plan would , have to be. submitted to the Uouncß, > together with an agreement, ire! ;vo'iij lying- Hie Council agonist any rrsjjon- { -ibiiity. | lio- matter was re.erred l.i the j Chairman and Engineer, with prwpr | b> gram i 'no ;■ j-j>Ti-otion. orovidsd r plans were supplied and an mdemk nity entered into. RIGID’ TO LAV TRAM, j. The Levin sawmiiling c.ompany applied for the rigid to lay a tram-line Rom ;i point on Gladstone Road near t Mr t’rendeviiie's whares along 'tic j I'i'irania Road on tlic south side to I the rmnl-i i-0.-sing a' Hie south end of flic Levin railway yard. Ail mam i " id crossings would be made m cot - etvte, and private, owners' crossings m Hie satisfaction o: Hie Council. A tramway like this would relieve 'Tie load ol an enormous amount tiafj lie and considerably reduce the cost d' tnuiiiienaiice. lhi cvtapaiiv was 1 increasing the power of its plant, and , would have much larger quumi’ies of timber to bring to Levin. Lr. M'-Leavoy .-aid flic tramway would be a good tiling' and take tlie trailio off the road, thus reducing maintenance. The present condition of Gladstone Road. Im said, was excellent. fie moved, and it was carried, ’bat 'i:e request be granted, subject to Hie work being carried outJ to fiie satisfaction of the County Engineer. 'lie company also to indemnify the Council from responsibility ! iron) any accidents that may occur J through the train being laid along j tlie roads, such permission to be dur- , iug Tiit- pleasure of the Council. I The Tokornaru Valley Sawmillmg Company, 1.u1.. applied for pennis- : sion to lay tramway a few chains on | tiie coun;y road for the purpose of i moving its log hauler further into the i bush.—Referred to Engineer. PROPOSED GRAVEL RESERVE. The Public Trust inquired if the Council had arrived a; a decision re- ] • guiding the purchase of land from; ;b I tcinic-.-y Estate at Shannon for a ' gravel reserve—Referred to ‘ Engiti- ! eer. - . INS A I IS FACTORY KOPUTAROA DRAIN Messrs, l.oughnau and Jacobs, so- • Heitors. Palmerston North, drew alien Don to ’be condition of Newman's drain, skirting Mr E B McGill's pror.= rt’' / liß fICMLd-~3*€ Of thp di'cLlD the diam had silted ■To an,'S Mr McGill *• ould held “he

Mr McGill, senr., was present, and said certain owners were draining their land and the drainage was running on iiis son's property. Tlie onjy remedy was to clean die drain and get tbe flood-gate in order. Last season his son had lost a considerable amount owing to his grass seed being de.-itoyed by the water coming on to Hie land, and the same tiling would happen again. Tlie flood-gate was useless, and Hie trouble would go on unlit tlie proposed overflow channel was colislfueled lo lake some ol tiic watei and reduce tlie level ot the liver. lie believed a drainage board should be funned. The chairman said lie could noi say off hand what Hie Council's position was regarding ibis drain, bill it was anxious to gel. Mr McGill out of ihe present difficulty. Mr McGill pointed out that the drain was on ilie Council's road. The chilimuiii: We will lake ihe earliest opportunity u> go into the matter and do the best we can to assist- you. Mr McGill stated that Hie late Mr Bock gave some money to do some work on this drain. Cr, McLeavey; It was spent on Mr Bock's behalf under the Council's supervision. Mr McGill said if nothing better could be done, then a drainage hoard should be formed to cover that particular piece ol country. Cr. Broadbelt, as a member for the riding, said if the Council was iosponsible it should do something to assist, but a drainage board should be formed. 'Die chairman: We can't compel Hie people to form a hoard, but oiii recommend it. It was decided that Cr. Rroadbe.lt and tlie Engineer Hike legal advice m ascertain Die Council's responsibilities iu tlie. matter. ROAD EXCHANGE. It was resolved, on Die motion oi Crs. Broad bell and Iliirkness, that Die road running north from Lindsay Road to the southern boundary of Dorowhenua XL. 8.30. c 1... LB., containing in the aggregate two roods ‘M perches, be closed, and that tlie land comprising same be exchanged by Die Council with L. G. McDonald for an equal area or land iu Dorowhenua XI. BAG, sub-division ;DL TV, forming part of the Kawiu Road-l'oxiou Road deviation.