HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otaki Mail, 12 March 1923, Page 3

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

* —-- .■ The uio.'iiiJj' nesting cf ibc XJozoj vrhsnua County Council was hold on | Siturday. The County Chairman (Mr I GJ. A. Monk) presided aud there woro I al.-o prose at Crs. W. Barber, J. R. j Whyte, F. J. Ryder, J. McLcavey, C. I. i Harkness, S. A. Broadbolt, H. G. Bryj ant, aud A. R. Knox. Application for Subsidy. ] The District Engineer, Public Works I Prpartmcj.it, wrote stating a progress j payment iu respect of timber supplied | for the Ohau bridge repairs would lie : made on receipt of specification fur I ivork and it proving satisfactory. The j j payment asked for was t-'i'l is 3d. < A similar letter referred to a payment ! for £834 8* 4d in respect of the Otaki bridge. The Clerk reported that the necessary I information had been forwarded.

Control of Motor Traffic. j The Otaki Borough Council wrote suggesting that the local bodies on the I coast should combine to appoint a spei ciid constable to deal with the exei'SI sive speed of motor cars. Crs. stated that the Shannon and j Levin Borough Councils had not agreed j to the proposal. ! Cr. Ryder was appointed to attend | the conference called by the Otaki | Council to discuss the matter. Koputaroa Hall Site. ill C. H. llood, secretary to I lie j Koputaroa Hall Site Committee, wrote ! thanking the members of the Council i who went out to go into the details of i the proposed hall site. Tho committee i had been most successful in obtaining I another site in a most suitable locality. Access Required.

Messrs Blackuroro Bros.. To lloio, j wrote: ''Having heard that the other S two parlies interested in this bridge business are not anxious to make use of j the £2OO each granted to them by your Council to give them access to their I respective properties. I am writing asking you if the fcJ'JU granted to us ] ivill be spent in giving us access to our property, as owing to recent rains, it j ha- damaged the track to such an ex.- | tent that it is impossible to either get j Meek on or off the property, and in wet weather neither man nor beast can got on or oil the place, leaving the position j a very serious matter to us. We j have a freehold title to the land and ! we look to the Council'to give us ac- ! Cess to the property before they can demand rates from us, and until «e are assured of access we object to paying any more rates on the place. It ih very discouraging to go on to a bush farm and try to subdue the wilder::e-? while the Council will do nothing but demand heavy rates of you." The Chairman said he supposed he had made more explanations on this subject than any other and was stid being misunderstood. At his last inciting with Messrs Kussling, Corrigan and Blackmore, he suggested to these gentlemen that if they wanted to utilise the loan money they should build a bridge to each property and that they should come to an agreement to build accordtag lo the specifications, each taking

I £2OO, and doing the work for that, I whatever it cos!. He explained that I the whole of them would have to agree I tn that and cue only alternative was 1 to return (he loan to the Advances De|i pariiiicnt. These people were in a > veij' ■ unfortunate position in having no access and no doubt their rates were heavy as they were paying many_speMi rate.- Tor special purposes over which the Council had no control. The Council would be quite willing to go | en as soon as there was an agreement. | Cr. Kyder moved and Cr. Harkness seconded that a reply be sent on the | lines of the Chairman's statement. ; Cr. Knos said the parties could not sgree about what thev were going to do. Tlie Chairman said the applicants had uo legal or dedicated road on their Rootage or into their property. The Only solution was for each party to tat.. the? £2OO and build a bridge according to the specifications laid down, whether it cost fIOUQ. The motion was gained. Manakau Roads.

The Manakau Branch of the Farmers' Onion recently passed the following resolution: "That we learn the waiu • road passiug through Manakau is short- . V to '.'• scarified. We would draw the j ouncii's attention to the disgraceful' state of this road and also to the by- I ( reacts and footpaths in and around '" Manakau. It is thought by membeisj' of the Union that now would be a fav- 1' durable opportunity to tar-seal a sec- |' tion of this road and have the foot- I paths and kerbings renovated." i The Chairman said the question of footpaths and tar sealing was one that : would have to be taken in hand when the estimates were considered for the ] corning year. j J A Dangerous Bridge. |

Mr J. Thompson, Otaki Railway, ; *rote asking for immediate attention to the overhead bridge leading to the t Gorgq road. It was in a somewhat ( dangerous condition to the travelling j Pnhlie. The bridge was raised in the , MntTß and being very steep on both sides with only bare planks, horses ■ s lipp«d and fell in wet or frosty weather. The Chairman said there was no doubt the Council had no power to do an ything to this bridge as it had not Wutrol over it. The attention of the : Kaihvav Department should be drawn to it, ' "r. Knox said the road was. in a v * r .'-' bad state and there was great ' ™k of accident there. ; Cr, Kyder: I would like to draw at- i 'Nation to the whole bridge. It is a "isgrace to the Department, and is 'wee feet higher than it should be. \ -he Chairman: So is th« one at We have discussed that be-

It wus decided to refer the matter to the Railway Department. \ , Waste Land at Manakau.

Mr M. Burke, Manakau, applied for. ithe use of a piece of land alongside ' rail-way line similar to that occupied by Mrs Oldfield and offered £1 per annum rent. Cr. Bryant said tho section was at present used as a rubbish dump and the applicant would clean it up and i fence it. The application was granted.