TUAKAU TOWN BOARD.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 37, 14 May 1915, Page 4

TUAKAU TOWN BOARD.

Monthly Meeting. The following members attended the postponed meeting of the Tuakau Town Board, held on Tuesday evening last, viz., Messrs D. Fulton (chairman), Capt. Ryder, H. B. Free, J. Pirret, W. A. Strahan, H. Craig, W. Glasgow and the clerk, Mr A. H. Tapper. OBSTRUCTING POLES. Mr R. M. Baird, telegraph engineer, Auckland, notified the Board that be had instructed a lineman to attend to the necessary work in connection with the moving of telegraph poles on the footpath near the railway station THE VALUATION KOLL. In reply to a communication Bent, Mr A. J. McGowan, officer-in-cbarge of the Valuation Department, wrote informing the Board that it would be impossible to forward the valuation roll at present, as it was in the binder's hands and wouid not be available for a few days. Th« chairman explained that it was on account of the valuation roll not being available tor the previous meeting that it was postponed until that evening. ENGINEER'S REPORT. The engineer reporter! that he had inspected the proposed quarry site and water leasehold and had computed the area, which he found to be a little ucder one and ahalf acres. In the course of a few days he would send Mr Bycroft and the Board a plan ofthe area he had measured. Mr John Madill harl completed his regrading job and he had given him a certificate for the amount of his contract. Mr Madill was also entitled to have his deposit cheque returned. If the Board thought of putting metal waste or other material on ih2 newly-formed footpaths he advised the application of only a narrow strip sufficient to keep pedestrians out of the mud for the present winter, since a permanent job would be batter left over until the ketbs were down, He discouraged expenditure on the old footpaths for the same reason. Captain Ryder had practically completed the small cutting at the far end of the half-chaiu road, a little cleaning up being all that was necessary.—The report was received. QUARRY SITE.

Reference to the proposed quarry formed the content) of a letter from Mr K. Bycroft. He stated that on reading a report of the previous Board meeting in the "Tunes" te was surprised at the discussion that arose in connection with the quarry site, as he considered the lease for two year?, with option ot purchase, had been definitely settled when he accepted the Board's offer as contained in the Board's letter of January 20tb, and he, of course, looked upon the quarry site, since writing the letter accepting the oiler, as being out of biß control during the term of lease of two years from date. The plan defining the area of the site was the same as pointed out to the ■Members of the Board, arid contained the only easy approach available. He thought that possibly the plan was misunderstood. He regretted the inability of the chairman to meet him on the site on the day arranged and would try and make it convenient to meet the engineer when he would be in Tuakau.

Itie chairman stated that as Mr Bycroft had eince met the engineer and members of the Board on the site there would be no necessity to deal further with the letter. COUNTY ADJUSTMENTS. The chairman and the clerk were deputed to wait on the Franklin Cuinty Council in connection with the rates due to the Town Board by the Council, and the chairman, ana Messrs Craig, Gla3gow, Free and the clerk were appointed to go into the matter of the Town Board area population. RAILWAY RESERVE.

The clerk was instructed to write to the District Railway Engineer, requesting that the railway reserve in Liverpool street be fenced. STATION FOOTBRIDGE Messrs Craig and Glasgow and the clsik were appointed a committee to urge upon the Kailway Department the necessity of a footbridge from the railway goode-shed to the railway station. A DANGEROUS SPOT. As the bank at the edge of the New Zealand Dairy Association's property was considered dangerous it was decided to ask the Dairy Association to fence in their section, and also to request them to remove a toiler from off the property. BY-LAWS. Arrangements were made for members and the clerk to meet in the Buaid room on Saturday morning next to peruse the by-laws rtiih a representative of Messrs Endean and Holloway, URGENT WORKS. I'he chairman, Captain Ryder and Messrs Craig and Glasgow were appointed to inspect the district on Wednesday week and report to the Board at the next meeting any urgent works which may require attending to.

WILFUL DAMAGE. As members expressed the opinion that two six inch pipes, which had been lying opposite the saleyards, in George street, had been wilfully broken, it was decided to place the matter in the hands of the police. A DEFECTIVE FOOTPATH. It was decided to draw the engineer's attention to the bad state of the footpath laid down recently in front of Mr P. A. Rowe's shop. "IN MEMORIAM."

Mr W. Gubb, clerk of the Cemetery Committee, waited on the Board and invited members to work conjointly with the committee in connection with the unveiling of a monument erected to the memory of soldiers who fell in the Maori war. The chairman and Messrs Glasgow and Free were appointed to act on behalf ot the Board. BANK OVERDRAFT. It was decided to make arrangements with the bank for an overdraft not exceeding £201). DOG TAX. The clerk's offer to collect the dog tax gratis was accepted, and he was instructed to notify the owners of degs by an advt. in the "Times" re the purchasing of collars. STREET LAMPS. On the chairman's proposal it was decided that the Board procure three Dietz lamps (two post lamps and one hanging lamp) similar to those iu use by the Papakura Town Board, for erection in the Board area. MISCELLANEOUS. The matter of the dangerous state of Booker's corner (deep channel) was left to the chairman to attend to. .

It was decided to order four trucks of line Bcoria tor laying down on the new footpath in Liverpool street and on a part of the footcath in George street. An offer of the chairman to provide gratis a vehicle and horse for the delivery uf metal from the railway station was accepted with thanks. Owing to the prevalence of sheets ot water on Liverpool street in the vicinity of the railway station it was decided that two six inch pipes should be laid down to take the water away. The chairman reported that Mr W. J. Cole's tender, to supply 150 dog collars at BJd each, had been accepted. Accounts totalling £129 7s lOd were passed for payment.