FRANKLIN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 229, 24 November 1916, Page 4

FRANKLIN COUNTY COUNCIL.

(Continued from Page 1.) OLD CLVIir REVISED. As owner of a property brought into the county at the recent alteration of the borough boundaries Miss 8. J. Pepler forwarded a claim, similar to one she has frequently put before the Pukekohe Borough Council, to the effect that a portion of her land was being illegally used as a road. She added : " You cm either remove the road to its proper . place and pay me compensation or you can buy the road at £SO per acre for the three acres now used as a road and pay me compensate n for L the use of it." The County Clerk reported that he had been informed by the Town Clerk that the Borough Council did not recognise Miss Pepler's claim of | ownership, the road having been in L use for many years. It was decided to call on Miss Pepler to produce documentary evidence that the road had not beeu . legalised. AN OUTSrOKEX CRITIC. "That the dreadful state of the Whangarata road, opposite Mr J. C. Lang's property, is really a disgrace to the Council," was the indictment contained in a letter ft ritten by Mr C. Brewster of Whangarata He also stated that he was under the impression that under the Council settlers wjuld, secure a better road than under the Road Board, but the road he allu led to was, no inducement for the remaining Road Boaris to merge ) in the Council. He also suggested that a sign post should be erected at the junction of the Pokeno, Whangarata and Maungatawhiri roads. It was decided to reply that it was the Council's intention to repair the road at an early date, and the matter of the sign post was referred to the engineer for action. KARAKA ROADS. . An application for the new road ' leading from the Drury-Waiuku road, near Mr Halliday's property, to Paerata station, and from that i point to the boundary of Pukekohe borough to be declared a county road was received from the Karaka , Road Board It was also reported that a deputation of two ratepayers of the Karaka Road District waited on the Finance Committee at their last meeting and asked that the main road from the Hingaia bridge to the Karaka-Waiau road should be declared a County road. Cr Henry proposed that both requests should be acceded to. He added that he believed the Karaka ratepayers were tired of the dual control and favoured merging in the county. The Chairman reported that a j deputation from the Karaka Roai 9 Board was to have been present that day to have interviewed the Council on the merging question but as the day was found inconvenient for some of them he had arranged for the deputation to be heard at the next meeting. # It was pointed out that if the I roads were declared County roads expenses attendant to Special Orders would be entailed and the matter was accordingly adjourned until the . question of merging had been furthr considered. On the motion of Cr Henry, the clerk was deputed to prepare a re--1 turn of lates collected in the Karaka area and of expenditure on roads, &c., in that area. MISCELLANEOUS. The Council's decision to open up a portion of an existing unused road running through his property, off the Pukekohe-Waiuku road, was dealt with by Mr W. McNally, who waited oa the Council and suggested

that the road should be opened for its entire length in preference to a lead end being entailed —Cr Woods explained that a difficulty of draining the road would arise.—Cr Lockwood suggested that a deviation of the road as planned might overcome the difficulty. —Crs Motion, Lockwood, Higginson and the chairman were appointed as a committee to inspect the road and to report at the next meeting. A complaint was received from Mr S. P. Lever, of Kohe Kohe, that as the result of road water Hooding his lands great damage was done to his crops. —Referred to Cr Renall and the engineer. The Buckland branch of the Farmers' Union forwarded a request for the road leading from Buckland railway station to Pukek -ho through Mr J K. Hamilton's property to be formed and metalled,—Referred to , Crs Wilcox and Woods to prepare an estimate of cost. 1 Messrs Embury's, Ltd., wrote ca'ling attention to the state of the road adjoining their property at Karaka.—lt was resolved to inform Messrs Ambury that the W)rk of improvement would be put in hind when the Government grant for the , same was available An offer to lease the Council's i quarry situated on the Hunua road, near Papakura, was received from Mr T. F. Long, of Auckland, but , was declined. Mr - A. J. Lowe, of Glenbrook, . wrote complaining of stagnant water l existing on his farm through dei fective road drainage —Referred to [ Cr Higginson and the engineer Improvements to the cutting on Halliday's Hill, Paerata, were sought by Mr G J. Nicholson.—The ; engineer was instructed to institute . repairs. * H NANCE. 1 The County Clerk reported as fol- , lows: County Fund Account.—The over- ' draft at the Mational Bank on this account at 20th November amounted to £7825 17s 2d. Unpresented 1 cheques amount to £lO2l 19s Bd, i making a total debit balance on this , account of £8847 16s 101. The ; October accounts passed for payment j on this account by the Finance Subt committee on the 2nd inst. amounted l to £BB2 17s Id. Loan Accounts.—The following are credit balances at this date on loan accounts, viz, -.—Hill District j Loan, £ls 3s lOd; Hill District No. t 2 Loan, £458 7s lOd; Hunua Ridi ing Roads Loan, £3l 6s 9d; Needles ) Wharf Loan, £2O 18s 3d; Pratt's ■ Hill Deviation Loan, £1123 5s lid. The sum of £SOO, being balance of Pratt's Hill Loan of £2500, came to i hand during the past month. l The accounts totalling £BB2 17s 11 as approved for payment by the Finance Committee were made up as follows General account £263 12s 7d, Awhitu riding £42 19s, Drury £72 5s 6J, Hunua £3B 8s 9d, Mauku £B2 2s 4d, Mercer £44 4s 4d, Pukekohe £ll9 0s 9d, Waipipi £l6 10s 9d, Waiuku £BS 7s 3d, contractors' deposits £3 2s, land fund account £8 7s, Government grant accounts £2 3s 9d, interest accounts £lO4 13s Id. Continued on page 2. —————