FRANKLIN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 587, 26 November 1920, Page 2

FRANKLIN COUNTY COUNCIL.

—♦ ANNUAL MEETING. - V- i CR. MOTION CJ^OKMAN. The annual meeting of the newlyelected Franklin County Council was held on Wednesday, when there were present: Crs. W. Claud Motion (Waiuipi), Hy. Wilson (Pukekohe East), R. T. Reid (Waiuku), B. Charles (Karaka), T. W. Woods (Pukekohe West), - E. C. Cuff (Mauku), J. Dean (Mer-; S cer), H. 0. Mellsop (Awhitu), J. R. Lowry (Drury), G. W. Heald (Hulua). the clerk. Mr. Alan P. Day, and the engineer. Mr. J. F. McArthur. Election of Chairman. The clerk-Occupied the chair and ead the returning' officer's declaraion of poll fffethe' triennial election if members of the council. He then :alled for nominations for the posi- ■ ion of chairman for the ensuing year. Gr. Reid moved that Cr. Motion be re-elected to the position.* Je stated that in the past he had " tilled the position with credit to himelf and in the interests of the ie ounty as a whole. V : Cr. J. R. Lowry seconded the mftion stating that Cr. Motion yyas an >ld member of the council, and in he past he had filled the o best advantage. He had pleasure in seconding the motion^ Cfv Wilcox supported the motion, \nd said that by re-electing Cr. Moion to the position they could-not mprove on the choice of a chair-, nan. In the past Cr. Motion had lone excellent work not only in the •cunty, but had also on occasions of visits "to Wellington in connexion with county business, '-"k Cr. H. 0. Mellsop. supported Cr. | Motion's nomination. \jle had had a . ?reat deal to do with tSfc Motion in . the past, and consfderedi|iie council f . lucky to have such a man to fill the . oosition. The work he had accomi plished in the past spoke for itself. Cr. G. W. Heald said if Cr. Motion \ccepted the position for another i term he was the right man in the right place. -J i The motion was put >and carried : unanimously amidst applause. took the chair, and : in .thanks for thk honour conferred On fiim for a fjgftjfcer term, . said in the past it hadjfsjy'a pleai ?ure to officiate with members of the council. They had not always been" able to see eye to eye on j qnd he thought this, and discussion i . or. matters, Often enlightened a mem- r n ber, and they came to better under-1 standings. He welcomed sound dis- / s cussions tin# matters' pertaining to t the welfare of the bounty.. He p j thanked them for the kindly sentiments voiced. What he had done in - (1 the past he had only been able to do' by the loyal support of fellow-coun-. s cillors. He congratulated the sw |] members on their success, and trust-' f ed that the business would be epn- , ducted in a Cordial manner and , the best interests of the countvi Be y suggested the engineer and p should go'over/the ridings, and to*. p see what was "being done and T was necessary. The engineer wOulflr* be pleased to' act in with j th? suggestion. He as would be pleased to confe|:.l«jlH members and do I assist to acquaint thein was under way in their ridings. Referring to the £lß&Bfej Plant and machinery loan, he sajtfgKv B was pleased a had " achieved, and congratulated the "rate- j payers on what they f appreciated their action ~ there was an inclination to turn |Ktf~v 'oan down. He trusted . completion of their term of. ofSjcjSr* they would shqyv the wffc. ' support •-the,;io^''.*rarwjf£; [ ranted, and to *Stahli|h the * r) dence of the I Deputy Chairman. f The chairman said it was ; sary to- haveS in . the event of 'his absence. He that Cr. Wilcox, who was the oldq^> i councillor, and who had had prMSfjl £ its experience as chairman on lOfcaJ-4 bodies, be appointed '' man. . s Cr. Woods seconded, and €he mo-,? tion was carried unanimously. Cr. Wilcox returned thanks, and' ■ said he would do all in his power, to fill the position creditably. I 't, ' -- •' J ZiZ&i Finance Committee. y The whole council was appointed Finance Committee, three to fprm i- quorum. ' r Crs. Woods, Wilcox, and the i- man were appointed a sub-financa n committee :to deal witji the counts finances during the holidays. < 's Ordinary H || d It was decided tb;hQUi\tbe'ordin- 1 i! ary monthly meeting on first it Thursday in the finance • committee to meet the previous Wedii nesday evening.. e Papa/imu-Mangatawhiri: Flood e Damage. %'• n Referring to the applicatioh made e by the council for a free %jrapt of t ?200 to repair flood the t Paparimu-Mangatawhiri , Road,^ the Minister of Public Works, Hoii £ G. Coates, stated -that in view oflthe fact that the Government Contributed USOU -towards of the work, andvthat the almosj uni- ( versal rule in regard to Assistance to n damage caused by flood»fS that the money is granted on a for £1 basis. Under the circumstances he re- " gretted he could not favourablyieons sider the application, in view of s the fact that the settler? raised a j loan towards the construction of the ' road, and that the district was,thinly , populated, he was. prepared to-jfind a , subsidy at the rate of £1 10s to £l, i . would find £l2O and the County Counh cil £BO. An authority on this basis ; would be as soon as satisfacq tory propose had been approved by . : tii" District Engineer. With regard to the portion of r<>ad still under construction - s Dcpjrtmcnt, and on which slips.required to be ctealffd, he was aitspging tc* issue for £125.t0 , ' enable the rofld to be cleaned upwind handed over to the council for v j;on- ■: ' trol and maintenance. The letter was received, md?»e4 ' cierk was instructed to reply ! ingr the Minister for the ' granted. Thanks for '■ The District Engineer, Publfll W°rks Department, Mr. G. T. wrote thanking the council congratulations and good wishes his promotion to i'dded that it was always a pleasuijr,; to work with so courteous and pr? giessive council as Franklin.— ceived. Taking of a The Pubßc • Works 'Department Wellington, forwarded a copy of peg* 3 < lamation published in the New lin ' land Gazette, taking and cloaßF.,i roads, allotments 96 and 97, Wpitffcß ' East Parish (H. E. R. L Wily's perty).—Received. Cooper's Deviation, Kohakaha. '' , J ■si' ; The Lands and Survey Department, j Auckland, forwarded* plan and rules for taking and closing f Cooper's Deviation, i consents to be endorsed. —L*f engineer and Cr. Mellsop the necessary consents.

re«r«l to lot 4 of 2 of Mtm jf, PnkWohe Parish, contain-1 yt '% 46/ acres 1 rood, held by Mr. . yKvry, Yeturned soldier «Vijf tliut it was of Mr. Low^|S6s<w 'have a '"rout#-Into hid Cj-. Woflda'saia* 4>e and the engineer hadlpJwVtty inspected the localattd.he considered it would prove a costly job to put in a road for the sake of ont section. 4 Cr. Wilcox endorsed these remarks, and said , a considerable expenditure was necessary, and he did not think Ihe expenditure was warranted. The engineer said the road would have to go over a large gully, and a bridge was necessary. The cost would b<s enormous. —Left to engineer to communicate with the Commissioner nnd to sae what further-steps they are prepared to take. Kanaka Station Road and Subway. ( In connexion with the proposed < road to the Karaka station, the Dte- | t£ict Engineer, New Zealand Hail- < Jays, wrote asking what the council i squired in the way of accommoda- I lion at the Karaka station, and how < this, or suitable provision for the ( anticipated traffic, including access 1 JL to the station, could be arranged. He 1 7 asked for a plan showing the propos- , V" ed roads. ' \. > The engineer said he inspected the 1 locality with the District Engineer of r Railways, and pointed out the coun- 1 cil was prepared to dedicate the t roads if the Department would pro- | vide a necessary subway, but as the \ engineer had Retired and a new one e appointed the matter had been over- j , looked. s The?'.clerk was instructed to reply \ giving this information. V Local Body Loan*. 1 v v "Preriifum Bonds Advocated. (i The Gisborne Borough Council for- p warded a circular letter containing a / a resolution passed by that v body"%dvocating the introduction and j of v a system of . premium j bonds in respect of local bodies' s r, letter was merely received. ' Pukekohe War Memorial. 0 , - 'The Pukekohe Borough Council wrote inviting the council to contri (1 bute -towards the Pukekohe Fallen 11 . ."-Seldiew' Memorial. > . M> Qj)' the the chairman Wilcoxit wife decided to , * n donate £lo.' ' Ottawa Township. " i Intimation was received that tne 1> "toad 1 formation of the township of -q 1 Ottawa, Awhitu Parish, was now com- y pleted. The was asked to in- R spect the work, with a-view of talc- p *•«-. .inu-over the to engineer, j? Wd Ojj Mellsop to "inspect and re- it Mft next meeting. Ri A Protest. f( Ratepayers' Association e , protested against any alterations in In connexion witli ihe allocation of loan (< moitey avaiklJlC for Pollok.-—The p chairman out that the wharf U ' i'ow was tne most important road in 0 , and if. the money alio- j r , complete the work,, p ( they would have to take some of the [y| inoney allocated to do other minor ( |. « works tt>, complete a main road. p] ... "THe chiiiiTnan said this was pointed meetings were bein&4sd. v mohey. "iyas not being taken- a,way a ' ' It.wa# decided to reply stating the f ., and Cr. Mellsop would in- Cl chairman of the Rate- j s : s ;| Finger Posts, Cf Mr. F. S. Hirst, Hunua, suggested he the erection of two, finger-posts, one ol at the junction of the main and pi " l ' l roaf j s , and the other at the al jjncUwr'Ot oreaoiery and falls roads v>. indicating the road;-, to Hunua Falls, gi If the material was Supplied he would ol 9 erect same at his own expense.—The request was acceded to. t n< An Application. Miv-R 'L. Guillard, Papakura, wrote advising of the purchase by him of a quarry site at Flat Rocks, Hunua (Jorge, and applied for permission to breast the rock back two chains along ' the face to jet room foi a hopper crusher and engine, also offering to supply the council with metal spalls. ai Left to engineer and Cr. Heald to inspect and deal with. An Objection. li Mr. J. M. Norrie, Pokeno, wrote objecting to being included in the Raz- tl _prback-Tuakau special rating area. 81 The clerk stated the objection a came in after the date specified for receiving game. He was instructed P to reply stating the objection was received too late. , * p •^w. Connecting Road Wanted. n Mr. Chas. J. Pickard and eight e others petitioned the council that the a road on Pukekohe Hill in Pukekohe c West Riding be metalled, pointing « out that by the metalling of this d piece of road a metalled road right over the hill to connect with metal t on Blake's Road would be obtained, j; Cr. Woods said he did not think the road could be metalled out of rates. - Referred to Cr. Woods and the engineer to inspect and report on at a next meeting. h ' A Waipipi Request. r Mr. 11. Holmes and five other ratepayers in Waipipi Riding requested a the council to form a special rating , area and raise a loan to construct the known as Smith'.s Road, 1: Waiuku.- Referred to the clerk and t engineer to go into, prepare an esti- c mate of the cost, and to see what i rate would have to be struck to cover t the cost of the loan. t A Waiuku Matter. ' Miss L. J. Austin, Waiuku, drew ] the council'a attention to the state , of Park Road from McCully's gale , to her property, and requested that • it he repaired. The engineer reported the matter was now in hand, and it \yas decided to reply accordingly. , Alleged Damage. The (ilenbrook branch of Zealand Farmers' Union wrote drawing th" council's attention to the damage done to the roads by contractors carting stone from Mr. Morton's to the Public Works Department for the railway works. Left to engineer and Cr. Reid to attend! to. Stewart Cowan and Heald Roads, Hunua. The Public Trust Ollice forwarded \ t draft of a special order to he made > | u the council authorising the raising o'i a loan of 1:750 for Stewart Cowan a<4 Ilea Id's Roads, Hunua. -To be i < 1.:, : I.ietl at next, meeting of the < mineil Attewcll's Road. Mr. H. Burrows returned ratepayconsent, signed by all except one (ratepayer, in the proposed Attewell's I'oad, Puni special rating area, consenting to the raising of a loan of \:7t)o for the purpose of doing the necessary work thereon. Peter's Bridge, Otaua. The. Otaua Drainage Board intimated that it was prepared to pay one-third of the cost of the proposed f . new Peter's bridge, outside the £IOO granted by the Government, but n * could not sec its way clear to bear nny expense towards the cost ol removing the old - bridge across the western road drain, or any filling that ia needed. They would like the new

r «vrWORKS AT OTAHfp^ j* AND CO'S of last year Messrs. § fright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., the well-known seed and manure merx chants, commenced the erection of a large manure store and grinding plant at Otahuhu in order to cope with the needs of their rapidly growing busr- , ness. The site secured was a very ; fine one of 20 acres immediately oppo- ' t)t'ahuhu railway station, with which connexion is given - by means ! of a Ypecial siding. The store is now ■ sufficiently far advanced for the at - noundinent to be made that it will | commmce work before Christmas ami be in All working order early in the New iSar. This mterprise is of very great tmportanci to all farming interests in the Au«land province, as It marks the beginning of an era of Increased " supplies |f an improved standard of grinding and slightly lower fcrices for fertilisers! Through the increased efficiency awarded by machinery and other econwiies effected in It he handling charge® imposed on nfinujre, definite saviilfe will be mate. These savings are*) be passed on tq farmers in the f<mi of lower pficesi which Messrs. Wri»t, Stephenafcn and Co. Ltd. announq# will operate as from January 1 ne«L f The most mportant Joints about the new storeKs that n wifl grind rock phosphatS/ery mulh finer than ha? previously Sen the Case. Hitherto phosphates mve chiMy been applied i"n the fori of superphosphate, which is simply *>ck phisphjite treated with sulphur® acid*to make the plant food availjfcle. /investigations suggested that iflthe ipck phosphate wasJitself ground leryrery* finely, the necessity of con*rsiqn iflto super phosphate might le Voided. This idea has blenj actively .taken up in.different p*t£»of the world nnd proved a success. In America raw rock lljosphate is used very extensively, e«|i for cropping. In Britain, in a rwsent test, plain lock phosphate g«v 37 tons of swedes per acre Sainst 39 tons , r ;i'OWJi by superphosJß|te, and at very much less cost, ancfimth no souring effect. A writer in/tlb British Journal of AgriculturcJ s||: "In rainy districts and on foul- soils ground mineral phosphate! is |nractically as good as slag.*- | Bv . New Zealand eAert® pave already taken up this m«ter, iqd Mr. L. J. Wild, M.A., BSc., |lectuiltf. at Lincoln College, Canterbwy, reAhtly wrote: "I venture to prefchesy tfUt raw rock phosphate will b§ used go increasing quantities in New Zealand in coming years, but it vail be awvery finely ground sample. Jrurther,"lie said, "if phosphate is gut on market ground as finely as basic sgflag, then it. should compete successfully with superphosphate Jin districts and for most purpij&es." • | Fortunately jror New Zealand fanners, the Govfi'nment lias f recently . made at WallAceville an interesting <est between basic slag aitd phosphate from Mfkutea Island. Tftfc plots were top-dresfed in February,— one with of rock phosphate and three t<jhs of rubble liniestono per acre. Sjieep were grazecE from May 16 to |)ecember 27, at 1 date the grqiihs show the basic slag plot to be only some 21a per sheep. | 1 Commenting on this, the Jourrml of Agriculture said: "One of the most important facts; demonstrated is*the ( excellent r&uft- given by ground mineral phosflfiajjie rock -from Makstea Island, wh|cV is, chemically, pracfjc-

t?sFtft<r?tosprorte-was not aU- th^t could be Iwjshed, the results haw been emiiferitly satisfactory. In of the large amount of >Jauru Island phosphate which will shortly be avaik able it k strongly urged that it be' rsed forf top-dressing in the finelyground tondition without admixture of othe# fertilisers." ' The Journal lays stress upon the necessiw lor fine grinding—the phos phate Msfd in the experiment was eoarsejas only 49 per cent, passed a 100 si|tai-and asks for the same fineneS j mentioned by Mr. Wild, namelf, that it should equal slag and have J5 to 90 per cent, pass through a IOQf sjeve, giving 10,000 spaces to the Ssqnare inch. The machine installed py Messrs Wright, Stephenson •and JCuf, Ltd., will be able to meet thisldjsmand, and supply an article fullW Half as fine again as any sampb hitWeilto marketed in Auckland. this fine grinding, therefore, therof seems no question but that analysis for analysis, cost for cost, and results for results, the new rockwill ' prove the cheapest and best phosphatic fertiliser ever offered in New Zealand. The first shipment of rock phosphate from NJakatea Island for the new store of Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., is due to arrive at Auckland the first week in December, and deliveries of the finelyground fertiliser will be made at reduced prices as from January 1 next. Prices and information may be obtained from Mr. G. C. Noble, telephone 22, Pukekohe. — (Advt.) 13

Farmers! It is tg< your interest to accept Mr. Bjjddie'/invitation to meet him at the Hall on Wednesday, Decemb3nHL and hear what ho has to say Qh —See advt. in this issue. v | |, \ 18

bridge raised 18 inches and widened to 16 feet, and would dig the new outlet on Bothwell s Road—The chairman said it was previously agreed that if the work was undertaken the council and the board would each contribute half cost. An application was made to the Public Works Department for a subway. and £IOO was granted. The clerk reported having conferred with the chairman on the matter, replied pointing out that the bridg ll v as being raised to suit the convenience of the board, and the oiler made by the county chairman to the board was in his opinion a fair one, that is. that the Drainage Board should contiibute half the net cost of the whole .work after the Government subsidy of £IOO was deducted, Tlv: proposed raising of the bridge greatly increased the cost, and a bridge suitable for ordinary traffic on present level was sufficient for council s | purposes. And unless the board was prepared to pay half cost ol erecting the new bridge and approaches thereto io the level required for Drainage Board purposes, the council would either erect the bridge on the present levels or leave the bridge as at present. The council was prepared to contribute half cost of digging the new outlet on Road, thus making half share to both the council and the board for all work in the scheme. The clerks reply was approved.

Paerata to Helvetia Estate Road. Mr. D. Jamieson, Paerata, intimated that in corfnexion with the proposed Paerata to Helvetia Instate road he required £OS per acre for land, this t > include a small piece alongside the creek cut oil' by the road, the council to bear all legal expenses and survey charges, and to fence. No more than half of lols on either side of the toad to be included in the special rating area for the road.--The matterwas deferred pending Mr. Jamieson's offer being made in writing. (Continued on Tuesday.)