KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8762, 13 March 1907, Page 3

KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.

The monthly meeting of the above was held yesterday, Or Were presiding. The Department of Eoads forwarded voucher for £IOO authorised for Gorge Rend, and the Treasury £250 for Manawatu liuer bank loan No. 8.

Palmerston branch of Farmers' Union drew attention to by-law prohibiting use of certain streets for ' driving stock to sale yards, and acked Council to co-operate with Union with a view to having restrictions removed.—Decided to lend assistance as requested, and to attend conference at Farmers' Union rooru3 on Thursday next at 11 o'clock. The Inspector reported the work on concrete culverts had been blocked by the impossibility of obtaining concrete. Levels had been taken at Longburn, and whan the new kerb is put in, the water trouble will be remedied. The cross decking on bridges at Ngawhakarau had been removed and arrangements made for metalling over. The decking of the Oroua Bridge was in a very bad state and required renewing. He suggasted that jarrah timber be ordered and that provision be made in next year's estimates. The material for repairs to the approach to the Awahuri bridge was in hand, and the work would be put in havul as soon as possible. He had inspected the Kahuterawa river above the bridge, but did not consider that it was necessary to do any protective work at present. Some distance above the bridge the river was cutting in a los, but he thought that if protection wa3 done it would be destroyed by cattle. Therefore, he suggested waiting to see the result of the next flood, as there was a chance of the river going back into the old channel. Ho recommended the Council to take eome action in cases where notices to cut bask overhanging trees were not complied with. There was a bridge on Rangitikei Line, near Hanson's property, that required renewing, and he considered that a tbrae foot culvert would bo sufficient to deal with the water. Consideration of Mr A. Guy's request to have two culverts placed across Email creeks on Milson's Line and Settler's read was held over until a deputation have waited upon the Council. Permission was granted to C. Woodley to remove 30 of metal from Awapum pit. A similar request for 50 yards from N. Cook was also granted. J. Nathan and Co.'s request to put pipe 3 from new creamory at corner of Bunnythorpe, Kairanga, and Hughes' roads was reforred to the Drainage Board. Cr Buchanan was deputed to investigate a complaint from J. 0. Batchelar regarding damage to his property by storm water. Mr A. Guy waited on the meeting with regard to Gillespie's road contract, and stated that the work had not been completed in accordance with the specifications.—The Engineer said there were several difficulties in the contract arid an allowance would have to be made on that account.