COUNTY COUNCIL

Southland Times, Issue 18822, 15 May 1920, Page 10

COUNTY COUNCIL

-MONTHLY MEETING. Toe monthly meeting of the Southland County Council yesterday was attended by the chairman (Mr W. Norman) and Councillors C. Robertson, R. Baird, C. Kerse, T. Fraser, G. Hunter, W. Clarke, A. Stewart, ami J. White. A letter from the Tuapeka County Council protested against the preesnt system of imposing a levy on local bodies for the purpose of proriding revenue for hospital and charitable aid purposes, which the letter claimed was inequitable and unduly taxed the holders of rural properties. The Tuapeka Council requested the Southland County to support, it in its protest.—Received. Cri'-s Brothers, Otama, wrote requesting the Council to grade the road leading from j their gate past Mr White’s property as far | as Mr John McKay’s. The road at present was in a very bad state.—Surfaceman to attend to the matter. The bounty engineer reported on an application made by J. M. Carson, North Maker.'wa, requesting the Council to protect hi-- i",ier-,-:s by preventing Mr Crowe from ii>v< vting water on his property through that of (he applicant's. The engineer recommended that Mr Crowe be informed that he must cease diverting this water. -The ;aeonuuendation was adopted. James An iir-.in, Wendon. Wrote complaining of the number of cattle which were allowed to s', ray on the Wendon roads.— The matter is being attended to. (', Richardson, on behalf of the New Zealand Pine Company, applied for permission !n c,.rry lha tramway from, the Gorge road : oil across the road forming the western 1 ir dary o' section 2, block 10, Oterandka Hundred. — Permission was granted subject to the usual conditions being complied with. J. E. Boyd. Brydone, wrote stating that he understood that a grant of 2250 had boon, made for gravelling the Moto Rimu road, ami requested that the work be carried our as soon as possible.—There is a vote of 2 )00 on the supplementary estimates for Motu Rimu road. It will be necessary to obtain the Public Works Department's sanction to spending this before anything cam bo done. A communication from Mrs E. Hawkcs, . Wallacetown. protested about the spread of gorso iu Co Hern street. —The matter was referred to the- inspector. EL M. McQuillan, Mat aura, wrote drawing attention to the state of Craig’s rood between the Terrace road and Barclay's gate. There w«ro several had holes in the road which inquired tilling with shingle.—Sur- ! facetn.aii to attend to the matter. ' J. A. Thoms''.'). Gan road, wrote complaining that the culvert on the old Winton creek crossing the roadline leading from Gan roar!, was quite inadequate to take the siinJus water away.—lnspector to report. Mrs T. McDonald, Morton Mains, applied n base the approach to the gate leading to her pruuerty attended to as it was iu u very bad state.— Surfaceman to report. Mac Mister Brothers, solicitors, on behalf of George H. Spriggs, wrote requesting the (’em il to a-shst Mr Spriggs to open up an e.\i-ring ditch on the County road adjoining id-- propertv. —Referred to the chairman, the member for the riding and the engiA I •■•tier from Miss M. J. Pearce. Winton, re-ted th'> Council to givo T. Thompson ns: : - -o clwin out- his creek and to remove all growth anil so give the water a tJ ■■•r run.—The matter has been attended to, 'b-s C. O’C incur, I.ongridge, wrote informin':; the Council that her farm, section fit, '.v;v bring badly damaged by flood w"t.-r from th ■ drains on the opposite side of the County road adjoining her farm. — [ B-S -arc I to :d" engineer with power to act. TLnr-.- Li-;- on. Ryal Bush, applied to have mm c" ; -rt ; lowered on the road belw—■ ■ amm dJ and 27 and 2-S, block 9, New ibmr Hundred. — Referred, to engineer j wild) power to act. M. H. So I lit rbir.d, Oteramika road, wrote informing ih“ Council that the ditch along the Comer--ry road to Puni creek required cj---ni:vr our. rho water was lying dead ar.d imekiu v on io the applicant's property. Tim dip-h. bring cleaned out but the writer ds,f 0 know whether the Coun<•*l wv’dd (■.'•!; tribute towards the cost of the vo-:-;. Remn'-’d to engineer. A letter fi-oni W. It. Simplon, Quarry ini's, requested the Council to have tine riml-er bridge between his property and that o? J. Kennedy, repaired as it was at preI im;m-.-ai le.- Matter will be attended to. | D. IT. McLean, Caroline, wrote drawing the (Amu-lib attention to a very dangernu- pi, • ■ of road about three-quarters of a mi!-- • muth of Caroline, The cutting there e,--v -v'-row and two vehicles could iv.t ; abr-a-f. while the grade of the ro"d was v. ry .qeep.—Referred to engineer with pow-r to act. Mr- b. fl " ir-y, P-ipton, wrote applying to have • he ri-.-d above Rose’s on the Hill road vMrpcd.— Mrtrr will he considered in the A :amt-mu signed by four ratepayers of Ofar: ra v the Council to have the traffic road leg ling past their properties remds. d, -i- b was in a very bad state. —A subfidi —d grant, had been applied for. A. Ju-'b'ii'i" and others, Lochiel, wrote i' rawing a i avion to the bud state of Mc-Iri--im : ; . and requested the Council to have it av-mded to. —A substantial grant a ! .een a.-m'ied for. The (d.mh--a School Committee applied (oh ive trn chains of metal placed on the Glen ham mad mad, as the building of the new F-b.»,| was nearly completed.—No fund' avail able. A. letter fro*" the Quarry Hills Road Im-vmi-'ii, League drew attention to the had .--rat. v- tin- roads in the Quarry Hills’ (ii-irh-r.. In 'laces the roads had worked a-, m i ’tom;Si Vo the clay and became very 1,..-, ,•:.fm- la-i'i.- -A Government grant is bring applied for. George fro: a-;-, Tussock Creek, applied to have til'- mad fronting his property attended to. Ren-wcd an ohcation is to be hj r ■' subsidised grant. R. r'.>unir.gh".m. Live Rivers, wrote lira.vnv; the Council's attention to the state (-,’ the price of road running at the hack of the to writer railway siding. The water had. Pc,-i; allowed to run down the centre of the road for some distance, with the result that in wet weather the road was almost impassable. —Matter will receive attention in the spring. John Craig, Caroline, wrote asking if the Council could continue the work of gravel--1q,,,n lijc Caroline road for an additional •listunce of Rid yards-.—Left to the engineer with power to act. Alexander Mclntyre, Benio, wrote drawing the Council’s attention to the urgent necessity for forming the road from Mr

Perkins’ gate to the writer's property.—A Government grant is being applied for. James Martin, Greeniulls, wrote drawing attention to the state of the old flood-gate on the main Invercargill-Bluff road, about 120 chains from the Greenhills station. The sea water came through the culvert in the main road and backed fresh water on to his property.—Engineer to report. A petition signed by nine members of the Oroti riding requested the Council to take the necessary steps towards the erection of a traffic bridge across the Oreti river at the township of Mossburn, thus finking up the vast area of agricultural land, originally known as the Five Rivers Estate, with the railway.—Referred to member for the riding and engineer with power to act. J. G. Ollivcr and other?) petitioned the Council to erect a bridge over the Tomogalak river. The money for the work had been voted and the petitioners requested that the work be started without delay.—• Matter will be attended to as soon as the timber is available. Accounts amounting to £11,615 were passed for payment.