MANUKAU COUNTY

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 155, 21 September 1927, Page 13

MANUKAU COUNTY

REBUILDING OF BRIDGE STRAYING STOCK NUISANCE The action of certain stockowners in allowing stock to stray on the reads at Takanini was protested against by Mr. C. S. McCallum at a meeting of the Manukau County Council yesterday. Wandering stock had damaged the property of several ratepayers. It was decided to notify the county ranger. The engineer, Mr. J. R. Page, emphasised the necessity for rebuilding Smith’s Bridge and Mill Road Bridge, in the Papakura Riding, and it was decided to raise a loan of £ 3,300, which will be reducible if a Government grant, which has been applied for, is obtained. Authority was given the engineer to repair Bull’s Bridge, on the PapakuraClevedon main highway. It was agreed by the Highways Board to bear its portion of dhe cost of strengthening the bridge at the usual maintenance rates. The engineer expressed dissatisfaction at the classification of roads in the county and said that in the winter months fourth-class roads were not capable of carrying heavy traffic. The engineer and clerk were authorised to draft a by-law prohibiting heavy traffic on certain roads at certain times. Mr. McCallum suggested that the council should contribute to the cost of purchasing a cemetery site at Manurewa in exchange for the present proposed site owned by the Manurewa Town Board. Figures showing the building activity in the county during the past 10 years have been preparedl by the county clerk, and the years, number of permits and the value of buildings are as follow: 1915-16, 82 permits, £27,472; 1920-1921, 166 permits, £77,233; 19263 927, 259 permits, £112.253.