KAITIEKE COUNTY COUNCIL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 203, 16 November 1927, Page 11

KAITIEKE COUNTY COUNCIL

DISTRICT WORKS At the last meeting of the Kaitieke County Council the district engineer, -Mr. P. Keller, wrote stating that the formation of a road giving access to the Piriaka Public School would- cost about £4O, and inquiring if the council had funds available, and what its attitude was toward the work. It was that the county engineer prepare a report for the next meeting. The chairman’s honorarium for 1927- -$ was fixed at £ 100, to be paid halfyearly. The chairman, Cr. T. H. Crocker, Cr. Devereux and the clerk, Mr. W. H. Hill, were authorised to sign the transfer of S. Brown to A. E. Grogan, of Part II- Block IX., Owhango Township, and affix the county seal thereto. Advice was received from the Medical Officer of Health to the effect that I recent fire had destroyed the fences a . : the Owhango cemetery, and asking lt " the council could make a grant toward re-erertion. It was resolved that the Cemetery Board be offered a grant II £1 for £1 for the purpose. In reply to a communication from Mr - C. Phil Smith, of Taumarunui, it as resolved that he be permitted to .at timber on Tunakotekote Road and Wanganui Valley Road, subject to his Patting and keeping these roads in orer to the satisfaction of the engineer, a nd that he furnishes a suitable bondsman for £l5O. Cr. Devereux brought up the matter J dangerous bluff in the vicinity of and it was decided that the en'l.n^r report the dangerous condition the Kakahi Bluff to the Railway DeWment. and request that a quarry : opened up at that point with a view removing the danger and making the metal. the tender of Mr. W. Baker for £ll2 J' •»(! for the erection of the Kakahi ;^ ip Bridge, which is urgently thi** vvas accepted, and the work d Proceed immediately. v‘L- ei ? rs ‘ w atkins Bros., sawmillers, {w** I*’ 1 *’ wer c. on the motion of Crs. to er€Wx anc * ft° w ell. given permission 3( , logs over the Owhango-Kakahi rvic ® road on a six-wheeled conveyfirm to be responsible for maintenance, and that all work on • i on ro J d carried out to the satisfac- " °i the county engineer. resj , Was decided to have the engineer’s nui Qenc ® connected with the Taumaru- . continuous telephone exchange. Phils* ar k° r reported that Mr. C. ceed had been instructed to prowith the revaluation ' Kaitieke County.