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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 146, 20 March 1886, Page 3

sum of £30 be recommended for payment to the owners of the C.iampion Lode claims for tracks r ;vU» by them and for work done on lie mum road, the said sum being' the estimate of the Comity Engineer. In asking for your approval of these wuks the »o.umittee would still reco'nmend the coutmu ition of the main track northward ns originally proposed, also an exton&ion of Camerons track to the other claims at tue south end 01 tiie main load. These r->ads will probably entail a further cost o £70 or £80. Mr Pavitt, the Engineer, being present, was requeste 1 to give any further information re tuese tracks, and said : The £200 subsidy promised by Government being now all utilised, the committee were anxious that application be made to Government for a^ farther subsidy of some £00 or £70'to"enaUe further tracks* northwards to be carried out. Cr Humphreys asked if the proposed new tracks would give access to what is known as Kirker's reef, «s it was important that it should be opened up. Mr Pavitt replied that it would. Further replying to Councillors, Mr Pavitt said that with reapuct to the £.")0 that the c mimittee recommended bo p.ii.l to Gomes, the track had cost him over t'7o ami considered the request a most leasonable oae, lie also believed that a good deal of ground would be taken up there directly. On the motion of Cr Nicholls, seconded by Cr Humphreys, it was resolved that the sum of £50 be paid to owners of Champion lode chum for woik done on roaH, and th it application be made to Government in aid of carrying out other proposed works.

Suspension Bridge ( Katangahake.;--Mr Alex Hogg wrote directing attention to the fact that although some two months since it had been resolved by the Council to have guy -stays attached t-» this bridge, the work had neve/ been i-Hi-ried out. Also suggesting tne de>irability of passing a bye-law regulating hor.-e traffic across same. lieswlved : That t;uys be fixe I as boon us possible, .m I a notice ported on tue I ridge as a warning against gallouiny horses ovw it. Mr J lines L iw'ur wr«»t.« ouvring to do the above work for tlie sum of £.0. Letter received. vhvharoa Tunnel. — Gr Walsh asked for information with regard to the steps taken by the Council to secure a subsidy for tue above woik. The miners residing there were willing to contribute their portion of the amount lequired n order to secure the subsidy. T..e Clerk replie I that no answer had yet been received to the application sent t>y the Council to tiie Mines Depai I ment. It was stated that Mr L. M. Grace, M.FT.R. for the district, w uld visit P<tt:r«»a ju the couide uf a few d»ijs, when the matter could be brought under hi* notice. Resolved : That a committee consisting of the Council an. l the mine managers of the district wait upon Mr or race oil his arrival and uiyu upon him the desirability of assistthe prospectors eugaged upon this tunnel. Rangiora Punt rtoad. — A letter from the General Survey Office, Wellington informed fch<» Council that the sum of £ 100 had Leon voted for expenditure on the above road. Cr Nicholls said that the contract for improving the Big Swamp only amounted to some L 39 and he now moved thai the balance of the money be expended in making the ro.id through the smaller swamps passsble for traffic. Seconded by the Chairman and carried. Licensing Commissionera.~The Clerk to the Licensing Bench wrote making ap plication for stationery, and in for ning the Council that a salary of LlO per annum had been votod to him at the last meeting of the Commissioners.. The matter of supplying the stationery was left to the clerk and chairman with power to act, and the question of paying the salary was referred to the Finance Committee. Karangah^ke Extension Road. — A number of miners ami others interested in claims located in the neighbourhood of the above road made application for money to improve and make it passable prior to the coming winter. The Clerk was instructed to write and inform the applicants that a contract had just been let for carrying out the work in question. Progress Payments.— Messrs Marsh and Wilson wrote asking for progress payment on work don« on the Karangaliake Road contract. Referred to the Foreman of Works for report. Puke-Paeroa Road. — An application from ratepayers adjoining this road was read, urging the necessity of its being put in a passable condition before winter ; estimated cost L3O. Referred to Board of Works to report on. Waitawheta Gorge. — Messrs Kenny and Jackson surveyors wrote enclosing plans and specifications for a tramway through the gorge estimated cost, L 5,414 16s. Referred to Finance Committee. Paruk.n n Track. — The prospectors, mvde application to the Council for asist.nice tui\ m do induing a tr.icit to the new livings at Purakawai from Waitekauri. Considerable discussion took place as to the best way of dea'ing with the applicati >p, and it was finally resolved that ihe sum of LlO be offered as a bonus for finding the nearest and most practicable route from any point on tko i