PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL,

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 257, 21 April 1888, Page 2

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL,

This ordinary monthly meeting 1 of the Pinko County Council \v;is hold on Thursday, 12th inst., at Mr Pavilt's olßce, Te Aroha. Present; Crs. Clicpmell (chairman), Gould, Dibble, He my, Browning, Biunskill, Murphy, and Mills. Special Meeting :— A special meeting \v;if> first held foi the purpose .i£ making a special older (notice of which had been duly «iven by the chairman at last monthly meeting) (is follows :— That in accordance with the piovisioriH of Section 20 of the Public Works Act, 1887, imperial meeting t.f Oouiu-i! be held at Mr Pi.vilt's office, Tc Aroha. at 4 p.m., April 12(h, for the purpose of nuikiu^ a special order declaring Hint that poition of the County io,id from Ohinemtiri County boundary i;oiu,i> towauls Waioiongomai. wl.ich lies within the Town District of Te Aioha, shall be plaocil undo- tiie control of the Te Aioha Town Board ; and directing that the cost ot construction am! maintairiitig such part of s.iid roal rluiU he boine by Te An ha Town Boatd.

The molien Inning been proposed by the Chiii* nmn wa.° seconded l>y Cr Gould. Ci-k jMnrpliy and Mills spoke against the wouling of' tho motion as it wiihl be voiy unfair to the residents within Te Aioba Distiictto have the whole expense of keeping the road in repair thrown upon them. The Chairman : I remarked at Ihe hist meeting, bcfoie Te Aroha Town Distiict was constituted, the Council could rale the Te Aroha Hiding « s hfretofore, but now owing (o the Town Distiict they could not rate it beyond in the £ in any one year. Cr Murphy • I wish it distinctly understood I do not wish the ratepayers at a distance to have to contiibuteto this work; what I desire is that lmli'the cost of keeping this poition of the road in repair be paid out the goldfields revenue, seeing that four fifths of the traffic over it is goldfields traffic. The Chaiiman : We can't help levying rate. The rates we are levying now have been levied to pay oil' a dead hoise,ie. liability incurred in this coiner of the county. ; Cr Gould : — I have paid the County £250 in rates, in return for which, my distiict baa only leceived £10. Where has the money gone to ? Undoubtedly all spent in IV. Aroha Riding ; whilst the ratepayers in Patetere and Taotoaioa had some of them paid as high as ,■(•7oo in rates, all of which had been spent in connection with Te Aroha Riding. Cr Murphy proposed and Cr Mills seconded an amendment as regards the | latter part of the resolution so as to road !as follows :—: — and that at least one half the cost of constmction and maintenance, (being occasioned by the gold fickle tiaflic,) be paid out of goldfields revenue. Only the mover and seconder of the amendment voting in favour of it, it was d eel a led kst, and the original motion was then put and canied. Patetere Loan, £1 5,000 ; — A second special meeting was then held in accordS ance with notice of motion given at last monthly meeting), and it was resolved on I the motion of the chaiiman, seconded by Cr Ilcnuy, that a special rate of l-12th of n penny in the £ be levied over Patetere Hiding, to be an annually lecturing rate, until loan of £1500. boi rowed for said Riding he icpaid. Cr ITeany whilst seconding the proposition, protested against the manner in which the vote of the ratepayers had been taken ie this loan ; and chaiaeterispd it as a hole and coiner affair ; and that the road would simply henefit thcT. Y. Land Co. Cr Tleany asked why Lichfield. fifteen miles distant fiom any of the settleis, had been chosen as the polling place, and not Oxford ; and said only Mr Oeo. Walker, and his son and daughtei came theie to vote. Oidinary Meeting — The minutes of the last monthly meeting weie read and continued. Deputation. — Messrs IT. MeLiver ami T. Gavin, as deputation on behalf of the miners and resident at Waioiongomai. Mr McLivei acted as spokesman and said, himself and Mr Gavin appeared in suppoitof a petition (laid on the table), signed by some sixty inineis and otheis, to {i«-k Council to icpair the Upper Hill 1 rack, which was almost impawble, and decidedly dan.iit'rous Jt wa< likely now that owing to the gieat levivahn mining, th"ie Mould lie a lot of hea\y ti.ulic o\er tins tiar-k. Mi Gain, ,md Cr». Mujphy ; and Mill 1 * al-o spoke in suppoit of the application, Mi Y. Pavitt, the County Knirinecr estimated the cost of putting tho tiack in icalh iiood oidci at 175, and &.iid .ill the woik could bu let, in eontiaeK Cr Murphy pjopt.sed, That £75 he j voted for the woik, seconded !>y Ci Gould who said he heli"\vd th" work was ao^olulclv nece^,ii y. and t'uit inu'iMsed icvenno \\ih now being derived iiom the gold : Held. The motion was c.in i«'<l. The depulation having thanked the Coiircil foi their couile^y for gianting their petition, iciiicd. Goidon Settlement Road.— Me^r* J. Munio and CI. Gapes next addiesM'd the Council on b< half of the Gorr on and asked that £30 bo Sfiantod for forming a portion of the load to the settlciu'iit which parsed throuuh a Maori n'seive at Waiharakeke, and slated th.it unless the work was done, the settlers could not get \broimh in wet weather. Mr Mnnio : stated that the settlers had already expended £90 in improving the ioad,nud for the next ten >eirs would have a like sum allowed them out of their rent-* oich year by Government for load woik. IE the Council granted the money now asked for, it was not likely they would be asked to expend any more money on the load for many years to come, Cr Murphy «poke in support of the request, and said he did not think Council would be troubled about this ro.id again if the proposed woik was now done, and moved that £30 be nr.iniul foi tlio purpose named, (bcins; amount of Kngineci V estimate); seconded by Cr_ Mills. The Chairman explained t'ne circumstances as to low this aap came to be lelt when the road was made, and spoke in favor of the work being done. The motion wascanied. Banquet.— Mr Gavin, Chaiiman of the Committee appointed to make arrangements for the Banquet to Mr It. 11. Adams, nt this stage of the proceedings addressed Council, and said the banquet was being held that niaht, as beine; the same date the as Council met at Te Aroha it would enablo them to attend without any trouble. The Committee would like to see all the Councillor present. On behalf of the miners he would like to say they felt the Council had always done nearly all they had nsked for, and proved a good friend to the gold field, and for doing so bad incwred much abuse from residents in other Ridings. The Committee desired that tho County Chairman would take the chair that evening as they would like the Cis. to be present on tho occasion of commemorating what was believed to be the eve of prosperous times on the goldfield. The Chairman expressed his thanks to the Committee for asking him to preside but said ho must decline the honour of being chairman on the occasion. Resolved to adjoin n Council meeting from G p.m. till 9 a.m Friday. Correspondence. — A considerable amount of coircspondence both outward and inward was lead ; and included an application f'om D. Craig, Wairakau, asking for an expenditure of £3 on uud loading to his house. Request granted. J. Munro wrote offering to look aftei the donkey engine on tho tramway free of chaige for a time. Cr Mills said it. would not do to leave the matter in the hands of any Tom, Dick, or ll airy, who applied ; and he would suggest thai tl.e matter of looking

the engine he left in the hands of the Engineer ; which Council nsroed to do. An application from J. ft. Rowo for slaughter house license for Section J2, Block 1 1 Te Aroha Survey District was gi anted. Waikato Hospital aiid Charitable Aid 'BofUfl. — From Secretary of the W. IT. and C. A. Board, forwarding copy of certain resolutions parsed at the la^t meeting of the Boaid ; one heing as follows:--' 1 Th it the amount of expenditure required for maintenance of institutions and foi distiibution of Charitable Aid in Waikato Hospital District amounts to £4,480, £2,1 65 of which would have to be provided by the local authorities as follows : Piako £774; Waikato, £552 7s 3d; Wuipa, £520 14s ; Raglan, £147 lGs 5d ; Hamilton, £91 7s 4d ; Cambridge, £78 14s lOd. Rpsolvcd, That one half the amount due hy Piako be paid at onceRoad from Murphy's Landing to Waioronecomai. — Cr Mills laid a petition on the table, having thirty-five signatures of residents of Waiorongomai attached, requesting Council to metal the road from Murphy's Landing to Waiorongomai township, (via the new road through Wilson's paddock) as it wag piobiible there would slioitly be a large amount of heavy machinery to be carted to Waiorongomai from the landing. Cr Mills said the petition had only been given him yesteiday, prior to which he had heard nothing, of it. Pie did not approve o ! the proposal to metal the new road, which was not ; pioperly consolidated yet ; he thought if the road from the Landiugtoits junction with the main road were metalled it would do, and spoke oC the necessity of the road being repaired, estimated cost iiio. Resolved that the petition be considered at next Council meeting. Bridge over Waihou. — Cr Gould said it had been proposed to erect a bridge over Waihon nwev at Murphy's landing. It might seem rather an out of the way place for a bridge, but he was in favour of enquiry being made as to the probable cost of doing as suggested. At present not only had the Council to pay 2s a day as subsidy to Cr Murphy's son for keeping the punt open, but the settlers had also to pay Gd or Is every time they used the punt ; and these expenses would cover the inteiest on cost of bridge ; and lie thought the settlers might be glad to contiibute towards the cost, as it would be a great convenience, etc. Resolved, That the Engineer be instiucted to prupaie an appioxiinate estimate of probable cost. Future Meetings. — Tn accordance with notice given, Cr Gould moved that the Council meetings in future be held at Morrinsvillc. Carried. In the absence of Cr Williams two notices of motion htanding in his name lapsed. Standing Orders, etc. — Cr Gould gave notice that at the next Meeting he would move, That the rules lecently adopted for the i emulating of Council meetings be abolished. Accounts. — Accounts amounting to £402 9s 7d (including » payment of £387 t<> W. 11, and C. Aid liocjnl) were passed for p.iycnentHi\xt Meeting.— The next meeting of Council \>,is fixed for Friday Apiil lllli .it Monii}->\ illo .it 11 ,i.vi.