OHINEMURI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 280, 11 July 1888, Page 2

OHINEMURI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Thk usual monthly mooting of the Ohinomuri County Council was held on Saturday last at the Council Chambers, Paoroa. There were present : Councillors Nicholls (in the chair), Dearie, Nash, Rolison, S trail se, Quinn, and Mooiv. The nrnutes of the previous meeting were read and duly confirmed. Correspondence : TlieTui GoldfiVld: — In reply to a request from Council asking that voneh-rs For ihe revenue oF the Tni 0 old field be supplied so tint it might he seen how the revenue was allocated, the Colonial Tivmnivr wrote expres ing regret that no information could be given on the siibj cfc. Cr Moore said this reply was simply shelving the matter ani he hoped thatU was not to end there. Cr Dearie thought some steps should be taken to find how the revenue had been allocated, and moved f> That a communication be sent in reply, asking that the Receiver at Te Aroha be requested to supply a detailed statement lof the revenue received from the Tui j Goldfield, from the l«t of October 1880 to the 30th Juno, 18t8." The motion was adopted. Slaughter House : — Mr Cha?, Harley wrote asking for a license to slaughter on his premises at Waihi. With reference to this application Mr C F. Mitchell asked that Mr Harley be charged for only half the year as it would be a hardship for him to pay the full amount. The Chairman said l ,his could not be clone, but provision might be made for the payment of the amount quarterly. The application was granted subject to the usual conditions. Defective Drainage :— Mr C, F. Mitchell presented a petition signed by a number of. residents asking tha<, the main road above Lockwoods be more suitably drained, as the 18 inch box drain by the river was not big enough to carry off the storm water, which did considerable damage to property in the neighbourhool. The Engineer was asked to report at the next meeting the cost of constructing a. new drain, Mr Thos. Cunimings also wrote drawing attention to the state of the drainage on the road through bis property, much rain water passing through his orchard. On the motion of Cr Robaon the matter was referred to the Foreman of Works. Charitable Aid Act:— Mr A. J. Cadman M.H.R. wrote acknowledging letter from Council re the Hos. and Char. Aid Act, and informing Council that the Bill could only be altered by Parliament. Letter received. New Bridge :— Mr J. W. Walker wrote asking Council to contribute towards the erection of the Waihi bridge, towards which the Government would give a subsidy if built on their terms. Cr Robson said there was an impression abroad that Council did not wish to build this bridge, They were anxious that the work should be done, and would carry it out as soon as they could contribute their portion oF the cost. The Chairman snid the money -was 'available. Cr Moore thought the Council should express willingness to erect the bridge, provided it did not cost more than' £200, Cr Nash thought there were other

works more urgent than this, and at present they could not spnre £100, It was resolved to erect the bridge when Council were in funds. Mr J. M. Chambers wrote complaining of the bad state of the roadway to the Parkes' furnace at fcarangahake. He had recently called for tenders for the carting of 200 tons of material, and found that contractors wanted large prices owing to bad roadway. He also asked permission to lay down 75 chains of tramline between the Woodstock mine and the bridge, and that Borne of the steep hills on the Paeroa side of the Mackaytown road be cut down. Cr Nash said that about 200 fascines on the worst parts of the road would meet the requirements. Cr Robson moved, That the road at Takeries Hill be gravelled at a cost of £5, and that the Macknytown-Karanga-hake road be repaired at a cost of £10. This was seconded by Cr Strange and adopted. Mr John Barrett wrote offering to break roail inet.il for the road at Karangahake at 3s Gil per yard. Council resolved to accept the offer, limiting: the quantity to GO yards and the time to six weeks. Licensing Account :— [fc was decided to comply with tl/e request of Mr C. F. Mitchell, re his account against the special licensing committee, and make the payment of £2 10s. Hikutaia-Marototo Boat! : — On the motion of Cr Moore, seconded by Cr Quinn, it was resolved to expend £10 on repairs to this road. Wharf Accommodation : —Mr E. Edwards asked on behalf of the storekeepers and others, that with a view to giving facilities for unloading steamers, a piece of kauri 12 by 12 be bolteil on the end of the wharf so that drays cou'd back ami receive goods direct from the steamer's. Cr Dearie thought that ns no wharf dues were charged the storekeepers should do this work. Mr Edwards said Council might rate those using the wharf in some way so as to do it. The Chairman said they could not levy dues on the wharf. The Council decided to take no action in the matter, but it was suggested that the addition be done by subscription. Road Work ;— Mr C. A. Comes wrote asking Council to help him to form a road from the low tunnel at the Tiii to the old pack road, as he had to cart2o tons of galenaoreto Karangahake. The Foreman of Work? was instructed to do work to the extent of £10. Drainage :— The complaint of Mr J-imes Barrett re the drainage by his land was referred to the Foreman of Works to report upon. Financial :— The Finance Committee res «r ed the bank balance to be £448 2s 7<l less unprcsented cheques ; and the ,-out standing liabilities to be £700 G3 2<l, exclusive of the Hospital an<l Charitable Aid dues. Accounts to .'he amount of £2GO Gs were recommended for payment. Th 1 Chairman moved the adoption of the Finance Committee's report. Cr Deaile objected to the payment of N, Dickey for hi^ contract in full, as his penalty for the contract being o\qi' time had not boon paid. The time had been exceeded by IS days. Cr Robson thought Council were moving in the right direction, bufc thought {[that N. Dickey's account should be pai<? this time, and all contractors warned that in future all contivcts must be completed in time. Cr Moore proposed as an amendment, That the balance sheet be not passed and that penalties in the cases of the overdue time contiacts of M<f.rs Bein, Quinn, Dickey, and Barnes, be enforced. This was seconded by Cr Quinn, but was lost on the casting vote of the chairman, who then declared the finance committee's repot t passed. Hoad to Tui : — Mr C A. Comes waited upon the Council with respect to the road to the Tui, lately surveyed by the Engineer. He contended that it was not going in the right direction, and had not been started high enough. If i f . hail been commenced several hundred feet further up instead of at the corner of the bush it would have been of use. It did not go above Camerons point, whilst the grading bad been worked upwards instead of downwards, which, he consideied, was a great mistake. He thought that if any money was spent on the road as now surveyed iC would be wa»ied, Mr Tetley, in reply to Mr Comes' remarks denied that the road was incomplete and had been wrongly graded. He had no instructions to proceed above Camerons point. On the motion of Cr Quinn, seconded by Cr Moore, i+ was resolved, That the Engineers' report and plan re road at Tui Creok be referred to the Board of Works.