Piako County Council.

Te Aroha News, Volume VIII, Issue 491, 23 July 1890, Page 2

Piako County Council.

Thk above body met at Cambridge on Saturday last, at 2 p.m. Present: Crs V/. P, Chepraell (Chairman), J. Mills, P, M. Brunskill, \V. L. C. Williams, and N. I. Hunt.

The minutes pr the special and ordinary

meetings, held on June 14th, were read and confirmed.

It having been pointed out that if the Auckland Agricultural Company fenced their land at Okoroire, the Oxford Matamata road would be virtually stopped ; it was resolved to ask the Company to keep open the rpud through their property fpr a period of six months, by which time the new road will be completed, Mr T. G. Sandes, County Engineer, bu{>~ mitted his report, which stated that Henare Jviritnpu was entitled t«» L 7 10s, for work done in the hush on the Oanif bridge-Taiiranga road ; that three tenders for the maintenance of the above road, for 6 months from the 14th inst., |md beep received, of whiph ho recommended the lowest being accepted, viz., Nn Te Kauri, Ll2 • that Mr Rose had repaired the approaches to the bridges at Oxford ; that lie (the engineer) bad arranged for any dangerous places on t]ie CainbridgeOxford p-i’d being made sale ; a portion of the Oxfoid-Matamatn road would require making, ns the proprietors of the Matamata estate are going to fencethe post would he about L 35 ; that lie jiafl again inspected the drain at Beiriri, and found that jip was mistaken when he stated th water had overflowed, the mouth of tlip drain had been made secure, and with the heqyy raffi of Wednesday the pipes were not fqli.

It was resolved to pay Henare Kiritapu tlw? L 7 10s ; to accept |'e Kauri’s tender of Ll2 ; that tenders be called for the making of the rqad from the avenue gate to Mauqgakawa, on the Oaipbridge-Tnu-pinga rqad.—The report was adopted. T\vo fetters were received from, the Clerk apd Cbairpian ot V|ie TiUOidiere pond Board, respectively, re thq repairs done near Tauwhare by their Board, Both letters bristled with sarcasm, the one from the Chairman being particularly pungent. Considerable discussion took place re undedicated yonds in the Taotaoroa and Matamata districts, and steps will be taken to get the defects remedied at an early date, Mrs Jape Bates wrote accepting the offer of the Council (£8), for damage caused to her property at Bosedale, by the deviation of the road, providing the Council paid aB expenses incurred jn the exchange. Re Stoats apd Weasels: The Minister of Lands, wrote, stating that the Government hud to consider the interests of the Colony as a whole in reaped to the introduction of these apimals, apd therefore could not rescind the Order in Council protecting them, or cease importing more of their kind, The Chairman thought it was the large run-holders that, were being studied, and not th° Colony at large.

It w<v* resolved to write to the members for Waikato and Taurnnga Comities, asking them to support tlyi application lately made by tli,q Couqcil, ari l also to urge neighw,u,riy,g County Councils to take action in Ric l.iyaUer.

The next meeting of th<? Council was fixed for Saturday, August 'JSrd. Mr L. J. Bugntill, of Ynw, "'rote, under date July 14th : Yon will police hy advertisement that the *‘'l harpea Harbour Board} Bill”isahoiit tobe introducedtoßarlhuuent. It provides amongst other things the. Board shall have control of a portion of the VVai on near its month, and which would practically give the Unrhoiir Board control of the navigation of the river. Jt airy,*, provides that your Council shall he represented on the Board On behalf of the settlers on that portion of the river proposed to he taken, 1 am directed to ask your Council’s assistance in preventing any portion of either the Waihou or Piako rivers, being included in tlie control of the TRames Harbour Board. The settlers also desire your aid in having the Waihou and placed under local control, and free (o, be n ß ed hy all interested in the navigation thereof subject to local control. The Qhairman said it was a resuscitation of the (»ld fight of j'ears ago, in which the Coppcil Uftd been victorious. It was an attempt of ttm Harbour Board to get ipopey by including Baj nail’s mill in their boundary. He thought the Couuuil would be. hefter off unrepresented on the proposed Roardas it usually meant expense. Cr Mflla, th.onghf thi® Council should be appointed p Board of Conservators, it would hq. a, trifling expense, and they would th ; ea.lv\ve control of their river. It \yas resolved that the M otn bers for*. Waikato, and Tauran&a he asked to resist any attempt to. extend the. present boundaries of the Thames Harbour District, so as to include any portion, of the Waihou an,d Piako jgyers., Mr F. D. Rich, wrote, asking the Council to make a portfiop of the Oxford- Ljch,field road, neivr- the PoWvaru railway station. Re estimated the oost at from. L 8 to L12.-=-Defei;red untfl the next meeting.

The Waiiftrapa County Council, wrote, asking co-operation of! • tlj,e Council in endeavouring (o got the “ Countieß Act" amended so ajs to owpower County Ooiracil’s to borrow money to reui&w bridges, to the value, of L4OO, witliAUf taking a poll of ratepayers. —Letter received", Mr M. Fallon, applied for a slaughtering license for a section leased by him from Maoris at Ngati,ri„ near Lichfield. Granted. The Clerk reported that no objection had been received to the list of proposed alterations to the Yahtation Roll, as submitted at the last meeting. The alterations were ordered to be. made.

The following applications for alterations of the Valuation lioll were received: J,. P, Murray, to have W... 5, Allen inserted as owner of Seotion 2<42, Waihongi; Robt, Canpell, to have Ips name erased, as he bad abandoned Section 1, Block 10, Te Aroha ; Brett an d Co.. x to, have J. Ingram inserted lor Section f, Btl.ock 6, Te Aroha; J. Mott, to have Brett and. 00, inserted for Section 62, Lipsey’s Block, Te Aroha ; Elizabeth Ilott, to have John A. Cocltrane inserted for Section 18, Lipsey's Block, Te Aroha.-Tho Clerk was instructed to take tjie necessary steps to «\ake the alterations as desired. The Wnifceio Hospital and Charitable Aid Board requested immediate payment qf a portion of the Council’s contribution. It was resolved to renp,it one fourth of of the total amount forthwith,. The Crown Lands Board notified the Council that a further su,m of L 22% Id, had accrued to the Council from Perpetual Liases.

The amount was allowed to remain, in the hands of the Board for the present,, it not being to carry out any works.

general rate of in the £ was struck over the whole Cqunty , a separate rate of £d, in th,e £ was over the Te Arolm

Riding, and one of $d in the £ over the Pntetcre Riding. Cr Williams said rabbits were inoreasing on the west side of the Waikato, and he thought it would be wall to put wire on the gate in the Aniwaniwa bridge at tlorahorn. The new bridge at Waotu would nlso require attention,—-The matter wae left in the hands of Cr W T illi»tns to get done, The following tenders were received for work to he done on the Lichfiejd-Te Arnli.i road, within the Gordon Special Settlement : B. Montague, £55 ; James Orr, £29 ; A. Thftckray, £2B.—Thuckray’a tender was accepted. Mr Ravitt stated that a set of pipes were greatly needed on the Thames-Waikato road pear the Nottingham Castle Hotel, at Morrinsyjllp, to tmiry the water off, —He Was aptliorispd to get the work done. Atteptiop having been directed to the bad state of the Te Archa- Waioropgomni road, it was resolved to cull for tenders for supplying and spreading about 100 yards of metal op the above road, and Cr Mills was authorised to open and accept such tenders, Cr Mills said he understood that Messrs Coates and Metcalf had purchased Mr Coulthard’s flax.uiill, near Te Aroha, and purposed starting six strippers. He was pleased to have the industry enlarged, but us the roads were ip a had state through carting flax for two strippers, lie could not help hut think that, with six they would become imputable. He did not wish to plage apy impediment in Messrs Coates apd Metcalf’s way, hut at the same time he thought they should help to muke good the damage to the roads as the Council would not get any rates from them. —The Chairman was asked t<» hwk into the matter with a view to ascertaining what steps, if any, should he taken Uy the Council with reference thereto.

The following accounts were passed for payment:— J, S. Ingrain, R 3 5s 61 ; J.. Ilott, 8s 9d ; Henare Kiritapu, LJ 10.<; W, Emerson, 1,3 3s ; C. Tuck, Ll 7 Us lid ; J. Mills, L.2 18s ; W, L. C. Williams, Rft Is ; N. I. Hunt, L 7 i J. S. Bond, L 3 ; G x Wattam, L. 5 8s *J. H, Emmett., LI 16s 5 The Treasury, Lllf 17«4d ; VV. Newsome, Ll 5 13s ; C, Murphy, Ll 3 ; C. Willis, L 6 12s j J. Rowe, 16s j G. Taylor, 3s; J. Boreflam, 6s ; C. Ahier, L 5 I2s ; R. Parr, LI 12s ; C. Collins, LI3 7s ; O. McCabe, LI4 12s ; F. Favitt, L 5 8s 3d ; C. M, Brunskill, LI Is ; f. G. Sandes,, LSI 7« ; 0., J. W. Barton, 1,5 Ifls 6d ; Elliott, L. 4 13s 3d 1 Hospital Board, L,84This concluded th.eluisinesa.