PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1780, 19 October 1895, Page 2

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING.

The ordinary mouthy meeting of the Piako County Council was held in the Council Chambers, Morrinsville, on Thursday, 17th October, 1895. All the members being present. -./The minutes of previous meeting were road and approved. - Outward Correspondence. — To Commissioner Crown Lands re Schedule of Native lands

To Minisrer of Mines-, forwarding Or Gavin’s report on the state of tracks and roads ait Waiorongomai, and asking for grant for same out- of the Goldfields vote. '

To MrDyre re leave to appeal re thecase Piako v. WaikUto Councils.

To,Dennis .Murpfiy, asking him to remove fences from /public road,Mr Murphy replied that, he would attend to the matter during the next winter. From Geo. Dickson/ Returning officer for Tataroa, stating that Mr McCaw r had been elected member of the Council. To Hon* Cadman .re .Thompsons track. . //• ••' ' ’’ -y ~ V i

Rbply from Hon. Cadman; stating that ho would take the matter into consideration, when the Public lYprks estimates were brought down. ; - , - To Ilun Minister of Railways the tho state of the road approach to the To Aroha Railway bridge,; and. asking that it should be widened by the Department. Reply from the Under Secretary, stating that the matter would he considered.

To the Minister of Public Works,..'rathe damage to the Te Aroha-Lichfiel.l road, caused by the Departmont~icarting gravel over the road to the Te Aroha Railway station. ; t .. Reply fi’otn Under Secretary, stating that enquiries would be made into the matter.

From M r Pavitt, forwarding plans. ' To R. Mackey,"asking him to complete his' contract.V . •’ From Registrar General, Wellington, asking population of County. Clerk replied about 3000. / ; /

Blauchter-iiouse nuisance. ; ... /

From R. Brennan and 9 adults and 26 children, cbmplaiiiing of -:fhe • nuisance; »f Roberts aiid Rowe’s slaughter/;.' ;Kbuse at ,Te Aroha/ ' v

Constable Wild repfortedon themattbr and said that he had had cause to com plain, the slaughter-house had not been kept clean,.and that there was an accumulation of offal and manure.

Cr Herrios said the pigs being - kopt .on the ; lake enclosure was. a great nuisance. /; »

The Cliairmah moved-and Cr Herries seconded, that unless. Messrs Roberts and Rowe take steps to at onco obviate all cause of complaint, the Council will have to consider the refusal bf the license. ■ Curried. -■ On the motion of the" Chairman it was resolved that the Receiver. of Goldfields- Revenue be notified that Mr Adams’ rents were |till unpaid. . Cierk Matamata Road Board re the stopping of the Wuharoa Cemotry road in the Wairere survey dis trict.

Resolved that the action of the ratepayers of the Matamata’distrizit re the stopping of the road be confirmed. The clerk iuforined the Council that the next meeting of the Council would be held ou the fourth Wednesday in Novt mbor., ’y. F -reman Mahocyl sent in/his report wßich' was 4isou§sed.|tt'length. / R eo’yed-tlmt. jendefs be called for thb . referred''to /in Foreman M-ihool’s report. . Tenders to bio accept' dby Crs Harrison.and Brown. Cr IlarriSon moved, and Cr Bjt-pwn seconded, that the Foreman of Works be empowered to employ a man till 2 next meeting of Council. - • v Foreman Wattam reported as.follows-: I would recommend the Coi-neff to ro-forin tlie piece of "read between •Piako HiU ■ and the last con|ractr: on ea/1 site o^Morrinsville/tliis is otie of' the wbrit pieces along this read in the wilder. Employed GaUt 'l4|- days cleaiiin ' out drains, etc. The road on west side of Morrinsville should be fixed /Tin now, there are approaches to / ridges and clearing round some of them required and several other places need rounding up, /• and I watortablos cleaning out. The Bridge at the Rocks needs a little fixing/ £ notice there are .a number of large pine trees standing on the road near those recks; there are a-.good many.; briars along /the roads and a few small patches of furze -and some brambles near Fraser’s Hill. There are a number of pigs on the read sometimes near Waihou, people are. cpmplaihing -about them to mo. Let clearing 1 on road-side from bridge/ where'poplars are to railway crossing, near Aunandale, to Wm. Picke t- for the sum of £4. *

Resolved that Foremafi/Wuttamfbe empowered to -employ a man where required till meeting of Cduncil. Soyeral complaints have been made about pigs trespassing on the roads/ ‘Mr Gavin/ said he kn/w the ; pigs were a nuisance at Waiorongomai.' The clerk w r as instructed to write to their owners. . •/

Resolved that tenders be called for Iforming that portion.of road from the Piako hill to end of last contract, tenders to be receive l by the Chairman.

Resolved that notices b > sent to property owners- hnviug . fi irz an( j briars on the road in front of their property. .. ...

Rfssolved that, the specifications for the Waiorongomai road be approved, also the specification for the Te ArohaLichfield road, near Wairakau. On the motion of the Chairman it

I was decided to call tenders for t hese works, same to be addressed to tbe 'Clerk, and opened by Cra Gavin and Herries on Saturday, November 2nd. Resolved that the specifications be approved, and tenders called for formation on the Thames-Waikato road returnable, on Saturday, - November 2nd; and opened by Crs Hodgson, Herries, and Gavin. > T; ■ ,/f\

Or Herries reported re thirds and work to be done at Gordon Settlement.

Accounts amounting to LI 80 6s 3d were passed for payment.