PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1791, 30 November 1895, Page 2

PIA KO COUNTY COUNCIL.

ORDINARY MEETING. The ordinary monthly meeting of the above Council took place in the Council Chambers, Morrihsville, on Wednesday last. Present: Crs. Ch.epm.ell (in the chair), McCaw, Browne, Gavin, Allen, Herries, Hodgson and Hunt. Minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed ■ - Pigs at Waiouongomai.—A number of complaints having been received from residents of-Waiorongomai, relative to the damage being done to footpaths, etc., by pigs being allowed to run" at waVTesSlved that letters be sent to Messrs Cookson, Moriarity, and Murphy, re this matter. Annual Census. —From. Ohinemuri County Council, asking the Council to urge upon the Government the necessity to take the census this year, as usual The Chairman pointed out that this matter was agreed to : be done. • . v Northcroft’s Road. This is a me tter which has been up before the Council repeatedly for the last two or three years, being-ja claim f r compensation for land taken for a.road through Mr Northcroft s'property, and without the consent of the owner. ‘Mr Northcroft claims some Ll4O for damage done to his land, .-etc. —The - CoujaCtl agreed on the motion of Chairniau, seconded by Cr Allen, that the sum of £60 i be offered as a' settlement, being £2O * above the amount originally granted. Contracts.—The Clerk read the tenders for works which had be&n re ceivod by those appointed since the* last meeting of the Council,' for cart ing gravel, etc,—The. acceptance of the tenders were confirmed, and the aetion taken -by the. executive - endorsed. ‘ . .

Conditions .of CojanACTi—-It-, was resolved that the Chairman and Clerk revise thojconditiona. nf- contract, and. lay the same before , next, meeting of Council*. k. :-.} \ ; Annual: Meetings -P; ' At this'; stage'- of. thepybceVdiiigs. £|ie ordinary monthly meetidg .-was i adjourned and; tHe.annual-meetings took placo for the election of Chairman. In accordance: With provisions laid: down in the Counties ■ Act, tho .Clerk (Mr Gilchrist), occupied the-chair. It was proposed by Or .Herries, sec rn-lod by Cr Allen, that Cr W. P. Chepmell be re elected Chairman for the ensuing year. Tho motion on being putivas curried unanimously. Or Chop-nail iu taking tho chair thanked those present for the honor conferred upon him'. • Hospital & Charitable Aid Board. It was. resolved-that the Chairman-and Crs Browne,, Hunt, ,and Herries be Elected tQ.. represent • Council on the. Hospital and; Charitable; Aid. Board,' tho first meeting of which takes place on stli December. P' At this stage of proceeding the Clerk readi certain sections of new Act, dealing with.travelling-expeuses, etc;,'' Howard's ■- Gqese. —— Mrs ..Howard wrote acknowledging receipt of memo from Council, requesting her ro remove gorier toad in front; of her property. was under the imprests,tkat-Mr,F. D. Rich .was to atten.d|l||ho matter.—Left, in hands of deal; ; with; RdAD District.— A peti-froih-W- number of district praying wbe madea separate district.— As the requirbd^umbEr;qf signatures, two-thirds, were not 'forthcoming, it was, decided the request could not bo granted'. ; ' '• Revenue. -* The amount of goldfields revenue for the month of; September amounted to £5 10s. - i . i

FoRMKJt’S Reports..; --The two Formen employed..by the Council reported ns folios , *« ■'

Geoi.Mahood^.F-ramn of Works for southern portion pjf<Qgsnty, reported as follows^:—' XKej’oads ip, ray district are fairer a great many places will need forming up or water/tables made deeper 'before- winterv,aßr thp ; tables on are nearly level with, centre of road. Have made repairs to M tungawliara bridge,, which was mentioned at last meeting. -The Oraliau Hill road has been repairecland sever&lsets of pipes put in ; also had to remove a number of slipS which came down luring tho recent hgayy rains. I went over the Gortou drain in conjunction with Mr Hunt* and arranged the best fall for water fit, deast expense. Will roquire timber for shoots at Gorton gravel pit, etc.*. The. Licbfield-Te Aroha road is in a bad state, the ti-tree and other rubbish growng |on proper road, I think about three pules require reforming, the work .could he done cheap as it is eas3 r shifted. Kaimai Track : Would recommend that the sum of £lO he expended in cutting down trees alongside of the road, this would save a great deal of expense in having to remove the trees as they' blow down. Would like to- he- granted a man to assist me during the next month. • Geo.Wattam, northern portion of county reports :—Have been busy during the past month fixing cuttings, and bridges and cutting down pines on Thames-Waikato road, and also filling in holes, etc. The bridge near Waitoa sale yards need several wings erected and also repaired, the sheathing needs placing lower down as soon as the water subsidies, so as to enable work' to be carried out. Te Aroha-Lichfield road There, has been a good deal oj damage done since last meeting, stoney creek bridge being washed down and several approaches damaged more or less all along the road. Tlad to em-

ploy several men to assist me in tie y ork. Sheathing of bridge over Waiorongomai stream also requires lowering, as the water is undermining the approach. There is about chains -of road leading to the battery, in a bad state of repair. A circular was received from the Rangitiki Couuty Council, pointing out some reasons why the local Government was unsatisfactory. From Under-Secretar3 r , stating there was no funds available to accede to request made by Couucil re widening rbad west of Te Aroha railway bridge. Crs Herries, Hodgson and Gavin were appointed a, deputation to Wait -on Ihe Mi nister of Railways relative to this matter, during his visit to To Arpha in ppunection with "opening of To Aroha-Paeroa railway. Horse Sold.—Geo. Taylor, leasee of Waiorongomai tramway, communicated with Council informing them he had sold one of the tram horses for £7. . '• •

From E. Martin complaining of certain gates erected by manager of M atamata estate, across roads.—Letter received. .

J. S. Bond wrote asking Council that he receive a fair share of County advertising.—Mr Bond being present, tho Chairma n explained to him there were no special arrangements made with regard to Couuty advertising, but he Had no doubt he would receive a'fair share. The matter of where the' advertisements were inserted was generally left ip the handsef the Executive.

Accounts —The following; accounts were passed for payment r A. Bromner ?£2.33 Gd; Treasury, expensebf audit, LI 13s 4d ; N.. GanV L 9 Iss r C. Crounch, L 9 11s 4d.; G. Wattam, Ll 5; A. McLeod, . 1 osEl Hickey, I 8s f ; W. Bennett, 10s; G. Mahoh, Jili . 1 6s 9*l; P. Cochrane,- L 9 7s; W» Heaney, L 3 I€S; 'W. Wilson, LI 8S; G. Taylor, Ll 3, J. Alther-. Ll-J 18s;\ Hodgson,. Ll 19s. ■ • •i' . t \ : A. Since the founding pf - Liberia, 74 years ago, nearly '20,00(1 American negroes have.:. gone iG-that polony. Liberia is to-day ill' treaty ’relations with all the GreatP<3wef£, and is performing politically and industrially tho functions' of a national organisation. But would it bo wise for all American blacks to go to Liberia or Africa generally ? Dr i*; W.' Bfyden,; Liberian Minister to England, in an iustrdctivo artical on,the subject; does not, advocate an immediate exodus of inegroes f rom the United States; but he behoves that West AfriftV vVtlb eventually become the home of all civilised blocks. Europe has done muqlifor A£riea(says Dr Biyderi). but America can and will do de finitely more. Both development apd progress .in % Africa will-libgeu. ,|»ttil the United States, bothGovurnnient and people, black and white, tfake “a wider and deeper prabticalMbterOst ,iu the affairs of that >,:>>