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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 33, 8 February 1902, Page 2

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at Waitara. (chairman), i Webb, Elli^^V oka < Miirley,- and I Oliver, and The forwarded agreements u ®ure of £216 and £3OO, P on tbe Mimi-Mokau^^[ Tob i B sigDed, The "»* c 0 definite reply had the department rel^^K tb * Junction-road. Mr Orbail^^^Vl m stated that: be understo^^H authority was > year. He he had Seen Mr > Murray eiucj^^HM itm faim ' it was to < he de P art ' 1 ment a g&M*i 6nd fce submitted o fi the

sunmitteo »" » mattf r, which Was timi B I the d• part^^^^H rt>( l minute devils t f Abilities 0 f tbe ( (J.wncil hit in | r-j- pect of a took phce afl i to what (he department ( required, explaining that ( the made oon- i tracts for of gr#n'» i It was ttf infonri 1 the depart amounts o'a • coutracts Council w»s , liable, in Junction and , were , structed to Engineer , of Roads, that the Council had a contract, for the full grant on the Junction-road, on the Okoke rosdi The Roads wrote det dining to allow the OlHcil to expend tbe grant of £lB9 3s Junction* roid as a free grant. AiSisking for the. 1 Council's decision as tSccepting the | grant as a £ for £ >ubsiW or allow the 1 grant to lapse. 1 , Cr. Webb explained tint the money ■ was required to repay expenditure al- ' ready made. He suggested that if [ possible the chairman should take a; . favourable opportunity of interviewing ' 1 the Minister on the matter. 9 The Postal Department notified that the telephone subsidy of £l2 for tbe ' Tikorangi Biding was due. ; j J. T. Clifford wrote, stating that tbe ft township of Tarata {(eing tpvergrown 9 with ragwort he had put a /m»n on to clear same, and he asked to be repaifi i- 7s disbursed therefor. J j " Cr. Webb explained thaw the weeds !? t were on vacant sections. I

The Chairman considered the Ooubcil was not: justified in recognisintetiL' claim as the matter should hive i referred to the Stock Inspector i with. i It was resolved on the motion ] Oliver that while commanding '■!< Clifford's action tbe Council didßji feel justified in paying the claim. V j ] Thos. Nsilley wrote, offering lOiBJ a matai tree on the old Okoke-roa f M It Cr. Foreman moved that the recHt !| be left to the Works Committee (A j TJreaui Riding to deal with. Oarß. | ' Andrew Kelly wrote, pointinjtßt jj the need of a tunnel, about a chißnf length, from tha WhUe Cliffs tnJ prtsunt tunnel, and asked the to consider the matter as it about six hours in journey and relieve the road. The Chairman said that the had suah an unenviable over one tunnel that it desirable to construct another. considered that the saving of would be about three hours. The matter was deferred to Cr. Oliver to report on. R. Burke wrote, urging the ture of the thirds accruing tions 15 and 16, Upper draining a lagoon on the —Deferred. The Chairman reported one tender had been received | down and re-erecting North-road, Fukearuhe, viz., chain by Mr. Wbateley, and had been accepted. A circular was received ft^Hie

Sydenham County Council, urg^Bo-I operation in endeavouring about an alteration in the adopted by the Valuation Dep^Hit. The Engineers (Messrs Mackay) reported that the road had now sufficiently driecHraahle a start being made with mHng. Tenders had been called forVew bridge over the Onairo stream aWfor metalling portions of the Mimi-Aau. The following tenders were (ned for re-buildiag the Onairo bridgjless cost of piles. M. Kelly (Sfcraord) £50015s (accepted); E. W. Wesjwaitara) £540; F. M. GraylingiNew Plymouth) £548 7s; Hill an<'King (Midhirst) £595 15s 6d; G. tfgster (Stratford) 6605. i > A tender by Jones and Saito for stone-breaking at 3s per yard accepted. The Ohairmau, with Ors. Oliy and Murley, were appointed a ccftittee to deal with tenders for metabg the Mimi-Mokau-road. The question of making ye-laws regulating the width of res on vehicles using the Oounty jaa was discussed. j { 1 Or. Foreman moved that tt'jouncil take the necessary steps passing bye laws regulating width of res, and that the schedule before the fancil be adopted. [This schedule is tleame as | that in force in the TaranafcOouoty, except that the width of tyrjof four i wheel waggons carrying 50 oior over shall have, five inch tyres inatl of six i inch.]— Carried. Mr Darke waited on tb Council with a request for a grant irid of the thirds for metalliag part of » Okokeroad.

Or. Hick.) advocated the ( »d being put in order before the win ;. The Chairman said that i settlers had bees unable earlier tfcake the work in hand, but be uude'ood that now they were prepared toi so. Mr Rogers waited on thiJouncil to urge that the metalling it of the £6OO grant on the 'toke-road should be proceeded with once, or the contract cancelled. Mr Orbell said th« cot-act could not have been started till !fc Monday, as the roff. was not at, anlm contractor had promised to comniipe at once. Or Wfbb inquired whe|r the Ngatimacu Riding was not titled to .•mother id ember. He si the valuation had largely incrrapei' id the riding was so large (17 Wr, in one direction), that it was too g,t a tax on the time of ono member attend to tha requirements of sucharge area. The chairman intimatehat according to the Act, the qu-on must be considered in March at f'ecial meeting- , Or Webb thereupon Vad that a special meeting be calle,or the pur-pose.—-Oarried. • Or Foreman brought the question of the Bertrand-ro'id, il advocated ; that the roads should 1 finished at iboth hills. There was,Scient> stone available, to do a larg&tion of the j

xietull the filling was otT< to A f a i r « urgtd that it would bo » wis* to do the work needed. Or ijfJHconsidered that if the work waa Viß B>ora oon^rao,i wou^ be i ((jfrSY on the road for the next jfre jeius.-B Tfytflaatßer was left in the hands of the Works ■Uommittee for the riding. Acootjnt« weve paßß< l f and the Ooun-