PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 14 October 1907, Page 3

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

r& OPUNAKE. t (From Our Own Correspondent). The ordinary monthly meeting of the 1 Egmont County Council was held on c Friday, Cr. Fleming presiding. 1 The Treasury reported that £IOOO ;l ad been remitted to the bridge loan count. 1 The Eltharn County Council wrote ac- s ep-ing tHi- C'-Uiifjl'- oilVr to contribute m the co-t of surv-y fro jr. Auroa-road ' f> - 1 jd«ration of the .\uroa boundary road ' 1 l j l «»• <l< iMT ti a month. A letter wa« r-vn-d fr- : ni the b'mls o apartment re gniv.-l re }; was iw idf d to "Tiro to the 'J'aranaki Comity <■ ouncil n-king it tie- i'giTcnu-nt inado vith them v.hffi thf Kgmont Countv * .'oundl was form.-,I w:t ■to th" eib ."i < • • r - rv.'.-; w*Te t.o helons to the J -'giivmt County, j-.nd. if -o, wouul thev'l < lotify the D 'l.artT:;. i,t to that effect.-'-! [{olktNor and Cave wrote bating that I 1 h<-y have deriniKiy abided uoi to take' < iny avtion re ,»M bridg" ii:nV r.— Mo-m-.* j 1 Major and < tkcy. M.V.ii.i:.. wrote >ut-1 < ing they would oppo.-e any I whiffr would infringe the :'ater-righl • ! < oi companho—it was divided t./o j 1 operate with Jaranaki County Council; ■ re >uull-bird mii-unce.—Mr. K. 11. Cnnlon was appointed ranger on .Main South road in [duo- of Mr. A. linker.—'The l'ublio Trustee wrote thai the price of land required for the road to the new Daoaui bridge would be Alio. Foreman Uumphrics was in-.tru;*ted to go on with lormatiuii and fencing at Oa«>nui bridge as as he comment's 1 supervision. it was decided to pay half cost *f culvert at the junction of Eltham and Kaweora roads, the work to be done by Parihaka Road lioard. Mr. A. Thomas complained that he had not been paid for two heaps of broken stone. The matter was referred to the foreman. Messrs. Turner and Beadle were granted nine weeks'intension of time for Duri bridge and twelve weeks for Oaouui bridge. The tender of IJ. Corbett for carting I'M) yards of broken stone between Haonui and Pnniho was accepted at lid per yard. Tin* foreman i*-, to report oil several bad road* complained of. It wn*. (h-ii-bd that where fcmplaints are maih- «-n aer-oimt of hedges infringing on roads. owner* be notijicd to cut rhein down. The u-na! ai.-oimt- wr-' pa--ed fur payment, and the meeting n The ordinary monthly meeting of the -ehool committee was held on Thur-day evening. The headmaster's report staled that out of a roll number of \*l, sickness had reduced the average to 00. The inspector's report was read and considered very satisfactory. It was stated tint the cookery instructress would visit Opunakc if there was suflieienf inducement. It wa* <l'"(-ided to hold a concert ami d.m<e in aul of tin- sehool funds .n :io:h T r. The v.'eath»-r here In-' been very rough, e\<-e>,rjon illy iKav} wimN prevailing, (in Friday ne-nting lv-idents in the main street were treated to a heavy du-t-storm. although only a short while previous it had rained.