PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 185, 15 November 1910, Page 7

PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Board was held on Wednesday, November 9. Those present were: Messrs. ,7. Young (chairman), P. Willcox, J. Ducker. FOREMAN'S REPORT. The foreman (J. P. Kennedy) in his report recommended that eight chains of Ruakere road be metalled, which could be done for £2 ss. A new drain of 6% chains had been made at a cost of 7s per chain. On the Manihi Road the drain running through Mr. Gibson's has been completed. He had put in a set of 18in pipes in front of Mrs. Yeats' section on the Upper Kahui road in place of a broken-down culvert. A contract for 70 yards of boulder stone on the,Stent Road had been let to Mr. D. Rothery at 3s per yard, the ..contractor paying all" royalty.—Adopted.' HEAVY TRAFFIC. * Members were of opinion that many milk carts plying on the Board's roads were exceeding the by-laws, and the narrow tyres were playing havoc with the roads. The farmers were the greatest growlers about tlie state of the roads, and were unnecessarily cutting them up badly on account of the small tyres used. —Resolved: That the foreman be authorised to see that the bylaws were observed by all parties. NATIVE RATES. ' The Public Trustee wrote: "Referring to your demand for payment of rates on West Coast Settlement Reserves for the period from Ist April, 1910,1 am passing forward a voucher payable to you for £5 3s lid, this being the full .amount of funds available for payment of these rates. I am not able to pay the balance of your account for reasons set out." The reasons set out were in nearly every case "no funds," '•ditto." The amount of rates demanded by the Board was £74. REQUEST. From Messrs. Alfred and James Ducker and Frederick Old: "We, the undersigned ratepayers of the Upper Puniho road, beg to draw your attention to the fact that during the last 12 years your Board b«.s collected several rates fram the undersigned, and none of these rates have been spent on the Puniho road above the present road (Carrington crossing), and it being now about two years since the bridge across the Stoney river was opened, which gave a much shorter route to the Okato saleyards, etc., and this being our main road, we specially request your Boarn 1 to allocate and spend all the rates collected on the Upper Puniho road above the Carrington road crossing; and wt further request that a separate account be kept of the receipts and expenditure of the said Upper Puniho road. It was decided to ask the Werekino Road Board to adopt the request of the ratepayers. NEWAL ROAD SCHOOL. Mr. Ducker asked the Board for permission to take earth off a corner of the road for filling required at the school. He put in a letter from Mr. Murray, oi the Public Works Department, who was agreeable to the filling being taken, provided it was not taken from below the road level, and the Parihaka Road Board raised no objection—The consent of the Board was granted. ALLOCATION OF RATES. Messrs. Young, Ducker and Willcox were appointed a committee to go into the matter of allocating where the rates should be spent, the committee to meet on the 23rd and report to the Board. GENERAL. The question of putting 200 yards o\ metal on the Upper Kina. road was litld over pending consideration at next meeting, the Board getting another horse ana cart. The foreman's recommendation that ranger be dispensed with was agreed to, and Mr. Conrov was appointed. The foreman to report to next meeting on the cost of filling in the road in front of the Anglican Church at Rahotu. The representative of the Board oil the railway deputation to Wellington was voted £7 7s expenses.—Abridged from the Opunake Times. .