PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 296, 18 May 1914, Page 8

PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. (From Our Own Correspondent). The ordinary montlily meeting of tie übovo board was lield at Raliotu 011 Thursday. Present, Messrs Young, Harvey, Phillips. Holmes and Cassie. Thin being the annual meeting tile clerk called for nominations for chairman. On the motion of Messrs Harvey and Phillips, Mr. Young was re-elcc' -J. Mr. Young thanked the members for Llu/ir renewed confidence in him, and said if would be the endeavor of the Hoard to give full justice in the spending of the rates to all parts of the district, whether there was representation or not. lie said the finances were in a healthy condition, and by judicious expenditure tlicv would be able to keep all their roads open under present financial circumstance*). Ho welcomed the old members back and their election unopposed showed that the ratepayers had confidence in their administration. Mr. Cassie reported that he had seen Mr. Kill with respect to raising a loan for the Paora, road, and the people would not stand a rate, .as the land was Maori lease. Mr. Cassie suggested putting in a pipe culvert so as to give ft proper outlet for the carriage of his milk. This was adopted. It was also decided to hold other metalling work until the spring., the foreman to locate the .survey pegs for the roading. The Board decided to be, fully represented at the ceremony of turning the first sod of the Opunakc railway. The clerk was instructed to write to the Reserves Agent with respect to the position of leaseholders, claiming surface damages for metal carted off their land, seeing that the Public Trustee ■ laims all royalty 011 metal. A deputation from the Kina School Committee waited on the Board and asked that a eulvert and a vehicular entrance be mado and gravelled from the roadway to the school gate.—lt im decided to put in 9in pipes, but to leave the metal work open. Foreman J. P. Kennedy reported: 1 would suggest that the Paora road work bo altered to a permanent metalled coat, starting from the Main road downwards. Nine-inch pipes have been placed at the back of Mr. Colmer's section on Gregory road. Mr, A. Phillips has made filling and completed draining on Saunders road at a coat of .-C5. Mr. A. Denham has agreed to plough out water-tables on Lower VVaitieka road. Eight chains of metalling have been completed. Repairs to Wurea road in metalling, water-tabling -and draining have been made. ( suggest that a new arched culvert be placed over the the Main creek during' the summer. A pipe culvert is being placed in Kina road (upper) by Mr. Pentelow. Repairs have been done to Ngariki road. Fifteen and a-half chains of drains have been cleaned out 011 Rahotu ro.td;sl chains on Upper Waiteika. Ten yards of boulder stone have been carted out by Mr. Chapman on Stent road.