CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 38, 4 July 1914, Page 6

CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MISE'fJN'G The ordinary meeting of the Clifton County Council was held at Waitara yesterday, when there were present:— Crs S. It. Bower (in the chair), K. T. Hicks, S. Elliott, W. Jones, S. ,). Kennington and IT. Sander.

THE ROADMEN'S COTTAGES. Messrs Bevins and Iliggs. nnsucces--ful tenderers for the erection of two surfacemen's cottages, wrote re the timber that they alleged was being pu', into the cottages by the present contractor.

The matter was refcired to the en gineer to report at next meeting.

NELSON ROAD.

Mr E. G. Blackley drew attention to the almost impassable utate. of the Nelson road. He pointel out that £l7 3s had been .spent on the road and- that he had done work himself to the value of £11) l(is. This was spoilt, however, by a settler making a road into bis property and running the water on to the road, besides ■putting r.irth on the road. This settler, he averred, had had never contributed ti the making of the Nelson road, and Mr Jilcakle.y asked that he slu.uld be compiled 'by ti:;' Council to repair the damage. The engineer pointed out that no man had a right to make a road wfthi,ut obtaining the consent of the Council. Mr ISlcakley. he considered, certainly had a grievance. '

It was decided to leave the matter in the hands of I.li<! engineer.

WANDERING CATTi.I

Mr G. L. Young, of Jlatau, asked that the Council sht.uld take -k'ps to clear cattle oil the Maiau North ami Waitara Valley roads, which had beet'me dumping grounds for stock. Mr L. Hamilton, of Tangiiu, wrote in the same .strain re the latter road, which he 'said the ivamlcring cattle

were destroying. i.'r Knini'uglon -=iiid that .Mr (','. I; Young would be willing to net ivs rangc, and it -was resolved to appoint bin-' n.i ranger over the Malm district.

A TARATA EKQI'IKKMKNT. Mr J. < histcnsen wrote in reference to his reipies,!. for the erection of a blidge on tile Otaraoa road out of old. material from another bridge that none of the neighbors' had the necessary horse power to do the tiaiber carting, and h- lru>t"d that as he had oireved £),-, anil three men"* hil'or for a batnight, the Council wou'd see its way to grant his request.

The matter wi'J he reconsidered when the bridg" i ■ dismantled.

I'lUTl DEVIATION". Mr 11. Larson, secretary of tlio- I'niti Road Deviatioi', (.'■: nimitiee, "forwarded copy of petition *i,gned by leu settlers of the .proposed ratii:^ - Ir.'ea ai-h'ng the Council to raise a' loan of £200,1 for ' the purpo-e of eonstructing the I'ruti road tunnel and devialiin. He slated that at a meeting of settlers in!-, re-led it was unanimously decided to iaa'mle .section !>. block XL, Iliel-I

cr s, l'pp:.r Waitara, and .si "lion 8. bioch XL, lilo acres, I"pper Waitara, ir file rating ai'ea. The owners of both 11u!v .sections, Messrs, KirCn lir'os ai: 1 C. .Jensen. scut in 101 - T-. objecting to ih.e'r in elusion.

The ostimat'-d c- -t of the work was £:!2sn. and ihe cetlhrs c.-:p. cCd a (!<:- v. ■■nineiit subside of £12.11), which left £.'.in:i for the si Idlers to raise.

Cr Kenning!on upheld the ibjudoi

i who-'.- natural out'' t he considered was lonian. They were on tlie other side of I Waitara. river, which wa-' the natural J boundary f-'r the Tangitu district. ■ Then; wa ; no ■doubi, if the matter I went to i.lie court thev vceuld be cut out, Oiler i. uiHllni-' expressed the

same opinion and it was resolved to inform Mr Lur-cn tint the Council noheld the objections of Messrs Kirlun I'.ros and .lci:s"ii I i their inclusion ilithe p-r- poc ■ 1 riling area.

rrtrTJ-TAxenv mktaluxc. The Mini-ter of Ihih'i,. Works notified that the iipoli-ation of (he UrutiTangitu settlers for assistance towards their metalling -.ebeme had been duly notified for desiderate n v 1-, n the K,tinvates were being |,r pared. At its last meeting the dam-il passed a rc.aiiul.ion si run j'y supporting this application. EXOIXLFR'S ItIOT'ORT. Mr C. K Dc-wsett (canity engineer) reported as fellows: