MOA ROAD BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 215, 18 February 1915, Page 8

MOA ROAD BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. The usual monthly meeting of th-.i Moa Road Board Was .held .yesterday, when liliere. were' present: Messrs, Trimble (chairman), liridgeiiuui, Beau--1 champ, Camper, llopson, Laurence, Shuei mark, and Williams. Mr Frost waited on the Board ro I the cost per acre of land required from I him in the event of the bridge over the J . Xgatoro being built. —Left with the ! Board. | Messrs Dombroski and Barford wrote I asking to have the road drain by their I property cleaned out, as at present the i storm water went over their crops. It j was resolved to clear the drain condiI tionall.v on applicants paying half the cost of the work. The overseer's report was lead recemmeuding extensive work on the raids before the winter came on to -■ave greater expenditure later. —Authority was given for the works to he car I'ied out. The clerk's monthly statement, showing a credit balance of "£T>2 liiu -Id, was adopted. The tender of 'Messrs Laurence and firylls at Us 5d for boulders for th ■ Fgimml road, and -Is (id for boulderfor the Mangaotca road, was accepted. M'.- Davis, the Board's overseer, said that as he had now been in the Hoard's employ for six months, he would like to know it he had given satisfaction. The chairman said that lie was more than satisfied with Mr Tavis' work, as lie had given every possible attention to the Board's work, and had improved ihe ."-iieru! condition of the roads. Probably the Board had been led into a create-,- expenditure than it was entitled lo make but the district was gettin': the benefit of it. Oi'l'.'r member; al-o exur nscd their satisfaction with the overseer's work O the motion of Messrs Sboema-k rml William-: it w„. : ,-,,,1,-ed "Test lb" •urn. o;' £lO ]•'".' annum be "ranted to " ' I 1"-!: !•> d>'V:l- enit of bicvcl,, npkeen. etc.. as travelling expenses." Accounts amonntim' t„ £i.|r> w fid v.-ev„ „,,«,,,] f o] . p i( y,neut, and the Bo:ird adjourned.