CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 229, 6 March 1915, Page 8

CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

illi' ordinary meeting of the Clifton County Council was belli at Waitara oil Friday, when there were present C'rs. A. -M. liower (chairman), li. L'. Hicks, u'm. I'M, .- 1 . 'I. kcnllillglOil, li, 11. ;'"igult. 11. Sander. mid il. -Si. J'lirdie. ENlilYLKli'S RHPOUT. .Mr. (!'. Hu-.vj.tv (L'o'.inLy 1 .ngia.er) lcportc.l :-- - oai.u Ruling: To plough and grade !' -i-1. Un.wi, aooui ;;.j iv.a.n, m icngia. c,o:iM cost fioia iS to Clll. Impsovelucnt could i t.- el lech d by cutting oil Tikorangi. Riding: Tiic melalling' coniraci. en ihe I'eruand Road was practically completed as far as tile yardago win concerned. This would leave a gap of tJi-'e to four chains, and he recommended that iliis be connected up. The. Tikorangi Road from its junction with, the Xgaiiuiaru Road, for a distance of about twenty chains, .should be picked up, broken, and re-laid with additional metal. The boulder contract on the Inland North lioad was proceeding satisfactorily. Hi hoped to have the grader winking in this riding during the current month.

I'ivmii li'ding: The metalling contract on the Okoke Kond h'Ul l] *-'cn completed, and application already made for the government subsidy. The worst place; Oil the Okoke Head bad been Inetalled, and ([Harrying wa* still proceeding. The I'iko lioad contract was proceeding slowlv.

Portions of X'gakoti ami Xgapapa Streets, ill the I'rejmi township, lud'hcen ploughed and formed. Assistance ikud n>w been obiained for work on the Mature lioad. Carey's Road had been ploughed up and would shortly be att'oiid.'d to.

Xjratb.Ktrn Riding: The grader had: been active oil the various roiuK and would h ■ t ran d'crrcd to Tikorangi on conip'i lion. 'l'lu. sanding at 'Matftu was pvoc. c:iinir, and on completion tin? iMatauwork will lie given attention. Mok-m Riding: Tlie Mftngaonga bridge, Okau Road. had liccii satisfactorily completed. Thf suspension bridge at Tongaporntu was now receiving attention. Tii,. sanding on the Ckau Road was proceeding satisfactorily. The metalling on the u»i"v section of tlia main road was Hearing completion, and a week s'aould complete tile lower section. Work on tile .Way Road had been arranged with the settlers concerned. The formation on tii.' I'rnii Road, preparatory to metall'ng, was .proceeding satisfactorily. Timber for repairs to all the TJrnti district bridges had arrived and would be, forthwith placed' at the different sites. The bridge party would, 011 its arrival in the Uruti district, give the Mangamaeho bridge its first attention. The report was adopted.

AVTAWA ROAD. Mr. H. Waite asked the Council to extend tlie metal hv a few chains on - a bad hill at a Mad;,- part of the road, lie pointed out that the settlers tliem--11 selves, with the assistanco of tlie surfacemen, liad put down seven chains of metal la-st year, and as thev were trying to help themselves, he hoped the Comic.l would b ( . able to assist by adding a few chains every year, and so the hill wight eventually get metalled. 3 It Wiis resolved that, providing the 0 settlers can find metal in the immediate 'G vicinity, th c Council would a-sist as re'C quested. SURFACEMEN''* COTTACIES. li Cr. 11. 11. i'igott brought 11 p the quell tion of rent to be digged for the use h <if the Council's cottages. This should he said, be based on ,"> ner cent, of the cost. His suggestion was that the rate li should be IJDs per month for the cottage ]| and* ill) to an acre of land, and any land .], in excess of this should be charged at thc rate of Ills per annum.—Adopted. SI'IIKACKJtAViS RESIGNATION*. Mr. H: Howe wrote resigning his posijs tion as surfaceman at Okau. 110 also asked the Council to make him an al--0 lowanca for split posts and wire netting r P ,lt u> by him round the county's cottage, and also for GOlb of grass seed sown. c The resignation was accepted,'but it was decided, on thc motion of Crs. Pigott and Pnrdie, that no allowance be made for material. THIRDS. Tho Receiver of Land Revenue liotiJit'll payment to the Council's account of ,t-'jl2 4s 7d, being thirds acrruiii" to ■ September 30, 11)14. Tho Commissioner of Crown Lands notified that the. Land 'Board had approved of the Council's proposals for the expenditure of the thirds. AN' OFFER ACCEPTED. Mr. \Y. T. Jennings, M.P. for Taumarunui, wrote to the effect that 1m would bo pleased to assist the Council in any representations that might be necessary in the forwarding of works • that needed notice from the Council to the Government.—To be acknowledged with thanks. Later on it was decided to bring the 1 angitu loan 1 ct'orc tile notice of Mr. Jennings. TENDER. The tender of E. Whittaker, at .til 15 lis <3d, Mils accepted for formation on iiie I'iko Road. XIKORI.MA 1K).\.1). It was decided to call tenders for metalling 10;) yards of the Nikorima Koad. COUNTY I'INAXCn. Mr. \aughan. county clerk, slated that the bank overdraft stood at about .CSOO, as against C'n.rl 1 u.s at this time hist year. ,€4OOO hail been received ill rates. There was -til! about U2i;0;) rates outstanding, but as the 10 per cent, penalty would be imposed alter Saturdav, it was expected much of this would colli" to hand. CENTRAL. I'll" Commissioner of Crown Lands notified that the reserve at Tarata had lven vested in the Clifton Countv Council as requested. A special order wa; adopted in connection with the raising of £1(11)1) for the I'ukearlihe Juan. On the application „f Engineer, I lie ( oimcil decided tu ii;'\ ||i ( , ti\p, ii-,es el' running the motor cycle, not to exceed XIO per annum. The next imvt'ng ~1 t'v Council will be held 011 Thursday. April Ist. owing to ibe il'ite o! the ordinal' l ,' meeiing faT'iig 011 flood Friday. Accounts amount in,_>• ciaSl ir>s Id were jiassed for pnvment.