PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1915, Page 2

PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. Tha ordinary meeting of the I'arihaka Road Board was held at the board's office, Rahotu, yesterday, when there were present: Messrs Jas. Young (chairmar), T. Harvey, 5. Willoughby, A. Casnic. FOREMAN'S REPORT. The foreman (Mr. J. P. Kennedy) reported on work done as follows:—The reinforced concrete culvert on. the Bayly Road was now completed and open'for traffic. The filling in of the approaches and metalling as well as boulders to keep tilling from falling away had been completed. The total cost was £4U. The work authorised on the top portion of tho Opourapa road, had only been party completed, as, owing to unfavorable weather, work had been suspended. Repairs to the lower end of the road had been completed. A crossing on tin? Upper Kahui road by .Mr. ifughson's stables had broken in. and bad been replaced by pipes. The bill by .Mr. •lames' had been taken down, whilst rough portions near .Mr. E. Duggau's would he gone on with as soon as possible. Jl( pairs had been* effected to the AVarea road, and further repairs would lie attended to. When the U) granted had been sO Mif. tie l i\; ui would he in fair condition for tin- v inter. The Ihaia road had been repaired, and, considering ihe spell oi" had weal her, it was in a favorable condition, liepairs on the To n;u road had been aitended to. bops irs to the I'pper Arawlutn road v.w now ill progress, and the Lower Arawliata road would I-' at (ended to in a few da.vs. During t lie month eighte-u pipes had ma n >old and eleven had bean us. ,|. Tin: i.'fXi;at;i:sin j<n.u>. Jlr. Whan- l'ori, wlm was represented by .Mr, I. li'ughsou. asked if :he board prepareil to di-nose ot' Die piece oi closed I'uegarehu road, wh"re the deviation h I In ell made. The chairman slated (hat Die beard was prepand to deal providing they legally eoiilit do so, and tiiat a reasonable price was oifereil. jlo pointed oiif that the board had to pay ,C£'S per acre fir the laud taken under the Public Works Act for the road. Alter considerable discussion between the parties, it wa.s resolved to accept the. oiler ol made lo Die applicant, Dea board to pay all expenses of tr;ii:l>■ i - . AIbUVILVi A It".VI). Mr. Tf. M. llartle. : av, miller, waiie.l oil the board, and a4v,| that a portion ot liis royalty should be expended on Ihe top end oi (he Arav.hata road, w lie'i was getting ill bad order, not .bavin;; ' received attention for .-oiee time. Tin' board resolved ..pom! the r .:2 ava 'able as mioii as pis-ihie, ineanwiolo .Mr. I.artle was given permission to expend .Co on the road. HOAI) M'AXTIiD. iMissrs 0 Ibirke and Malcolm, aiioetors oi the (laonui Da iry Company, wiufc<<l on the Ijoanl and asked that a road 2] chains long between the factory am! ■ Huglison's Store at Oaomu should be formed and metalled. A letter was received from the Com. ; niissioner of Crown Lauds to the effect

that a search had heen made of the records at the Land Transfer Office, and no road had ever been set apart, proclaimed, or dedicated, and consequently' there was no legal road there. On hearing this, tho deputation on behalf of tho company offered to advance tho money if the board would undertake the work, the refund the money if the road was proclaimed a public road. It was eventually decided to defer the matter until the deputation had visited New Plymouth and endeavored to have the road doclared a public road and handed over to the local authority. GENERAL. It was resolved to dispense with the services of the present ranger and to appoint M. Coffey, jun„ to the position, providing that he was eligible for the position. Ihe Bank of New Zealand, Opunake, notified that the established overdraft of the board's general account for the ensuing year was £ISOO, the legal limit being £IB2B. Mr. Ilarvey gave notice to move at next meeting that the general rate of I i-Kid be struck, us at present, 31 r. Cassie drew attention to the fact iJic County Council had not yet ivpMireil the doni; hv its tractors to Mr. KewliV road at. War The matter will be brought before the Egimuit County Council. .Accounts amounting to C1.i1.l were passed I'or pnym. nt.