EGMONT COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 February 1919, Page 7

EGMONT COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. The ordinary meeting of the Egmont County Council was held at Opunake yesterday, when there were preßent: Crs. W. R. Wright (chairman), S. MoCornish, T. Harvey, T. EL H. Sinclair, W. C. Green, M. O'Brien, A. W. Holder, and S. Campbell. ' Cr. Campbell was given a cordial wel- ' come. ■/,>., ' ENGINEER'S REPORT. '""'*" t The engineer, Mr. C. R. Pease, report- j cd on work done during the month on < the roads and bridges, also on repairs to j plant. He submitted a plan for a store- < room for benzine and tools, which was i urgently needed.—Adopted, with the ex- ( ception of the store-room, which was i held over. s PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS. ) Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P., forwarded f copy of letter from the Minister of Pub- ' lie Health, acknowledging receipt of a ( resolution passed by the Egmont County i Council witli regard to the necessity for ' the financial strengthening of the Public ' Health Department, so that it can buc- ' cessfully control any epidemic in future. ' The Minister expressed his appreciation ' of the resolution, with which he was in ' full agreement The Riccarton Borough Council asked ! support to a resolution strongly pro- • testing against the Government's infra- ' enza epidemic relief fund being adminis- 1 tered by the Charitable Aid Board or any department under the Minister of Public ! Health, the proper channel through : which to administer being the local bodies in whose area the different cases '. are at present situate.—Receired. WIREMU ROAD. The committee set up—Crs. M. O'Brien (chairman), T. Harvey, A. W. Holder, T. A. Eowo, and the county engineer—reported that a meeting ha.l been held, when a letter was received from the resident engineer in connection with the work that ho intended having done on the Wiremu Road (Newall— Ngariki). It was resolved that the resident engineer's recommendations be agreed to, and that the method of spending the money be left to the county engineer, with a recommendation that tenders be obtained for the making of the necessary concrete pipes; that the engineer ask the resident engineer to inspect Wiremu Road between the Ngariki Road and Arnwhata Road, with a view to recommending a grant for repairs to that portion; that the resident engineer be asked to endeavor to expend the remainder of the £IOOO grant allocated to the Wiremu Road between the Arawhata and Ihaia Roads as early as possible, and that he be asked to reconsider his recommendations with reference to the suspension bridge over the Waiau river on the Wiremu Road, and to endeavor to obtain his department's consent to the provision of a suspension bridge of sufficient capacity and strength to carry saddle horse traffic at an early date.—Approved. Cr. O'Brien moved that the council subsidise the Government grant of £IOO on the Wiremu Road from Ngariki Road to Newall Road £ for £. A new valuation would be made shortly, and the rates would get the benefit of the reading. Cr. Green said the council must be careful in it 3 expenditure. Where was the money to come from? Without taking the contracts into account they had expended £OOOO of next year's rates. Cr. O'Brien said that for the past twenty years they ha<l taken rates from the settlers and given them nothing. That was not local government. The resolution was carried. Cr. O'Brien said that money would have to be found by the council, as the settlers themselves were subscribing money for work on other parts of the road. The road was a most important one to the county and the council must be prepared to subsidise it, Cr. Campbell's name was added to the committee. GENERAL. A circular letter was received from the Minister for Internal Affairs inviting the council to send a representative to a Town Planning Conference to be held in Wellington about May nextReceived. The Public Trustee notified that Tanrua was not agreeable to accept £ls for the right to allow a drain in his property to be utilised to carry water from the road. He understood that the Parihaka Road Board was willing that £2O should be paid. Taurua, therefore, asked that the drain be filled in nr.l the water taken along the Egmont Road—presumably he meant main road. —It was resolved to vote £2O as requested. The Advances Department notified that the council's application for a loan of £145 (being 10 per cent, additional) for forming and metalling Upper Auroa Road had been approved. The necessary special order was passed. The engineer was authorised to supply information required by the Public Works Department relative to the cosf of placing metal on roads. Mr. Dewhurst, branch manager of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operativ( Bacon and Meat Packing Company, Ltd. notified that owing to the restricted traflic on the Pnnehu bridge they wen unable to v cart their pigs across, and were therefore willing to cross the bridge at their own risk and, in conjunctiov with Mr. A. E. Parkcs, keep the bridge open for their own and lighter trafficReceived. D. Sefton, county foreman, wrote thanking the chairman, county engineer and Crs. Holder and kind noss shown his wife and family durin; the recent epidemic. He also paid i tribute tc the work of Major Keenai and the nurses. Miss Pes Forges was appointed actim treasurer during the absence of Mr Rogers on holiday. Crs. Sinclair and Green were appointee a committee to ballot a number of rate payers who will be sued for unpaid rate? Cr. Campbell suggested that the en gineer should visit contracts more fre quontly when they were in progress. Aecoimts amounting to £1537 15s 9i I were passed for payment. 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