HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1920, Page 3

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING.* The monthly meeting of tho Hawera County ('Ouncll was held on Saturday. Presi-ist: Messrs. J. B .Murdoch (chairman), it. J. ww«n; Wasllor ' C. Lysaght, A. Lare.om, fin s ' *'• * Hawken, and I{. Doughs. the chalrmun reported that the touncil had recognised its responsibility i with regard to the drainage on the boundary I road. it was for tho Borough. engineer to I say where the water should be taken. With regard to. tho Waihi ltoad, the foreman was of the opinion that lie would be able to do i the work in the winter They had been trying hard to obtain boulders or stone from Plymouth, but so far without success. : lhey might tlud it advisable to obtain metal from Belmont. This metal was very hard and flinty, and had been used by the Borough. It was resolved to urge upon the Govern*■ ment the necessity for completing the line a nu °^ en^n S up tho Mt. Bgmont quarry. j Tho Walpa County Council forwarded for! endorsement a resolution re vigorous Immigration. It was decided to support the resolution. j The Hawera Borough Council wrote asking the Council to appoint three r(|prosentatives to work in conjunction with tho Borough respecting the development of Turuturu-Mokal reserve.—Cra. Lysaght, Linn an 4 Douglas were appointed. Mr. L. M. Fryer wrote complaining that surface water from the road deluged his property at Inaha during heavy rain., The chairman said the water was following Its natural course. The Town Clerk, New Plymouth, wrote re giving evidence at the inquiry into the laranaki County Council's by-law to wheel tax The chairman ffhd Cr. Hawken were nppointed to give evidence. The Wellington Petrol Sub-Committee nolifled, under date Mnrcli 29, that it had been decided to allocate the Council twenty cases or petrol. Tho chairman said tho twenty cases liad not arrived, and all they had had for the past month was ten oases. They had tried without success io get further supplies, and in consequence of this their machines had been idle. This was tho second time they had been held up, and they had lost thrca weeks at an fmportant time of the year. They ■ wero not regarded as essential users and were ; not even scheduled. I It was decided to write to the Petrot Control Committee pointing out that the methods of distribution wero unsatisfactory, | and urging the need for an improvemen.

FOREMAN'S REPORT. , A - Mu sserldge reported as follows: Allen Road.—Tho metalling is nearlng completion. Tonguhoe Bridge, Main South Road—Tlie tar sprayer broke one of the hanging beams, ■ made or toura and very brittle, on this bridge on Wednesday. The carpenter 13 work ng on it now and a new one will bo in position to-aa.v. With regard to this bridge it seems very unsatisfactory since tho Hood and is always giving trouble. The building ot a new one will have to ho fuced within the next year or so. Main South Road, Mokoia.—A start has Bean made tarring this road, and a length from khe bridge i 0 the creek just this aide of MoKoia has been covered. Nonnanto-.OHaiawa Roa4--Tlids road lias been tarred from the Hastings ltoad to tin; Normanby town boundary, with the exception of two or three lengths, which will h;n ° to be refaeed with metal before It is lit to take the tar. , «,^ he n t!lr . "wnyor has been working 011 the 1 ?, Soi } t " 1 itoad - and llas dono the main road 'V? Town Board district, also the Boylan Road, Austin and Ketemarae Roads from the Onewhala Road to tho Normanby town boundary. Skeet Road The scarifying of this road Is going on satisfactorily, and Is almost com■'nft , Ule , AhI I |i,I P'' l Road to Matapu. J here Is a good coat of metal and there Is a considerable amount of stones to nan lenders were called, returnable to-day, for the erection of the Tongalioe Bridge on the Ohangai Road, but nono have been received. It appears that the only way- out of the difficulty is to go on with the bridge by dav neTint'T ""Present carpenfer Is uulto competent to cake charge. Tho Tongahoe Bridge on the longahoo Valley Road Is now flushed mid open to traffic, On the motion of the chairman, tile foreman was Instructed tc report on the .bridge ..nd the best means for dealing with It at I the nest meeting. ' ti,l Vil AV ri,s:u i d il the Bridge across tlio Ohangai, the chairman said that only one tender had been received, It was a question of whether the work should not, bo done day labor. Altogether, t.hev had h oe brldgo carpenters in sight, and with four laborers, which imight be obtained from their own staff, they might do the work themselves there was sufficient timber to keep the men employed for a month. . A ™. n ™ lttco consisting of Councillors Hawken WU iams, Washer, and the chairman was apoplnted to deal with the matter, with power m 1!U0 . tlle brldee erected by day labor. The chairman said he had been approached r „.S? e3e ; i ," l | tiVe9 0f lhe Eltha °> County Council, which was raising a loan for the tarring of Frascr Road. They wanted to knew whether the Hawera County Council EHl'iam 30 as connect up with The foreman said he thought there would » , t0 do ' Tlle cost would bo about 2js a yard. tti' tc discuss the matter at the next meeting. * Tho clerk stated that the rates outstanding totalled between £4OO and £SOO. ' Sllld he 9aw no wasnn why , tin. sale ot a property should affect the nav''to nil' to ß ' TIU,y Sh ° U!d lo ° k t0 tUe aeller £2I7C 43 Sd were «-«*«