MASTERTON COUNTY COUNCIL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10522, 10 January 1912, Page 6

MASTERTON COUNTY COUNCIL

MONTHLY MEETINC

i iie monthly meeting of the Mas-j 'terton County Council w'as held yes-1 terday after noon, there being present —Crs W. J. Welch (chairman), D. J. Foreman, J. Miller, H. J. Toogood, I). J. Cameron, R. F. lieetham, and C. C. Kebbel'l. An apology for absence was received from Or Murray. I Messrs Mioorhouse and Hadfield i forwarded plans of the proposed deviI ation of Lett's Road.—lt was decided ito aslv the Govennment to take the road under the PauKlic Works Act. A communication was received from Mr W. S. Short, Assistant UnderSecretary for the Public Works Department, in referene to the expen-, dituT'O of £IOO on the Spring Hill road, intimating that apparently this road had not yet been legalised. Mr James Miller wrote, objecting to the road line proposed by the Department, as it was of no use to him or any. other ratepayer.— The question was held over for consideration at «• future meeting. ■Messrs C'lurrm and McElwain wrote asking permission 'to cut cocksfoot on the Upper Wangaehu and Weraiti Rioads.— The Clerk stated that he had written to Messrs Ou-rrin and McE twain, stating that the Council would have no objection to their cuttiuiig the cocksfoot, (provided they had the consent of the adjoining owners. lhe Commissioner of Crown Lands directed the attention of tho Council to the period which has elapsed since the proposals for the expenditure of third® had be?n made by the Council.^— It was decided that each Councillor prepare a list of the thirds in their respective Ridings, and make application to the ,Government for r the same.

It was decided tJiat an agreement he carried out with the Railway Depart,meait in reference t-o a road at Kopuairanga.

A letter was read ,fmm Mi' James Foreman, of Waterfalls, asking the Council to modify the wheel-tyre bylaw, with a view to facilitating thecartage of wool. He suggested tfiajt the by-law he suspended during certain months of the year, so that carriers would be enabled to cart wool. Mir A. A. Harbey asked the premission of the Council to cut grns-s seed on the Bide ford road, and offering £2 for tile right.— It was decided that (permission be granted on the usual terms. Mr A. K. Hansen, of WaLhoki Valley, .wrote drawing the attention of ) the Council to the bad -state of the j road giving access to Ms property.— ' The matter was referred to Ors Murray and Kebbell, witE power to act. ' The District Engineer wrote, approving of the specifications for metalling. ninety cUiams of the Uriti Roadi. 'Messrs O. H. Osmond and Sons' advised that they were prepared in conjunction with lur 0. 'K. CockhurnHbod, to raise a loan of £3OO for the purpose of constructing, the Wiaiiiui-o-Mapu road. : The Engineer was authorised to expend accrued thirds in a culvert on i tlie Mi-ki Mi'k-i road. The matter of a culvert on Burnett s Road, Fea-nridge, was left in •the hands of the representatives of tlhe Riding, and the engineer, to deal WKC'li. • 'On the motion of Or Toogood, it was decided that tenders be called for Irormiation and. 1 metalling ion tlie Uriti Road. The Engineer was authorised to prepare specifications for the improvement of tlie Riversdal'e Road, and it w-as decided ifchait the proposal be submitted to the Rio ads Department. ' . ( Tlie Engineer's report was read and adopted.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Tlie report- of the meeting ox .the finance Committee, Held in tlie morning, was read, -tlic-re being present— Grs R. F. R. Beetham (chairman), W. J. Welch, D. "\v. Foreman and J. Miller. X'he IVeasurer reported as follows: —Bank, general fund account, dr,, £2BBB 4s 9d; local bodies loans account, or., £O7 15s; accounts, dr. balance, £2SII 7s -3d. T'he receipts lor tlie month amounted to £474 ils sd. Accounts amounting to £2688 18s 5d were recommended for payment. A iletter was read from Mr W. Wool'f, asking the Council to refunu to him the extra cost stated to be £59, to wihicfh lie had been puit in connection with lids contract for the two biridiges at the Northern Ap-ipn-oach to Master ton ion account of tihe difficulty in procuring iroribark ■timber of suitable dimensions for the work. On the motion of the chairman, seconded by Or Foreman, consideration of the letter was po.stponed uncil the Council meeting in.' the ;• fternoon.