EKETAHUNA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 January 1939, Page 9

EKETAHUNA

COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING.

(“Times-Age” Special.) Cr J. B. Carruthers presided at the monthly meeting of the Eketahuna County Council, there being also present Crs. A. J. Perry, L. Houlbrooke, C. T. Richardson, F, Goggin, R. Kebbell. Leave of absence was granted to Crs. H. N. Kebbell, G. Bailey, C. Davie, P. Davies and J. Dougherty. , The Institution of Engineers wrote advising that the annual conference would be held in Auckland on February 20 and asked that facilities for Mr Macky to' attend be granted. The request was agreed to. The President of the Counties Association wrote asking the council to give its co-operation in connection with the Physical Fitness' Campaign — The chairman reported on a meeting he had attended. The chairman, Cr Goggin and the clerk are the council’s representatives on the committee. The Eketahuna Borough Council wrote asking the Council to carry out sealing work on the Borough’s, portion of No. 477 Main Highway. The request was granted on the usual terms. It was reported that the Mam Highways Board had agreed to carry out the work of concreting the spillway on Summit Hill, Tiraumea. The treasurer (Mr W. N: Richardson) reported as follows: —The statement of bank balances at date hereof is as follows:—County Fund Ac. dr. £1157 3s 2d; Bridges Loan £3OOO Ac., cr. £366 2s 3d;; Bridges Loan Ac., cr. £303 19s 4d: Workers’ Dwelling Loan £lBOO Ac., cr. £44 16s 2d; Workers’ Dwelling Loan £1550 Ac. £74 6s 6d; Bridge Fund Ac., cr. £B5 14s Id.

Since the December meeting, the sum of £1962 19s 7d has been paid out, the principal item of this amount being wages. This leaves the sum of £2515 Ils 2d coming to charge after payment of accounts today. Summarising the pay-sheet, the details of accounts are: Wages £1569, payments to contractors £1192, hospital levy £544, interest £4B, premium accident insurance £159, miscellaneous £466, total £44478. Receipts since last meeting amounted to £2479 15s sd, the principal items being: Rates £358 15s 7d, subsidies £1639 17s lid, heavy traffic fees £206 10s lOd, rents £64 Ils 6d, miscellaneous £9l 18s 2d, sales £55 9s sd, interest fixed deposit £62 10s. Total £2479. The payment of rates has speeded up a little since last meeting, the collections to date amounting to: East Riding £99 14s 6d, West Riding £177 3s, Alfredton Riding £Bl 18s Id. Total, £358 15s 7d. Total collections of current year’s rates to date, together with balances to be collected are: East Riding, collected £BlB 16s 7d. Outstanding, £1685 2s 44d; West Riding, collected £2119 Is Bd, outstanding, £2544 2s 7d; Alfredton Riding, collected, £2056 9s, outstanding, £3895 19s 4d. Totals, collected £4994 9s 7d, outstanding £Bl2l 4s sd. Total collections to date represent 38 per cent of rates struck. Accounts amounting to £44 78 10s 9d were passed for payment. Concerning the Alfredton Riding, the county engineer reported as follows: —The Waitawhiti Stream Bridge on Leach’s Road requires re-decking

and the timber for this should be to hand shortly. The breakaway on Leach’s Road has been repaired and the metalled length into Tawhero was graded up preparatory to the metalling being completed. Breakaways on the Haunui Road are in hand at the present time and when completed the Boothmac will trim up Savage’s Road ready for metalling, and replace the filling on a culvert, the outlet having already been fastened with manuka. The Boothmac should then be available for cleaning up slips on Saunder’s Road. Proposals for the grading and culverting of the upper end of the Puketoi Road were approved by the Public Works Department. Mr Sigvertsen has asked that access be opened up to his section on the Mangatakato Road. This matter will be attended to as soon as a grader is available.

Exhibition of Diving. A special event of interest at the Eketahuna Carnival next Saturday afternoon will be the appearance in exhibition dives of Mr Norman Dyer, the noted Australian diver, who has recently been entertaining and thrilling Wellington crowds by his spectacular feats in the harbour, when he dived off the bridge of the Rangatira, and also at the baths. Mr Dyer is a very talented diver who is likely to perform dives never before seen in the Wairarapa, so that a visit to the Eketahuna carnival should be worth while on this account alone. No Cricket. On account of the Pahiatua races on Saturday no championship cricket matches were played.