TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1380, 7 May 1881, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU.

The ÜBual monthly meeting of theßangaohia Road Board was held at Lewis's hotel on Saturday April 30th, at which Messrs Walton (chairman), Whltefield, Bond, Johns, and Carley, were present. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the Chairman reported that the Minister for Public WorkrWM 1 declined all the tenders for metaUjng !he station road, as they were much iti'lxceßS of the estimated cost, and that having been reque&ted to call a public meeting, he telegraphed the Minister, and had writter to Mr Wnitaker, M.H.R., enquiring 1 what was intended to be done, as the road would he impassable in a few vreeka, and that the Minister had replied that the District Engineer had been instructed to proceed with the work at once to the extent of £300, reducing thickness and width of the metal ho as to make the amount available go as far as possible. Upon which it was resolved that the chairman should again telegraph to the Minister that the natural formation of the road was too soft for a reduced quantity of metal to be of any use, and that if the Minister would place £400 to the credit of the Board, and convey material freight free, as offered to the tenderers, the Board would complete the road under the direction of the District Engineer. The petition of some of the Ohaupo ratppayers to have their lands added to tha Pukek.ira district was then fully gone into, and it was left for the chairman to r«ply, pointing out amongst other things, some thousands of acres, (the owners of which had not signed the petition) were included in the proposed severe. That the total amount was out of all proportion to the length of the road to be kept in order, and that in consequence of the making of the railway if any alteration should be arranged by the three districts, Pukekura, Mangapiko, and Rangiaohia. A letter wa& read from Mr Smith, chief surveyor in reply stating that the road deviation through the Komau Catholic land in Rangiaohia was not definitely shown on the general plan, and it was settled that the Rev. Father Luck should be written to with a view to the arrangement made many years ago with (the then) Bishop Pompelliev being carried out. A petition and several letters from ratepayer were then read asking for various improvemennts some of which it was decided should be done A letter was read from a Mr Ellis offering to leaie the Ngaroto Lake recreation reserve on improving terms. The following tenders were then opened, and the lowest in each case was accepted :— For fascining, clearing, and new culverts on Lower Kihikihi road, past Short's mill— Appleyard, £13 15s> ; Kennedy, £U 2s o'd ; Mmart, £17 H&. Clearing, ploughing, harrowing, etc., on main road to Kihikihi— -tuait, £1 8s ; Appleyard, £3 ss. Clearing water-tables in large cuttings— Stuart, £3. Culvert near H. Moncrioffs— Power, 18s ; Appleyard, £2 10s. Cuttings on road leading to Dixon's farm— Power, -C 2 ; Appleyard, £6 ss. Enlarging Stuart's cutting (300 yards)—^tuart, 7d per yard ; Power, 7d per yard ; Appleyard, 11A per yard ; Ouiney, B]d per yard. Cutting and forming on road to station, near Corncan's—T»viney and Weal, £7 15b ; P Kerr, juur., id. Cutting, etc., at railway bridge, on same road— Twmey and Weal, A 4 15s ; P. Kerr, senr., £0 ; P. Kerr, junr., £7. The accounts for the month were ordered to be paid, and the meeting then terminated. A telegram in reply to the one above directed to be sent to the Minister for Public Y/orks has &mcc been icceived, stating that he has instructed the Engineer to metal the station road in the best po&aiblo mauuer.