PUKEKURA ROAD BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2098, 17 December 1885, Page 4

PUKEKURA ROAD BOARD.

\ MiXT.'Vf! of the bui.l was held :it t'le Piikeiimu 'ch<>i>l-inom mi I**n«l.i\ l.»-*t. Present: Mr Jnlm Ims'ipi (i haiimin), Men-is \Vn\ Scott, and H. Ktisabs. A letter was icccivc'l from the Piopeily T,i\ (Joiniiiwsi'iner, re the dem mil '>y the collector fT ra ten due l>y the Drown, vi/, , Jb'JO IK on acre-<iii Cambndge We^t ;ind Crown land" in tlio rlistuct. He a voucher )).\<l been s t >nt to the Tieasury for «<une. The Waipa County Council wiote le Cambridge We^t diamage. Tlie enginear with the chairman of the bo.ird, msi)ccted the giound, and the engineer reported to the cmmi.il that the board was not liable for any damage done to the load by drainage, as it was the natuial conr-e of the water, and that tlie obstiuction was caused by the bank erected along 'he road by Mr (iairett. Petitions were re<ened and read, nanvlv from Messrs Hirt, Hicks, J. Budgmnn, R. C>>mor md other-", requesting tho bonrd to take into con-iidera-tmii tlio state of tho Pukekiira mad from J. Bridcfirjan'H to the bend in the road near Mr VosperV. They also asked that the portion named be re-formed and f;ra\elle^. A petition «a-« received from Me.ssri E. D. Walker, John R')gan, F. Hitki and others, drawing the board's attention to the of the rukekma redoubt n>,»d, and asking that the s.une be formed and gravelled fiom the biid(<e ne.tr Xewcnmbp's to tho south side of tho redoubt. A letter \va* received from Mr F. Hicks, requeHting permission to g. ta. few loads of gra\el from the ])it at Haini's g.ite. (iranted. A letter wa-, received from Mr Chi«. Clnlty, asking j>rr-mi-sion t> eiuet his fencj a foot on the midway, as In was. desirous of fencing m 11 portion of bit ">7-"5, so that in ci-*e of the leserve being vA<i he could remove the fence. Resolved that the clerk ieply th it tho bnird h.»d «■> obji-cti'in t" rrnrl»viy in Kingsley-strect, but had no power on county roads. Resolved, '" That theclcik be emp )wered to employ leg»l a-sisitance in summouins all defaulting ratepayers." Ro W.itson's 1 road, for which an application had been sent m, the nutter was defeired till nrxt me ting of the b iaid on the 23rd inst ; Mr W. Sc>>tt in the meantime to view the v\ oiks requiii'<l, .\nd lepoit on the probable c>st. Propovd hy Mr \V .scntt, •■econdid by Mr H. Ku-.ib-'. "Tint tenders be c.illid for re forming ,tnd meUllmg about ~>o chains of Pukekura rn.ul fnnn Mr Bndg man's to neai Mr Vosjier's. also for about 50 eh tins forming, gi a veiling, and -niall cutting on redoubt road. The clerk was mdered to write to tho Waip.i County Council, re mesting them to hll up a Iwiln on the di-tuct road made by Sir K. Xoirish m seaiching for giasel, be tween the pioperties of Mes«rs (i.me .md Scott, as t l ie sim ; i- cxnpl.nned of as dangerous ; ,i!s p, to secuiely fence tiie pit opened up ; ,\\--<', t>> «oe that \n f\iture contractors be liistiuctcl in removi.ig gr.iv.-l from any of the distuct road pits not to encroach too iumi the fences of the pr«>pt % iry adjacent, and that g..ivi»l juts hi left in proper orrf«*r, mid fenced. Resolved that H. Kinabi be authorised to piocure 10 2it drain pipe*, for culverts m lJiiku-ky's and Xorrish s roads. It was resolved that the cleik write to the Colonial Societal y re payirent of suli-idies. Accounts amounting to £10 l."is wero passed foi pa) ment