Ordinary Meeting.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2244, 25 November 1886, Page 2

Ordinary Meeting.

CkOsMNw AT Hl'M'l,\.— After the Usual piolinnnaiy business, the ('Jeik mpoited that the llulway Depaitment still i»-Mis, -i t>) inai\«> thtj eio-sing ut lluntlv — The Ghaiun.ui said it was quite evdcnt tlio inattei would huii to hi' Uouyht uiid.'i the notice of the Mmi>tei by the membji for the district. Aiiit!i'ii,nini, Coili:uk Xi skiuk — The Cl>'ik lepoitod that the agncu'tm.il collide lesene had not yet been tally vested in the council, but this would be done by .special legislation ne\t session. Wouk-, ix RvNuimur.— The Engineer rc[iorted that during the past month he had visited the Rivnginri district. Eight seti of si\-inch pipes were requited on the Wh.'ing.uiKuino road and also some repaiis t.i siding. The whole woik would cost about ih.~>. Dvvinpf to the liver road at Andei.vui'h havinp been badly laid out, it would co-it about t">o to make it passable, but even then the road would not be a good one. He lecommonded the council to endeavour to make an exchange, pi\ing the piesunt i<>ad for land belonging to Mr HaiHen. Thus they would have a good road at no gi eater cost than the other. Ho had arranged with Mi Muir to make (Jregoiy's biidge into a cut bridge at a cost of t22, being t'S 12s (id o\er the contract j)rice for the horse bridge. The, piesent biidge had stood the floods very well. The Matahuia road was m a very bad state, it being impossible even to lido over the the swamp with safety. It would r quite about £20 to put it in repair. It would cost some feS to mala; the, drain, the outtall of which was near Han is. He the crossing at Huutly, he reitetated his opinion that the Railway Ucpiiuiieut ought .to make the crossing. Cr. Johnson said it was very necps*.n-v to carry out tho work proposed on tho Matahura'ioad. "With regard to tl a Whang imu-ino Station Road, he A\as of ojjiniou that '.'lo \.ould Iju (jiiite sufficient for this vvmk, as tho settlers in this district

were anxious for -voik. After some futthor discussion it w.is ics'ilwd th.it tho engineer ho instnicU'd to c.tll for tendois foi the whole of th« 'vnilo specific I. — -Cr. JohllsOll S.lld tll.lt HOW till! lllH' Wl.ltlllT was coining on lie thought a surfaceman .should h« appointed for the K.iugiiui dis tiict. -- The Oletk lepoited that the amount Co the ci t. (lit of tin- inline was "nly siifti cient to p.-iy the Hospital and Chiul.ible Aid uontiihutiotis, Ih'miJi which thei'> was £100 to be paict on the loin delvntuie-. -\fter soni') discussion tho in.itter was do fernd. UW'.IIUIU \M> rilK K.Ni.ISM.H. — A pttltion fioin I) i.ifcup i^ims of K.m^iriri, pi.iym^ for tho umiiov.il of tlio engineer was loud. A siiuil.tr pftition was lcoi'ivcd from 1") it'suU'iits of thu W.ujioug.i distiit t. Tins Ch'ik .said hcmt.il of tlio .sitjn.itoiiu.s worn not ratopAyeis. Jlowuxor, sonic '.iO out of 240 ratepayei.s in tlio riding had signed tiio putition. — Or. Johnson stion^ly suppoitcid tlin prayer of tho petition. H>' thought tho laUspayeirf had for th'jir coinplaint, and moved that the somces of Mr Sandes, ho far aa the Kangirii-i ridinsr was concerned, be disjtensed with. Theie being no seconder the motion lapsed. — Tho Chairuiansaidth.ithof.u as the meisutnment i>f Casby's cutting w.is concerned the council were bound to uphold MrS.mdcs.— Cr. Johnson thought that the council were not justified in foicinpf on the ratepayers a engineer who was obnoxiou.s to them. .He complained that the engineer's charges wero excessive. —Mr tteddon said the council could not employ two engineers. Had Mr Sandes not come out of the Casby'a affair clean handed, the council would have been justified in dispensing with his services altogether, hut he had been weighed and found not wanting, and the council would not bo justified in castincr a slur upon him. Under the>e circumstances he was not «urpiised that no gentleman could bo found to second the motion. The matter then dropped. Accounts. — Amounting to £2"i 18s !)d were passed for payment, and the council rose.