SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD BOARD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1279, 3 July 1886, Page 2

SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD BOARD.

The n-.ua! ■• <t l Ty u-c i <_> o* the South Raksia Eoa 1 li ard w s v t'd on C,:: Thursday. Pre t '• •'( Center (chairman), Alb", lii , and Mulligan- i; ii suv y(ii'« ■ ip.j' t %:j Tho Surveyor re o"e'<'"-i. k 3 earned ;:] out during the mo ,th by i' -j !a'< -r fang ; ; il he also reported that corAr-'c a in hand ■"* wore progressing s.iti'factor Jy. Ho a -'g- | gruted thai the wesuxn portion of Mainwaring'a road should be nn tilted. *. M\IN WAKINGS BO AD. - I On the motion of Mr lioinea it was resolved to metal throe rai'cs and fifty chains of Mainvvaring'a road provided suitable gravel pita could be procared at £ls per acre, about one mile apart. FORMATION. It was resolved that tenders ba called for forming all tho roads that ate akim ploughed, except about a nals near the I aea on which there is little traffic. TUSSOCKS It was also decided to p-.l' for tenders for tuasccking about 6 miles of Acton road ; teudars s.o be in by July 10th, at noon, and ar~epted b. IBs Chairman and any other metnbe--. SUBSIDIES. ' ' Tha Ci--»irm<iu he had made ap- ; I plication fur tho .-u!--idy under the Local ' Bodies FiuaDci an- 1 . Pcveia Ac 1 - and had ', 1 receive'! ai intita'.U.).; from the Property - 1 Tax Co:nmissior;<:r f-> tho efftcs, that a 1 I vouchor for £174 30a 3.1 was passed for f payment, this bsicy 75 per ceat of the I 1 amount due to lh.es B ard. ir 1 Tho Chairm-vn re; orted that he had | 1_ I interviewed ih-? Board's solicitors with. i s. regard to the claim rgainst the Ellee- i rt mere Board. * n cor: esfoxpesce. I . Letters were roa-ived from a number T of ratepayer's respect ng rates, and re- ° questing that, it. they had sold their } y r lands, their na:uc3 ra'cht be taken off [»- the roll—From ih-4 Property Tsx Comjir missionßV eno'or-ir.cT. supplementary roll ! -From Me?3-= Mel -tyro & Lewis, cove ing plans and of roads eurveyed J ; u at Kv ; e From tho County Council, cov- , eriri /proposed resolutions re Charitable t ? e e Aid.' -J! be The following tenders were accepted : 4 1 Maintaining and repairing roads west of (railway for 12 months, E W. Osborne, ick I £l4s;repairingand maintaining roadßEast ar J of the line for 12 months, J. R. Dunn, [ - £2OO ; keening the mill and tanks ;J. if Moodie. £\G ; tmsockey contract No. 1., " at Haslett. at 2* per chain ; contract No. 2 * J. R. Cole, nt 2a 4 1 . d p r chtin ; contract ■n\ No, 3, J. U. Cn':-,'::i 2. lOi-1 par chain ; 47 taking o? c dver s .- d m >\-An« r.jvn crco> ad- togs T. Co in «- £3 12- G 1 each. fnl- P.* YUEN IS . Accounts to £io7 43 3d w?re passed for payment and the Bj&rd ' adjourne-1.

Mr Fisher claimed a right criticise 'he b'U, which would have come out of com* mittee in a very different form had a teal opposition existed, tie opposed the concessions made, especially the payment of interest on the cost of construction, if Government buys the railway, and quoted from Blair’s previous repor to show the difficulty in the way of cons ruction. Mr ievestam quoted Mrßlairs’astrepoit to show he had now materially al ered his opinion since 1879. Mr Fulton dwelt upon the steep grades any sharp curves of the railway, and said he believed the company would never run a train on the lino. Mr J. 0. Bnokland would vote against and Mr Beetham for the third reading. The Premier, referring to the objections taken to the nature of the schedules, asked in what other way the Bill could have been framed. Many of those who opposed the measure could not have read i the contract, particularly Mr Richardson, who had oik-cons trued it. In its essential J points ic was more guarded in its pro- . visions as to laud grants than that with ( the Manawatu company, while m ny of , the clauses had been copied from the latter. Thehon gentleman criticised the arguments of the previous speakers In detail.

The Bill was read a third time and parsed by 36 to 13. following is the division list.

Ayes 36

Allwright | Larnach Ballance I Lsvestam Beetham j Mackenzie, M J, Bevan j McMillan Bradshaw j Menteath B uce Montgomery Cowan j O’Callaghan Dodson Pearson Fraser Pratt Garrick Reece Grace Richardson, E. Guinness Samuel Hakuere Seidon Holmes Stout Hurathome Taylor Ivess Turnbull Joyce Walker Kerr i lance | Noes 13. Barron j Newman Buokland, J 0. Peacock Connelly | Richardson, 6. F, Duncan ! Kolleston Hamlin | Ross Hislop i Trimble Lake i Pairs—For. Hatch Dargavillo Smith, J. Brown Mackenzie Coster Harper ; O’Conor Macaudrew Sutton Tola Wi Pete V ogel Gore Fitzherbert Steward Pairs—Against. Fergus j Stewart Wilson Moss Fulton Hurst, W. J. Russell Mitchelson Bryce Hirst, H. Whyte Reid, D. Thompson Thompson, Ji W. Johnston, D. Buchanan The House rose at 2.15 a m.