WASTE LANDS BOARD.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 265, 27 October 1874, Page 6

WASTE LANDS BOARD.

The following business was transacted at the last meeting of the Board in Dunedin, on Wednesday last: — CLYDE. —EXPLANATIONS. The District Land Officer, Clyde, wrote, suggesting that the Board should get some person other than himself to value the improvements made by Dawkins and Pierce, Cromwell. He did so in consequence of a reflection made upon him at the Board meeting in the discussion of the valuation to be awarded to Mr Marie. The statement of Mr Strode that Marie had been " unfairly treated" had the appearance of a reflection on him. Mr Strode said that he never had the thought in his mind of reflecting on Mr Simpson. On the contrary he had always expressed himself confidently that he thought Mr Simpson was one of the most competent officers on the goldfields. His (Mr Strode's) remark did not apply to Mr Simpson's valuation, but to the action of those opposing Mr Marie. What he had said was that Mr Marie had prospected the ground originally, and that he had been somewhat hardly dealt with. Other members of the Board expressed the opinion that Mr Simpson was under an entire misapprehension. It was resolved to record on the minutes that the District Land Officer was under a misapprehension as to the Board's opinion of his action in the matter, that the members had no intention of reflecting on him. Further that it be explained to him that the reason why his valuation was not followed in Mr Marie's case was that the Board was guided by evidence which Mr Simpson was not aware of. -•• •: ' " CROMWELL. —APPLICATION FOR QUARRY. The application of Mr Kidd for a quarry license for half an acre near Cromwell was declined. A Mr Sharkey wrote stating that he had worked the quarry Mr Kidd wanted for some months, and that were the application granted there would bo-monopoly in the supply of building stone to Cromwell.