CLYDE TOWN COUNCIL,

Dunstan Times, Issue 719, 28 January 1876, Page 2

CLYDE TOWN COUNCIL,

A special meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chambers on Saturday evening last the 22t.d instant, I! Naylor, E <1 , May u in the Chair, to consider letter from the Secretary of Gold Helds to the effect “ That the Government could not nu dertake to complete what the Council called the a qv caches to the Bridge,” The Mayor sai Ihe could only characterise the action f the G -vernment in this matter as a direct breach of faith ; it was distinctly understood that if the Council uu lertook the responsibility 0 f building the bridge, the G ivernment would make the iipproa-hes, in fact, his Honor the Superintendent said th it, that was the least the Govern neot could do. From what he could understan 1 tli« reason of the Government holding back was, because they had already exee"de 1 the amount vote I forthe approaches by nearly double, but that was nothing whatever to do with this Council ; if the Government thought proper to waste their monies by throwing it into rhe ever open mouths of Contractors this Cmucil should not suffer. Indirectly he had heard that the contract price for the app. caches was nearly LI,COD he had no hesitation in saying that if the original amount voted I SDO had been placed to the ere lit of tins Council, the wh de tuing would have been completed for that amount, whereas it will cost nearer 1,2000. He was informed that r James Hazlett, who with him carried out the whole of the. negotiation with t the Government, and also with the Bank of New South v ' a’es for the advance of the money to construct the Bridge was about vis ting Dunedin, aod he would suggest that Mr Haziett and Vincent Pyke, Esq., he requested to wait on the Government, and urge the immediate completion of the approach rs.

A general discussion ensued, during which the finanoi il position of the Council was reviewed. It was shown that the

Council however willing they might be to complete the approaches so as not to impe ie the opening of the hri tge were not in a position, as after paying contract price of bride, huil ling toll house, paying for other items not taken into consideration at the outset, besides defraying the ordinary expenses of the Town, ch;y would find themselves quite heavily enough indebted without shouldering a direct responsibility of the Government.

Eventnal'y,— [t was resolved—That -Tas. Haz ett, Esq., M.P.C., and Vincent Pyke, Esq , M. H. 11. he respectfully requested to wait on the Provincial Government as a deputation from this Council, and urge for the immediate c nnpleti<>n of the approaches to the Clyde bridge. The Town Clerk having been instructed to Messrs Hazlett and Pyke the meeting separated, | A special meeting was held on Monday evening th"* 2-lth instant to open Tenders for tie construction of road from the rear of the Town to the Waj Keri ICeri Valley, B. Naylor, Esq., in the Chair. The following tenders were opened : D. M’Connochie £135 G. Smith 120 Irvine and Bos US I). Shu-key 112 Kelly & Co. 105 J Cox 103 15s J. Druramy 97 5s C. Holden 95 T. Hannon 94 Resolved -That the Town Clerk inform T Kerens, the District Road Engineer of of the lowest tender, an l state that this Coiinei 1 recomm md it he accepted. The meeting then dissolved. •ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, CLYDE. —o— , A meeting of the Vestry was hoi 1 on the evening of the 20th inst. The Rev. J Dewe in the chair. The minutes of previous meeting were ■•fail and continue I. The following officers we-e appointed Messrs. WKsan, Hazlett, Fraser, and Wakefield nomin tors for Clyde Parish ; Mr F. J. Wilson, Treasarer; MrG. Clark, Secretary; Messrs Stevens and Cambridge, Auditors ; Messrs Naylor and Stevens, Collectors. The Treasurer avas, in accordance with the Bishop's request, instructed to place the Minister’s stipend to his credit each quarter. Resolve I—That all sittings, rent of which is in an ear over six months, be considered vacant. M essrs Wilson anl Stevens were instructed to ]ay off the balance due on mortgage of I’arsona e, if satisfactory terms can be made wih the mortgagees (the Clyde Building Socle'y.) The meeting then closed in the customary manner. [Wo ire giv-n to understand that satisfactory arrangements wore made, and the Parsonage roloaa id. ] Why was Ruth very rude to Bong ?—Because she pulled his cars and trod ou his c rn. Why is a field of grass like a person older than yourself ?—Because it is “ past* ur-a-.e. ” A young Hosier once said to a Flosicrcss : I “ .Sal, is there anybody courtin’ you now ?” And S d ret lied : “ Well, Sam, there is one fellow sorter conrlin an I sorter not, hut I I reckon it is more sorter than not sorter.”

ALEXANDRA. —o Purlic Meeting. A public meeting was held in the Atheneeum building ou Monday evening last the 24th instant. James San iso ■ , E-q., Mayo-, who occupied the Chair, said ho had convene I the mee’ing in accordance with a requisition signed by a number of the ratepayers, the object being, as far as he knew, to discuss the r. lative meiits of the two questions—the building of a I owa Hah, and the laying on of water to the Town—he hoped the meeting weald he orderly and characterised by that good feeling that invariably attende I public meetings in Alexandra. He would call on one of the rcquisitiouists to address the meeting. Mr J. C. Chappie rose andsaid—He being one of the first movers in the matter of getting up the meeting felt i- his duty to speak first He saw in the Press that it was the intention of the Council to build a Town Hall j he did not think such a building was require 1; an 1 he was there to register his pro'e-t, against it bemg built. It was assumed that he was going to argue Water supply against Town Hall, such was not the case. M r Chappie here read a copy of letter ho ha 1 sent to the Council, and continue I by saying that the ro mi thiy were in was large enough for all purposes, and reiterated his protest against the building of a Town Hall, and saying he wanted a water scheme which would advantage the Towh, whereas the Hall would not. Mr J. Rivers spoke in favor of a water scheme, and against the balding of the Hall, strengthening his argument by referring to the many advantages to be derived from a good water supply, instancing—leases rates of insurance, improving he sanitary suite of the Town, the great benefit in the event of a lire occurring, with having water with pressure. Mr Hastedt said if money was to borrowed it should be to build a hri Ige. Mr Beresford thought a good supply of water was far more necessary than a Town Hall. Mr Simmonds said it had be»n the cry of past years, build a Town Hall, an I now when the Council bring the matter forward they are opposed, with regard to a water scueme -wh it wish original cost of main pipes, which would necessitate a special rate, and the laying of w.i er into properties he thought it would be too expensive for thirty-six ratepayers. Mr Samson said in supporting the building of a Town Flail he was carrying out the wishes of the ratepayers at the time ho was elected, he had given the matter every consideration, and could see that the Hall could he built without borrowing; ha was favorable to a water scheme, but could not see how it was * o be managed j he ha 1 every confidence the Hall would pay. He dispute 1 the assertion of M r Chappie that the Town was retrograding, he had communications from the Government that the new Post and 'Telegraph Otti e was to be built, and that the road to the Waikaia bush would soon he commenced. Mr Chapp’e heie read a memorial he had obtained tweoty-’w i signatures to, against the Town Hall, and invited anyone to sign it. The meeting th n dose 1 with the customary vote to the chair. ALEXANDRA T )\VN COUNCIL. A special meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday last, January 23. The Mayor in the Chair, and a full meeting of Councillors present. The Mayor stated that he had called the meeting for the purpose of laying a Memorial before them that he had received, and signed by twenty-two of the rate-payers, asking the Council not to proceed any further in building a Town Hall. Councillor Fin'ay moved that in consideration of the Memorial, all proce lings in, - connection with the Town Ha 1 be postponed until information can be received resoeot.ing a scheme of imnrovel water supply ; seconded by Councillor Theyers. CouncillorMackorsic moved as an nnvnlm°nt—That a reply be sent, to the Memo-i----absts to the effect that the Council will take the, water supply into consideration after the Tow i Hall was built, which was not Councillor Beresford moved a further amendment. That the Council having lost the confidence of the ratepayers resign ; no Sccon 1 cr. The original motion was carried, and the Town Clerk to stay a'l further proece lings in building the Town Hall. The Council then rose, 'hroe of them expressing their determination of immediately res igning their seats in the Council. CROMWELL. (from our own correspondent.) It would seem that in directing attention to the larrikins that infest, our city I have given offence to one of the head centres who boistoringly intimated that he would “eooso me”—a slang phrase for hooting—whenever he saw me in the street, and that if he met me alone he would “ knock sauce ans out of me,” and similar threats. Being an overgrown stripling, and of childish ways, in short a mere petit garoon. I treated his bombast with the loathing scorn it merited. This individual only possesses the courage of the mountebank, and not the bravo, and I can assure him and the two or three others with whom he associates and who render night Hideous with their yel's and lewd conversation, that ini nacis ”111 never cause mo to shirk my duty nor ceaso to expose the delinquents. It will bo remembered that the fatal termination of the Green Is'nnd disturbance, near Dunedin, and for which Patrick Long is now undergoing a sentence, was, by tli* prisoner’s counsel, attributed to these undesirable youths and rising fast young men. If this field offeed sufficient inducement and opp n tn"ity there are one i or two individuals in this town who would

very soon fiud a place m dtuance vil«, and permitted to enjoy their harmless prai ks in the four walls of Caldwell’s parlor—tluir fitting place of action. I am no practised pugilist, but up to the present, and I trust in the future, will know how to defen 1 and | protect myself, even it it should necessitate an “appeal to arms," as it. invariably funis I cut that these self-styled heroes arc desti tuto of courage and ever ready to take a cowardly advantage. They are beneath notice, and only entitled to be regarded as foolish over-grown boys, who will evootu ally prove a bane uponsoe’ety and a pest. Surely they can find better employment than sitting in front of s f ables, blaspheming and insultin'/ passers bye. The attention of the authorities may well be called to those parties, and I, in common with many others, hope the first one secured will get his well earned deserts. On Pri lay last th’ re wee a few civil eases disposed of in the Resident Magistral 's Con t. The first called was Solomon v T. Graham—Claim, Id IDs, for goods sold an 1 delivered. The debt was admitted, but tie defendant a“ked for time, which was obj ct.ed to by 'ho plaintiff, on the ground that the account had been standing over fiv months and no effort ba been ma le to pay although the defen lan' ha I bee i in constnn Work. Mr Simpson said it was well know that the defendant was constantly in Court, as it was only the other week he app are in answer to a fraud summons. If h° was unable to pay the small sum of LI IDs his !f lira must be in a very critical state indeed. and the sooner he sought the benefit of theßaukruptcy Act the better. By his own showing he was in work at the present time, and therefore the Court would not make an order as prayed. - J. L. Druwe was charged on the i iformation of J mica Ritchie, Bannockburn, with an assault. Mr Wilson for complainant. From the evidence it appeared that the defendant was of a very quarrelsome disposition, and without provocation he seized a tomahawk and struck Ritchie, knocked him down and commenced kicking him The Magistrate cornmente upon the evidence at length, and sentenced the accused to one calendar month’s imprisonment with hard labor in Clyde gaol. In thr Warden’s Court, the case of Clyde v. M‘Dowell, for a dissolution of partner ship, occupied the greater part of Friday •and was resumed on Saturday. The Ward n ruled that the partnership be dissolved at the expiration of six weeks ; that the defendant be entrusted with the entire management of th s claim till that time ; that ho account to the Court and that he receive and pav all monies due by and owing to the partnership ; that complainant be entitled to see tiie gold weighed, but not to interfere in any manner with the working of the claim. This decision embraces all the de- 1 fendant asked before the case was entered | upon. Last week 1 drew attention to the absence ■of sanitary measures on the part of the Corporation, and intimated tint legal proceedings would, in all probability, be instituted against them On Friday bast they were called upon to answer the charge for that on or about the 9th day of November last they were guilty of creating a public nuisance, by blocking up. or Causing to be blocked up, a certain culvert situate at the junction of Innis streec and Molmore Terrace, th-neby allowing putrid matter to genora'e, etc., Mr Wilson, on behalf of the defendants, asked that the casemirht be adjourned for a week, to enable i him to look up cases healing on the I matter, an 1 there being iioopp isiidont.be same was grants It is worthy of mention that sh Ttly after the service of the summons upon the Mayor th; Corporation dayman was put on to open up the culvert, alth ugh this favor had been askel months before, an I nothing done till the aid of the Court was asked, an I lo ! steps were at ■once taken. It is likely there will he a good attendance to-day, as the case has yreated some stir in certain quarters, and ‘iMs, I am hiforme 1, the f irerunner of one or ‘ more others. I will furnish a fud report of the evidence together with the judgment. Numerous complaints have been made respecting the approaches to M'l’herson’s punt, Bendigo, which are described as being highly daigerous The proprietor eho"l make an effort to oblige the public, and as the cost would be trifling, no reasonable oxcuscoa i be adduce I to explain away the apparent reported culpable negligence. The ow ers of punts should by this time know that, while the Government affords them protection it is (heir duty to study the convenience of the travelling public. Time after time promises have been made to re nove the few pieces of sappling that are laid down, foiming a regular horse trap, and have them replaced by substantial timber, which, in that part of the district, is easily pro ured. The puutage rates arc sufficiently high to leave a prolit on the right side of the ledger and to keep the approaches in something like a .passable state of repair. The Cromwell Argus generally cries out before it is hurt, mil is remarkable for its audacity in publishing unreliable statements, such as that which appeared in the issue of the 20th instant, in which the gushing scribe says, 1 ‘ There is no truth in the statement in the Dunstan Times about the missing man, Robert Inglis, having been seen, etc.” It is a very easy matter for that or any other journal to give the lie direct, but, singular to add, no evidence is adduced to sup])ort the position assumed. I adhere to tho former statement, namely— That Robert Inglis, late of Cromwell, was so n in the flesh in the vicinity of Blacks. If the writer of the paragraph in quest on will nnke a few inquires he may glean a little profitable information, although it is, no doubt, very hard to deny him the privilege, of displaying his imaginative powers In wn-k’nir upon *hn Rvmnathien of his readers by d ploring the melancholy end of the absent one. But what should be thought of the local organ as a truthful medium when it arrogantly pretends and affirms that it has more subscribers, more

readers, and a larger ciiculation than tho Tuapeku 'l imes. Hnrely bombast can go no further. The truth—the whole truth—is what is require ! from the local satulito. Broad assertions can be dispensed with. . In tho last <>overnineiit Gazette it is not lied that tho Dunstan Times is an ad- ! dition.nl Gazette in Bankruptcy, and therefore, persons taking the benefit of tho Act in this district can insert their notices in this journal ; n lieu of sending them to Queenstown for publication in the Wakatip Mail. That it is not always the greatest bully that is the best man, was illustrated last week at the Arrow, when a l oniface thought, fit to strike amine, who was considerably smaller, and indisposed to create a row or commit a breach of the peace, hut being struck on the nose, he invited his burly assailant to “have it out,” which they did. Tin little fellow severely punished his corpulent assailant, who rushed and picked up a stone and threw it but fortunately nrssed. At a later period the miner foil* when the big man commenced to kick, but a 1 in vain, the son of sturdy toil was too much for tho whiskey seller, who was glad t> cry a go, anil thus was a supposed local invincible suddenly disposed of and his r a sc courage exposed. lam told Iy an eve witness that the boniface lias received some injury to his ribs, and that the uuiveisal verdict is serve him right.