Kiwitea Boad Board

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 108, 19 March 1889, Page 2

Kiwitea Boad Board

The ordinary meeting" of the above was* " held on Saturday. Present— Messra Tay* *- lor (chairman) Mills, ."^Tilliamson and Lucas. • . . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. : . COBBBSFONDENtE. From Wairarapa County Council askings for support oi the Board in obtaining legislation re legalisation of roads. From Property Tax Department, with schedule showing alteration to be made to supplementary roll. From Cdnmriesioner of Crown . Lands, re deferred thirds. From J. Shapleska andHaggerty, offer' ing to complete Junction road and wait till money is available. From Secretary to Treasury, re application for an extra 10 per cent, on £800 loan. Telegram from same asking when special order was gazetted making rate to cover interest on loan, • - - , From E, H, Miller, advising completion; of falling road line, and asking when mopey could be paid* From G, S. Mowat, asking permissions to fall hash on road line Feilding Block. From A. Paul asking that certain money be spent on Peep-o'-day road. Petition front aeltfere Apiti Block, ask' ing that the thirds be spent on the Kim~ bolton road (main track). From Secretary Vigilance Committee, Birmingham Small Farm Block, wr thirds and asking the Board to make Junction rood, Mr Phynn waited <M the Board re upper Kiwitea bridge. He was informed if he would make a ford he could do so, for which the Board would vote him £i, (This he accepted.) ' . . • ..-. Mr T. B* Chamberlain waited on theBoard with reference to the Junction road, Birmingham Block, and wa» mformed the road would be made ss soon as funds were«atva3abfo.

Resolved That steps be taken to strike an extra rate to cover the extra 10 per cent, on loan of £3000.

Resolved That the expenditure of thirds; on Peep-o'-day track be left in the hands of the Engineer. . Proposed by Mr Lucas, seconded by Mr Williamson, That Mr ''Mowat Wallowed to fall the bush on road line on the Board-'s nsaa) terms*— Carried. ■■ "■

The Secretary was instructed to P re ' pare statements of Grown Lands rate* for next meeting. Proposed by Mr Lacasy seconded by Mr Taylor, That tenders be called for continuation of the Apiti track from Oroua river to Peilding Block 'and widening the* made portion 2 feet, to be in by next meeting.— Carried, Proposed by Mr Lucas; seconded! by Mr Mills, That the necessary step* be takers to enable the Feuding Small Farm settlersto raise a loan under the Local BodiesLoans Act, for making the roads is the Block and that the interest be secured by special rate over the Feuding Small Farm Block, also that application be made toGovernment for the said loan by April Ist 1889.— Carried. . ■ ; Proposed by Mr Lucas, seconded by Mir Mills, That the Clerk wri?e to those persons having standing bush- on their sections in the Harbor Board Block adjoining tike- newly made roads, asking them to fall a strip 2 chains wide along their frontage,. *<» saw theofffielves the trouble and expense of having timber falling; from said sections removed by the Board. — Carried. . , - Proposed by Mr Mills, seconded by Mr Williamson, That the dog tax for the current year be 7s 6d per dog, a rebate of 2» 6d if paid before 30th June, and that Mr E. Goodbehere be appointed Registrar on same terms as last year, and that Mr Church's store be gazetted as the registration office. — Carried. . . The following tenders were received:— Spue Road. — Haggerty, £19 26»j B. Poole, 29s per chain ; Younger and Laing, 30s per chain. . , Benson's Road. — Hislop,l2sper chain,' culverts £12; Belfit and Slink, 12s 6d per chain, oulverts £12 10s ; J. H. Aahworth, 26s lid per chain, culverts £13; A. McKenzie, 16s 6d per chain, culverts £12; Younger and Laing, 13s lid per chain, culverts £8 15s. Williamson's Road.— J. Belfit, 29s 64 per chain; Younger . and Laing, 2ss; S. Coker, 20s. . rßesolyed, That the tender of S. Coker for 'Williamson's road, Hislop for Benson's road, and Haggerty for Spur road be accepted. ■ ' -' ' Proposed by Mr Mills, seconded by Mr Williamson, That Mr Elkington be written to respecting removal of metal from Mackey's road.— Carried.

The usual monthly accounts were> passed for payment and the meeting adjourned. ' :r ;