Wanganui Harbour Board

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 135, 8 May 1890, Page 2

Wanganui Harbour Board

The usual monthly meeting of the> Harbour Board was held at Wanganui on Monday. Present --Messrs Ballance (in the ebair), Smith, E. Campbell, Kitohie, Bommerrill©> Par*- - sons, J. L. Stevenson, and A. Hatrisfr,. Mr Thatcher sent an apology for absence through illness. Minutes.— The minutes of tbe previous meeting were read and confirmed. V Pohanghu. Towxsm*. — The committee appointed to inquire- into the> advisability of cutting up the Pofaiangina township block (40© acres), reported as follows : "1. That tender* be invited for surveying the Poiianginav township reserve into section* of one , acre each and the suburban land into* ■ sections of one acre each and the suburban land into sections of from five* ~> to twenty acres. 2. That the secretary be instructed to visit Wellington; and; interview the Commissioner of Crown Lands on the matter of placing : the unsold land in the market, on th» understanding that the Board will proceed forthwith with the necessary r roadwork. 3. That the secretary he instructed to obtain a definite answerto the query whether the thirds for local bodies be deducted from land sold under the 1887 Mr Bray wrote stating that he thought the-' township would sell directly the land around it was taken up, and hefel^ v sure that it would fetch a fair mariefcable price. The report was adopted. 1: ' —Chronicle. .. ..