Important Meeting at Apitl

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 151, 10 June 1893, Page 2

Important Meeting at Apitl

There was » very large attendancvof settlers ait Mr McKenzie's "woof soldi on Thursday last, for "the purpose or~*W i sidering , what, steps should, be : taken in I order to obtain a traffic bridge over the i Oroua river. Mr Guy ., wm joted tp.^he i cbair. „ : , j '^» \~ i The cbairman saiff tliejf 'had been 1 called together on many previous oci casiona, bat never/ for ■ Imoreimp&tant i one than the preieat, vi«: s tHamnptot - necessity for a bridge oiref;theirdaiigsreius river. A local prophet had very traly-pnt I the ease, when' hj» sad j tna&jtf Nothing i would be, done. in. the matter qntil some i valuable lite had; beenlort." H« then rei ferred in complimentary .terms to the arI tide which appeared mtne FsiLDiita Star, f on the previous Thursday, Nfrtiich stated I that, " The responsibility , .tests on -the • settlers themsleves, tne Bo& Bq«rd,pnd > the Government, and nrged'-' thatJun- > mediate steps should be taken towards > erecting this bridge." ■ .: - /i-s'-.th i Mr Vioarv' remarked that lut winter I he. advocated this Work, but aVthaV time i nearly all the ratepayers were agau?s>t~ i»t 1 whereas, now they had veered, rpjand and I saw the absolate necessity '^brsncK a i bridge, to enable JettlerV Id transport ' stock *nd cattle as well as^tf wdißary • traffic He considered that £1000 sronld ' cover the cost of the required bridge, and I that the outlayr should (be^distnto|ed f between the Pohangfn'a aha Kiwnea r Boards in. the proporijionof two-thirds to i the former; and one. third 'W'ttiei latter i board. i Mr Bnrton aau£ he! vftnMo jlq .be 1 could to forward the desire* of the rate* I payers. They conld^ borrow ibe money ) and apply to the Go^erttfojftt for a j subsidy. It would, also be advisable to i get Mr Bruce, M.H.8., to take the matter I upand brin^itlbefare thec(3t>rtfninei)t. i Mr Nix stated that, in the coufse of t conversation-, with Mr Brace a.fewitays r ago, that' gentleman aliudea 'io f 'the 5 necessity there was for a bridge f at that > spot. .'V^ii/.i'l f Mr Tyremon offered to obtain signatures f to a petition asking; Mr Bruce to do bis - utmost in the House to 'forward the r proposed work. i The following petition was dratm up t and signed by those present, for #re- • sentation to the Pohangina Bo^ Board : i "In view of the urgent necessity of a > traffic bridge over l the /.Onraa rifmr^he ■ undersigned ratepayers of Nfo. 5 andfpart i of No. 8 Wards, request -the board UTtake r immediate steps to raile a loan wilbln i the said Wards, for the purpose of. paying i two-thirds cost of the work', and also that I the Kiwitea Board be applied to for r third cost of the same." i The petition was signed by '4i r ratepayers. - ■■-, •:

Mr Vicary then brought up this question of the roads, and enqnirtd whether any money could be borrowed towards putting them in order. ' '. Mr Burton said they had' loall their chance, as the board had availed itself of ' its rail borrowing powers for throe or fonr years to come. » Mr Gay observed, that the Apiti road ' was a disgrace to any civilized country, 1 and something ought certainly to be done » in the way of putting it in repair. I The proceedings ■ conelnded witli mtet " of thanks to Mr Goy for presiding, to Mr ■ McKenzie for the Use of his woolsbed, and i to Mr 'Vicary, the convejler of the meeting.