Huntly Road Board.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 42, 30 May 1913, Page 2

Huntly Road Board.

mu hi uj i:i • übwi) [ fleeted Road B >ard was held la- t | t Saturday, when tluu-e ware pre- ! J sent:- Messrs J P. Bailey, L. c B. Harris (jun.),W. L). Tiiomps >:i. j s and P. J. Higgins, the clerk j ( (Mr F. Harris), presiding. j( Mr L. B. Harris, jun., proposed : e That Mr Bailey bo re-elected c chairman, a motion which, as t second? 1 by Mr Thompson, r was unanimously carried. j : after ink ing the B > ird, r ifer- l red to the harmony that had r always characterised their meat- a ings, and trusted that in providing t tor the wants of the district the a same assiduity and unselfishness would he maintained. He wel- n v »med the new member (Mr C Higgin ) whose presence would, t lie felt a wired, prove of material t assistance. v The mintues of the previous J m-e-etiny. a we l as the outward J corresp m lee.ee, were approved E as read. tl Mr H. A. Clinch reported that o the trees overhanging the road h at Kimihia, had bean cut down, a and that the work had been clone g in a satisfactory manner. The superintendent of the fi Siam Guaranteed Advances o Office informed the B >ard that h in order to obtain the loan of t 1 £IO3J as requested, it would be s iioces- u-y to strike a fresh rate I v sutiieiont t > c >ver the interest v and a te i p*r cent, margin, ji file ?rk stated that the present I valuation having gone np con- v : Drably, tli a present rate was a He was a k? I l > convey that informition tl ffi . il c »n serna !. (. Mr J. Wren a wrote to th 9 b effect that tho drain at Te Hoe liad been completed, and aske.l A that it b ? ?xaminod and passed. tl A'.voanD amounting t» £124 n ■> 5 o i the general, and £ls 10s ti >n the loan, accounts were ti passod for payment. e

la ristrates [ \(E. J. Farrell J.P. presiding] . THE HORSE THAT STRAYED. I l A .-cottier was cliarged with permitting his horse to wander in the Gt. South R >a I, and with allowing it t o remain tied to a li use block without being under his control. After hearing the •vidonce of Constable Ingram aid the defendant, his Worship !i>misled both informations. A BE L LIGER ENT NAT IVE. Tn.•atari!, a flax-worker at Oninowai, was charged (1) with boing guilty of disorderly! b diaviour in the Huntly Railway j station while drunk, and (2) with assulting George McNeil, a porter, by striking him twice on the face with li is clenched fist. The accused pleaded guilty to i both charges. From the evidence-of C instable Ingram it appeared that the de; end? nt out? red the railway office and demanded a ticket for Ohi:ic\vai. On being told that the ticket* box was closed, and that he wa* much too early for tli 3 train. Turuturu became most abusive, and as porter McNeil was endeavouring to eject him, defendant struck him twice, following him roundHhe counter to do so. it was only with the assistance of tiie staff that he was ultimately ejected. G. F. ii >ll ml. cl >rk at th© railway station, deposed that the port?r and accused hid a some-.vh-r heaL-i altercation, as a r mil of which the native struck the porter wh > retaliated by throwing a b >ok at him from the opposite side of the counter. Accus 'd thereupon went round the con iter, an 1 a scuffi ‘ ensued. Two of three of the staff eject'd the native from the office. Th? accused als ) aim? 1 a blow at the witness wh > caught him round the waist, and placed him on the ground. On getting up tiie native, who was very drunk, struck a second time. ; When a ked what he had to say tho defend mt admitted that he" was so drunk that he remembered nothing of the fracas. Ho believed that lie ha 1 behaved badly, and expressed his sincere regret. His Worship after warning the accused ag.il id any repetition of mv h conduct fined him £2 with cows amounting to £1 4-. the I alternative to *>Aaing j 14 days in Mount Edon.