WYNDHAM TOWN BOARD.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 305, 13 November 1883, Page 2

WYNDHAM TOWN BOARD.

The. monthly : meeting- ofc-tli&iWyridham Town 'Board was held on Monday evening, Nov. sth, tresent-=A~tl the members. It was agreed, anAbft motion of Mr Bay. mond. seconded by Mr Crightpn, that the Wast'e-'Ofrantte -Board '-be tasked to hand brer the reserve lying between the main road to Edendale and the lagoon. .THKf.GQBSE^NTTiaANCB. •'? *-< i'^ The Colonial Bank* intimated that they had given instructions to have the goree ro« mo,ved cfr^m,, fteir ? sectipjnf ;in.j gjglaelava street"," " • — - 1 * 1 vi - - ** 1 'i FEVteft :^R6?AoiTION. A petition, signed by a dozen ratepayers, spught,that Block.V. should bedraipe<t ? Mr D.' Boyd 1 dppeared&f support of tne 'request;. Mr GoldeD mpv.ejk&at the Engineer be . requested "to take levels in order to ascertain whether suitable fail could be obtained. ja^'pr^iMs; saidithat lie b'etieved fall odulcl lie Tobfcaihea in'mghtingal© street. " /"Mr Boyd pressed for a definite resolution. .As they could c not . expend - money oh Hhe main street, he submitted they dis- > pose 6t ' the rates where ' : they '? were ■ ' inosb ueeded» ; : ; -*■ '- ■ ' ;-''.■ •■••; ,v ' i -r;.'s:--j» , The Chairman .s^mpa^hiseo^with Mr. Boyd as tothe'faet of the Board hanng; no control ' 'ovoif the' Count y• roads'. 1 ° :l ■ -' •••'R ;■■■."•■ Mr Boyd pointed out ..the .need of drainage, in order to project the town against epiaeml^B. ; He' also toolc^occasion.to comment .uponjfoe difference-between the Coanty and Town Board valuations ; the former being LI6OO, and°'th6 latter L 2500. _.. i^ — — ■> .^__.^" . Consitiemlioa<-oF the inattex. .was post--- — poned. v "■'*-*■" WORKS COMPLHL'BD. The Engineer, reported thai-,.oaQtntct IV. h'\ been completed, and recommended that the amount for it be paid, with an extra, of 10b. Agreed to. • . TINANCIAJL. I . A .smalL account (B^ngine^r's^ of L 5.13& -wei pasi^dlfor payjbe&t.,' jl -,'i M K Ul. r MOI^RB^VM. . . " ' Mr Raymond *m6vec£ flfr Golden. 6ocon<fe<i f and it was' carried— That the Ooloaial Sgcre» JtarySSelwriiieii tb-33an^hil&%»Sfa reserve in Block J.I, n <>w known as a railway reserve. . -...•■-„•« » v ; -;. Mr Ray mond' rto.Qk. -occasion 1 , to cSntnMttt upon an.anonymQus, let|»^^efle(3t|ns,t<>a c th« 'increase *tyhicn h : ad tj(»6h iriaae id the Clerk's salary. He pointed, _i>ut <n«t ; th&amßuttt f even with the increase, waa much below, that Vl^ibj(^r^^^do^iailimtati^,^n3^ thought the present Clerk waj cheap at ths money. No actioa-was taken. AX EYE9P§K. t • j Mr Walker &ew f: attfention' i 6 the nuisanc* onuaed by the gravel pit at the north end of Balaclava street. TEere were, he said, cats . ■ and .dogs, it-heije putjrefying and ft? might be bad fiv general healthr