TUTURAU ROAD BOARD.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 308, 27 November 1883, Page 2

TUTURAU ROAD BOARD.

--•■••A. meeting of this Board was held oa Saturday at Humphries 1 Hotel, Mataura. Present— Messrs Rae (chairman), M'Cnrtney, Dickie, Gait, Muir, Townsbend, Young, and j. Pollock. A circular-letter from the Lindhurst R r £g| Boord askedif tho Tuturau Board was wiiln^H to co-operate for the purpose ot inducing Colonial Treasurer to obtain from Parj^H me'nt a re-grant for a few years of subsidie^^Hj local bodies in Southland, their summ£H withdrawal having placed Boards in a jdH^B uncomfortable position.— Mr Gait wafHH favor of those who wanted money to mafiH roads "putting their hands into their own .pockets by means of a special rate instead of looking to thd Government, who after all -would, fromehow. or other-have ~to^ get the money from theneople. He moved that the letter be ackhowledged, and the Lindhurst Board informed that that of Tnturau declined to co-operate in the direction indicated. — Mr Young, who seconded the motion, remarked :that aregrant of the subsidies, .^w.ould. simply mean another farthing^or half-penny on the - property tax.-/Mr Mct/artney thctoght ap.plication for renewal: of .subsidieiLshould bo made, as by making them & charge oa the colonial revenue . sparsely »opulated dig* tricts with roads in but-of-the-way places would stand a better chance of receiving justice/ In many places thews w^ofild be no need for a subsidy at all. ' He Jedonded an amendment moved by Mr Townshend, to the effect that the clerk write to the Lindhurst Board Btating that the Tutnrau Board was willing to co-operate. — Three I voted for the motion andfoar for the amend- I ment, namely, Messrs Muir, Townshend, * Young, and M'Carthey. The cha&mah remarked that the application at least would . do n© harm. ; .-.-■•■ Messrs Stewart, Holmes, and Denniston, of Dunedin, forwarded memo, of transfer of roadline through Mr Metcalf 's property. It transpired- that the road in question would ohly benefit a f member of the Board, Mr Dickie, who, in accordance with the statute, would have to bear the whole cost of closing the present road and op -ning the new one. This he expressed his readiness to do, and it was then resolved that all that was necessary to close the transaction should be done at once ; on completion tho road to be the property either of Mr Dickie or the Board, as the" former wished. ' - The Mataura Town Board forwarded copy of a resolution agreeing to expend LlO in erecting a bridge over the Waikana stream, at the boundary, if the Tuturau Board would agree to expend a like sum. — Mr Pollock said ■such a. bridge was not necessary. .The Town Board apparently proposed' to expend L2O in bridging a_ creek, the road beyond which was impassable. -' There was a good ford. He moved that tho offer be declined. — Mr Muir, who seconded the motion, said the expenditure wqnidfbe useless,; exceptinj£(iir the way of providing a carriage drive for the Mataura people.— Motion carried. The Clerk of the Otaria Road Bo,atd wrote, stating" that his Board had agreed' to the ; terms' on> which the Tuturau Bonrd^proposed to •takeover a portion , of the,, O.taria,.district, namely, to regard the debt as IJSOOO, and talce bver'a ninth of this, less four years' sinking. fund accrued.ir-Mr Gait jnoved £hat the Clerk take the neceesary steps towards the completion bf the ttiatter; a statement to be submitted at-next meeting showing the progress ,- jnade, ; etc.-rMr - M'Oartney the motion,' which was carried' ' ~* Mr Meikle-and other settlers petitioned c?MP^ Board ; toppen up a road through and erect a bridge in block 9; also, to choose a more suitable site for~a bridge over the Waraikiki iff bTockUG,)— Thfe Ofornier. Imiitter had been decided upon at a meeting of ratepayers on Saturday last ; and as to the latter Mr Gait moYeclthatHh© Inspector of -Works visit the locality and report on works necessary to make the read passable. — Mr Muir* seconded the motion, which' was agreed to. ; Regarding} the^ road( at thjsl lajfor Mr Muir's property, now owned by Mr Ward, Mr s Galt movea 4hai the Board- "regret that Mr^Ward had-'not ; been able to carry out his a-gfreemetitto an exchange, of, reads, ; and that in the mdantii^e the 'opening up tft one bo deferred.-— Mr^^pwn«]Kft»^—j*Piw??j4B4 the ; i^io^ibn, wfiichjwas carried. - -;t v i] . Sonic time ago— on the 3rd of Arpril — the IV.sperty Tax Commissioner intimated that he would shortly forward a complete schedule of lands on which the Colouial Treasurer would pay rates under the Crown and Native Lands Rating Act. The clerk reported that this had not yet coma to hand, and he was instructed to institute enquiries. The following, accounts were passed f^^tf payment : — Francis Jack, timber, LI 5 7s 9o^H railway freight, L 2 6d ; Alfred Dolamor^J^ advertising, L7 Is 3d. .. Mr A. Gait, ssn., was granted permission to put a 8 wing gate on a road at his property. The clerk was instructed to jive the returning officer notice of an extraordinary Vacancy in Waraikiki subdivision, where a member , required to.be elected in .place of Mr Brown. I By. btilbt,it was decided that .the ing should be the J outgoing members at the next general election: — Messrs Dickie, Muir , Townshend, aad McCartney. The Board then adjourned till a day to be named by tho chairman, j - ■<