THE MATAURA TOWN BOARD.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 309, 30 November 1883, Page 2

THE MATAURA TOWN BOARD.

This monthly mteting of this Beard was j held ak Camarou's Hotel, Mataura, bri Wednes- ' I'day evening, Present — Messrs winning; (chairman),Oonnor,Cameron i ,»nd Humphries. ! COBKBBPONDBNCB. / jFrom Crown Lands Office, .In.T.eroargiU,/ 'forwarding list-of licenses current for' sections" sold on deferred- payments in Mataura, and. -the, amounts received from, each; furtherj #■ . that application should b|| i made direct to the Treasury 'for ihformatioa regarding the money due, about L7<?.— The-.. -' clferk having already made application" to .. •the Treasury, no action 'was taken. . | -From G. Crowe staling that the euWert * J 1 the Board proposed to put in at his property -. would be useless unless a ditch,was cut to . carry off the water ; in fact it would damage his property instead of benefit it.— The chair-: man thought the question of draining th». block should be deferred until some eompwhensive scheme could be. adopted, for w draining one part they, would ba^ooding: Another. — Consideration deferred.. •.From the engineer stating that he was unable through illness to visit the district ana layout necessary works. — Left in hands 01 chairman. , • ;From R. Thomson, peintmg out the state of the road to his property.:— To be informed that a sum had" already b«en voted for this From Lowden and; Maw, jth«J , Albion street should be grarelled.- — Held over for the present.- '-'"v - ,-. ■ [From A. McLaggan applyiag to leas* section 19, block 13, near the qnarry.r-Tk^ r question of leasing reserveis "was held- bver» till tha new Board was elected some three months hence. . .. „ , - >.\ : From W. DeTerill, forwatding maps % Mataura ToVn District, -together" with %C-' count of LlO Us 6d.~ Resolved, that thesum originally agreed upon, LIO, be paia; Mr McNeill having contracted to do them at \ that figure and haying engaged Mr Devenß todoth© ; work, '^-"= - ''•-.' '■.-•ix.i ' INCBEASBD MEMBERSHIP. : Mr Cameron, according to no.U©e>. moved that a petition be forwarded tc, ihft QoVernorpraying that the number of iaembers of theBoard be increased from.JJ.ve. *° seven. Mr w Humphries seconded the motion, which waft unanimqusly cair.ied. ; : ' .; ■ ;,. I ; jh© Bonrd then adjourned*.