WARDEN'S COURT.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 255, 23 January 1874, Page 2

WARDEN'S COURT.

Jas. 22. (Before 11. W. Robinson, LCgq., Warden.) Cooper and others ("and of Hope Com-' ; pany) v.' the Enterprise Water "Race Company, registered.—Claim of £65 12s. 6J., damages occasioned by the defendants having, during Ihe lash two years, allowed their registered wafer race to leak into the registered water race of the plaintiffs. The plaintiff's could not produce all their miners'rights, some-being, as they alleged, at the Maerewhenua; and. upon Mr. Ro.wlatt's objection for the defence, the plaintiffs had'an adjournment of the case granted till the 26th inst,., upon paying adjournment fee, £2 ; witness expenses. end professional fee, £1 la.

- - JVTOJSriCIPAL COUNCIL; >-: : ' An'adjourned meeting'of tke'-JNaseby Town Council was held in the .Council Chambers on the evening, of' Wednesday last. - Present—His Worship the Mayor, and Crs. Brookes, Inder, Wilson, Craig, and Hjorring. 1 % - The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. , \ ' -\ -

CORRESPONDENCE. —OUTWARD :" , Copy of letter to -Mr. Surveyor Barron,asking when he-would be able to lay off the main roads within the 'Municipality, as directed by the Provincial Executive.. - Copy "of letter "to Messrs. Gillies and Street, agents, - Duriedin, with plan andspecifications of. proposed Town Hall, with a request that they 'would'allow the same to be inspected at their office-till the 24th inst.; in accordance' with advertisement in the '-Evening Star.' • '■ ' Copy °f l etfcer to the Homeward Bound • Company (enclosing resolution at 'last' meeting),-in reply to the application for three months extension of time,, to enable them to make good the road to the Presbyterian Church. Copy of letter to Mr. Surveyor "Barron, stating that it is a great disadvantage to the Municipality,- the repeated delays in the survey of-the main -roads; and asking if he could not find time to mark ! off with pegs the continuation of Leven- | street above the-brewery to the north boundary, and< that portion, for a fenchains, between Mr Millar's stables and Mr. Law's .premises, disregarding for ' the - time the more -accurate survey of levels, &c. , i

'- ~C6py of letter to, Secretary; for Works,, asking -whether any provision had yet been made to supplement the vote of £3OO by the General Government for building, a new Court House at JNaseby, andalso when the building so urgently required would be commenced. ' .•-.,-.

- TNWAED : Letter from manager Homeward Bound. Company, stating that it will be impossible at present, from scarcity of-water, to'complete the work within the time given (sixweeks), unless at 'enormous expense by manual labor, .and that the company is willing to'make a,good temporary.dray, road leading by, Mr. M'Cluskey's" fence, from thence v by bridging - Moore - and Cooper's races on to the old ground filled with tailings, • and* thence .by an easy gradient to the Church: The manager also, requests 'the- Committee' to 'visit "'the' ground, when he- would be glad to point out the proposed line of road. Letter from Messrs. - Webber and Moore, reminding the Council of "the application in August last.for permission to work the street between" Mrs.' LawsonY and the Masonic Hall, the consideration of which was postponed'till the first meet:.ing of'the Council in January, 1874, and. requesting the Committee' to view the, ground, when they would point out the ' portion of street-intended to be worked. - I , Letter from Mr. Surveyor Barron, in J reply to Town Clerk's, stating that his duties in other parts -of the district will prevent him from attending to the street ; clevels, &6.,. before- the jmiddle *of March, unless with the sanction of the Chief Surveyqr. . •> v ' ■,, t . - Letter from Mr.H. H. Paul, Secretary for Surat Relief, F.und,, acknowledging with thanks the receipt of draft for' £24 Is. • ■ _ . . -i u - - BEPOST. . '. v . , The following report of the General Purposes Committee was read and adopted on the motion of'Cr.' Wilson, seconded by Cr. Craig : " Tour Committee .have' the honor to report that, having'visited r the ground, and considered the offer of-the Homeward Bound Company, they are of opinion that, taking into account the "advantage likely to ensue by giving the extension of time asked for for six months, with an alternative road provided at the company's expense, they would recommend the offer to be- accepted, provided the alternative road be at once farmed to the satisfaction of'your Committee or whom they may appoint.. In the. matter of Messrs. Webber and Moore's application to,work the road in rear of the Masonic Hall, your Committee woiild'recommeud that the application be approved of subject to "such security as may be deemed satisfactory to the Council : commen-, cing at the peg above -Mr. 'Marshall's fence, extending upwards'ewithin a safe distance of. the upper road ; "both ends, and any, ous drops, will - require, in the opinion of your Committp, to be protected, on notice being given by'the Town Clerk. " t > Your Committee take tins opportunity, io recommend that the Council at once, in 'accordance with the- motion, already carried, order all parties who have built or extended, premises on to Tay street to remove the same, so that a' right of way may be opened and the offensive drainage in that quarter be 'very speedilyremedied. • . " ' • - L. W. Busch, Chairman.

• PIGSTIES. Twelve applications were sent in for permissibn - to keep pigsties.Moved; by Cr. --• Wiiiow, seconded by Cr. Hjobbing—'.'That 'the , applications received and read for permission to keep pigsties be granted, provided such erections do not interfere with any, surveyed road or street. ' '

ACCOUNTS. «,{i The following accounts were payment: A. G. B. Mitchell, Fire "Brigade, £1; A. H. Keene, £ls • "Peter Talbot, £2. ■ ■

A special meeting was held to devise ways and means for contraeting.aloah-for building Town Hall. . Present—His Worship the Mayor, and Crs. Inder, Hjorring, Wilson, Brookes, and Craig. TOWS' HAIL LOAN. Moved by Cr. Indee, seconded by-Cr. Bbookes, and • carried unanimously " That the sum of £IOOO be raised on loan for the purpose of building Town Hall.