Local Government.
At a meeting of representatives of the various local bodies held m the Highways Board Office on Monday afternoon, the following resolutions were passed:—
" That this meeting is of opinion that the local bodies m the three northern ridings of Taonui, Manchester, and Kiwitea, should take immediate steps, by calling public meetings or otherwise, to procure the separation of these ridings from the Manawatu County, and their formation into a separate County, with a View to sus« pending the Counties Act, and working under the Highway Board and Town Board only," . .. il That copies of the foregoing resolu«» tion be forwarded to the Road Boards of Otaki, Sandon, and Carnarvon, and Foxton Town Board, Manchester, Kiwitea, and Foxton Road Beards, and Halcombe Town Board." : "That the Road Boards of Manawatu, Manchester, Kiwitea, and the Halcombe Town Board, be asked to call public meetings of the ratepayers of their respective districts for the purpose of eliciting their opinion on. the advisability of separating from the Manawatu County for the purpose of working under the J£6ad Boards and Town Boards only." Carried unanimously.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 45, 17 January 1883, Page 2
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183Local Government. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 45, 17 January 1883, Page 2
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