Waste Land Board.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1628, 6 February 1886, Page 2

Waste Land Board.

An ordinary' meeting was held m Wellington on Thursday- last. Present — Messrs J. VV. A'! Marcliant, CoinmissioiiKr (m the chair), H. Bunny, W. W. McCardlej W..A-. Fitaherbert, G. Be^tham| M ' H . R., and A. ! Reese. ! ' ' ; • ' v ; The Chairman reported- that Mr Alex Reeale had beeen elected to the' Board. He til so resorted that no lands had been sold jsince last iue.flting. THie Gh airman reported that the Mangatajnoke Block, having been, refused by the Hutt Small Faun Association was again m the hands of the Board. He submitted a schedule of sections. It was /decided to. reserve the road ,to, tba weßu of 'tl/e' ! main rbad for public pur- ' 'poses; : ' ; ■' ""«■' ' !(!i '■ :t ' '■'■•'■-" ■ ■[■''»■' Tne selector of section' 55, Block XIII ., .Po.haiJginfr, r Jvavi og axp|ai ned, w Ify ( lie h;ad not effected the necessary improvements, it was decided to infonh . hiinjthatl linless his instalments Avero,. paid, and prompt steps , taken to effect the improvements,* his license' Would be cancelled. , J?er mission 'to ; capitalise ; -wa's •' given tb*th« selector of section -5j Block IV., Ma kino, .i ,/ / .' -i .; „-. >\\ , T^B, SurveyTJSi.'nera] ; informed the Board^that, while UieJ^overniiiept would taliwAyslpe glad to receive 'the ar|vic : .6f th« jßua'rd oii' ,ihatt6rs pe'rtainin^' to Crown la'hda, • 'it lj Waß \ thoil^ht ith'at 1 the' appijopriatidn df ■ Votes'for opening 1 ' roads ..through Crown lauds Bliould rema'inrwith 'tiio GhovArniuet.it>? as '•: the responsible authority.' The Chairman premised to .lay k statement; befoie the Board m "connection with the votes. ,',''. ' ! Mjr Beetham moved, m pursuance :of jnoticeV " That the Board beg respectfully to draw the 1 attention' ot the Minister of LnnjiH'to the necessity: that exists; for additional assistance biting given to the local bodies m the Wellington district rto'eoablethenvjo develop t»y road-mak-ing !the inrge areas that remain "to' lie settled m the district; and th'at u are now beiijg absorbed . and suttled r under ihoispecial' settlement' prbvisibtisl" : Mr Becthain said his object- was to show the j Govern ment-ithat: it wfts perfectly useless to ask people to settle under the • special settlement. schema without roads Mr )Bunnyjsuggested altering the resolu,piore ta'proliibit any^ftirtuer sale of land under tjthei special: settlement system iintil r^ds ! had beeti ?miad6 by the; Colony;-" He expressed an opinion, that.' thei|e Jyere many>people now settling m the corners .who. would never; see roads;tp '..their properties. The Commis-. sion'er said he had always been of opinion that a great deal ,mbre should' be done m opening up these lands. Mr Bunny said the ; pepple^ <y^hb '; biid rushed "totake'up! land under- tlib special settlement schothe! (theiy were beginning to cool down now) would have to co^ne baojtk -and*, recognise that the work* of^j seJttlin^ *' 'should have beeh done by the Boards. .Mr McCardle denied that there was any "cooling down," ! and said 1 there was. a steady increase m the number of people taking up land. He thought this motion, however, was, going' a: loag way before necessities.' No ■application had; yetj bee,n; .; received 'fronv.lpcall, b.Qdies .. ( for assistance. He had: recently, waited on thn t 'Gpyernment : at the . request' of an : associatiori) ' and tiie Miriisfcer had prbin ised assistance m" opeping up roads. Mr Beetham' thought such assistance pjighfc tobSjgeneraL, Mr McCardlej,^pointed out that : tfiis was a cas6 m which' he was asked to wait on thejGWernniedt. Mr' Beetham ' said he didj wait ; t6 ! be' ; asKed. i Mr ' McCardle suggested that the Government be asked to recognise as Government main roads all imam roads .through special settle* ments. Eventually the motion was adjourned till, .the; next meeting.; „,...-.. „ .r-