Hanchester Road Board.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1728, 8 June 1886, Page 2

Hanchester Road Board.

I The usual monthly meeting of % this i bpiu'd was; held on Saturday- afternoon. \ Pre sent-— Wardens Lethbridge, Whibley, | and; Pleasanta. *..■.-■ I r arden Lethbridge was appointed | chairman. „ . . : ■'■ Co. rrespondence was read as follows :— Fri )in Messrs W. Bayley, Prendergast, and oi hers, offering to advance the money to fon 31 120 chains of the Taonui-road — -the board to refund the whole of tbe money, within 18 months from date of cotuplet ion of the work. From. Mr Thomas Lowea, re gates across t$ is Perry Beserve-road at Ashurst. From . Messrs Gardner Bros., Ashurst, asking fo r extension af time for contract. — Bejfeirre d to the engineer. Warden PJeaßanfcs, m accordance with notice, m«oved, "That the resolution passed at* the last meeting to form 120 chains af the Taonui-road be rescinded." Second edoy "Warden Lethbridge. Warden". Pieasants stated that his reason for not; approving of the work was, that the fi jiancial position of the board did not w arrant the expenditure. The ward m wl rich the road was situated was £'377 oven, brawn, and it would take three years' rates :to nay this off. He iurtlier stated that ■ there were much more important wo! rks to be done. The resol lufcion was carried. Letter fr.om 'Mr S. Goodbehere, solicitor, withidr egal opinion re contractor's general con ditions. Eesolved- r-Tbat the (engineer report UDon the' s tate of the culverts on the Feilding-roa d, opposite Brewer's section. Accounts Avere passed to the. amount cf £196 7s 1 d, and the board adjourned. Special Pui • "chases. We have just cleared a large line o E Ladies ana children's Winter Hats m al \ the very Newest Styles aM Shapes, which ; we are now selling Trimmed' i and Ujxtrimir \ei at less than Wholesale prices, The 1- |ue ?f Ladies Ulsters preyioug , iy advertised p pre npw opened out and aye worthy otimj leotioa «t Tbo Boft M WOW,