PUBLIC MEETING AT FOXTON.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 90, 21 August 1878, Page 2

PUBLIC MEETING AT FOXTON.

A meetinij of Tatepayer« was Beld ia the^ >At^en»um, BVixfeKtt, <gv evening lasti ta l^eirnit^cbnsideHSpniV- A the action of the late Locaißoarxt^lltring jtheir term of office, and' to decide lipbn the inominatiohpf, candjd^.bßsjEoi^ sthe novr Boalrdi 'Mi ' G^rreaAi Was yoteq,to tte chtor, .. „-•■, ■■;:.,.■>-; : i^^'n^ihio^i The G^ißMAK^riefly <stwe^ihQ,ob^j^ : jeetof !the meetingivand called upon .- those prese^ as to th^ various matters interesting jkv the ratepayers in 'general. j - v ' .A E-^BPAYBK said. that the^Ste;Bpar4^^ paid away^ several "sums of mon:oy; : i6> lU ' things that were i unfiecessaryv andihail ofcherwise^ wasted; pubUd -^npnejv 'iSd; : : instance^ the Eiv^r-bank Roid/;TirhicbV ' y ;had been paid for by day work^; Thai?; r this work, which had; cost over iB2OOV, ;: would have been; done much bhwpo*; hid the wort been let by tende^ ;^alsb^ that the payment of £10to an.lnstpeotor' ; of Nuisaiices w;aßs : a 1 waste q? inp^y 'i-r. ; and farther; thatthe roads m the^oufc" * lying parts of the tpyrir had been neg-fe . v lected,;while the; proceeds pf,thyTat«^: / had been- Wpent m the township, princiv, , pally; fpri the beiiefit of the (^mmisK " sipners of the Board. • Asqtheb Batbpateb said; that tih? balance-sheet should have been: pujb^ : lishedi asi*e^reM>y jaw ; and that tha^ - ratepijerk wore kept m the dark as t<> ; the eipenditure of tho Bpardti - grievanoea we» ventilaj^ when ■. "■ ■" -'■-:■. ''■':■ ■■ "■' \.;r The Chairman; stated that as onl^ one of the old Board had the oonitesV to attend the meeting, he» would; :a«^ that -gentleman to furnish; tnem c -witht • certain information, i Mr.LdxnxMT, the gentleman refenjaa- -. to, said he would be happy to- gire aft the information m his power, but to* gre ttod that other members of theßpardl _ were hot present: the otairman or tho--blerk of^ the^ old Board :Ms ;give tno^ : < meeting more information than himself,. The Chai bman : What, ; was the cosjk of the Eiver-bank Eoad P Mr Loudon: I^ean't :tell the exact £ amount. The ohafirinan or clerk could, give thkt information. I can tell, how--, jr eter, that although the road is public* one-fpurth'of theoost was paid By tjbußpommissipners whose land abutjted; ;''6iik !^' tho road; and further, that "vriiere^b*^ has been done m ih.if yiuinity vPtfc-O petty belonging to a^ commiHsioner, thai oommissioner has paid a fourth of Aft • total cost, over anas abovd the atnounfe of his rates; that the reason why the-Biver-banlc Road was not tendered to* wa^ because the Board considered thajkif they paid; an engineer to Burvey thorpad- and prepare plaas and specifica* tions, it would cost nearly half as mnpA, as the work itself, and with buoHt jfc limited amount of monßy at the^rdisv -| posal, they wishedJtov be aa ewnomiaaJ as^possible. Dr/ Eqck|tbow;: wa* no jfcrtv :Bin6e-slieet \ ;> '

■;-; M* Ldttdon: A balance-sheet wasj and found to ha Zovrect; and the balancc-sheejk4or^he last year is being audited,Bsw by the Public and , complete, will be Bubmittej3r-\<j the ratepayers; Did the commis--'Wners.of the Local Board appoint each ,tWo of the workmen employed by the Board £ ;i No. The chairman, liat a meeting of the Local Board, read a list of workmen's names, and asked the Board if they approved o£ the list, when . the^Board objected to certain on. the that the men were lazyv Dr. Rockstro w : Why was the Ave- . nue Road draia not deepened and widened,.after a request had been sent to ibe Board,and half the cost guaranteed b^ the persons- whose land would be v :^U«otly;benefitted P v^v: .Mr^liotrposr : No such, request was .; : *fer made to the Board, to the best of fciiny kiiowledge ; certainly not formally. Dr Rockstbow:' Why was not the P .^rpad running parallel with the Avenue, at the -foot of the racecourse hill, not 'made when the Board was petitioned on the matter/and half the cost guaran- - teed? - ./'■ : v ;.;l, -.; - v - : Vt.-;-' ■ ; : . Mr. n Loroosr^ The petitioners were 'informed that the Board would under? take the jwork as soon as they had suffi- !;. cient fupds at "their disposal. £ ' -;iEU>solvedv That the following; gentle.jpjnen be a^ w xtoifiinated \is candidates f or the i*|w Board :— Dr.- Rocjcfitrow, Messrs Per-; rcau, Loudon, Grower, and Crowther. ■