WAIMEA ROAD BOAD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 34, 8 February 1879, Page 4

WAIMEA ROAD BOAD.

The monthly meeting was held on Saturday, (he Ist instant, when ai! the members were present,

After the minutes had heen read, the Overseer stated that ho had no report to tneke as, in consequence cf the harvest operations, road wotk had been necesearilv suspended. He would, call the Boiird's attention to the necessity of attending, during the dry weathpr, to the repairs at tha Appleby and Wai-ili tri.lges. Resolved, That the Secretary write to rrquest the attention of the County Council to thosfi hridpee. R- solved, That die following tenders be accepted :— Mrsers Holland nod Thomas, for supplying (awn timber, Us per 100 feet at iheir mill at Foxbill, and various prices averaging 13* -i\ I, if delivered ct the usual placet, within the Waimea Plain. M. Davies, for lowpring the hnok on the Dovedale roal, £25 J O'Conntll, clfaiiu;/ and forming road near Mr Lusiy'u. W. T. Kearns, gruvelliug road from Rl'hmond to tho Cemetery, 30s per chain. Also 6un.iry -persons for supply in;; horses acd curls, including driver, at from 9} lo 10i per day for one horse, aud 11s to 14s for two horaos.j The following aridiiioual correspondence relntivtt to the votes for roads Stanley Brook to Pigeon Valiey and to Dovedale having been read was ord; red to be published for tLe information of the ratepayers. The Hon. the Minister for Public Wotk?, January 10, 1879. Sir, I am directed by the Waimea Road Board to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 28 th ult. in explanation of the citcumstances under which the sums of £400 Bnd £700 for roads from Stanley Brook into the Waimea District were voted, and to state thai, bs regards the former sum, the Board is satisfied with your explanation, although they cannot understand why the vote should have been allowed to lapse, as it was telegraphed for on June 24, in order to keep within th« financial year, and would have been asked for sooner, ha 1 the rpquisite compliance with your instructions permitted. The Bcani canuot, however, underBtsnd why the whole amount of £700 for the Stanley Brook and Orinoco road should not ba available, speiog that it was appropriated to this Board out of tho vote of £1000 in 1877, and that no portion has, as yet, been received by them. They nlso prpsumo that there has been some miateke in the payment of £27 to the Motut-k* Board, as tho vote Hski'd for wns expressly intended for that portion of the through line within the Waimea Road District, and the Motueka Road Board bad, or were prepared to have, completed their portion out of Provincial votes in former years. The Board thi?refore hope that the whole amount of £700 will he placed at their disposal so ns to enable them to open this road during the present favorable season. The Chairman Waimea Road Bnirti. Wellington, January 16th, 1879. Tho Hon the Minister for Public Works directs me Co inform you, in reply to your letter of the 10th inst., that ha is unable to tfibrd you tiny clearer information fiau tint already conveyel to you in his letter of 28th December, and that he his no other funds than the £173 previously mentioned applicable to the Orinoco and Stanley Brook road. John Knowles. The following letter waß received

from (he Secretary of the Motueka Highway Board : — January 27, 1879. The Secretary Waimea Road Board, — I am instructed by the Motutka Highway Board, and on its behalf, to cordially thank your Board fcr its henrty support in endeavoring to resist the adoption of the Couniies Act, in its entirety, by the Waimea County Council. H. A. Tare ant. Phii «nd pstimnte for a cart bridge near Mr Sttfiford's etables having been considered, resolved that tenders be invited for next meeting. Resolved, That Mr Mobin be inslruoted to effrr by public auction the Toli Collector's house, gatt, &e., the same 10 be removed as soon hs possible lifter the expiration of the present lenpe. Srcretary reported having received the valuatiou liat for 1879-80, aud that the required advertisements and notices have been usjed. A letter from the Colonial Treaeurer advised the payment to Bond's account of £179 Is 91, beinj/ share of County lund to December 31. Warrants were signed for £109 183 3J. Resolved, That tenders be invited for gravelliug the Road in Waimea West, from Mr Tomlinson's to Mr Drou's; also for erection a footbridge over the Wai-iti, near the 40 Line. A letter was received from Mr FieemnD.of Thorpe, statiog that Mr Smith, who objected to his putting up slip bars on the road by his land, had encroached with his fence about 9 feet on the same roai, and refused to comply with Mr Freeman's notice to remove the siiae. He therefore requested the Board to take action in the matter. Resolved, That, the Board recommend the parties to eudeavor to amicably settle the matter. Application having been made on behilf of Mr Jellyinan to have the road fo Poor Man's Valley gravelled, Secretary was directed to forward Mr Jellycuan copy of Board's resolution of a former meeting, viz., that the Bohrd could only do the work on condition that the applicants contribute at least ony third of tho cost.