HUTT MEETING.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 622, 19 July 1851, Page 2

HUTT MEETING.

On Tuesday, the 15th inst., a public hi®' ing took place at the Aglionby Anns, B Hutt, to consider the propriety of ereA a mill by public subscription among the se tiers in the vicinity of the Hutt. The niee ing was numerously and respectably atw u ed. Mr. Corbett was called to the c- ' The chairman stated that, in consequence the great difficulty the settlers t ex P e ? e f eei i in getting their wheat ground, it had proposed to build a mill by shares a them, and it remained for the mee ing consider the necessary steps to be ta gain that end. After some observations fro® Milne, Mr. M’Hardie, and Mr. who were favourable to the erection mill, Mr, Renall came forward an °Pr olin( [ the erection of a new* mill on the g that Mr. Mabey’s mill at the Taita tain to prove an efficient milb - DC ]ing sufficient for the whole of the S likely to be wanted in the Hutt.

ed that it would be harsh towards Mr. Mabey (who had laboured hard to erect this mill, and had been besides extremely unfortunate) to be opposed by a company consisting of the whole body of the Hutt settlers.

After some remarks from Mr. Hayward, who supported Mr. Mabey’s mill; Mr. Ludlam said he thought it desirable that the Hutt settlers should have a mill of their own, and made some valuable remarks of a practical nature on mill building. He was followed by Mr. M'Hardie, Mr. M*Dowall, Mr. Scott, Mr, Barton, and others; and resolutions were passed in favour of establishing a mill which should belong to the settlers ; and Mr. Mabey having expressed his willingness to sell his mill, a committee was appointed to examine and report upon it; and also to examine, if necessary, sites for a mill, and report upon them to a future meeting. Mr. M'Hardie desired to call the attention of the meeting to the necessity of a public burial ground, and ably pointed out the insufficiency of the present burial places, and proposed the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Burcham, and carried unanimously— That there is a great necessity for a public burying-ground in the district of the Hutt, and that His Excellency Sir George Grey be made acquainted with the fact, in the hope that he will provide a remedy, by setting apart a portion of ground for that purpose, and that the chairman be requested to communicate the resolution of the meeting to His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief.

Mr. Renall read some correspondence which had taken place between the Colonial Secretary and himself as chairman of the committee on the Hutt Corporation, and reported the progress the committee had made. He also reported to the meeting the information that the Draft of the Charter of Incorporation might be expected to be laid before them shortly. After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated.