WAVERLEY.

Patea Mail, 7 September 1880, Page 3

WAVERLEY.

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BRANCH OFFICE OF THE HAIL, Monday Evening. Puhlic Meeting. —A public meeting of residents was held in the old Town Hall on Friday evening, to consider the action of Government in imposing Gd extra on telegrams to and from Wavcrlcy. Mr Fookcs, who had been the chief mover in the matter, was called to the chair, and explained the object of the mooting. Various plans of procedure were proposed, but it was resolved that a petition be drawn up by Messrs Mitchell, Scott, and the Chairman representing the case, and that this should bo signed by as many residents as possible before transmitting it to Wellington. There lias been some strange oversight somewhere, or some considerations other than those of economy which must have weighed in the arrangement of the scale of . non-paying offices; a place called Blenheim seems to be specially favored in being well supplied with public funds for railway as well as telegraphic purposes. If our Waverclcy movement does no good it can do no harm, and fewer telegrams will serve the public in the meantime.

Chukcu of England.— Service was bold in this church yesterday morning, Mr G. S. Bridge having been appointed lay reader here. The attendance was very good, and there is a general of satisfaction expressed at the arrangement, as Mrißridge is certainly in every respect well qualified to fill the office. WAIRGA HIGHWAY BOARD. The monthly meeting was held on Saturday; present —Wardens lon,McLean, Hickcn, Johnston, and G. S. Bridge, chairman. The treasurer’s balance showed a debit of £9O 11s 2d ; and credit—Block VIII £4l 12s Gd, Block IX £271 Gs Bd. Proposed by Mr McLean, seconded by Mr lon, That T. Harris’s application for bridle track lie on the table till the deviation at Broughton’s is gazetted. Carried. Proposed by Mr Johnston, seconded by Mr McLean, That ■ Mr McLean, be allowed to spend not ' more than £3 10s in improving the road on the cast side of Kcriah’s gate. Carried. Proposed by Mr McLean, seconded by Mr Johnston, That Mr ion repair the bridge accross the Kolii lower crossing. Carried. Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr McLean, That; specifications be prepared by next meeting for improving the Maori’bridge cutting. : Curried. ' Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr lon, That the chairman employ a man to repair the cutting on the cash side of Maori bridge cutting'. .Carried. , . ' Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr Johnston, That the foreman of works be allowed; to give Fraser and Muldrock an extension of time., Carried. ; ; Proposed by Mr Johnston, seconded by Mr Aiken, That the slips be cleared off

Wilson’s rgad and the watertables cleaned out. * Carried! ■ • J ' Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr Aiken, That Mr lon report at the next meeting upon the road from Pulahi Hat to section 200. Carried Proposed by Mr Aiken, seconded by Mr Johnston, and resolved, That the following accounts be passed for payment — Kinselia, £5 5s ; Fraser and Muldrock, £6O; Keating, £2 IGs; G. Taylor, £1 Is; Rolling, £7 10s ; J. Barr, 10s ; G. Booth, 10s.