WAVERLEY.

Patea Mail, 7 December 1880, Page 3

WAVERLEY.

The Mail has over 80 subscribers bchveeu Wheuauhura and Waitotara. BRANCH OFFICE OF THE NAIL, Monday Evening. Resignation. —Mr G. S. Bridge lias resigned the office of Chairman of the High way Board, and is succeeded by Mr A. Aiken. While a monopoly is not to be desired, Mr Aiken in taking the chair has an arduous task before him, as he succeeds a man who in his public capacitj' spares neither time nor trouble in looking after the interests of the district. It is much easier to succeed a chairman who has done too little than one who, as some find when weighed in their balance, has done too much. Shooting. —The annual firing for the District Cavalry prizes took place on Saturday afternoon. A high wind was blowing, and the weather was altogether unsuited for firing. Nevertheless the wonderfully good score of 49 was made by Mr Alexander Aiken, who scored highest in the match. The Weatheii is still very unsettlsd. We had a heavy fall of rain towards evening yesterday, and to-day it is cloudy and cold. The season is very unfavourable for shearing, and those who have begun to cut their hay could put up with a week’s calm weather.

WAIROA HIGHWAY BOARD. The monthly meeting was held on Saturday. Present ; Wardens lon, McLean, Johnston, Aiken, and Bridge (chairman). Treasurer’s balance, £5 Os Gd ; debtor block YIII., £42 15s; block IX., £IGI 2s 2d. Tenders for bridges over the Momahaki stream :—Davis and Edwards, block YIII., £42 15s, block IX. £6l ; Beaumont, both bridges, £l2O ss; Gilford, both bridges, £97 10s ; Jas. Hughes, block VIII. £llO, block IX. £lls, and finish approaches. Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr lon, that Gifford’s tender be accepted. Agreed to. Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr Johnston, that application be made to the Waste Lands Board for permission to make a cutting on section 387, and between section 1 and sections 20 and 22 ; black IX. Carried, Proposed by Mr Johnston, seconded by Mr Aiken, that application be made to the Resident Engineer to make the roadcrossing, where the railway crosses near Morton & Lupton’s stock-yard, passable for traffic. Carried. Proposed by Mr lon, seconded by Mr McLean, that lire attention of the Resident Engineer be called to the fact of the cutting between Peat’s and Aiken’s being 1 in 10, where a grade of 1 in 16 could be obtained, and that be be requested to alter it. Carried. Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr Johnston, that tenders he invited by next meeting for approaches to the bridges to block VIII. and IX., cutting on section 387, and between section 1 and sections 20 and 21, block IX. Carried. Proposed by Mr Aiken, seconded by Mr lon, that the Foreman’s request be granted, provided he superintend all the work in the district. Carried. A memorial from a number of Momahaki settlers, asking that the road across the mouth of the stream should be opened, was received. The following accounts were passed for payment :— Count v Mail, 18s; telegram, Is ; Overeud, 12s 7d. Mr G. S. Bridge handed in his resignation as Warden for No. 5 Ward. Proposed by Mr McLean, seconded by Mr lon, that Mr A. Aiken be chairman. Carried. Proposed by Mr Johnston, seconded by Mr McLean, that a vote of thanks be passed to the late Chairman for his services. Carried.