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Patea Mail, 25 March 1882, Page 4

pATEA County Council. Elections held Nov. 16tli, with the following result : Otoia Riding :E. J. Morgan.7l votes, R. W. Foreman 64, F. M, Chapman 52, R. Horner 50. Waverley Riding C. A . Durie 91 votes, W. Wilson 90, T. W. Fisher 83, J. B. Taylor 76, G. S. Bridge 70. Chairman of Council, F. M. Chapman. Meetings held at Patea first Wednesday in each month. pATEA Borough Council: Borough incorporated Oct, 13th, 1881. Council elected November; 17th, the next annual election being due September 2nd, 1882. The annual election of Mayor takes place on the last Wednesday in November.The Council is .composed as follows : c . v MAYOR, George Francis Sherwood, J.P. COUNCILLORS Taplin, votes 10°.; J - Milroy 94, R. A. Adams 93, W. 'Aitchison 87, W. Dixon 85, P. Mahony 74, J. Gibson 69, W.--Hewitt 66, A. Black 64. Works Committed comprises Councillors Milroy (chairman), Adams, Aitchison, Gibson, and Dixon, . ■Finance Committee com prises the Mayor (chairman),' Councillors Taplin, Gibson, Mahony, and Black. Meetings of Council are held on first Monday in each month, at 7 p.rn.

U ARBOR BOARD, Patea.— il Meetings held secdhd Monday in each month. Members elected in February 1881 for two years ; namely, for Otoia Riding, H. S. Peacock ; for Hawera district, G. W. Gane ; for Waverley Riding, G. Newland ; nominated • for : County Council, R.:Horner nominated for Patea Town Board (now Borough Council), R. A. Adams, W. Aitchison. Government nominee, D'. Coutts (chairman). , Patea- District Agricultural & Pastoral Association,’ holds two ’shows yearly, Spring, and Autumn. .A-nnmil mooting is bold in April; and the present .members on the, books are 135. FVM. Chapman, president ; W. C. Synn-s, vice-president; J. Gibson, treasurer; T. ..Eyton, secretary.. •; 3 ATE A'District Farmers’ Club 'holds AVeelin’gs for -discussion arid business; on the, first■. Saturdayf in each month, in, the Club-room, Patea, Subscription i’Osi a year ; entrance fee ill. Major Turner, president ; F. M. Cliapman, vice-president ; H. F. Christie, treasurer ; T. Eyton, secretary. friendly societies.— J. Freemasons (Kil winning lodge) holdmeetings in Patea, third Monday in each month, > Good Templars meet on Wednesdays. Foresters meet every second Thursday. • ■■ TApMAIN Board, Patea.: — U S. Taplin chairman ; members, R. C. Tennent, W. Dale, R. Horner, W. Dixon, R. A. Adams. J. Black, secretary. Settlement. TAN D for The . West Coast LandGornmissioner has reported to Government an approximate estimate o'f ’Crown land available for settlement near Patea harbor, located in Road Board districts thus . ’ • Agricultural. Pastoral. ’Waifoa district 1,305 64i800 4.219 3.376 4,297 2,507 , Patea East Patea West Hawera district Ngaire district 37,800 .20.000 30,200 ; : Outlying districts 98,723 128.386

Totals 114,427 2«1,186 Also the ,-reserve of 1,0,000 acres, neat- Patea, recommended for long leasing in farm sections of '2OO to 500 acres each . The Government owns other large areas eastward of..the Patea .river, up the Mongaehu branch, where,a vast extent of 'level bush country is known to be excellent for.settlement. JJ ARBORS & DISTANCES. Patea breakwater is 1200 feet long, and the amount expended on construction, salaries, &c.,^since‘ July ’77, is ii1 ! 3",887. Present depth on bar , 10 to 11 feet" at o rd ip.a ry. „ fL.Cbfld e. estimated that by carrying the breakwater 400 feet further out-(oneUbinl longer than at present), a : depth of lib feet at (ordinary spring tides will be attained, .umler unfavorable ciieumstances. This contemplates.. riiuch better .'results:, as being probable ; and the depth--attained at the. present Irnath of 1200 is greater than was expected. ' The cost'so far has been very much leas than the first estimate , Distances. — Waverley is 9 miles from Patea by rai way route,- as compared wil^h 30 ,miles,-to ,-Wanganui., HaAvera, is .18 iiiih-s from Patea by railway route, as compared''with'4s to' Waitara orsl io New Plymouth Handing-pier. Manaia-.is 28 miles J'rcm Palpa as compared with; 54 to Waitara or 61 to New Plymouth landingpier. :i '•: " Patea District Coach Service. r 'IOBB & ■ Go.’s coaches with ’fraiiis”TTt""W'av e rley for the South, nd at Hawera for the Ncgth. NORTH. ; - Passengers leave Wanganui train Arrive WaVcf ley V.....jV.* Coach arrives at PATEA ..V ..... hy T- 45 .10, 0 . ii i§ I>. M. Kakararhea.. It- 45 Manutahi* 12 30 Connecting with the train at Hawera, train leaving at 3 o’clock. SOUTH. . a.m. „ Passengers leave JNo.w4i*lymt)uth by train at Coach leaves Hawera 7 45 11 20 P.M. • Manutahi ......' -«•••»• PATEA Arrives Waverley •••■■ Train leaves Waverley 0 :0 2 0 4 .0 4 15 Patea Extra .Coach. . ; A coach wiii leave \Vaverlc v daily (Sundays excepted) at 7 p.tu , errive Patea 8-40 p.m. Down: leave Pama 6 a.m., arrive Waveyley 7r30 in time catch, the morning - train for • Wanganui, ■so 'as passengers leaving Patea can get to Wanganui and back on the same day. • WAVERLEY,— Copies of the Mail can be had at Mr Fookes’s office.