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Patea Mail, 22 April 1882, Page 4

LOCAL INFORMATION. pAT E A County Council. Elections held Nov. 16th, with tlie following result : Oioia Rkling : E. J. Morgan 71 votes, R. VV. Foreman 64, F. M. Chapman 52, R. Homer 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. 13lh, 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 : MAYOR, George Francis Sherwood, J.P. COUNCILLORS Taplin, votes 100 ; J. Milroy 94, R. A. Adams 93, W. Aitchison 87,. W. Dixon 85, P. Mahony 74, J. Gibson 69, W. Howitt 66, A. Black 64. Works Committee comprises Councillors Milroy (chairmah), Adams, Aitchison, Gibson, and Dixon. f . Finance Committee comprises the Mayor (chairman), Councillors Taplin, Gibson, Mahony, and Black. : v . . Meetings of Council are held on first Monday in each month, at 7 p.m. IT ARBOR BOARD, Patea iJ. Meetings held second Monday, in each nionth. 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 (n0w.,.. Borough ...Council), R. A. Adams, W. Aitchison. Government nominee, D. Coutts (chairman). Patea District Agricultural & Pastoral Association, holds two shows' yearly, Spring and Autumn. Annual meeting is held in April; and the present members on the books are 185. F. M. Chapman, president ; WV C. Symes, vice-president; J. Gibson, treasurer; T. Eylon, secretary. p ATE A District F armers’ Club i holds , meetings for discussion and business on the ;first Saturday in each nionth, in the Club-room, Patea, Subscription 10a a year;' entrance fee £l. Major Turner, president ; F. M. Chapman, vice-president; 11. F. Christie, treasurer ; T. Eytori, secretary. , pRIENDLY SOCIETIES.— Jl Freemasons (Kilwinriing lodge) hold meetings in Patea, third Monday in each month. Good Templars meet on Wednesdays. Foresters meet every second Thursday, T\GMAIN Board, Patea.— \J S. Taplin chairman ; members, K. 0. Tenncnt, W. Dale, R. Horner, W. Dixon, R. A. Adams, J. Black, secretary. for Settlement. The West Coast Land Commissioner has reported to Government an approximate estimate of Crown land available for settlement near Patea harbor, located in Road Board districts thus : Agricultural. Pastoral. Wairoa district 1,305 64,800 Patea East 4,219 37,800 Patea West 3,376 20.000 Hawera district 4,297 .30,200 1-Ngaire district . .2,507 - Outlying districts 98,723.. • 128,386 ..... Totals 114,427. , 2«1,186' Also the University reserve of 10,000 acres, : near Patea, recommended for long leasing in farm sections of 200 to 1 500 acres each. The Government owns other large areas eastward of the Patea river, up the Mougaehu branch, where a va::t extent of; level bush country is known to be excollent for settlement. gARBORS & DISTANCES. Patea breakwater is 1200 feet long' and the amount expended on Construction, salaries, &c,, since July ’77, is £13,887. Present depth on bar, 10 to 11 feet at ordinary spnng tides. Sir John Goode estimated that by carrying the breakwater 400 feet further out (one-third longer than at present)',' a depth of 16 feet at ordinary spring tides will’ be attained,' under ‘'unfavorable circumstances. I This contemplates much better results, ; as being probable ; and the depth attained at the present length of il2oo is grehter than was expected. The cost so far has beep ;yery much less than the first estimate. ■ Distances .—Wnverley'lff'9 miles from Patea by railway route, as comparedwith 30 miles to Wanganui.. ,Hawera is 18 miles from Patea by railway route, as compared with 45 to Waitara or 51 to New Plymouth landing-pier. , .Mrtnaia is 28 miles from Patea as compared with 54 to Waitara or 61 to New Plymouth landingpier. : Patea District Coach Service. d & Co.’s coaches connect with trains at Waverley for the South, and at Hawera for the North. north. a.m. Passengers leave Wanganui by train 7 45 Arrive Waverley/..i 10 0 Coach arrives at PATEA 11 15 p.m. ! Knkaramea 11 45 Mauutahi 12 30 Connecting with tho 1 train at Hawera, train leaving at 3 o’clock. ’ ' SOUTH. a.m. ■ Passengers leave Now Plymouth by train at 7 45 Coach leaves Hawera 11 20 P.M. Manntahi 0 0 PATEA 2 '0 Arrives Waverley .................. 4 0 Twain leaves Waverley 4 15 . Patea Extra Coach. A coach will leave vVayerlev daily (Sundays excepted) at 7 p.m , arrive Patea 8-40 p.m. Down : leave Pama 6 a.m., arrive Waverley 7-30 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 » ho had. at Mr Fookcs’s office.