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Patea Mail, 19 May 1882, Page 4

pATEA County Council. Elections held Nov. 16th, with the following result Otoia Riding : E. J, Morgan 71 votes, R. W. Foreman 64, F. M. Chapman 52, R. Horner 50. Waverley Riding : C. A. Dune 91 votes, W. Wilson 90, T. W. Fisher: 83, J. B. Taylor 76,-G. S. Bridgje 70. Chairman of Council, F. M. Chapman, Meetings held at Patea first Wednesday in each month. ' pATEA Borough Council. Borough incorporated Oct. 13th, Council elected November 17th,, the next annual’election being due September 2nd, 1882. The annual election of’lilayor 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. Worlcs Committee comprises Councillors Milroy (chairman),’ Adams, Aitchison, Gibson, and Dixon. Finance Committee. comprises the Mayor (chairman),..'Councillors’ Taplin’,’ Gibspn, Mahonyy arid Black, ; : ! ' I Meetings of Council are held on firstMonday in each month, at 7 p.m.: t[ARBOR BOARD, Patea.— ii. ' Meetings held second Monday in each month. Members elected in February 1881 for tw.o years ; for Otoia Riding, H. S. Peacock ; for Hawera, district, G. ,W. Gahe ; for Waverley Riding, ,G. Newland ; nominated for. County Council,-R. Horner ; nominated for Patea Town: :Boaid (now Borough Council), R. A. Adams, W,. Aitchison. Government nominee, D. Coutts (chairman), . Patea District Agricultural & Pastorar.jAssociation, ... holds two shows ..yearly, Spring and Autumn, Annual meeting is held in Apriland the present members on the books are 135. : F. M. Chapman, president'; W. C. Syraes, vice-president; J. 'Gibson, treasurer ; T. Eytonj secretary;' D ATE A District Far mers’ Club T holds meetings for cjiscusjsion and business bn the first . Saturday in each month, in ‘ the Club-room, Patea. Sub-' scription 10s a year fee £1; Major Turner,'president ; F. M. Chapman,- vice-president; H. :F. Christie, treasurer ; T. Eyton,, secretary. : FRIENDLY SOCIETIES i. Freemasons (Kilwinning lodge) hold meetings in Patea, third MondayAn each month.,.; Good Templars; meet on Wednes.-: days. Foresters meet every .secoqd Thursday, ' t\ OMAIN Board, Patea J J S. Taplin chairman ; members, R. C. Tennent, W. Dal6 : , : R. Horner,. W. Dixon, R. A. Adams. J. Black, secretary.- : AN D for ' Settlement. The : West Coast Land Commissioner has sported to Governmeht an approximate stimate of Crown land available. for. ettlernent; near.,Patea, harbor, located in toad Board districts thus : , Agricultural. Pastoral. Wairoa district 1,805 64,800 Patea Bast 4,219 87,800 - Patea West • 8,376. 20,000 Hawera district ~ 4,297 . 30,200 Ngalfe district 2,507 Outlying districts 98,723- T28,386 Totals 114,427 :281,186 [Iso" the' University reserve, of 10,000 : cres, hear Patea, recommended for long sasing in farm sections ‘of 200 to : 600 cres each; The > Government owns other irge areas, eastward of the Patea river, p the [Mongaehu branch, .where a , vast xtent of level bush country is known to e excellent for settlement. ’ ’ • '.Patea break water is 1200 feet long, and -the amount expended oh construction, : salaries, &c;, since July ’77, is £13,887; > Present depth on bar,-10 to 11 feet at ordinary spring tides, Sir John ; Cpode estimated 'that by carrying the breakwater 400 feet further but (one-third longer than ’ j at present), a depth of 16 feet at ordinary' spring -tides will be, attained,- under favorable circumstances.- ? This ..contem r plates much better ’ results .as ’ being T : probablbmnd the'’depth attained at the" : present length of 1200 is greater’than war ’ expected;;-. The cost so far- has been very much less than.the first,estimatc._ , r , : : is 9 mil<?,s from Patea by railway route, as compared with 30 miles to -Wanganui. *" Hawera is 18 imiles from Patea by railway route, as compared with 45 tp Waitara or 51 to New Plymouth lai)ding-pier. . Manaia is.2B miles frbm Patea as compared with 54 to Waitara or 61 tb : New Plymouth landingpier. ; vr 1 - - -■ Patea District Coach Service. j trains at Waverley for the Soutli, id. at,Hawera. for the North. , , . " NORTH. a.m. Passengers leave - Wanganui by train 1..'.;..:.....' 7 45 Arrive Waverley...... 10 0 Coach arrives at PATEA 11 15 ’ > Kakaramea.........' 1 1 45 . Vl . v MautjJtahi;v.i;i. n \l2 30 Connecting'with the train at Hawera, . . train leaving at 3 o’clock. .- , SOUTH. Passengers, leave New Plymouth by train at 7 45 Coach leaves Hawera 11 20 Manutahi 0 PATEA 2 Arrives Waverley 4 Train leaves Waverley 4 15 Patea Extra Coach. coach will leave Waverlcv daily idays excepted) at 7 p.m , -arrive sa 8-40 p.m. Down : leave , arrive Waverley 7-30-in time catch morning train for Wanganui, so as engers leaving Patea can ' get to iganui and back on the same day. WAVERLEY. —Copies of the Mail can be had at Mr Fookcs’s office.