Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1881.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 932, 6 April 1881, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard.

PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1881.

We shall, sell to no man Justice or Hight; We shall deny to no man. Justice or Hiyht; We shall defer to no man Justice or Hight.

A considerable amount of important business was transacted at the County Council on Friday evening last. One i of the first subjects discussed was the application to the Government for the land fund due to the Council on the sale of land on-the deferred payment’ system at Patutahi. In reply, the Secretary to the Treasury wrote that County Councils were not entitled „ to receive the usual one-third of the proceeds of the sale of such lands, and that the Patutahi and Ormond Road Boards had already been credited with it A telegram from the Treasury was read, stating that £930 had been voted, and that this was the eighth and final amount due ou account of the Ormond-Opotiki road grant. There appears to be some doubt as to this being the final payment, and Cr. Johnson stated that after having carefully gone over the figtires the amounts received came only to £4,500, and that either some mistake had crept in, or else the grant had been reduced by £5OO. A lengthy letter was read from Major Westrubp relative to the formation of River Boards in order that river conservators might be appointed. On the motion of Cr. Porter, it was decided to form a Committee of the whole Council for the purpose of obtaining data and promoting the passing of a Bill on the subject during the next sitting of Parliament. A circular from the Manawatu Council proposing that a Congress of representatives from various County and Borough Councils was submitted. Cr. Johnson’s motion that the Committee of the whole Council should enquire and discuss the proposals made, was carried. An application was made by the Borough to be permitted a supply of metal from the crossing at Waerenga-a-hika, and, on the motion of Cr. McKay, it was agreed that the Council grant the use of the tram-rails, &c., to the Borough Council, and that a Committee, consisting of Crs. Scott, Reeves and the mover do meet to arrange the terms, Ac. A very excellent proposal of Cr. Porter’s found favor with the meeting, which was that the Waste Lands Board be asked to set aside small blocks of laud at Motu and Waihau, as a grant for the purpose of establishing accommodation houses. These half-way houses would be a decided boon to travellers. The bridge over the Waimata again became a subject for discussion, Capt. Porter having given notice of motion for the expunging of the word “ Kaiti ” and its substitution “ that after the sale of the Whataupoko, &e., the Council will grant a sum not exceeding £1,509 toward.: the erection of the

bridge.” As, however, this block is now advertised for sale, it was deemed wiser to adhere to the‘original proposal. Cr. McKay’s motion, urging the Waste Lands Board to set certain blocks in this district apart for setttlement under the Homestead system, was carried.