THE WESTERN DISTRICT.

Southland Times, Issue 1350, 20 December 1870, Page 2

THE WESTERN DISTRICT.

(fIU)M A CORRESPONDENT.) - : A public meeting of those in the Western District liable to be rated under the " Ofcago Roads Ordinance " was held at Mr M'Clymbnt's on the 14th inst. ; Mr James Eullarton ■' was voted to the chair. After reading • the notice convening the meeting, the chairman called upon Mr John Gumming, who read the resolutions of the: Western' District Farmers' Club, requesting him to communicate with the Otago General Road Board in order to ascertain if the district could be formed ' into a Road District before the stated time in June, and in the event of the answer being favorable, to invite a public meeting in order to obtain the public opinion as to the most suitable boundaries ; Mr Cumming also read the letter, which; had ; been sent to the General Road Board, as also the reply received, which, was to -the- effect that the district could be formed into a Road District on the necessary description of boundaries being ; furnished, and asking him (Mr Cumming) to ; forward a description of; the boundaries of the proposed new j Road' District. j J In answer to a question. -by Mr A. j Stenhouse, as to whether the road lead- j ing via Groper's Bush- and the Otautau ; to the Lake, and all .ihe . up-country i districts, was « -main -road,' Mr L. i M'Gillivray, M.P.0., stated that although i the Government of Southland had never ; proclaimed any .main . roads ; the one]

referred to had always been looked upon and treated as a main road, and he hoped it would be so still. . • Mr M'Callutn moved that a vote of the meeting be taken to see if the people were in favor of having a road board, when 33 voted in favor of the resolution, and 30 against it. Various motions were put with regard to- the boundaries, and the following was carried, viz. : — That there shall be two Eoad Districts, the one to extend from Jacob's Eiver to the Waimatuku, or, in other words, to comprise all that portion of the Jacob's Eiver Hundreds east of Jacob's Eiver ; the other to extend from Jacob's Eiver to the Main Bush east and west, and from the Porikura on the southwest to as far north as the Aparima Hundreds extend. After the business was finished, Messrs M'Gillivray and Basstian made a few remarks on the political topics of the day. |