DOMAIN BOARD,

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 191, 12 February 1887, Page 2

DOMAIN BOARD,

The ordina-y monthly meeting of the Te Aroha Thermal Springs Domain Board was held in the Board room on Saturday evening last. Present ; Messrs Gavin (chairman), Ahier (sec )y) y Wilson and Quinn, Minutes of the adjourned annual meeting were read and confirmed. Weekly Keceipts. — The Secretary stated that the receipts for the past three weeks were as follows : — January 19th, £17 ; Jan. 26th, £14 19s ; Feb. sth, £18 10s; and that there was a credit balance in the bank of £52 2s sd. Mr Wilson read the annual report he had prepared to be forwarded to Wellington, and said he had urged the necessity of having a medical man appointed for the benefit of invalids who came to use the baths, ss he thought it would be the means of inducing larger numbers of invalids to come to Te Aroha. At the time a great portion of the tree planting, etc., was being cariied out he was absent from the district, so that he had been unable to draw up as full a report as he desired, but any alterations could now be" made that were considered desirable. Mr Ahier suggested that the Chairman and Mr Wilson prepare a draft of the report to be forwarded to Wellington. Agreed to. Accounts. — Accounts 1 to the amount of £45 17s 5d were passed for payment. Auditing the Books.— Mr Wilson suggested that the Secretary shoulj wire to Major Teasdale asking when the books could be audited, as there was no knowing where he might be, and by so doing: ft g.ood deal of incjnvenience might be saved. The Chairman said the best coarse to adopt would be for the Secretary to write to Major Teasdale, as they were not in a very groat hurry to know. They could wait a week or so to know if they had to send the booksdownto him, or perhaps he would be coming up to Te Aroha some time,- stud then they could get the books audited. Mr Ahier thought it would not be advisable to let the books away for a very long time, as it would cause a great deal of inconvenience. If they knew when Major Teasdale would be at liberty to audit the books, they could then send them down, and there would be no delay. Nothing farther was done in this matter. How the Tickets are Kept. — Mr Ahier said he would not be responsible for the tickets in the cupboard in the

Board's office, as it could not be lockel, and any one could get access (o them. Mr Qninn : Why 7 Isn't it locked up 7 Mr Airier : If you had a lob of gold (in trust) in a cupboard that could not he fastened securely, would you like to bo held responsible for it ? Mr Quinn : Certainly I would. I think as you have the key you are the one we have to look to for their safety. Request of Lady Visitors. — The Secretary said the Caretaker had told him that several ladies hud complained to him that the Board had no looking gla33es in the bath houses. Mr Quinn : I would not entertain such a request, as, if we put a looking glass in each of the bath houses, we will have to put a comb, and then they will want a toilet table. What the Secretary has T)one(!) — Mr Ahier said that there was a large amount of work to be done in connection with the books of the Board, anJ he had spsnt night after night for the benefit of the Board. To do so he had had to neglect his own business, and he was not going to do so any longer ; and thought they ought to set an assistant clerk. Although he said it himself, he had done more for the Board than any other member, and thought it was time he was relieved of some of the work. The Absent Member of the Board. Mr Quinn said : He quite agreed with Mr Ahier. One of the members of this Board had done all he could to make things unpleasant for Mr Ahier by talking about him at street corners. It would be more gentlemanly for him to come to the meetings of the Board and make his complaint. Mr Wilson said it would not be advisable to appoint permanent clerical assistance ; the best course to adopt j would be to get aa assistant clerk and | pay him every month for his services. They had learned a lesson, as Governmenfc had refuse 1 them the £500 promised, as it was" evident to them that the Board had plenty of money. The Chairman said it would be best to pay a man a weekly salary. If they appointed a secretary again they might get snubbed by Government. Mr Quinn : If I think right Government complained of our appointing an engineer and not a secretary, but at the same time we had better be cautious or else we will have the Press down on us again. Mr Wilson said he believed the appointment of an assistant clerk would be all right. In reply to a question as" to" what would bo a fair amount to pay for assistant, Mr Ahier said the amount of labour to be done would be worth £1 a week. Any man who did the work wouM honestly earn his £1. Working Hot Nothing ; Protest of the Secretory : That Absent Member Again. — Mr Airier made a statement, in the course of which he said : I have not been treated well at the hands of the members of the Board during the month and have been jumped on most shamefully j and do not tofettd to do the work for nothing any more I have tried to get the outstanding accounts' iny but cannot get people to make them' out, and do not see why I should have been treated in the Way I have. One member has abused me to people in the street, until my friends have begun to talk about it j and it is not good : enough. Mr Quinn * It would be as well to defer the matter of appointing clerical assistance until next monthly meeting, »vhen it was to i c hoped there would be j a fall meeting of the Board. Mr Wilson thought the best way to get over the difficulty would be for seme member to give notice of motion to that effect. Mr Airier thereupon moved That ot [ the next meeting the Board take into I consideration' the appointing of an assis- } tant clerk. He did not say for next monthly meeting, but at next ' meeting, as there might be a meeting ■ before the usual one. Tickets. — Mr Wilson said, to get over the difficulty as regarded the safe keeping of the tickets, he wmld take charge of then! ; and as the Caretaker wanted any tickets he woald issue them to him. He would get an order book and enter the number the Caretaker took away each time, which the Caretaker would have to sign for. At the same time lie would not be held responsible for the tickets, but he saw that they were not safe by being left in the cupboard. The meeting then closed.