SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1889.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 408, 5 October 1889, Page 2

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1889.

At; the,la<4fc monthly mooting 1 of the Hot Springs Domain Board, a letter was read from Mr E. Gallagher, bus proprietor of Te Aroha (who lias recently erected stabling adjoining his, house, on the western side of Whitnker-sheet, opposite the Domain), asking permission to lay a pipe from his promises to connect with the. pipo3 in the Domain, so as to by that means provide himself with a water supply. The letter further stated that the applicant was willing to pay-any je "-on able charges. Only three members being present at that meeting, it was resolved to adjourn the consideration of the letter till the next monthly meefciu<* of the Board. Meantime Mr G. Wilson (a member of the Board who resides at Thames) being at Te Aroha, a special meeting was convened at a few hours no! ice for last Monday cvenin.tr, For the purpose of considering Mr Gallagher's application, at which all the members, with the exception of Mr Ilott were present, but it was discovered that two day's notice to each member was necessary for the holding- of a special meetiny, consequently no business was done j bnfc a notice of motion addressed to the Chairman (to be brought up at the monthly meeting of the Board which talced place this evening ) was tabled, of which the following is acopy : — " Re E. Gallagher's letter nprlyinsr fora supply oF cold water from the Board's mams, xre give notien to propose a motion at next monthly meeting of the Board, on October sth : That Mr Galb»ghef be allowed to lay a small pipe from the main- to Whitaker street, and that th<* terms oF supply and the coat, be determined at a future iweeetinsr." This was sitrnel by three members of the Bowl. Why it was de»med l n^cegKary, foi; v throe members of the^oar'Vt'o'siirn^onp 1 notrcebf motion we hare no idea, /lh less it was,to v niak<> it appear riiore tmpnein-g ; it cer-fc-unly wa« a very unusual eom^e to perdue. [Ton ever. it. dearly shows tint, a majority' of tlto Board are in favom* of fh.e application heine cfranted ; and beinif so, "G may 'jvkp it a* « forctrone eoiu'lu.-inn fha ( , so far as' the 8.0-ird are concerned, th°v will grant, it. Bat the Boaid'have in i\\" l (Hi derided fodo'oUw foolish things nhic'i, l'owevfr, the (ifJve''nmVnt j vervquieilv butvoiy phunlytol 1 tlVeßoard woul 1 nof be p«*r«-ri't t<! I. Such as for instance their decision tol^ase 'lutsole 'i ht to utilis" thebalh buildinus for a perio 1 of {ivi» years to a local re e ii'ent fo'- the ni'inifieMit r^iDuni'rah' n ( r or the n-l-olc tei ')i) nf \j]2 (h And 'nit VM v r.ecentlv a irijijor'ty o" the Boird di-oi led lo erect <i pnb'ic H'm-u" in the Domain, ; only to l>e to! I Uy ijv> lion M ; ni<ui j r 'of Lands (wliat th,ey ooglit to have l^no\Yii them.--selves), that they could .

I =rvt. Then ni>;iin it vns p»oposed 1 n »iantpoimi siou l«> Mr (Jhas. Gallagher. !o lav :i pip<* "o us to provide his lion^c with ,i cold vsif or pnpp'y ; but, that 100 foil through. NomVj.nu 1 do no i v hesitate to thaf, J .gl j ;o«kb the BoYd at, then, to-night grant M 1M 1 E G'allaalii r's application (and , o, t \m\y,\tiy •of -tin 1 Boar«l lwe alirady dci'lined thomselvos ia favour of so doing), 1 we trust that Government will onire mo»« nssert'tht-ir prerogative, ami otico moie let the Board know that they were ap] oiated to Yaw (Ontrol over the thermal spiings and DonKiin, for the puipOse of developing and conserving these natural rosourcos, nnd not to. afford theii' friends .sppcinl fnciliups at a nominal 'cost. It was. novor tl»o intention of Government when they vo ed lar^e sums of money, (over L 2000) r'or dev(>lr.|)in^ the spi ings, improving 1 the ground 0 ,, the erection of l uuh -3 supplied with hot and cold water, that the resouiees of the Domain should be utilised for the purpose of providing a cheap .water supply for { riv.te houses, washing husse", or such like ; and it is certainly surprising that tho Bo.u-d still peisist in en.deavouring to grunt privileges to particular individuals, I hat, even if allowable, could not bo gran ted to 'all who might apply, and wl ich aie decidedly opposed to the beat interests of the Domain. Repeated applications have been made [or lvsid^nce sites, and ii/ining claim?, etc., adj-ueut to th.c Domain, and invariably refused by the Warden, the' reason given being the •desire to conserve to the utmost the Hot Springs and Domain, and yet here we have a proposal to lay under* r >und pipes to livery stables favourably entertained by a majoiity of the Board, without any good reason being given for so doing that we are aware of *and that too in the face of the fact that nearly every season, during the summer months, the present cokl water supply falls short of the requirements of the baths-.

A supplementary mail for United Kingdom (via San Francisco), will bo made up this (Saturday) morning, at the Post Office, To Aroha. Correspondence may" ;bo posted up to 1Q.45 a.m. ••j[ ii i f*r. | ' Tho h,ueins& Si the^Sp'ntii AiTstrtiTTai* lltutual 'Tiife* Assuunce Society^will' be taken over Vy the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Socii fey. ' >„ Rev C. A. Lawry, of Tanrnn^a, will hold thiee services in this distiict to moitow, viz., at Waiorongomaf,. H a.m.; Waitoa Dush, 3 p. in ; To- Aroha, 7 pm.; it! connection with tho Uouie Mission Fund Public meetings will also bo held through*out the week in connection with the samo work. Soe advt. J'r 11. Piltar, dentist (from Auoklaud), notifies by adveitismient he ma)- bo consulted for a few days at the Palace Hotel, To Aroha. As showing the good that tho present "flax boom" isdoinp; to o wiumr of country propei ty, it is asserted that some natives have recontly pocketed the respectable sum of LG4')'fnr fhx taken oil' 80 acres of l.md belonjs'n:; to them. Mr A.MtLood has riven tod and protected a patent flix dres^in^ machine on a n>iw principle. It feed 1 * thj small en lof tho leaf fust, finishes it from top to b'ltfom, and can be diiven, ho states, with onoThe Duke of Portland's famous borne Dono^iin. by his recent win of the Lancashire Plate 'of £12,000, r«iinoB hi* total of money won in stakes to as nearly as possible L 55.000. This hi more than double the amount won by, any other borne on the EnqlWi turf. Iho Duke's winnings s>nce the beaming of tho pjp«?eut Englibh -lO.ison now amount to about £70,000. Mr J. Williams him requested us to announce thnt the winning numbeis in connection with hia adveitised pusses for the guesses us to tho correct number o r beans and m.n'zf in ajar, will be published 'n our issue of Wednesday next. At the monthly meeting 1 of the Waikat 0 Iloppital ar.d Charitable Aid Boaid, held; at Hamilton on Wednesday last,, a lettrr waR read from the rripdical superintendant of the flospital, Dr Kenny, tondeiin^ hiai r.'sicrnation, on the ground that under his present airangeme-it with the Board he could not accomplish tho work of the Hospital sntisfnctorily. Itwn«« resolved to accept the resignation and invite applicaIfons for a doctor. It was ro«olved on tho motion of Mr Yon Sturmpr, spcondod by Mr Chopmell, that the doctor** I whole time, bo devoted to the service of the Hospital. (Messrs Hunter and Teasdale voting against). Mr Seddon moved that tho doctor's salary be fixed at £400, and L5O for house rent until a residence was provided by the Bonnl (an increase of LTSO a year over the present salary) ; but ultimately it was resolved to defer the I question of fixing salary for a special ! meetimr, to be held for that purpose on [lOthinst. The Secretary also tendered I his resignation, which was acceptad (his i application for an increase o-f salary havinar < been refused). The following notices of ' motfon were tabled for the special meeting;. ' By Mr S"pddon, "• That the finr^eon to be ; appointed by the Bonrd receive a salary of L4ooper«innum, with residence, when it cam be piovkfed Il3' the Bonrd, anfl un.til Hurh provisio-n i« made, an .allowance,. of •BSOpeV'nnViuin be piaffe in'jlieu, iJierQof ;','■ ■*B\ Mr«ClyepmeTU '"Tiiat .t&e.flecre.tarv/a salary §a fixed at 'L l3o per'anntim.' 4 The number nt jk prosenf "in the Hospital was" stnted to bo thirteen (eleven males and two females). ' ' ' "; '