WAITARA NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 68, 4 April 1901, Page 2

WAITARA NOTES.

(from OUR OWN correspondent). The Waitira Town Biard h«ld its usual moathly nieating on Monday last. Prosent: Messrs. Ogla (chairmin), Ohsppell, Fraser, Hignett, Knight, and Pearce. Mr. Hill, Government Valuer, attended in to the account of the Yalqation Department, and agreed to fix tbe charge at £5 ss, Tho members sgreed thit this was a reasonable huid, but Mr. Higoett said li 9 would like Mr. Hill to explain, if possiblp, how the error had been ma-Jo. by the Valuation Department in Jibe first instance by charging iiO 18s 9d, which amrjunt wa« reduced to .£l2 10*, and', on a further protest, to £5 ss. Mr. H-11, in reply, stated that he was not l-osponsible for the manner in which the D 'par-.mrnt mad' up its accounts, and could .offer no explanation. The Tiranaki Agricultural Society wrote asking the Board to Dominate two o? three members to a locd committee. During the disjuwsion it was po.nted out by several members that at a meeting which had been held in New Plymouth Mr. Harkness, the originator j "f the had s,a,id. -ha-, the S ninty on future. Qos ; ons migh'; hold « KhqT at B ratfird, Inglewood, ai.d " possibly" Waitara! The wo.d "possib'y " seemed to stick in She taeth of members, aid thoy, Wuit'd, to know whit Mr. meaat b/ the qualification We are of opinion here'tbat a show could be held quite as successfu ly in Waitara as in' any other par;, of rhe d ; B'rict, and we aright "possibly " be able to give some of the other I pkces " points." Of this thore is "no possible, p-ob'\b!e, shadow of doubt, no possible doubt whatever!" Perhaps Mr. HirknnsH will kin lly explain. The Works Committer reported that a luup foe Oierjft-st'Qt had bpen ordered, and thr,t the oontrantir, Mr. Jfthngton, tad nearly complete J hi* contract on High-street. Tbe whole of the lamp posts had been painted by Mr. Gilbert ia accordance with terms of contract

Ml Hignett brought up the que<tioa of estiblishing a library and read-ing-roim, in a new foun, and pointed out tha-. the ios iu iou could be financed in a smi'lo.- way than that ordinary without tb,e striking o; a by the Ivtip of the Government sib.idy, and by sabTh.i !Vav4 were unanijmontily i" fiV-mir of th p opo;al, which M-a-- ca- '(.'', a> d it wo* icsolvcd th vt a enn ititt p, consisting of Mnssus. Q'.iappel! an! Kr sur, should {■torvhnv tho 'rtu'eeu of' t'o o'd institute a-nl ento oV'.in tho books nvd hwni- ■ uroa- ii iib.m'os for n \>h aiy. Accoim's for £7l were passed fc pavi.o-i<, iiml he B aul lose. Tli.ire was a large ntcc.iiianca at the funer«l of the la'.e sonef Mr, R, White

on Thursday, and the greategt possible sympathy hits been extended to ,the parents by th'j district generally.