WAITARA NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 74, 7 August 1901, Page 2

WAITARA NOTES.

I (fkoh oub own ooßßESFoirojurr). ' Thb monthly meeting of the Wtitan 1 Town Bo ird was held on Mood iy even " ing. Present: Messrs O/le (Oha<r man), Ohappel, Hignett, Pasir anc Pearce. The Works Committee re ported that during the put month th< 1 forman had atten tel to tho removal ol furze from the co -ner of Moua t-street, the clearing out of the miin in Grey I street, end the water-tiblra generally, and had also opened the pit bdonginj 9 to Mr Paris Taylor, to test tho metal As the result of t'ie examination of th( pit was not satisfactory, the Board de- : ei led to approach another native ownei with the object of obtaining meter. was read from Dr M 'Bon, Chief H »alth Officer, enchuinf ' a copy of Dr Va'entine's report on the sanitary onditioa of Waitara, whior > has a'ready been published; from thl . Opo'ikt Town Boird protesting againsl the aboi t'on of Town Bmrdo, and ask--1 ing for co-operation; from the GovernI meet stating that a voucher for £3l at subsidy on rates would be ferwarded ' and other communications of a routic* 9 nature. r I It was proposed by Mr Hignatt, anc" saconded by Mr Ohoppel "that the ' Waitara Town Board strongly protenl Against any interference with its B*atui , as a looil body, and regards the sug- , gested abolition of Town Boards as a ' retrograde step in thesysem of loail j Oovernment. Further, that this Board heartily co-operate with the Opo'ikj 1 Town Boird in resisting such anneces ' fcary and harassing I'gislation, and di J reets that, a copy of this nsohrion be .forwardrd to the memb'r repi'us<<ijtinn j th« district." o>nied. 1 It was also decid. dto seud ,i nopv oF 'the above rosolut : oa to u*ch Town : Boird in the co'oay. I Asp icial meeting was fixed for Mon ' I day next to arrangedetids for opening I the new Library and Reading R >om, ', as the building has dm been completed. j In accordance with notice of monion, I Mr flignett moved " that the Waitara | Harbe ir Board be n queued to supply the Town Board with a copy of (Mr. Leslie B-ynolds report on the ' I Waitara harbour for the information of '!the members of the Town B,ard and of the public generally." He was unable to gat a seconder amongst thase , " public-spirited" members, and the 'motion consequently lapsed. Th* Waitara Harbour Board se<m very anxious to " burk " this report, wbioh had the audacity to charge them with " pothering with titir work," but the matter is not yet by any means done with. This is a glorious example o? what can be accomplished by a purely nominated Board whioh evades its public responsibilities in am inner whioh an tdeoted Board would not dara to do. Mr. H'gnett gave notice to move at the next meeting of the Biard " that the Waitara Harbour Board be r*-que-ted to take such steps rs may be necissary by planting sand grass, or other me»ns, to prevent the destruction of Town Bjard streets on the east side |of the rivdr inismuch as the Waihiroidis now covered by sandhills and Akinsou-street is graduallr getting into a similar condition by r. ason of encro tchmeot." Accounts amounting to .£llO were psssed for payment, and the Board rose.