TEMUKA ROAD BOARD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1182, 6 December 1883, Page 3

TEMUKA ROAD BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of the-ibSve J was held lust Tuesday. Present—Messrs • J.- Talbot fGhairman), Barker, Quinn, Austin, and Paterson. ; 1 , ' MINUTES. , _ ;,; q t6r.‘ The minutes of the last meeting were t . , .read and confirmed. - ii , ‘ACCOUNTS. ' t Accounts to the amount of L 270 were ‘ ~ passed for payment. Mr Quinn asked what was the costpf the men and the horse that lied worked «n Lewis's contract. He uuderstood.it ;' - Was to he deducted {Tom him. r , The Overseer stated they had only been •/ : there for a couple of hours, and the hole . ~t j was not filled after all. the orini BRincE. Mr Quinn asked what was the cost of the Opilti Bridge approach. T*ie Overseer said something about LB, lie thought, . ' ■ Mr Qiiinn said it Was « moat scandalous thing 1.0 employ Lmgridgo on that j >b to make a p'ati’orm of tongncd and grooved boards formixing three barrels of cement - on; Where was the carpenter’e work u ,1 1 paj a man 10s a day fori He neyer s iw, •more uielewpiece of work in all his life.

The Overseer said lie must defend himself when Mr Quinn made such a serious i charge against him. The matter, was , dealt with in his report. The charge made by Mr Quin was not correct. 1 Mr Quinn said that was not all. By the order of the Overseer loose concrete was thrown into a running stream—what any man ought to know was useless. It was disgraceful. It was like turning the tide with a pitchfork. The Overseer denied that such a thing was done. Mr Quinn said he could prove it. It was one of the most extraordinary things he had ever heard of to employ Landgridge to make a stand of tongued and groved material to mix three barrels of cement on. He felt sure that any member of the Board would agree with him, that to throw loose concrete into a running stream was useless. .There was plenty of gorse and flax about there, and if it had been cut and bound together in two feet facines and thrown in there, with boulders and shingle, it would have done better than at present. He was not an engineer or a surveyor but be could have done a better job with half the expense. He thought it was a shame for any man calling himself an engineer or surveyor to do what had been done there He was not fit t» have charge of any work, and the sooner be left the Board the better. The place was not now fit for a dray to pass over it, after paying 10s a day to a carpenter and expending L 8 on it. He thought the man was incompetent or he would not have done what he had. At the request of the Chairman the Overseer read the part of the report referring to the matter. He then went on to say that he must defend himself, and he felt sure that would be easy for him for he was master of the situation. No man in’South Canterbury had more experience of concrete than he had, except the men working on the Timaru breakwater, and he could not do what he was charged 'with.' The facts were that on Monday evening the hole was 6 feet deep. A temporary crossing was made, and he ‘intended to fill it up next morning. They had no mixing board, so f he ordered Mr Langridge to make one, and do some carpentering work. Mr Quinn had said that there was only a few bags of concrete put there, but he could prove there were dozens of them put there, and that no cemerit was wasted or thrown in. During the night the river rose and it was some days' before it commenced to subside. He then saw that the river had washed in perpendicular, Ti e temporary crossing intended for one night had to remain four' days. In tiie meantime he saw the,Chairman, who told him it was not to be done permanently’as he expected the County Council would do something. He would prove that no concrete was thrown in the stream. Mr Quinn : Do you mean to say that concrete was not shovelled in by your instrnciions. The Overseer : There was not. Mr Qumn : I can prove it. I am sure the men who told me did not tell a falsehood. Mr Austin : You have only the words of others for it, then 1 Mr Quinn : I have, but I am sure it is true. The Overseer: And why not believe nay word 1 Isn’t my word as good as theirs ? Why doubt my word? Mr Quinn : I doubt your competency. _ The Overseer : You can’t prove it. Bring a case to prove it 1 Mr Quinn: I could bring- dozens of cases. You are not fit to be in charge of works. The Overseer : I know I don’t suit yon. Mr Quinn : You would have suited me if you were able to do your work. The Chairman said he could not allow this to go on. They would have to address any further remarks to himself. Mr Quinn said he was willing to bow to the decision of the chair, but so long as he was in the Board he would do his duty. If the Chairman wished to keep him in order he thought he ought to call on the officer of the Board to keep order; The officer of the Board was taking extraordinary liberties. Mr Talbot said that it seemed to him the incorapetency of the Overseer consisted in employing Langridge and throwing cement into a running stream. Employing Langridge was a small matter, but the concrete question was more serious. It was quite possible the Overbad made a mistake, He had seen the place and it was not exactly running water, Mr Quinn ; Was it still water ? Mr Talbot: It was nearly so, and perhaps Sinclair’s idea was right. . Mr Barker then explained certain circumstances under which he had put concrete in water, Mr Quinn said he had seen much water and concrete on the Otago diggings and neversaw such a thing done in his life; As for Langridge if was not the first time he had brought it up, because it was scandalous to pay him ten shillings a day when men who were only getting six shillings could do his work. He thought no one should use concrete in a • temporary job like that while there was plenty of gorse to be got. The gorse could be bound up in bundles and placed iheie, and if that had been done proud ly it would be better than the way it was. He would substantiate what he had said that the concrete was thrown on the loose shingle in the wafer. Mr Barker said that to put concrete on loose shing'e was wrong. The Overseer said he was sure the concrete was put in bags. Mr Quinn asked, would not bags of sand have done ? The Overseer said sand would never set in bags. Mr Talbot said the bags would rot. After a few further remarks, Mr Talbot said they bad not sufficient evidence to go upon, Mr Quinn said it was no use for him to bring up anything. They could do what they liked, but ho would do his duty. Mr Talbot explained that it was only intended to repair the bridge temporarily as a subsidy under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, won'd be applied for in c ses of extraordinaiy damage. After ratine conversation on that subject, Mr Q dun ayain said lie obj cted to pa\r g IU-t a day to Langndtro, It was handy to hive him there, no doubt, to show how the work should be done, as ho knew more ah' tit if than , / Mr Talbot: Lang'ilge is a very good man, and very useful. , ! MriQuinu : Yts* ho is a Wrygobd man.| 1 huv« nothing at all against him, 1 am.

I sur :- be kii'uvs h’s work we 1; in feet he knows far more about it limn other officer*. I simply object ho is not wanted, and not because he is not competent. Mr 'Austin : Is Mr Langridge employed more often now than he was five years ago. Mr Talbot; No, Mr Austin: Why did not Mr Quinn object to him then ? Mr Quinn : There was five times more work going on then than there is now. Mr Austin thought it was right to find out whether the men who came to Mr Quinn had told a lie. He understood Mr Quinn had not seen the concrete put in. Mr Quinn said he did not. He, like Mr Austin, had something else to do than to watch the workmen of the Board. Mr Barker : Oh, certainly it is right to see who is right. Mr Sinclair says he did not do it, and if our officer has told a falsehood we cannot trust him any more. The matter should be proved. Mr Talbot said it would be better to adjourn the matter and let Mr Sinclair bring proofs. On settling the question as to what was the exact charge, Mr Quinn repeated it—ft was for throwing concrete on the loose shingle in a running stream. The Overseer said he denied that. He was certainly absent for some time at the other end of the bridge, and Mr Langridge might have done it during that time, but he did not know anything about it. Mr Quinn said it was shovelled in by his orders and while he was present. The Overseer said that if he could show it had set theie, his theory was good. Mr Barker said it was not. Mr Quinn said it would be hard to prove. There was at least a dozen men working there. The Overseer: There was not, now, a dozen men there. Mr Quinn : How many men were there? The Ov-rscer ; Nine. Mr Quinn : How many drays? The Overseer : Three, Mr Quinn : o.n you prove it ? The Oveiseer : Yes, lean. Mr Quinn said the charge would be hard to prove, It was a well known fact •hat if a man working for the Board said anything against the Overseer lie would be sacked or driven from to Aberdeen. Ultimately it was decided that the Overseer should bring witnesses to disprove the charge at the next meeting of the Board. THE INSPECTOR OF NUI3AN CES. Mr Quinn asked what salary the Inspector of Nuisances got? The Overseer : L 25 a year. Mr Quinn : And why did you advertise it L2O ? The Overseer said he understood Mr Talbot to have told him so, Mr Talbot said he did not. He meant the salary to be the same as usual. The Overseer must have misunderstood him. After some further conversation as to ■whether the further L 5 should be given, it was decided to adhere to the advertised amount. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters were read from Mr J. Fraser, Waitohi, and Mr W. Mason, Orari, intimating their intention of applying to the Geraldine County Council for Slaughterhouse license. No objection was raised to either application. , From Mr Lewis stating that he was ready to purchase the Board’s horse at a reasonable price, The Chairman was authorised to sell the horse. From Mr Bolton to the effect that be had bought 16,104 eggs and 1442 birds, for which he had paid Ll2 14s0£d, Prom Mr Freeman, stating that as Mr Snell was now occupying his property he was no longer liable for rates. It was agreed to alter the name with the permission of Mr Snell. From Mr J. Baker re maps, and from Messrs White and Smithson re accounts. INTERVIEW. Mr Woodley waited on the Board in reference to the tranrfer of Mr Dunn’s contract to himself. Mr Woodley’s suggestions were adopted with the understanding that he was to pay the men employed on it. THE PROPOSED BOROUGH OP TEMUKA. A letter from the Colonial Secretary was read intimating that Temuka would not be proclaimed a borough. Mr Quinn asked Mr Talbot what was the value of his property in Temuka. Mr Talbot did not know. Mr Quinn : You are down on the counter petition for £SOOO. Have you that ? Mr Talbot: Oh, that is for all ray property- . . . , The petition and counter petition having been produced at the request of Mr Quinn, he pointed out that Mr John Paterson had signed the counter petition, and had his valuation set down at £9750. Mr Talbot : Oh, that is for the whole of his property. Mr Quinn ; Here is A. W. Ensor set down in tho cointer petition, value of property £5020. God save the Queen. (Laughter). Mr Talbot explained that in the case of the original petition the annual valuation was taken because the ratebook was in Wellington at the time it was signed. In the case of the counter petition the total value of the property was taken, Mr Quinn : That made a great difference in Wellington. It made it appear that the small people were looking for a borough, while property owners were opposed to it. The matter then dropped. THE OVERSEER AND THE TEMUKA LEADER, The following letter was then read : To the Chairman and members of the Temuka Road Board. Gentlemen,— At the last meeting of your Board your Clerk stated that his disagreement with me arose out of my having done something in the office which he could not allow. It is possible to infer from this that I have been guilty of some serious misconduct, and as I do not wish the Board or the public to labor under any misapprehension I mean to hiy 'lie wh"le case before yon. in Hie resolution le the proposed B nough passed at your August mee'ing there was a sentence pointing out that non ratepayers had signed lie petition. Mr Quinn p-int' d nut that (Ids was ridiculous, and said to mention such a thing in the resolution would make a laughing stock of the Board, 'ns : it wds househoiTders and not ratepayers that were entitled by law to I sign the petition. 1 understood’ from

*lie rep'y Mr Talbot. made that he agreed t 0 expunge tliis sen'ence from the resolution. Mr Quinn sat nearesl to me at the table and when I inquired of him how the nutter stood he told me that he understood the same thing. That evening when copying the resolution after the B 'ard had risen, I noticed the sentence referred to had not been erased, and. thinking that Mr Talbot bad forgotten 10 do so, 1 drew the Clerk’s attention to it. He asked me something about it, and, in order to indicate to him the sentence, I drew my pen lightly across the two lines of which it was made. He was looking at me doing this, and he said he would see about !t. Two days afterwards I met the Clerk on hosreback in front of the Post Office, and was proceeding to tell him about a certain contractor who had tried to get a letter put into the paper complaining of some injustice done to him by tlio Board, when he interrupted me by accusing mo of having attempted to mislead him with reference to the resoluiion in re the Borough. 1 assured him that I believed Mr Talbot had consented to expunge the sentence, that Mr Quinn was under the same impression, and lhat there was nothing further from my thoughts then to mislean him, but the more I tried to concilitate him the more violent he became, till at last he said, ‘ If you ever again draw your pen through any documents belonging to the Board I will, draw my fist across your mouth.’ Realising thus the kind of man I was speaking to I left him. To show the Board that I believed Mr Talbot agreed to expunge it, I enclose the part of my report which referred to it, from which it may be seen that I reported it so in my paper. Mr Quinn will, I am sure, tell you that be fell into the same error, if error it was. The accusation that I wanted to mislead the Clerk cannot, therefore, be true. Subsequently I received the following letter through the Post Office.:— “ Temuka, August 28tb, 1883. “MrJ. M. Twomey. “ Sir,—Having heard of your kindness on Saturday week in trying to defame my character, which you will hear more about in future, you will please note not to send me you paper in future.—Yours, ’ “ P, Sinclair.” The paper was a free ene for the use of the office, so the loss was not great. I knew of nothing I had done to injure him. I never found out what he meant by defaming his character, and I never inquired. 1 thought his letbr meant that legal proceedings would be taken against me, and that I would find out all about it. But the Clerk’s spitefulness was not confined to this. By a resolution of the Board ho is instructed to insert the Beard’s advertise men Is three lines in ray paper. Before the dispute he adhered to this, but since then be has only been giving me two insertions of contract advertisements. When he came here first he invited me to tender for printing. I did so, and mv tender got it. Since our quarrel he has taken all the printing to Timaru, and has not even given me the chance of competing. Thus he has absolutely gone to the extent of making use of his position to keep money out of tny pocket. Helms accused me of acting spitefully towards him. I have been acquitled of having done so, but the Board can see that he has left nothing undone to provoke me. He no doubt felt that he had done sufficient to provoke me to sp’tafnlncs’, and, measuring me by his own bushel, fancied I had ac'ed as he would have done under the circumstances. If he had kept the advertisements from me from economic motives, I should not complain, bin when he inserts them three or four times in the Timaru Herald and goes to unnecessary expense in printing, I think no one can doubt his reason for doing so. I have put up with this since last August, a period of five months, and would not have complained now, only that he has commenced the attack. I cannot understand what he means by his conduct, npr can I see what he expects to gain by it. He may possibly think that he can run me out of the town. If he succeeds in doing so he will have to work for it better than he has for the Board. He first insulted me, then threatened me, then did me pecuniary injury, and when he could not provoke me privately came publicly before the Board and made a false accusatim against me. If I had wished to injure him I could have summoned him for using threatening language towards me, or complained of him to the Board, or written about him in my paper. But I did nothing. It must be admitted that I acted with forbearance towards him. 1 defy anyone to show one sentence in my paper previous to last Board meeting reflecting on your Overseer, although 1 have been frequently asked to call attention to certain matters. 1 now ask the Board to do me justice -First, by expunging from the Overseer’s November report all reference made to my paper, it is not fair that charges which have not been proved should remain among the records of the office. Secondly, by giving definite instructions to the Clerk re advertising and printing. I put advertisements in my two papers for half the price the Timaru Herald charges. The Herald charges 3s per iucheach insertion ; my pries is 3s nsr inch first insertion, and Is 6d every subsequent one. I put them in the Geraldine Guardian free. Thirdly, by giving mo a chance of tendering for printing ; tenders to be opened in the presence of a member of the Board. I claim as a ratepayer I have a right to any profit which may accrue from the work, and that it is not right to send money out of the district while the wo>k can be done us cheaply and well by a local man. If the Beard intend to treat me with fair play and justice they will do this. —I am, gentlemen, yours truly, J. M, Twomey The Chairman said that no doubt a paper ought to be given to the office so that they could ch p ck die advertisements. The Overseer said it was Ins own paper ho stopped, Mr. Quinn : Did you order the paper 1 The Overseer : iTes ; and I told him I would not have it that way. The Chairman : Tim paper was given for the use of the office. You had no right t'stop it without tilling ms about it. Mi Twomey • The Overseer has never offered to pay for the paper for the time he had it. The Overseer; J never got the bill. The Chairman ; W-U, the most serious charge is Ihe advertising and printing. Mr Q linn said that he certainly understood Mr Talbot to say that he would expunge the reference made to non*

ratepayers in the ics-durion re the B -r ugh. Mr Talbot said he ceriair.ly did eo. He agreed to expunge the sentence referred to but Mr Barker said “ let it go as it is,” and he did. It was possible it was not understood so, but he thought a word or two ought to have put that matter right. The charge re advertising was mne serious. He never knew anything about it. The Overseer said that was not altogether correct. He posted the advertisements to the Temuka Leader the same day that heposied them to the Titnaru Herald, He had no intention of doing Mr Twomey out of the advertisements. Mr Twomey : Mr Chairman, the order to insert the advertisements , only twice’ is written in.the Overseer’s handwriting, on eveiy advertisement sent to me. The Overseer : Well, Mr Quinn wished the advertising cut down. ■ Mr Quinn : What had that got to do with you. I wished it divided fairly between the two papers—that is, to give it to them quarter about. Mr Twomey: Mr Quinn spoke about the advertising at the first meeting in May. The Overseer continued to give me advertisements as usual until the time of the quarrel in August. Mr Talbot said he knew nothing about it. Mr Twomey ought to have spoken of it long ago. It was evident on the face of it that the Overseer had let his feelings get the better of him. Mr Barker : Oh, there can bo no doubt about that, The Overseer was then proceeding to show his reasons for having used the language he had used to Mr Twomey, but was interrupted by the Chairman who said that was not under consideration. The printing aud advertising was the charge. He never knew anything about it. Mr Twomey ought to have complained long ago. Mr Twomey said he never suspected that the Chairman had anything to do with it. He did not like to complain. It looked too little to come before the Board complaining that he was not getting his fair share of adveitisements. It would look also like an attempt to injure the Overseer and lie wished to avoid that. He would not have complained now only that the Overseer had driven him to it and it became necessary for him to defend himself. Mr Talbot said it was quite plain the Overseer had overstepped the mark regarding the advertisements. Then there was the printing. The Overseer said there was no printing done except books, and Twomey could not do bookbinding. Mr Quinn : Did yon ask Mr Twomey if he could do bookbinding? The Overseer : Mr Twomey told me so so. I offered him the books to do, Mr Twomey said be had not been offered the books to print. The Overseer: Didn’t I offer you them ? Mr Twomey—You did not. Before the rate roll came down from Wellington I asked the Overseer several times to give me a chance of printing the roll, He promised to do so bub our quarrel took place in ihe meantime and the only thing more I heard about them was they were printed in Timaru. Mr Talbot said there could be no doubt but (but the Overseer carried his spleen too far. Mr Twomey ought to have complained long ago. He certainly desired the advertising to be distributed fairly. Mr Quinn thought the Overseer was very ranch to blame. He had taken too much on himself altogether. He certainly kept the advertising from Ihe Leader through motives of illfeeling towards Mr Twomey. The Overseer said he had no illfeeling towards Mr Twomey. He could shake hands with Mr Twomey any moment. It was Mr Twomey who had the illfeeling towards him, and perhaps he would find it to his interests to be frienda. Mr Twomey said the Overseer said that only books had been printed. There was a lot of other printing, such as envelopes, etc., done by the South Oanterby Times. As for bookbinding, (here was no printing office in South Omterbury did it. The Timaru Herald only did the printing, and sent the books to Mr Yardley to be bound. He (Mr Twomey) was therefore in the same position as the Timaru Herald, He could get Mr Yardley to do the bookbinding the same as the Timaru Herald did. He had beaten the Timaru Herald in every tender for printing that he went in for, and he felt it very hard that after bringing a lot of type and printing materials into the town he did not get a chance of competing for the work. Mr Talbot said he knew nothing of the printing. The Overseer—Ob, yes, you did. I consulted you. Mr Talbot—l have no recollection of it. The Overseer I asked .you about the printing, and you said they were to be do^e. Mr Talbot might have said that, though he did not recollect it. They bad been in the habit of getting all their printing done in one place hitherto, and he supposed he took it for granted they were to be printed in the same way. It having leaked out that the printing was done by Mr Hutton, Mr Twomey pointed ont the absurdity of this. Mr Hutton would charge commission on the printing, because he would have to take it to a printer. It was evident on the face of it that it would be cheaper to get the work done by a printer direct, than through an agent like Mr Hutton, Mr Quinn said there was a great deal of printing done lately. Were they living now in a more enlightenel age than a few years ago. Every scrap of paper, their notices of monthly meeting, and their envelopes, were printed. The Chairman explained that the cost was a mere bagatelle over that of the paper, Mr Barker said the printing was done much cheaper now than it used to be. After a few more remarks, Mr Talbot promised Mr Twomey that he would get his fair share of the advertising in the future, and as for tenders for printing, they would be opened in the presence of the Bonnl. Mr Twomey said there was a litile more. There was an accusation made against him in the Overseer’s report of Inst meeting He a*«ked that to be ex punged. He prided himself upon treating everyone iustly in his paner, He made that aim a principle of his life, and he felt it very hard to be accused of injustice and to let that accusation remain amongst 1 the records of the Board,

Mr Talbot then read the portion of tinOverseer's November report complained of, and remarked that it never had aright to he made. The Overseer— You epoke of it yourself, Mr Chairman. Mr Talbot—l do not think that had any 1 lung to do with you. The Overseer—Oh, yes; it had everything to do with me. Mr Talbot—Well, I don’t think so. Mr Barker —1 think the case will be met by affixing Mr Twomey’a letter on to the Overseer’s report. MrTwomeysaid he would be satisfied with what Mr Barker had suggested. He begged now to thank the Bo.rd for the courtesy with which they had re-eivud him. He felt he had been justly treated. It was much against his wit that he hail came forward with these matters, but the thing had been forced upon him, and he had to do it in self-defence. Mr Talbot said there was no doubt but that the Oversrei’s feelings had got the better of him, and after a few more rem& ksthe, natterdiopped. WORKS TO BE DONE. On the suggestion of Mr Barker the road near the dairy -factory was ordered to be repaired. On the suggestion of Mr Austin tenders were orde e I o be called for shingling the road near McLelland’s at the Rangitata. The L'nairman gave reasons why the Temuka Bridge should be redecked at once, and tenders were ordered to be called for the work. RATES. The Overseer reported that out of £1247 on the rate-roll, £570 had been collected. OVERSEERS REPORT. “ The Chairman Temuka Hoad Board * Sir,—l have the honor to repot t for the month endi; g Dec 4th. During the month another flood has taken p'ac u . Most of the finds in the rivers have heat: more or less dimuged hut most of the damage h.-ss taken pi ce it the approach of the Opilii Bridge at e tch end. Tcm porary crossings have been made and light traffic has not been stopped. I commenced to fill in the north end, but during the succeeding night the river rose again and continued to cut under ths sheet piling, so I had to leave it in the meanwhile. This did not injure the work done much, but the latter prevented the river taking more of the approach, which is of a sandy nature, away. ll It was arranged by Mr Wright, the Levels OverseeI', 1 ', and myself that it would be heller to suspend any further action as the Government might be appealed tc, under ‘ The Roads and Bridges Construction Act,’ either by the County Council or by the Boards conjointly, to make a more permanent job of the whole. “Thedrainage throughout the district has been attended to. *• Contracts on hand have been kept back dating the month, by the weather, but all ato being gone on with again “Payment for rates are not coming in well and now it is a month over 'ln* time. “Tenders have been called for four contracts, which are for consideration to-day. “Another contract authorised last Board day, ‘Formation Main South Road,’ has been kept back for enquiry. as to whether ■lie road ia a main road or not. If so, the Government might bo aske. 1 for assistance under ‘ The .Roads and BrMges Construction Act.’ The work is no- ir-rent. “1 heard to-day that the footbridge at the Rakaia is not in a saf j condition and requires immediate attention.—l have, etc., “P. Sinclair.” The Overseer was instructed to notify that the rate must be paid within one mouth. The matter of the formation of the Main South Rond was left for enquiry, The Overseer was instructed to inspect and report on the footbridge at Rakaia. TENDERS. Tenders were opened as follows; No. 90 Maintenance 12 months Main Roads, Winchester division Fletch'r, £6O 15s (accepted); Lewis, £64 16s ; Hooper, £126 No. 91—Maintenance 12 months Main Roads, Waitohi and Kakahw division— Fletcher, £52 10s (accepted); Roddick, £135. No. 95 Formation Maude street, Arowhemia Pnlford, £l7 12s 6'l (accepted); S Taylor, £2O Us 3d ; Flynn, £2l ss; Roddick, £22 7s; Greenaway, £l7 16s. Pnlford and Taylor’s tenders b-ing for the same amount, lots were drawn, when Pulford got it. No. 96—Clearing Drains, Canal Road, Orari—Hobbs, Is 6d per chain (accepted); H rt, Is 9d ; Gunnion and Co., 2s ; Cox, 2s 5d ; Greedy, 2s 6d ; Flaherty, 2s 7d ; Manning - , 2s 91. No 97- Blandford and Willingford, £4 10s (accepted); J. M’Grafh, £5 3s 6.i ,J. Davie, £5 4< 6 I ; 3. Spiliane, £8 2s. INSPECTOR OP NUISANCES., Out of mx at»i Iments Mr Popplewell was appointed I 1 sp ctor of Nuisances on the suggestion of ilr Quinn, who said he was the im-tiii wanted a billet of any of the appl cant-p. The meeting then adjourned.

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