WINCHESTER NOTES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2454, 21 January 1893, Page 4

WINCHESTER NOTES.

The adjourned annual meeting of the Winchester Domain Board was held in the Wolseley Hotel on Monday evening last. Present Messrs J. A. Young (chairman), W, Deßenzy, and J. Paterson. The minutes of last annual meeting, held on February 4,1892, together with those of last meeting, which took place on July 25,1892, were read and confirmed. The report and balance-sheet for the yearending December 31st were read as follows : —“ Report; Gentlemen—ln bringing forward the report and balance-sheet for the past year, we may congratulate ourselves on having carried out considerable improvements, considering the limited amount of funds received. We have acted on the suggestion recommended at our last annual meeting, and have fixed a memorial plate, beautifully engraved by Mr Wolfe, of Christchurch, and mounted in granite stone, near the oak which was planted in commemoration of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and have also erected a substantial fence round the oak. The ground surrounding the oak has been tastefully laid out with choice trees and shrubs, most of them given and planted by the children on Arbor Day, for which they are entitled to our best thanks. The avenue has also been sown with lawn grasses, and in the near future will make a good promenade for the public. I would suggest that printed ornamental cards be obtained, and one given to each child who had planted a tree on Arbor Day, commemorating the same. Balance-sheet: Expenditure, £25 Os 8d; receipts, £27 3s lOd; balance in bank, £2 3s 2d.— J. A. Young, Chairman.” The report and balance-sheet, as read, were adopted. Mr Young was re-elected chairman for the ensuing year, and received a vote of thanks for past services. The board next considered matters for the present year. It was decided that the chairman make arrangements at once for rolling the avenue. With reference to the ornamental cards for the children who had assisted in planting trees on Arbor Day, it was resolved to obtain 50 cards for the purpose. Accounts amounting to £8 8s 9d were passed for payment as soon as the board has sufficient funds. The meeting then resolved itself into a cricket and other sports domain board meeting. The minutes of the last annual meeting on February 4, 1892, and also of last meeting, held July 25th of the same year, were read and confirmed. A short report, containing nothing of special moment, was read, after which the balance-sheet was considered, which showed the receipts to have been £5 13s 5d and the expenditure £1 3s 6d, leaving a balance of £4 9s lid. Mr Young was re-elected chairman for the ensuing term, and the board proceeded to deal with business for current year. With regard to some gaps in the fences round the cricket ground, the chairman was requested to attend to the repairing of same. It was decided that a notice-board bo obtained and erected close to the main road and near the cricket ground notifying that travelling sheep will be taken in at Is per 100, and also that two printed notices to the same effect be procured and placed in each of the hotels, from any of which the keys of the gates' could be obtained. Accounts to the amount of £1 16s 6d were passed for payment, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the meeting. The crops round here promise to yield a fair return to owners, provided wo are favored with good harvest weather, and farmers receive a reasonable figure for their grain. The late rains have had the effect of filling out the ears of grain that had not already ripened too much. Anyone driving from Winchester past Mr A. Barker’s and round by Mr Gladstone’s cannot fail to observe how well the crops look on either side. Not only are they heavy, and the ears well filled, but they appear to be fairly clean as well. I noticed but a very small portion of the soil under turnips here, but what there is looks well, the rains we have had lately being much in their favoi’. It is to be hoped that we shall have a spell of fine weather for harvest.