MASTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 70, 28 January 1879, Page 2

MASTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

I A meeting of the above Board was i lield on.Saturday last. Present—Messrs i: Bennett-(Ghairman) Moore and Minchin. .; The minutes of • the previous meeting • fere read and confirmed. The following . correspondence was also read ; Letter from the Clerl? of Wairarapa

■West County. Council, encloaiiig'edpy. fesolution passed at a ineetihg •of the 'Council''relative, to the BurVey aiid tiriuationof a road at Mauriceville, for j| which the Council had voted the sum of . ~S £IOO. i' One from James Broivn, relative to the ' : ' ■ construction of the same line of road, , One from A. R. Bunny, stating that he '. had been instructed by Mr A. McMastciv ''»> to request the Board to • lay off a line of i road from his properly in the township of • Gladstone to the main road leading to that township. . • ' !.; } Ono from W. C. Buchanan, stating that 4 he had been waited \>ri by a Mr Smith, who had leased the property belonging to Mr Dakin, adjoining the line of road at To Witi, on which R, been -i' falling the bush, who ' .the fencing knocked down IW&thea repaired. '. The Engineer's report was given in aiMSuS read. . . HH The following resolutions were theSfifli passed ; • .mSM That the Engineer, after completinHH tlio work on which lie is at, present enS9R gaged, lay off a line of road from MiHH Cameron's to Mr Hood's, v 2. One throughHH Mr Woodroife's property at: the Manaia ;H| and 3. One through Messrs McKonzie'sHH and Livingstone's. fIH That the consideration of Mr Bunny letter, with reference to line of road A.. McMaster be postponed until tlHHfl Warden for No, 6. Ward is present, tuSHH that Mr Bunny .be infornied of this, HH That R. Greathcad be requested to HHSj pair the fencing knocked down by liimHH the Te Whiti road, and that at the time Mr Smith be asked to repair MBBH portion of the fence which encroaches bBIHb the road.' That ft Brcmner, with as little' dcflflHg its possible, lay oil' the line- bfrbadflHH Mauriceville referred in resolution aJHB ■ ted by West County Council, and coiUisSH9n for the bush falling and stumping : thegßH on. ■ nHB Th.-it the Secretary'write to Mr cJUSR and inform him that at,present there arHH no roads within the boundaries of thHB West County which the B^^in\h>laWß| That the Engineer measure the bush 98 fallen by-Messrs : Rutherfurd and Dixon T0 in No 1 Ward with ,as. little delay as P possible. - '' v. The following accounts wfcre passed for ,i' ~ payment' '' ; .... -v : - ■ : ' £. B d. ' C R P- Taueru " : contract ' ... ... Iq7 0 0 o. Cclway, 'Manaia road'con-' tract... _ ... ... ...-345 o 0 M. McKenzie, salary and men's wages ... 3518 0 County. West, repairs Forty- > Wile Bush ...' ... ' 9910 4 J. O'Connor,'wages, 1 "repairs so, 2 Ward ... ... ... 714 0 M. Bremner, salary ahdwagefi ■ of Survoy staff- ... ... 41; 4 8 " . Draughtman's wages ,i. . .. : . l: 20 ; 16 8 i giving, salary and, wages,, of • ••• 44 G 8 Sundry accounts 12 3 6 . Sellar&Hales' bi'cociunt for'nibri y jdj m'F6rty-Mile ,; Bush' ' lj; WJFranois' account for timber/ '• •■; L|H . R. Greatliead contracts in-Noa. 2 arid 5 Wards,;and.deposit 1 : next jneoting will .tye, held omSBB