TARATAHI-CARTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 702, 25 February 1881, Page 2

TARATAHI-CARTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Board was held on Tuesday last.- Present -Messrs Booth.(Chairman),' Boys, Nix and Reynolds, "f : • ••.' ; Tho minutesof; the-last meetine wem read and confirmed;-; .v :-.*; °' r Tha bank balando to the credit bY'the; Wardens wasreported to be L3812s litT Itwajrosolvcd.thatMessrs Stevens and

Butler haying thrown up.,their contract tor formation land metalling on Francis' .line the same should be let to Mr A. Dayahonhis tender of 9sformation and 14s lOd metalling per chain, , The following accounts were passed for payment :--J, Payton& C 0.,15 6s 9d; : y..8kw,.W4 ; 7»9d; A. Fisk,l3s9d; A. McKenzie, 7a 6d; B. Boys, L6l7s6d. ■ It was resolved that fresh tenders Should be called for metalling on Nix's .line, to be sent in by the'6th of March, and to be opened by the Chairman-Mr •Nut.

Mr Boys, was authorised to call for enders for metalling 28 chains more or -....-• less, on the road approaching the Biding ■•■ on the railway at Middleton on the ' 'il .- I .V the Bame to be sent in by thb ■;• ..6th of March. J Mr Nix was authorised to hare culvert repaired on < the Moreton road, and the ~: Ulerk was instructed• to request Mr P. • • ■ JJaviu to repair, culvert on Hilton road, "U damaged by a treo" falling on it from his having reported that he had •■ .;.|i\speeted.the road near Mr 11. Donald's .rr..-mm, and found portions of it blocked : ; -: with sawdustj was authorised to spend ... :.,■ .La in clearing same. '■•" ■■ Tenders were directed to be called, to :•. bembythe sth of March, for 34 chains .-. ; m etal rag and formation on the East ,■-.-. lanMu road; 15 chains metalling on . - -ttrrya line, 25 chains metalling on •■'-. yilivors. line; 70 chains stone picking and scrub falling on Udy's line; 30 v: chains repairing on Moffat's line, and 3 chains formation and culvert on Hughes' line. .. . °

.-• Mr Levin waited on the Board, nskin» for work to bo done on the Belvedere mad, and the matter was adjourned for the Wardens to inquire into the matter. Mr Hooper applied to the Board, requesting that Mr Chew be called on to remove his tramway at once. Mr Beard wrote that he and others were willing to give nine feet in width for widening Belvedere road from the main road to the railway station, and it was resolved that the offer be. accepted and the expenses of the work defrayed out of the toll gate fund, The clerk was instructed to write to Mr Zabell requiring him to clear the timber off the Hiuau Gully road that had fallen from his land. A letter was read from the Wairarapa West County Council requesting the Board to set aside a portion of the tolls from the Waiohine toll gate fortho maintenance of the present and the buildin» of another btidgo, and also infoming the Board that £IOO had been voted for the ropair of the Gladstone road. Messrs Reynolds, Kayo, and Buchanan were authorised to expend the latter sum, Mr R. Davis was authorised to erect a verandah over the pathway in front of his house, and Mr Reynolds, with Mr Anderson, surveyor, to lay off tho gravel pit in Francis' line, Instructions to the clerk to write toMrs Leppionthat her services would be dispensed with as toll-keeper at the Black Bridge after the 31st proximo, as the Board intended to abolish the toll, brought to a close the most important meeting, so far as the public are concerned, that the Board has held for a long time past,

IIEMIfIISCESCEB 0? IVJJUuiurOJf.—ill til year 1845 a_ worthy citizen pioadcd his way with some difficulty through fern and ti-tree to To Aro Hat being in search of the sur- , voyr's opeg which had been driven in at the corner of what is now Cuba and Dixon Upon this spot was erected a small house, in which a very successful drapery. business was carried ou by two ladies of . remarkable talent and energy, who have long siuce retired from the scene to the land , of their birth- " Land o* the mountain and the flood, ... Land of browu heath and shaggy wood, In the year 18GG it passed into'the hands of. Mb Jamks-Surra, the present proprietor, who gave to tho premises tho appropriate name of Te Aro House, and-under whose . management business has-steadily progressed with the'rising fortunes of the city, . until at length it was found that a considerable enlargement 'was necessary, and the result was, To Aro House, as at present, one of the most complete and Extensive ; Drapery Establishments in the colony of -.- Now Zealand. Tho Jeneral Drapery occu- . pies a large space, being 49 leet by 25 feet, >' amply sufficient (or all Manchester goods, IrUfency Dresses, Bilks, Gloves, Hosiery, >• Ribbous, Laces, Ac. Tho Men's, Boy's, and ; Youths' Clothing Department measures 24 ' feet by 14 feet, and has attached a comf-rt- ;.' ablo fitting-room. Carpets and Household : furnishings have a similar space allotted to them. The Show-room for tho sale of Mil- ; linery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, &c., is a very spacious apartment, elegantly fitted up, and beautifully lighted from thoioof, and measures 39 feet by 22 feet, Tho stocli . of goods s at all times largo and well selected, and patterns are forwarded post • free on application. A special feature at Te Aro House is the Order Department, and 1 very careful attention .is paid to the wants of Country Residents; Allordersare executed ■ under the immediato supervision of the pro- ; priotor, and securely'packed and forwarded .-. to their destination with that promptness and despatch which have always distin ♦,. guished To Aro House, Cuba-street, Welling : on.-fADVT.I