MASTERTON RABBIT DISTRICT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 764, 10 May 1881, Page 2

MASTERTON RABBIT DISTRICT.

A meeting of the Trustees of the abort district was held on Saturday the 7th init, Present,—Messrs Stewart (Chairman), . Welch, Carapbe)), and. Gundewn, , The minutes';of the previous meeting were'readandp'onfirrried, ■-.■:■, •■■'.■ : The Mowing correspondence p received. ~:•;' .^'.ir^^.i^-p ./Letters from: Jit re encroachmenta fil ratibljs. on' his property ■ frohV - College,reserve; Messrs leom and'Cjp.'', covering account for §is 10's, fpr phq^' : phorusandoil;of 'rhpdnim] ! Mr Bunny, re oolleotioh of arrears of last years rate's]. Mr R, D. Da'gg consenting to be appointee} as a Trustee for thejdistrjct, vice Mr Cave' ' resigned; Mr Thos. Osborne 'that he has nothlna to dp with the land on the fernridge,' the subject of Mr J. W, Langls lettpr to the Board'rpad it last'm'e'ett, that. Mr $,! Maealiifer.has been< »rj>■ pointed.,auditor' for, the' dfstriilf,- vice , Mr Yaldwyn resigned'; The-secretary Carterton-Trustees', covering copy of instructions holes, by mean? o^b^juJpjijd^of.jCarpph; opjniqn oi--Mr Bunny ro seryipe the;Jtabb{t Act, ;}Mpt'frgqj. Mf &: J, that rabbjfi are increasing'rapidly,pn.ths property -'of'• Mr (Jlapham at' Alffedtpn, and requeßi|ng:the Trnstees to giTe' r tllejr attention,; to this, subject j and from Messrs A; Mutrle : 'and F, ,6ray,' .applying' for certificates, stating that'.dogs belong?. ingto,t|iem are kept for rabbit purposes oniyr'r'-: •^;';^ ; :';;. : 7 , r-M ; -:',.:■' The sjorfitaryr ; repqrte'|:'ij]a;t, ~«p receipt of Mr' f)agg]s consent't6' be wj. ; pointed a' he..-had:.:cpmmtip ■ w|th the Government,-andfa nptlfjcatibri' appeared in the; New,. ;Zealand Times' that'"': Mr Dagg was': gazetted j-butlheY official: notice, had not yet come tojharidt;; .■: „,. ■ '- Replies were direoted to be sent as fol- - lows vTo Mr Pngatp, that the'attentio'r» of the Colleger-Trustee's sh'oulo/be' to the subject'of his letter j to Garterjbn • Trustees, thanking them for.thecopy.of instructions'enclosed' in'their"letter j Ito V; ■Jit' Alpass, the Trustees will'give hfs 'letter their immedi&te oonsjderatioV ' ''" ;,The •Secretary- was inatructefrfrjr|nte|;; view'Mr Buu'ny on the siitijeof of the rates in arreir.';..... ■ "'

''Be applications for certificates-for dojjj, ':" it was reßo}ve^TThaf : th»< Trusses dg' grbt qflifcates (for:f jflay pe , north) in respect o( doolsproperty of A "those persons resident irj the, Boroqgh of : rMaßtertqt) rabbit raies,' on Wyh condition ,tj)af; {t-it-pppyed io ithe.coifl;' ' plete satisfaction of the,TrusteM (dogs;.are kept solely for the ; p,urpose''ot!". : .-: destroying rabbits, ■'"',.■ ■'On the- ; s'ubjeot of serving; i)otlde> to : destroy, it was resolved that.it be an in'atruotion to the Inspector to serra notices ; under seotion. 17.in.cases where he. finds itimpbssible to serve the saraepefsonally.' ■ . Inspector's 'report- (which will appear in our next issue) was then read, - After discqssiqn'irtMleidved/jJiatjU be - jm ibstruetfon'Hb Hh« l Wspebtor-hi ■arrange with Mr $. WelflH;fpr,p6i«oninj| Jandj belonging to thl Bstate»bf Mr 'Weldh at the Pairau, and to, warn Messrs I pijoher, Everett, and TrL. Thompson to, take ,iram.e,di»te steps, t'o 'dtstrpy the. ~ C»bb)ta,on tKaFpbrfioft oimPmi 6B; '"- which he. .njmbrbijs.;;./;.':f-^;v::. "■■ ; " ; , TtIU to, taw p.roMfidipgj jn oasesj wherein, his shewnWde'stroyirig the nMt*' J '™' ri T' > The meeting then adjourned till Satar* .day, the 28th May, at 11 a.icj,-