WAIRARAPA EAST COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 798, 20 June 1881, Page 2

WAIRARAPA EAST COUNCIL.

I ii. Meeting! of the above Council, was held . i inn lajjirqay last at the Couucil Chambers, : : ■■•.": ■•■'>:.;■ V: ; . ; : Councillors Beetham (Chair- > I Pharaaynj. and J, Y, ■ '■' • Smith. : .•'""■' ■■■';■ '-•,- ; ; |.;,; ■ The minutes, of the previous meeting g*px giving :/,' * unH'aowu nt j 1 p}p>eMj'ij|tti/cmiti|p't,' : , ( ']. .'-;.-jJ_. . o m" Treasury, covering ; igold license—the x'goeived • in this district as mining re?e'nue; from the Colonial Secretary, covering an applicafionif romMEXM&a'dith'l and .others''to constitute No, of the Masterton Higliway3oardVßeparate rabbit district, and/asking fjouijcili. ("^.-'/" r "" ; IOWPiWHApip FERRY. tV_^ From ■ Casilepoint. Highway. Board, statiiig thaPin •its'oViiiW'n''the Council should. provide f br'thd'Fe'rry. , l|Cr Phara-. zyn said the Bubsid n fes r !.:h : av'ing been ex-.. . pended the CountJ! >! ;hai;,lno; funds for maintaining be left' in. the .hands of, OhaTrman p'oiiitedTout rtjiiit Ahe Highway Board could not raaintainilie' ferry out of i subsidies,.because".the.Oouuty.iad appropriated.the,whole6fitheSoard's subsidies to special works.-—Or Maunsell asked if the licenSe'fiies of■: JISO-'a-year were availto localise license fees, whore shall we stop ? , —TKe : Ohairtiiari' f hoiight 1, tM oould be'cloßodV-witEoutTanyVgreat inconvecost but £2s"a-yaar, andJher'e wai'a strong feeling inihe district' ih'iavor of continu- ' [in]?it/^OKlth'e 'Motiipu [of[Cr ; Pharazyn, • the followiiig„resolution was agreed to—- " That as the has distributed the whole of isis ' 'available' balance, it had no . fundsMeft. for the maintenance_of the . waV'bettVr^for'^th'e r ßoardj td Quintain ' the 'ferry.' und^r ; the 1 ' pre'SeJnt 'arrafigement than^that/'tHe C^punbiljfehiiilii''be called !'■' -'l HURDSTjiOBANGI FEBRT. Mr Sextan w'ai_ted' I 'upon theiCounoil to pojnt.out,,that,' the acre, set, ..apart for the toll-hpusejwas ■ ipconvomently situated, and suggesting cjn eicha'nge.'—The Chairman: We do ..not object to any private arrangement which may be agreed to by the parties Council would t not, however, undertake any ( formal negotiation, and it had not, fundß,available for fencing the aereyfiijv..;^ '* ;! ■'kiuMlSOl-TESOI LINE. A" letter was. read from the Castle Point.Highpy Beard, complaining that a : contract had been let for this line whioh had'"'not been 'first''*submitted to the Board. The secretary was instructed to reply,thatit^asanuUter|o.furgeucy, in 1 which it had been expedie'ut' to waive aformal reference/'' : " 1: >:! , ( ~■' >; fjllHJ. msS.j'j': iMr, J. jvesV applied for a share of the County a'printing;. ! and advertiaihg,' but the application 'waa v 'pa'«se,d. over, with the remark that 1 the ''Council wa's[ jikely to have very little ofeitherJor the future. ; ,;■!'■/J rr INFERENCE, vi ) • ■ '•'■ A' letter was read'from.:Oounty,i West proposing a Conference on the 23rd of July.-Cr Pharazyn was- not oppusedjo a Conference, butifail.ed to see on what grounds a discussiou could;,be. baaed.-Or-Smith thought they ought' td: obtain the views of residents'!in;County East, by meana'bf- a' public' l nieeting.—Cr Bunny did not see that .their constituents would growl at them ioi accepting aii invitation to meet the Comity 1 West Council, the meeting pledged them to t nothing. —The Chairman : At 'such a Conference each ■ councillor.;::wouldiohljt.express;his iudi- ; vidual;;opinion.-Cr Smith .thought the Conference was prematura. rt Tlie, chairman did not believe a dozen'. 1 men in the . County, would vote.fqr amalgamation.— . Or Pharazyn said thatj'their answer-as far as, the question, of amalgamatibn 'went, wb'uld' ( be that' th'e y feeling 1 of -settlers in the County/ was agaihstj it,--The Chairman did not think a meeting would do any.harm, but waaisuretheCounty would • not accept any proposal for amalgamation. It was decidedtd accept the proposal for a Conference, the however, for meeting to fbo altered from 10 a.m, to 1.30p.rn.--- 1 .-''i?,r, ■>~.; ..,.,■ *' /.; yiEAyB'pFj'ABSENOE, Leave of absence was given to Cr Riddiford,aaGtherwißohe,wquldbedia I qualified, and-the County.. would be, put to, the ex- ' pense of another; election*. < : f was iblso given to Cr Meredith! " FINiNcicoMMITiEE. The Finance' Committee reported a credit balance of i802,19s 10d, which it was proposed'to distribute 6n'the same ' basis as last year, viz.', Masterton Highway Board, £M' Highway Board, £360 7s 3d j Featherston Highway Board, £136 lis 3d. Advances . had been made tp.'each of these bodies;?so,.that thV;.actualiipayments of balancejtd.be made we're; dniy about £lO6, M), and £36, respectivjely. The report as preaented • was adopted. ■ ' buirlogie'roab, The ;Oqmmittoe reported that debentures' to the of'!f36o having 'been guaranteed for the completion of this road, they recommended'the acceptance of a tender from Mr Price for the work. The estimated cost of the work was £420 15s, and the sum of '£6oloi voted towards it »t_ their last meeting, with the amount obtainable from debentures, covered the cost.vof,it.^The^Ooun'cll'-accepted the tender'as recommended; ' iND.'TREASURER. It was reported that the Secretary and Treasurer, were willing to continue their 'services pro.' tenu 'at '£2o per annum, i joint/sajarj|, .arrangement wag . ' confirmed on the'uiiderstandirig that if the iwo'rk;increMed,,th9 r> s.a|ary,would be raised. .. .v ; :!',;..,'.' ' ' • ""' • • • IHTEBKSI oj*; £5,000 lOAN v The Com'iniffee! recommended that in- ■ ,'M torcßt on loan'should be.paid put sidies up to -January, jßß2,^and after date a special rate of 2d in the £ should be |. ievlep/' to ''/ provide 'ftr, /it,—Cr Smith' jtnpught \' thdy ' niight" ■ obtain some 1 assistance' from 'the' 'Government, which'would rehder'a Tho chairman /"The stepiwe-proppae to take is only a preliminary one, and we can-withdraw it, 'if fabney] obtain- . ! able another way." Cr 1 Pharazyn said ■/ !their'.object was ;.to arrange;;,with {the ! Highway Board • l to v collßot the rates in conjunction with the Highway ratesi The I ;ratespul.d, : pr,o.duce.£3,3o,;which il would ;; cover v the aotuariiltert'st p'ayaolej though - ; ' the nominal inteireVt vii r jX3sowould not be '..j requir,ed,as the wholeqf fheLßOOOdeben- ';■' ,t"ures" ; hW"not■bee'ii' I 'taken up,—The ■[',; chairman said the committee decided that : . : ; a special rato would: be more convenient • than a ; general by the, Act an; ;' •annual reciirring:wie'oW,t|i"e'whqJßof the; ■ 'CoontyV;' , ,Or : Sinitn;wishedth'eq'u'estionof , ! pbitptinedto ! nMmeelitig 1 , to'allpw ■;;:'. .- ?j^ : ot the commitleoivthey-wouid; still : have; Qffs. over] the-mate' .l!|Ei^e^tlera;^iiw: % thatlhey: proposed atrikine £rafc;to;prowdejfor^

* ■ ;;-.: ifeintet,unexpended: .out, of;the,£33o which mußt remain,! to M'credit of the and'whioh by law could only jbe expended oh interest, 11 it'Wresolyed- ,! "3'Jjat a.apecial meeting.nf.the;C.ouiicilibe 'convened for the 23rd of July, toconsider PROPOSED NKfrsRABBIiibISTRICT, I " >Hr! / Ei.!fMeredUHjil;waited 'on. the ■-Council ; in order to advocate the-estab-—-lishmentr- of ~a--new -Babbit" District. >' ) BSBai'd thai auction 'ratepayers in the Waindioru Babbit District* had applied.to Ihe. jGfove'rnineiittp rtioiibf"the''dißlfict 1 lyiiig betwien the. KaiwhatuanditherWainuioru constituted ~,,; an ( independent: district, ;. : .Kabbit.B were : ,_.,,, .?djatricfe.,fro:m ,• tlip • ; ;B"outh, niidjn'ia; country iike;he.'referred to v.:' .thecccafionalivisitsof anlnspector-were .: ■,!■ .of littloiuae.' /Prkotically. ; the'ratepayers j ".there got -no equivalent--for- their rabbit ; rates, and wished to take the matter, into' It »» =.:--.their,own handa,:not,pnly'levyins.a special ■kA ■,; ■ rate amongst themselves, but supplement- ■:': ling it so that. vigorous and effective stepß '-• ■ .'vimight.be takeii to' destroy the pest.—The .•' : Chairman said the County could interfere if M.rMeredi ( th"coU,ld show, that the In-, ape'ctorfor tlie Wainuioru district was not dqing 7 his. duty.—Mr. .Meredith, replied that'ne did'iiofaccusa the Inspector of any' derelictioh'of duty,what he maintained only, a, local-resident-could, in ' '"' Buch'tfpounfry," deal 'efficiently with the ] - rabbits.; 'When the Inspector came'down the men who really had the most rabbits on'thei'r'p'fo'p'erl'ies'said thay had hone, and were passed.oyer;;., while; those who were really talcing,, efficient, steps'to kill were dropped oh.—the 'Chairman thoughtit - : ■ • wasthe interest6f4fr : Meredith's friends -.*-' to destroy'their-rabbila'in their own' V'' neighborhood,-arid tb'se'e that.the;same '■;: was doiiirin'the' adjacent districts.. He "'• : ' i doubted whether,lhe -separation -'of, inle- '.'; rest- -asked',, for;, wasi.,-favorable 'to united ' action.—Cr'Phaiazyn thought the reol ... remedy wouldbe.an improved administration of the present Trust.. ■;.;: r It was.decided to refer the application to' the Wainuioru Trustees for their ,i .opinion, and postpone the -decision on it - to the next meeting. ?<■■■'■ •-:; ■' :■ n : ;: .-.--; .: ■ ■ ' " ' ' .. PAYMENTS. -The following accounts were passed for payment:— - ; :.VA'l i;": ■:;■:>'■ £ g D Oaaelberg & Ooi, noilsj, &c.... 22 2 • • Hi Cornelius, 1 deposit tin contract . '.•:•; 20 0 : 0 : Paytori & Co., printing, Ac,. 118 3 .6. Repairs .'„'.,, ... 13 0 ; ' Watson & WinteriDgham, re- . pairs... -.,' ... ...' ... 1, 3 0 R.H. Chinchen,stationery... 210 R-, Wilsone, salary and stamps 62 2 3 Wairarapa West County, Engineer's salary up to December. .. 31st, 1880. ......... 36 6 0 Castlepcint Highway Board, , balance £SOO vote 285 0 0 Cnatlepoint Highway Board, balance of subsidies due ...209 0 0 Mastorton Highway Board, subsidies ... 60 0 0