MASTERTON TOWN LANDS TRUSTEES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 863, 3 September 1881, Page 2

MASTERTON TOWN LANDS TRUSTEES.

The ordinary meeting was held last evening, at the. Council Chambers. At an early hour Mr Renall entered, and took the chair at the end of the table, and shortly after Mr Gray arrived. At about; .8 o'clock Messrs.Feist 1 , Hare, and Perryentered, andtook- their seats. For some little time nothing was said, but it was the calm before the storm.

- Mr-flare asked-Mr Feist to-commonce the business of the meeting. Mr Ronall; Mr Feist is not chairman here. "-■'.'"V^.:-.:;;>■•':■: -,.;^;-T:.;

Mr Feist: lam goingjto takethe chair at all events. .. ;_ ■'.,.' J AU.\,'\. ;

MrEenall: I have not yet retired. It's_ of no use your continuing in this way,---Mr Feist: We had better retire to another room, gentlemen, as■ Mr> Renall, seems determined ,to obstruct the-busi-ness. Mr Perry: I don't see why we should; leave the room, We can conduct the business hers. ~- ~._.., Mr Feist: Is it your wish, gentlomen, that I go on with the business 1 Mr Hare and Mr Perry; Yes, certainly. Mr Renall: You cannot conduct the business. All you have'done is illegal. Mr Feist cannot act as Chairman. We have all been asked to resign, and should obey that request. Mr Perry: I don't see why Mr Renall should dictate to us! Mr Renall: We had all far better, resign, 120 having signed a requisition for us to do so. The people own the property, not the Trust. We are simply to administer it. Let all resign, and the people can then settle the dispute.

Mr Hare: The business of the Trust is beinj; delayed through these disputes, and we had better adjourn to another room.

Mr Renall: You may adjourn if you like, but anything you do will be illegal. Mr Perry : I do not see that Wb should bow to Mr Renall,

Mr Renall: You would not be bowing to me, but to the public; who expreasod their opinion plainly at the late meeting.

Mr Har«: We do not care for the opinions of a rowdy mob, [Messrs Feist, Perry, and Hare, then left their seats and proceeded to another room.] Mr Renall (in answer to Mr Hare): That minting waß far froni rowdy, and you will probably regrot calling it a rowdy mob, ; Messrs llonall and Gray and a number of the public who hud assembled to wit-; ness the proceedings were left in possession

of tho.Council Chambers, the three other Trustees proceeding to hold a meeting in an adjoining room, Mr Foist took the chair, and the Clerk was sent for, Mr Hare had secured the minute-book, and business was proceeded with, and the minutes read and confirmed, RESIGNATION. Mr McCardle's resignation was received, but- no action taken upon it, the matter being hold over for next meeting. GREYIOWN TRUST, A letter was read from the Clerk to the Greytown Trustees, asking upon what conditions the Masterton Trust granted a subsidy to the assistant mastor of the school, stating the Greytown Trustees contemplated a similar subsidy for the Greytown sohool. The Clerk stated he had supplied the. information asked for.

FERNRIDGE SOHOOL. An application was received from the Chairman of the above school committee, asking for a similar subsidy to that granted last year, viz., £lO, and expressing the hope that the Trust would make it an annual grant. '■ It'wasresplyecj to gi.ant the £lO, but to leave oyer tuoqugßtioij qf'making it an annual grant to'a future meeting. The Clerk reported ftat ike Tret's overdraft was £BS, but would be reduced to £SO shortly, MASTERTON SCHOOL SUBSIDY. With regard to the application of the Mastorton bciiooi CZ""}! ,M *» »' increase of the £BO subsidy (and its application to the general purposes of the : (56rfflatfee'-fastflad/ pf' to the sajary of the assistant'master)', 1 it; w J as- ; iWolVed :) tkt neither the amount nor its'application sliould be altered a't present, as to do so might lose the services of 'the assistant truster of iho sohool. ItEQUISITION. The requisition asking the Trustees to resign in a body was then read and considered.

Mr Hare stated that iu endeavoring to gain acre 42 for the town he had not •dono other than his duty. Feeling that lWiiaiTbeeii' g'u% of "no neglect in'the affaii's of Tlie ■ Trust',' lie Emphatically declined to resign. '' '' ' I'jje Ohairrnan 'dkl not oousider he had dpne onyth'ingfonvhich the people should aslr. him tjj resign." fle. l]atj simply deoljned to submit to one member of the Trust, and had no intention of resigning ou this ground, Mr Pony oxprassoil'tho same views, aiiu !■!]? matter TO allowed to drop. LEASES. Two jeases were signed from the Trust to M/Oasejberg fpy aQi;eg 43 and 4f, Mr Hare stated he had been' appointed in conjunction with the Secretary to go into the matter of all the leases, but recent events had prevented this being carried out. By next meeting he hoped to be able to bring up a report.

MGOLATIONSFOII CHAIRMEN, Mr Hare sqbinittpd a copy of regulations for electing new chairmen 'and dealing with contumacious ones. If it was adopted he thuught it would do away with all such bother as they had recently had with Mr Renall. The regulation proposed that a chairman should be appointed for one year, and no longer, but should be eligible for re-appointment, t chairman to be elected at each monthly meeting till the annual election in case of deatl), resignation, or absence of the chairman, in the event of the chairman obstructing the business of {he Trust or refusing to put any fair and reasonable resolution to the meeting when requested to do so, any member present shall have the right to call upon the chairman at the next monthly meeting to resign, and in the event of his refusing and continuing to obstruct the business of tho Trust against' the wish of the majority, the majority shall be empowered, to elect another chairman for tj)e remainder of the period for which the obstructing chairman was elected,

After aomo disoussion the regulations were adopted and ordered to be entered in the minute book for the guidance of msmbers, SCHOOL BUILDDtG, On some disoussion arising as to raising tluimqqey for the HJdpatioji Board, the matter was Allowed to remain, oye,i; till the Act was passed, ' f ' ' ' ■ '' Mr Hare suggested offering {he old. school building as a'Court-house to the Minister of Justice, but this was also allowed to stand over, and the meeting adjourned. .'-■..:•■.