MASTERTON TOWN LANDS TRUST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 968, 7 January 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON TOWN LANDS TRUST.

The ordinary monthly meeting was held last evening. Present—Messrs Feist (Chairman), Hare, Perry and Wrigley. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. CORRESPONDENCE. Inwards—From M, Casalberg, re town acre 431 from R. G. Williams, re a sum of five shillings which he alleged was due by the Trust to Mr Fielding; From the Masterton Sohcol Committee, asking for a grant of LBO for the year 1882, and stating that a deputation would wait on the Trust in support of the application. SCHOOL GRANT, Messrs Boddington, Vile, and Payton then waited nn the Trust as a deputation. Mr McOordle was to have acted with them but was prevented by illness from being present. Mr Hare pointed out in the first instance that the liabilities of the Trust were L 43 to the Bank, L 39 to Mr Beard, nnd L2O for fencing, and asked the Trustees whether, in the face of these debts, they could entertain the application,

Mr Perry thought that they, had better hoar the deputation first, and discusß the question afterwards. Mr Boddington, the Chairman of the School Committee, pointed out that the Committee we're forced to seek assistance from the Trust in consequence nf the reduction of its grant from tho Board, by which it lost from LSO to L 75 per annum. They had now a lame school with very good teachers and a good building, but the Committee found that if waß not financially in a position to gi»e proper instruction to girls in sewing, The Committee also desired- to encourage' military drill amongst'lhe boys, and to furnish the new play-ground in a suitable manner. He thought they would all see the necessity of encouraging the school,

Mesßrs Vile and Payton supported, the application, pointing out that education had a primary claim on' the revenues derivcdfrnm the Trust lands, and that the amount asked for was small in proportion to the annual income of the Trust, and that even if the funds of the Trust were invoked the embarrassment was a mere trifle when the value of the property which .the Trußt.-held was taken into con"ajderation,-'

"Mr Hare .reoognised that • education should h'rtve a prior claim upon its funds, hut hoped .that-; they would live'within their means, for the past three years the Triißt had been giving grants beyond its means. Whenever they had a balance to their credit no one would vote it away more cheerfully than himself, but it was not consistent with their duty as Truatees -to be paying interest on an overdraft, He 'thought that the application should he deferred till their demwere liquidated, The Chairman. said that he was not inclined ..to. take the Bame view as Mr Hare;. The: amount, of their debtwas small as compared with the amount, of their income. •. He thought that while the Trust might not be in a position to give all that was.asked for, it was their duty: to give sortie': assistince, eapeoiatlyaa the school-was' moving .into new preabu. ; 'The Oommittee, he.felt'iure/did'UOt vuh' Jtp,«Bjl»rri« ; th« Truit»«, H», ; mo|-

nised too, that the Library had a prior: a claim on the Trust, on ttoopnnt ;'of its 4~ heayy indebtedness. He would like to Vfc know why the L3O a year war taken away from Mr Waitte. Mr Boddington did not think that this amount could be taken from Mr Waitte, /v.-: and as far as bis vote went he should support its continuance. _, The Clerk said that the TtyitaeMld pay the grant to Mr .Waitte'' .' " ■ Mr Payton stated that the Sohoollß| mittee had not withdrawn the grant froW Mr Waitte. This was done by the rescW lution of the Trustees,

The .Clerk explained, that the School Committee asked the Trustees for the control of the grant, and on this applies... tion the Trustees rescinded the resolution which voted the money to Mr Waitte; Mr Boddington explained-.that it was desirable that the Committee should have the control of the grant. Hitherto, it had been a grant not to the ■ Oomtnittee but to the second Master of' the, Sohbol, and in the event of the present-holder of that office leaving it might not be. desirable to continue to its successor. The present application was outside the grant to the second Master, and had nothing to do. with it. .

Mr Haro-Wo had better go into the Bankruptcy Court at once. The Ohairman-In order to. lest the feeling of the meeting—.•,..,, Mr Hare (interrupting the'. Chairman)—. Will you bear in mind, Mr Chairman, that L3O is already givon to Mr Waitte 1 The Chairman proposed, and Mr Perry aeoondad,—That LBO bo given to the Committee for the purposes named in the. application. f. v

_ Mr Hare asked if the L3O was to be in addition to the grant to the teacher 1 The Chairman said they had rcsoinded the latter grant and were not bouu'd by it. ; Mr Waitte could make an application if he thought proper to do so for another grant, and when the application came before them it could be considered. The resolution was. then.put and carried, it being also arranged that Jhegrant should be payable half-yearly in advance. The deputation, after thanking the Trustees for the liberal way in which the request had been met, withdrew,:-; MKSSB3 RBtUHrANB GKAT, ■ ; The Clerk reported that Meisrs Renall and Gray had not as yet formally resigned.

Mr Hare recommended that they be asked to resign, Tho Clerk pointed out that, the leaiei could, not be completed as matterspow stood. ... ;; .•-,■', t The Chairman suggested that the Clerk W might see them privately on the question, fh fieldikg's crown. '"" J

It was decided that Mr Fielding's olftioi of 6s for ringing a boll at a public meeting some four years «gn, could not be entertained. . MK BEARD'S CLAIM.' /' Mr Hare pointed out that there jrerej*' discrepancies in the legal charges. ~^\ The clerk explained the discrepanoiei, ff and said that Mr Beard would not acoept ■'■*''' a penny less than the amount ofhisascount. An arrangement re olmtgoi wai made some years ai;o, but tho particulars r of it were not recorded on the books' of the Trust; The Chairman and Mr Hare' Were authorised to settle the account, . '"!; A MISSING LEASE. Mr Hare wid he could find no record of the Brewery loaae. He . wanted to know the conditions of it, The Clerk pointed out where the document could be seen, and aaid the conditions were the same as in other leaaei.

THE POUND BITE. Mr Hare objected that thero wu no lease of the land used us a public pound, The Clerk Btated that it was ocoupied by the Local Board for impoundingpurposes under the formal resolution of the Trust. A BKAVEL PIT, /,', Mr Hare objeoted to a power given to • ~lj[l f6 "' the Local Board to take gravel from a /-' town acre. '..■''

It was explained to Mr Hare that as no Looal Board existed, the privilege had ceased, QKEYTOWN RESERVE. ' Mr Hare complained that sections from 45 to 68 had hot been accounted for. The Clerk stated that sections 46 to 63 were let .to Mr Haines, anil that he was making inquiries respecting the remaining ones. UNLET SECTIONS, Mr Hare pointed out -that-'certain sections near the school, and a half-acre in Church-street, were lying idle, and that there were persons who wanted them, Mr Perry asked why they did not send in applications, : The Clerk reported that some time ago the Trustees decided to reserve the halfaore in Church-street for planting. On the motion of Mr Hare it. was decided to advertise all the unlet sections. DOUBLE. RENTS, Mr Hare reported that Messrs Morris and MoKillop were now liable for double rents. The Glerk stated- that the Trustees passed a resolution relieving Mr MoKillop for this liability, . Mr Hare.Ba'id he could not find the resolution in the minute, and tb,ey had ■batter give Mr MoKillop notice to pay, and let him produce the resolution The Clerk Baid that Mr MoKillop when he bought the lease had been misled by goodclnld, the lessee of the Trust.' ' TOWN HALL RHST. The Chairman reported that the arrears were still unoaid. The Trustees decided to take action at the next meeting if tub affair were not arranged in the interim, The meeting then adjourned.