MASTERTON TOWN LANDS TRUST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1067, 6 May 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON TOWN LANDS TRUST.

A meeting of the Maaterton Town Lands Trust was held last evening. PresentMessrs Feist (Chairman), Perry. Wrielov andGapper. •" The minutes of the previous meeting k were read and confirmed. - ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN, On the motion of Mr Gapper Mr Feist was appointed Chairman for the ensuing twelve months. l Mr Feist thanked the meeting-for the honor which it had conferred upon him and hoped that this year they would get on with their business harmoniously. , ; THB SCHOOL GRANT. .A letterwas read from the Maslerton ' ;bchool Committee enclosing an account rpm Mr Wailte for a quarter's grant. £7 10s, duo March 31. The Chairman thought they had better refer to the resolution which they bad passed rescinding the grant.

Mr Haro said they had cancelled the I ■gvant, and that thoy bod no right pay a ft single penny more. Tho clerk reported that tho resolution rescinding the grant was passed on Nov. 4th. .The Chairman thought tlio Trust had Simply altered tho grant from Mr Waitte to the Committee. > .Mr Hare moved that the application could»not be received. Mr Payton, as a nienibor of tho School Committee, explained that tho Committee were of the opinion that an annual grant ■should not bo discontinued by the Trust to Mr, Waitte without at least a.clear quarter's notice. Mr' Hare said that the Committee brought pressure on them to rescind tho resolution. Tho account of Mr Waitte's was addrossud to the Committee. Mr tow thought it should be roforrod pik to tho School Committee. Mr Terry soconded the resolution of Mr Hare's, which wns carried. At tho suggest ion of Mr Haro it was explained in tho resolution that in consequence of thirty pounds having already been voted to the School |Cominittoe the payment to Mr Waitte eould not ba made. The following accounts were passod for payment subject to rovisal by the Clerk: A. B, Bunny, £5 2s; J. Payton & Co., £4ll 3d; Smith & Hog*, £slos 61. PBOPOSED AMENDED BIU. The clerk reported that there was no further communication from the Greytown Trust. Mr Haro stated that Air Beard advised that joint action between tho two Trusts was desirable if he were to act in the nutter. He thought that Groytown would bo willing to meet thorn on the subject.

Tho chairman said it would bo for them to decide whether they should go on with the Amendment Bill if Grfiytown refused to co-operate with them. Mr Hare suggested that as tho Groytown Trustees had not communicated with them they might write to them. He recommended tho appointment of two Trustees as a committee to deal with the matter. On the motion of Mr Perry, seconded by. Mr Gapper it was resolved that Messrs Feist and Haro be appointed a Committee to confer with a Committee of the Groytown Trust re the introduction of a Bill to be brought into Parliament. Mr Gapper inquired what the special object of tho new biil was. The Chairman explained that one object was to incorporate acres No, 42, 111, and 10G. Mr Haro said that with reference to acres 111 and 10(5 Mr Carter held that he had signed conve3'ances to other persons, but Mr Benall denied that those persons had any claim on them.

Mr Wrigley oxplained that all conveyances were made out simultaneously by a contract with Mr Cbeeseman.

Mr Hare said Mr Carter was willing I to bo relieved of all responsibility in tho matter by an Act of the Assembly. Mr Carter was of the the opinion that acre 42 ha.d been left out of tho schcdulo by mistake, Ho and his colleagues agreed to transfer it to tho firo brigade. Tho speaker supported this proposal, and recommended that the Trust should hold it for tho benefit of thit body. TREASURER. On the motion of Mr Hare, seconded by Mr Gapper, Mr Perry was appointed treasurer to the Trust. TJIE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE. jrfb was reported that the old school Duilding had been offered to tho Government as a courthouse, and that the Government had requested Mr Wardell to report on the letter sent by the Trust. THE STREET QUESTION. The secretary reported that he could not ascertain how much land belonging to the Trml had been given for street purposes.

Mr Have declared that the Trustees coufd at any time enter upon these streets and fence them off. No public document existed to show that a conveyance had been made to the borough, and no compensation had been paid by iho borough. The chairman : We don't want any compensation. Mr Gapper thought that in giving these lands they had improved the borough as a whole, and enhanced the valuo of the Trust property. Still, he wai of the opinion that proper conveyances should have been given. BUILDING ON TRUST LANDS. Mr Gapper said there was a matter he should like to see altered. A man should have a right in the buildings he erected on Trust Lands, and was it right that if he erected a building on his property that itsho"! ' ut forfeited on the expiration of his le. s• I This was very arbitrary. If a man lo.ik a farm on the conditio.) that tho landlu'! agreed to compensate him for his improvements he would go to three or four times the expense he otherwise wnM do, and the saire principle held good w .. the Trust Lands. Mr Hare: But then the rents tho Trust gDt are very low. The chairman said that in some cases the Trust had conseutod to extend leases to factlitate improvements, Mr MoCardle made a similar proposal the other night in the towc hall. It would scarcely be fair to parties who bad already erected buildings to place other tenants in a better position. If it could be shown that the Trustees could get an increased amount of rental he thought it would be a benefit to the Trust to adopt such a proposal. Mr Gapper pointed out that if improvements were secured to the lessees a higherrontal would be paid by them. Ho also pointed out that the Trust had not enforced the building regulations. The chairman said in tho case of McGregor Bros. Iho Trustees did not enforce tho clause literally, but had allowed two buildings worth three hundred each to be an equivalent for six buildings worth one hundred pounds each. Mr Gapper understood an acre near by the brewery was not built upon. ") The secretary explained that this be r 'longed to Mr McCardle, but there had been a' difficulty in getting tho lease signed, which had complicated tho transaction. Mr Gapper moved that this partioular case be investigate! and reported upon. All tho open places about tho borough were, in his opinion, nuisances and should be fenced in. Mr Hare said that thoy had advertised lands for which they got no offer, Mr Gapper thought that in such cases the Tajjfos should do the fencing themselves^ LOCAL ELECTIONS ACT. Mr Hare said that tho now Bill proposed that all future elections should be under tho Local Elections Act. He waß afraid that this would prove very expenfive. The meoting then adjourned,