CASTLE POINT HIGHWAY BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1136, 27 July 1882, Page 2

CASTLE POINT HIGHWAY BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of the, Bp«4. ;wm itald -at Teniii; on.. Saturflij -tot fcrajeiit—Mesara -Maokay Larigdon, Smythe, Belliaa/ Wttftni, "Williams. •■■- " ■•-■-•■•-. •-.---■':- '; : The:, n!iinate> ; pf' the : jrtevioui mwtinj were-;rflaj4'flnd.ooD&fli6d;-'- ( (';'/ h .;'''.■""', '• ''W'lreaaum repdiVed 'baiau^Mair-''

i mniMiMiii 11 r\'_t ' ■£. .; The report of the Clerk of Wotllwai«•* and considered. The following letter* were then read:—From Mr Gillard re fifli imposed for failing to complete metalling contract according to time. From Mr Peaoh offering a load of willows to. plant on river banks, From W. O.Bnbhanan requesting a refund of money expended at Waihora by Masterton Board.;. From Mr .Elder re creek encroaching on Muoßapak'ehj, j foadj„.,Fjt9m.Mr ;Bheathlte. itate of ■3sT"Mataikutia-Pakowai ■', road... From surveyor; re road, to" 'Glofa Lands * from tegapakeha via Waka ; rgPQ,-|iom MrXVOurTing 're farden lot ml .Faydp-'Tbjß' MSwiojg'ten'de'ri.wereri' * James Murray, including bridge and culverts' &l 9s 5d parohain Bry .ant,.do Jll6,l9s.6d ); ;JuD3p.»um; Parker •nlßurke £15210s ,do.'. hFojiwoxk.oa Pakowu Lide; ft- : O'Kane, '£l Mujs chain. It was resolved, " That i\OM imposed o,n:Mrj3iUard for fai|in|it6" «om* ,'pjeui hie r pontrapt-within the; ' time ' b'e remitted, and'' that the timber purchased for, making Mhed beoffer DOiicoepiMM Th'»t the Clerk be inßtruoted- to aoknot^ > .^ ",way|d fc re.'coit ; of road works at WalHora, and reply stating that this iioard is not pre,pared to. of as the work it of little or no benefit to . Taxpayers in this district. .•,.:; M i and that the. matter..; reoeiie. immediate attention..

that the necessary timber for culvirU on tie or.dere'd from Wellington. ■ ! '.TriaVMr Vallsnoo be referred to the County Council .re Blairlggieroaii. r ,That James Murray's tender be iceep* ■tod for the work at.Upper Taueru. . .That,D.O'Kane's tender be accepted forworkftiPakowai. .".'.' .That willowi.be p|ante4 at the,,priit««. tive wbrkiat Korokoko. *" , v Tb4t,_Mr;,Riddlp,be given notice to remove his fence where it encroaches on the line within one month from date. 'That tho'.Waitawiti bridge be taken up and »• temporary bridge" or crossing be 'made.-' -:i '-'!'"'' '!>»"'• "

'•■ That the chief iurvevor'be informed thkUhe clerkUwo'rkli.will-indicate' tho 'routi : for'-Mr' ; ArAsheroft' to" twine Wakprorp and that he' lbs requested to insrtact MrAshoroftlo traverse a lint from Tinui Valley to back spur. j : ) i < That- this Board, refuses to' accept Bnyordittfromcdntoctots'in faror of porßon»toT?homthoyni»y be indebted eicept in eaaM which (he Board i'may be r«Bponßible for the costoftiiateriali neee»> »ary to; eiiable' coDtracta to be oomploted, The following Accounts were.paeied for, payment :-Wagei in No.' .I ]'i ward''£f& 13s}1Yagesin.No.3 ward;js'B« U? Wages in No.' 7 ward, £1212s j Wigecs Cashpoint road, (816,98; Wages Mangfr;pakeha. iroad,ill Tj Price Gird-i' .wood;, deposit ■■ on contract,- "£45 6i; G.'Gilla.rd, orders on oontraot, M 9i; MoGreg'or Pros,, timber, £46' 14s 6d. , ; The next meetins will be held on Satv iirday the;l9th August '. . •

i but little here;l»low, butt :want».that : 'little atrong." -YebV and Rapp and flare's, 2s tea is quite as strong '"' asipther people's ,2s 6d:-tADVT. ' The Atrierioan Ohuroh Missionary Socie-'r ty 'receive by the will of the late Mill Burr,'abouj |20,000.. „,.-. !■.. '\. " ',K Weloh, of the four ; Confederate najf-dollari. east '- 1 at the New Origans .Mint before thitoity was captured by the Federal. farces'. 3« was' recently offered i2oofor this coiq, [butrated,jo.sejl'theicdin Jor,lesnban a 1£600,',"9,11.8I £600,',"9,11.8 of; these four coins recently!'.•■ [brought.'Qvef'£l6o at. auotioh in flew k < iYork. The bpiD haa the itatufo.blliberty 5 " on one aide, and a'ootton stalk; a stalk of > stigarckhe, and the ban and atari of tkt Confederacy on,the other, , : '.'■',. » v'Onr ; Maylt,:at theßdyalViitoria'aiii Albert Pocks, no less than, five of the , 1 finest '■ ateameM.trading.-,W,thj fori of £ London left by! the mid-day' l tide. "These ? consisted of-the: the Oriea "v, Line, the .Moor of the Union; Line, the ■■ 'Bosetta of the Peninsula and the' Orient..'; line, the'Quelta t f the British Lrlia Line, . and ;thu Tnduv of'the Gloyer .'Brotheri' j Line.. They commenced to be \ uridooktd' '.stubont half-pajtlO a.m.,'and finished aboutl p.m! - "■ s .... Aohild was recently, killed in London ibyagamecnok. The deceased -was play. ing in tho ; yard when the mother heard i great noise; 'and on going, oufside foiwd, the baby lying on the ground with, jr &meodck ; standing ; at her h'ead.and picking at her.' The child had been struck in the temple by the Spur of the. ; bird, and although 1 , the wound 4 appeared inaiguiS' .canf,,lqclfiaw.ie.|||nt and the, baby died twa -, days later.'The principal caiueofaggrata-; tion for.the.'asiault waa the child wearing a red frock : ■■..•;;;;*;' •„■ '■,

A stout looking young fellow, recently was put up to the highest bidder, in front of the court bonis Bt'Biohmond, Ky., and sold under • a Qbarge; of vagrancy into slavery for Que year. ' fie brbngbt only four ■hilliqgß. .William: J f Collins was the purchaser) arjd.said lie would set the poor fellow to worlf orj the railroad." A ahiwoiher jrf Portsmouth dockyard, England, was sentenced lost month.to im< prisonment fori one'' week ..for. assaulting his wife. During tbeir.twenty-one years of married life the husband had given her black eyes no less thanfcwo hundred times.,Thig-wouldmake an average of nearly nineteen cases of punishment in two jeanr: .•„-;•.•,•.;! ',.:':. ai;:'. 1 «;;:_.

'lt was understood at'the tirnVthst the Star of the Garter was presented to Lord Beacons Geld that it should become an'heir* loom, but owing to an omissjon in lord Beaoonsfield's will this was not allowed, and the star was accordingly sold by the exeoutors to a-well-known diamond 'firm in London. The firm have • retained the Star for many'toonths in.the hope of jell, tug it but they have failed thus far tflod • a'ou'stomer. • 'Hendo they have decided to take but all .the diamonds-there are 'B2O remount them into single stone'ahdgem'rings, ■ A farmer at Dooly, : Ga„ whose plaoe is on the river, was .walking near his atookyard-.when he heard a squealing 'among his hogs, He.looked over the fenoe and found a large alligator'had a dead hog, whioh it h»d.killed, and wu tryingto make its way to the river. He ran to the house for his'gun and called to several of his hands to. go. .with him to kill the aligatbr, : ObJarrjtyidg.at the yard the alligator They followed it to the of alligator tracks disojVered those' of two persona who hadthe skin'of an alligator and had used it to ace -mplisb the piu'posi . of stealing hots, an* unking the owner, if he should discover %m r seliev]ritTrar;* an BJliWJtet-' The rowing boatrdoVnn the river could be r&tmotjy seard. te toft ' r -:i\ his riskily been mad* *-k ;With wine at the entrepot in'that oily. A :>OTtat'of releotricitjf'wai 1 paued through a small ouk 01-ioar jrine/aridit thVeur]^ '"""■ °J- A J** I**? 1 th'« winej WM'found •■■ to i» toasVu" atoqiured that flayer; ratheVu' • been,supposedtfcoo'me bfSgU' 'ltfciiioVv > that.thediscoveryof:th«j,iji»ft rqaturirig : % .process is owl»gv|«^e^deni. i offak-v - thunderstorm >>'- oas¥bf bad w ineinjhfl otjUr o{ a viqtuef ■!' atCarcassonne,|-;t'v:;-if;> ;;;*-; '*^' : - Heads of famflies,'d6)) ! ti"foMtyo«if'liW»> ■ AW\ -Boys' eMuMfc be*ri Pcheap at %«^|M6t«a^*i^7«l ".;.■,'..»'. J ■/*.'■'" :.; : :.i