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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1205, 16 October 1882, Page 2

The public are notified in our front oase that Rapp and Hare »re selling Men's Tweed aiiits at SOe, vre have' Been the nnalily,'aiid cin 'testify of the same.— Idvt. 1 Arrived t hi? mnrning 30 Rltek We«l of

■r WAIRAftAPA WEST COUNTY. '5" , Tub usual monthly meeting of the shove Council was held at the County offices, Carterton, on Saturday last. Present: Crs Booth. (Chairman), Donald, Bwithwaite,. Matthews, McGregor; Jaokson, Macquarrie; Chamberlain and Russell. I The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed., The treasurer reported a crecic balance of Ll2ll 18a 5d —receipts since last meeting, Lllls 6a 7d. HOEN3tUO EXPENS£!B. " . The Chairman said he had been bombwhat taken to task: for the remarks he ; had made at the last meeting onthe.exIpenditure of licensing committees. Ho still affirmed that the way they had spent funds amounted to a misappropria-' | j (ion of public money. ■ The license fees " belonged to the local bodies; One gen- | tlemim who was present t«ld him that he • i and others received a guinea for each i attendance they made at a license' committee, although they had expressed' an , opinion that ten. shillings was a suffi- , ciently liberal payment, , Cr Chamberlain: In Masterton we get no fee. The Chairman: One or two licensing committees might be held up as examples, • but while he wus prepared to recognise \ that the public men of the district were, >• as,a rule, economical in dealing- , with 1 public money, no sooner did they touch | licensing business than they seemed to go in an altogether opposite direction. Cr McGregor thought the Chairman's remarks were only applicable to one dis- ! trici. ; Cr Braithwaite did not think the whole ; of the districts should be mixed up indiii eriminately. • , The Oluirm-in did not desire to bring j charges of' extravagance against all of them, The amended Act of the last ! session would enable Counties. to secaw one licensing committee. As Soon as the j Act was printed he would be prepared to ' submit some , proposal to the Council to ! obviate the extravagance which had hitherto characterised tho administration of the Act. Or J ickaou: We hire got enough to do without administering the Licensing Act, ' The Chairman: I do not want the administration of the Act, but I want the money. mTHERSTOH TOWi: BOARD, ' A letter waß read from the Board, applying for a refund of license fees paid in erwv to the County. The Chairman was not aware that the fees liftd been collec'ed iri error. The Town Boards ought to have had committees elected, and had it not been for the intevventi'in of • the County they would have lost the fees altogether. The sum could not be handed over till all exJ pauses incurred had been deducted. " 1 : BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. A letter was received from the North | Wairarapa Benevolent Society, stating . that L456s 8d had been collected' sub- ' sequent to the 30th December, 1880, and expressing an. opinion that it was undesirable for the Society to extend its operations outh of the Wningawa, as cases bet'K' this point could be better dealt with by a Society at Carterton, A Git* oiid letter was. read from the FeathiM'jtnn Society, stating that it had s collected subscriptions to the amount of , Ll6 12;, and asking for a grant in aid. h The Chairman said that in their present financial position it would be a pity for • iheci to spend money unless there was a ) real necessity. If money was absolutely needed the Societies had a claim on them. Cr McGregor was glad to find that the southern portion of the district was taking actiun to provide for objects of e benevolonce, They need not take the a subscription lists as a basis for a grant, and ho would jnove .that tßn pounds be voted to each Society. If a third one were started at Carterton tho whole ,'of the disirict would be provided for.: Cr Matthews.asked Cr McGregor if he would vote a grunt of ten pounds on every application which came beforo them. Cr McGregor said he regarded the present vote as clearing oS old scores • Future arrangements would be an open question. DOG REGISTRATION. An application from Mr Ingram for commission on free registration of 123 1 ra'jbit dogs was read and assented to, A SXTIVS CLAIMANT. A! letter was read from tho Surveyor- > Qennvtl, enclosing an epistle from ft r Maori at Hawera, who stated that a road : had been taken through his cultivation, 1 and that a payment of one hundred pounds f wonld reconcile him to the objectionable i procedure. 3 The chairman asked, that this' matter . mig'it bo left for Mr Beetham and himsedio anm,e. An Act .had beon passed | last session that «:ue them powor to take I roads through native lands whether they had been dealt with.or no, (hear 1 hear i) . and they might expect to carry on their ) work without any serious, hindrance, r ; STRAY CATTLE. 1 A letter was read' from Mr Laimbeer ' asking for the by-laws regulating the im--1 pounding of stray cattle. 1 The ohairm m thought it would be sufficient if they authorised Mr Liimbeer , to impound oattle on county roads and allow the matter of by-laws to remain in I abeyance until they had the Amended , Counties Act in force, i Cr Jackson explained that Mr Laimbeer i had been nonsuited last court day for impounding a cow grazing on the road, a ' little sirl being with it, and the Magistrate ; deciding,.that lor this reason "a person' was in charge of it." \ Or Russell: lam afraid .the Magistrate 1 was right, people driving stock must givo them rest, ' The ohairman laid that iu this case there was a transparent evasion of the ; net He moved that Mr Laimbeer be authorised to' impound cattle on county. , roads within the limitß of thi Featherston Highway district./' . ' .Or McGregor hoped rangers would net unduly exercise their powers and inflict ' unnecessary hardships on Bettlen by a 1 want of discretion, A little mercy mixed ;■ with law was a good, thing. The Ohairman! The R.M. mixed a good deal of meroy in this case I The motion was seconded by Or Jack-, i son and carried, the Chairman remark- , ing that a ranger was necessary aa stray : cattle 'trampled in i their. drains and rendered them praotioallj useless. JtDVIBIISINO. 1 An' application -for ' advertising was received-fromthe Observer ofßoe. Cr McGregor pointed out that they had 1 already made a concession to that office: by instructing the clerk to give it job, printing when convenient to do so. On the suggestion of the Chatrmati a resolution was passed acknowledging receipt of , letter. ...., ' : A CONTRAOTOr/fl MISTAKB, . i; Messrs Reese and Dawson wrote Btatjng that they had tendered in error for a road basing their estimate on Siohainß instead of j 48, i i which: i would occasion a lost to them of £3O or L 35. v'{7\ The Ohairman: They seem to'have twisted the figures about.

with a view, to asoertam more definitely k how tho mistake arose. jj. v.:= BBGIKEBr'srSPOHT. ( ■I-have the honor-to submit the following r brief report on the public works of the Wai- S rarapa West County;- ' a Masterton to Daring t ; the past month tbe maintenance men on this road have been employed principally in attending to surface repairs and drainage. , The culvert and embankment referred to my last report is now nearly completed. . Mesa-s Reese and Dawson have completed a 74 feet fli*an bridge across a creek about e five miles south of Eketahuna, the materials ' used in tlio constrnctioa of this bridge are sound and good, and the works throughout are well executed, Their other contract on this roitdt nimely-a 60 feet span bridge about three miles south of Eketahnna is being pushed forward rapiiily, all the necessary materials are delivered noar the site, and the einkin'j of the foundations and framing of the superstructure are being carried on simultaneously, m 'As two of the bridges over the Kopuranga river, and another across a creek tear Mr William Doraett's residence are iu an unsafe condition, I beg to ask )Our authority, to ' invite tenders lor the removal of these struc- I tares and tlu erection of new Ones. Between Mastert m and the Camp, Opaki, the main road will require a considerable amount of repairs before the wet ueather again sots in, 'and it is desirable that I ah >uld have your authority for these repairs at as early a date as possible. \ Mauriceville South • Koads.—Pedereen's | contract here is completed,' and Larsen's will be completed during the current month. 1 A contract for the formation of lJ.b'4 chains at Dreyertown haa been let to Mr 1 lsascksei' and will be proceeded with i shortly, ■ ' Little work baß been done on contract No.'2 since my last report. I , ■ A contract lor the formation of 71 ohaina i of road A has been let, and the works will , be commenced at an early date. At a meeting : «f the Works Committee , h«ld on thtt.OOth of last mouth, atonder for , the ereotiou of two bridge? on the above road was received. This tender was too high and! ..was instructed to advertise for fresh tendeVa.; I have again received only one tender frr'thiß-contract. Pahiatua Boads.-Coctraot No lis nearly completed aud part of the bush is felled on contract No 5. No work has yet been done . on contracts 2 and 3; Hawera Boad,-0n contract No 1 about two tbiids;of tho,work is completed aud on contract No 2, 26 chains are partly done. The timber for bridges and culverts is being delivered on the ground, so far'the Works are well executed, A further length of 33 chains formation including culrerts is let to Messrs Parker and Bourke. . Dreyer's Eock iioad.-A coatraot for the formation of H chains of this road is let to Mr T. P, Girdiyood Two miles aud 57 chains of the central Alangaone Road, and 57 chains of M.ik ihi Ptoad are located and the necessary ierelu taken. ■ - ' I am now proceeding with the survey for construction of the unformed parts of the Upper Taueru Koad and (lie erection of ' bridges , acroiis the Waugaeim and Taueru rivers, Plans are being prepared for a further two miles of tho Hawera Road. WaDgaehu Valley Koad.—Pair progress has beeu made with the several contracts on : this road during the past month. . Contract So 2 is nearly finished.' -On contract No 3 the formation and clearing is nearly completed and timber for the culverts near to the ground, On contract No i the earthwork and clearing is about half done. On contract Ko 5 the formation is commenced. I have (fee., JohmKMC, | County Engineer. ' KOrUARANOA BRIDGE, , On the motion of Cr McGregor the > Engineer was authorised to proceed with the erection of thioe bridges at Kopuaranga. ; MASTEUTON-OPAKI ROiD. Cr -McGregor said a difference of opinion existed as to whether the road , from Masterton to the Camp was a portion of the Forty-Mile Bush district. Its formation had been provided for out of the Government votea. The Chairman said it would be as well , to let the question of repairing the road stand over for the present, SOUTH MAURICEVILLE BRIDGE, A tender . was received from Messrs Reese and Dawson for this work at L3lB, ,and was accep'.ed,' The tender previously declined as too high amounted to L 348. T3U GATE COTTAGE, The clerk reported that no offer had > been received for the purchase of this cottage, and he was instructed if possible to dispose of it privately. : WAIOHINB PROTECTIVE WORM. . > Cr Braithwaite called attention to the unsatisfactory; progress of these works, The Chairman stated that the Engineer was about: to visit them, and if he found 1 that they were not being carried on in a satisfactory manner he would take charge of them •i,-, THE WAIOHINE BfilDOE. Cr Braithwaite asked when the bridge would be painted, The Engineer replied that he proposed to paint it in autumn. ;; The Chairman hoped no. pressure would be brought to finish it at an early date. They were negotiating with the Government to-allow the bridgo to be brought under the Roads Construction Act in Accordance with arrangements tnadoby Mi'Pharazyn with the Colonial Treasurer., There were, however, difficulties in the way, and it was a point in their favor that the bridge was still incomplete, 1 • ! SLIPS. On the motion of Cr the : Engineer was instructed to remove the , slips on the'Eketahuna-Alfredton road, . FINANCE COMMITTEE, The, Finance Committee reported accounts for payment to the amount of LB2B lis 6d,.which were passed for pay ment, the observing that they 1 included in the list several vouohers for 1 Licensing Committees on the understand- ' ing thatthey would be the last ones. i - RANGERTho Chairman stated that the Taratabi. Carterton Highnay Board had appointed i Mr O. E. Watson, ranger, and moved that ! authority be given to him to act on be- i half ofthe.Oouotj within his district,— Motion carried. , .■ THE BOCDABY QUESTION. The Chairman said they had half an i hour before lunch for discussing the i question of boundaries, and if they took i his advice they would make that time i suffice for it , He considered that he : himself had. already lost two days in i arguing this.question, On the firat day i at Masterton they decided that nothing i could be done without a petition, and on i the Becond day at Carterton, his pug- t nacious friend Mr Donald oarried a reso- i Intioniin' fevofcjrf; amalgamation. The only result was they could nnt come to an i agreement. ' Hewai sorry h» could not i support Mr Donald, t He was -originally < a favop-bf one l County, but under the I division 1 whush was effected ■; some years ago dimoultieß had arisen which ohanged i the poaitioh of affairs, and it was no use I nnw. wasting time in discussing it. Messri 1 Beetham and Buchanan had come to the < conclusion that amalgamation could only i As the'Oonih'cniors' h :^d ?oiilv ; obtain«d e »copy of the Counties Amendment: Bill a that day, they would hardly be prepared ( in-»fi.» diiftimion of ila pyofiaiom. He 1

the late Committee meeting and expressed his opinion that the amalgamation of the Counties was beyond them; Except &i ratepayers (hey bad no voice tjfrsay it should or should not take swi. He argued that the Waingawa was the only sensible one, that was out of the question., It had been suggested that the North Count; should take in the whole of the Masterton Highway District, but this was impracticable as this Distriot extended to Awhea, at the extremity of the Southern division. It •was a matter of regret that the Featheraton Highway District was'so large, and it might be worth while to consider whether a second Highway Distriot should not be formed within its boundaries. He was satisfied. that what might be termed natural boundaries would eventually nssert their claims, and be adopted. Or McGregor snid they could not settle the question in the half hour as the Chairman had absorbed twonty five minute# out of the thirty. Or Donald moved, to place the matter before the meeting that the two counties be amalgamated. He had changed his opinion on the subject since two: year*, ago, but then the new Act placed them in a different position. They were now not liable as they were then to be rated for the maintenance of the Forty Milo Bush road, not need they apprehend, as they formerly did. that tbe Government would oharge works in that district against their subsidies ; The Chairman said it was no use their discussing amalgamation. The only course was to got up a petition among the ratepayers. Cr Donald Batd it was strange that the Chairman should be so anxious to burk the discussion, He was sorry to go against his (tho Chairman's) views. The Chairman : What I am saying is .tantamount to declaring that two and two make four and not five; . CrDotmld objected to the interruption of the chair: He thought it was the duty of Councillors to speak out, Bid' the Chairman consider that he constituted the oounciH He referred to the financial position of tho two Counties, The Eastern one had incurred a debt of £SOOO, and he thought it would be found that the Western one had a debt of £2CO, but in 1 the latter there was more to show for the J money. He did not helieve in meeting as a County Council with nothing to do, and that would be the case if a Southern I County were constituted. They would j have nothing tn do but look after the main.road. It would bs better to knock tho two Counties into one and give thetn h wider range oi usefulness, If a tee Willie like the Waihenga was carried away wni i) n t the Eastern County almost as much iutorested|in it as the Western one 1 tn such works there was a community of interest. ' He believed that three-fifths of tho ratepayers of the Wairarapa would support amalgamation. Cr McGregor said he would second the resolution. The Chairman said hB had no desire to tmrk a discussion, and would be willing to sit all the afternoon to finish it,' An adjournment for lunch then took place. When the Council resumed, the Chairman said he could not accept Cr Donalds resolution as it stood, and sug gesied that he should alter it to " That this Council recommend ratepayers of the West county to petition for amalgamaI tion." He had not the slightest wish to burk a discussion, but having studied carefully the Acts he bad come to a defi nite conclusion upon them. Cr McGregor approved of the altered form of the resolution suggested by the Chairman, Cr Donald believed the resolution would be carried m either shape. The Chairman said that in the shape he put it, the mover had a chance of giving practical effect to liiß views, Cr Donald would accept the alteration if it was the wish of the Council that h ■ should do so. * Or Motyegor said their constituents were entitled to their opinion on the question, and he was in favor of its being discussed. He believed that Cminlj East would follow the led of County West, with respeot to amalgamation, and hebelieved also that it was both tiosnb'e and popular as from all quarters unanimous testimony in its favor tvas forth coming. Though amalgamation could only bo effected under the new Act which came into operation on the Ist of January, tho ratepayers could in tho interim prepare a petition, and he had no doubt that the signatures of three-fifths of them could be obtained to it. It.was well known that the Highway Boards had taken consider* able trouble to adjust their boundaries and it would be a pity for this work to be thrown away by a new division of county houndaries. He did not think that there was any apprehension of rates raised in one part of the district being spent in another portion of it. On the contary he considered it would he as easy tn apportion receipt! and expenditure among the different ridings of a county as it was to distribute tbem between the various wards of a Highway Board. It was generally admitted that the Eastern and Western divisions of the Wairarapa had been a mistake, and he believed that if the ratepayers took up heartily the question of union very shortly after the first of January, amalgamation would be effected, It appeared to him very desirable to reduce the number of lecal bodies in the County, and they had now an excellent opportunity of doing so, If they had no Hallway Boards their position would be different, but having practically settled that these Boards should be their adminiatra.tivebodiestherflWßß.no work left whiob one large influential County could not undertake. The only argument against his proposal was that it was impracticable or impossible, but this he could not admit, If the representation of the North took a more selfish view of the question they would be satisfied with a Northern County because all the work would fall on that division, but taking a broader view they coul.d come to no other conclusion than union. The chairman said that Messrs Beotbam and Buchanan were of his opinion (The chairman! I said tbey were with respeot to the best line of division) Kxpressions of opinion from North, South, East, and West had come in to support amalgamation, and if they ref used to give effeot to them, they failed to carry out the wishes of their constituents, The Chairman explained that Messrs Beetham and Buchanan voted for amal gamation believing that the local bodies could carry it through. He did not, how- | ever, believe that, now they were in favor of waiting for the decision of the ratepayers, They were too strongly interested in the works schedule, and wanted to get j a first pull at the £200,000 voted for the current year, This explained their ap parent haste. He was quite prepared to support amalgamation after getting the money for their road*. Cr McGregor: Do you'wish us to understand that we shall lose our chance under the Roads Construction Act, by the delay? It will not effect our claims in the slightest degree. The Chairman : To some extent it will not, but to a serious extent it will. The transfer of a portion of the Masterton Highway Board to the Featherston or Carterton District will throw the roads within it out of Court. Cr Jnckeon believed in the work of both counties being done by one body. As long ago at 1867 he petitioned the Provincial ■ Council to proclaim the Wairarapa a shire.

highway boards and large counties, no did not think that counties ought to meet .ofte'ner than once a quarter. The motion was put and' earned on the voices by a large majority. ACCOUNTS. ' On the suggestion of the .Obiyman a committee was appointed to examine ti»L. accounts and determine what portion of thoClerk's salary and the general expenses should be charged against the. special votes. The ohairman and Cr Brailhwaite were named to constitute the . commit tee. ' WAGES* 'fSLi Or Matthews moved that the wageß m the county be raised fmnP« io 6s 6d per diem. The Government, and the Hutt County Council had recently increased their rates on this scale. > The clerk stated that in most instances the men working for the county received 7s per diem. Cr Matthews: What is the regular rate; The. Clerk. There is no regular rate! There is'nut a man on the pay sheet today at six shillings. Cr Macquarrie thought that if they could get n.en : atG.j per day there was no reason why they should pay seven, Cr, Braithwaile said it was better to leare the sums paid to the discretion of their EngineerCr Donald that if the County fixed a rate of wa»ea tho Highway Board "would be guided by its! scale. The Chairman said the Government rate was practically fixed by the number of men seeking employment. The late rise had heeii hastened by the agitation in Parliament, but it would have'come about from natural causes without it, It was a mistake to regulate questions which regulated themselves. Now that vory few men were seeking employment it was impossible to prevent a rise. : Or Matthewa said the; Featherstou Highway Board had a hard and fast rqle with respect to wages, and lie thought that a Bimilar rale obtained in the County! i He would withdraw bis motion, ' last session's legislation. The Chairman suggested that-it would , be well worth while going into the new , measures of the last session - which went ; further in the direction of useful and ,■ practical legislation than anything which , they bad yet had, but this could be dot:* more conveniently when councillors had | had time to study the Acts, I MB DBERIIiO. . 1 - On the motion of Cr Donald, Mr Deering,: who has hitherto worked jointly -/ 1 for the County and Featherston Highway '; 1 Board, wasplaced under the control of ' the Board. ■ ; j | , > : BINDS SURVEY. ■ Cr McGregor said that their Engineer : had commenced to lay off roads for applij cations under the Roads Construction Bill, but as he could not do all that tveie , naraei before the Ist of January he required instruction as to which 1 should j be taken in hand firs'. : • , On the motion > f Cr Macquarrie, the ' Works Committee were appointed to i give the instructions. , The Chairman expressed his regret f that the boundaries difficulty stood ou the threshold of "his wader, but as & mem- . t her of the Works Committee he would do 5 all in his power to overcome it: Cr McGregor said they cojfbut in , their claims all the same. mvc 1 The Chairman said that unfoSiitiately the roads in which they were mainly concerned were in the East County. If ' I they could get the Government to make i j allowance tor the special difficulties of J their position, they would be all right, | I but there was little chance of this,.. * The meeting then adjourned, -' ! MASTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD, ' A special meeting of the Board was held < ' on Saturday evening, Present—Messrs ' Buchnnan (Chtirra ui), Beetham, Dagg, ' Chamberlain and Maoquarrie. ' The minutes of the previous meeting I were read and confirmed. . 1 A letter was rend Nn Mr Meredith, • regretting his inabiliy to attend, and stating that, assuming the Board was in ' favor of two Counties, he would urge JH that due regard be given iii fixing houndaries to tho convenience of settlers AH whose interests were identical, situated in different Counties. USE BRIGADE DONATION. A letter was read from Mr W. > hot), secretary of the : Brigade, asking for a donation BBflfli - funds of thn brigade, on the i exertions in saving the Board's pnwHHB The Chairman said it could be pla^y^H r seen how hard tbe brigade, had worked, t and he would support the application, but is fl i it would take up time to disouss it, he 1 i thought they should leave it over till a ) the regular meeting. ■ . ' Mr Chamberlain thought it could bt I ! settled in two minutes; it was only a 1 i question of amount, The County had 11 i given L 5. i It was resolved on the motion of Mr i Dagg seconded by Mr Buchanan that £5 . be voted to the funds of tho Brigi-de. i Carried. ' APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF WAOES, Mr McCormcck wrote asking for his 1 wages to be risen to 7s per day.—Left , over to next sitting. i KOAD CONSTRUCTION ACT. In compliance with a resolution of the 1 East County Council the Board consider--1 ed the roads necessary to be brought under the operation of the above Act, and the following resolution was passed: "That this Board Board recommends the Council of County East to nwko application under the Roads Construction Act for sufficient funds to form and i metal the following sections oi road, n viz., Taueru bridge to I bridge; Hu'runnioransi bridge to Wai- fl ! naioru river; from the boundary of ■ the Featherston Highway Board Dis- H trict at Wangaehu stream to Pahaua 1 ; PETITION FROM MO, 4 WARD, I Ratepayers in No. 4 Ward wrote re- B questing that the Board's Engineer give B an estimate of the af>s«rtain works H i required in their district itv order that H they might apply for a-loan under Jhn B > Roads Construction Act in complete H certain works which they desired. The ffl works referred to were roads and cuttings |fl at Ferniohnrst and Wildfell, jfl The Cha<rman stated he would be in Hj town in the course of next week, and S would ascertain what, plans the Minister Bj of public works would consider'sufficient B to accompany an application for a loan, H «s it was a question whether oft Bremner H could get out complete planß of all works 78 required in time. aa Mr Bremnor said he couldf get out. Jfl sufficiently accurate plans and estimates if the Minister would take the plans as a H| whole, instead of requiring the sections as BBS /ALTERATION Or BOUNDARIES, - ,|B : Mr Chamberlain explained what course BB had heen taken at the meeting of theHH Wairarapa West County Council that tfay jjHB It had voted for amalgamation by six taHB two, The opposera of the vole (MessrAH Booth and Braithwaite) had not brouglJHß any argun)>nts.axainst it, Mr Maequarrie: lhey only expressnHH their own opmioM,. not the, opinions BHBj . The ch iiiman read from the Act which they would lwe to proceed, shdßH ing that a petition of all the ratenaJHHj

January, or tbo Governor would proclaim two counties. ; .-. Mr Beetham said if Carterton was jinxious to bo a county town it slioultVgo »ut for a county for itself. ' | The Chairman said the resolution of ibe ''' County was a dead letter, <>B no steps were , auihurised to give effect to it. j Mr Macquwrie' Mid that unfortunately the JfeaihersitiifH igh way Boaid had d6ne ■ ' thing;; Mo.asked if nil local . uudits agreed'; was a petition still neces- : saiV. . •. ®«'Ohii«TOktfV- : Yei. •''lf:not the Go-

~ , vernor has poWer only. to proclaim the inbundtiries of .two counties. iPIW moved and Mr Dagg iti Jhe opinion of this Board tho i. , ifbaiiKeß'rendered necessary by the;reWWly passed Local Government Alets, Blhuldi take the form of amalgamating .Counties F/tut and West, nun that ;the • neceskury steps iiV obtain MgiMtuics 10 a petition should he taken for .hit purpose in coiijmiclioii with uiher'local bullies of like opinion.—Oitrrfed unaui " mously." After discussion the following reaolu- , tiona were passed: Moved by Mr! Dag», seconded by Mr BeethamTbai in the event'of no steps being taken by. way oj"po!iti..n to amalgamate the v " ' two Cou'iiileß''»r''adve.B6' vtite by the ■ r»iepaj'ei>V that this; Board agrees to 11 North and South County uj o>, thebouu- ; dary line septtruting the Masterton from • the TaraialH-Cartertoii and Featherston Districts respectively, with the differ- , . ence that the'properties now in Master- '; ton Highway District and hereinafter tneutioned shall fall into County South, namely, Messrs Ruck & Keinble, Shell, Blatchford, Jury, portion of Mr Martin's property, portion of Messrs Tully and" Smith's Nntivo Lands, Messis McLaren's' do" do, tho properties of (; . Messrs Hump, li, McLaren, McCarthy, Siitlie.'laiid, Douglas, Cameron, Mason, and George Smith.—Cairied. Moveil by Mr ieetbam, seconded by Mr-Macquanie—

' That in the event of either of the two 1 ' foregoing resolutions not being carried into effect, and this Board agrees;to n ' boundary line which would place the whole of No. 5 Ward in the South "County, together with additions of the 'balance of Mr Buchanan's property and portion of that of Messrs Beeihatii as • ... defined by petition recem.ly forwarded v; to.tlio Governor by this Board. That , this Bonn further ugiees to pay over to No. 5 Ward any balance which tntiy bo found due to it m wording to the Ward ac- ■!"■ i-counts its ptiESL-d !<y ihe Buard at tho date of sepaiation.—Catried, Moved by Mr Dagg, seconded by Mr Chambetlaiii— That Messrs Beetham and Buchanan be appoiri'ed a committee to confer .with the representatives of other local bodies ' and Retic!ally to carry into effect the intention ol any one of the foregoing resolution:; as they cay de:-a advia&bla. rrC'irried,