FEATHERSTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1326, 13 March 1883, Page 2

FEATHERSTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of the Featheraton Highway Board was hold on Saturday last at the Board's 'Office, Featheraton, Present—Mr Jas. Donald (Chairman), and Messrs Matthews, Bidwill, McDougall,.Jackson, and Riddiford. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Treasurer's statement shewed a balance of 00 8s 2d. ■ The following accounts were passed for payment £ s D H. H. Wolters ... 6 5 0 Paymaster 34 3 0 W. Cundy ... ...' 214 6 J, P. Anderson 7 5 0 0. Nelson ... ... 8 8 0 J. Suis ... .!. 22 0 0 D. Dick ... ..' 15 0 0 H. Burgess6o 0 0 W.Skeet ... ... 12 7 6 Joseph Hodder .... 8 5 0 E. Silman ... . ... . 29 6 4

• Mr Tone, Assistant Government Surveyor, waited on tho Board, requesting the Board's assistance in carrying out the desire of the Government to legally take all such toads on lands over which the right to do so had not expired. The Board's .Engineer was instructed to give Mr : Tone what'information ho required in reference to roads already t'ken over by the . Board, and not yet legalised, It was also resolved—That the Board supply Mr Tone 'with the list of such roads as may be desirable further to take, where Grown grants. ar'e ; not yet matured.

• The following correspondence was tlien road From D. Dick, asking for- oxten- ' aion of time for completing his contract; from J. W. Laimb'eqr, . aakintr for extra ' allowance as KaiHff under a distress warrant; fromrProperly .Tax Upmraissioneiv forwarding a statement of property valuation uaderi section 3 -of, the Rnting, Actj 1832,-and asking that corrections may be , minuled, .• ■ Resolved—That Loimbeer's application stand over until next month, and in the meantime the Clerk obtain information re. certain fees. ■That notice be given Mr W; Buckeridge to go on with his contract for metalling Kauhautra Road, "and ,that his deposit will be forfeited if the work is not satisfactorily commenced within seven days from date. ;; .That D.i Dick be granted' one month's extension of hia contract, Tenders were received for 26; chains formition and fascining Kubantara road. The tenier of J. H; Hodder at ±'4 2s per . chbin was accepted. Also for (no chainß formation at Faokhill, to include taking : awaybank,Milan 2ft, long, Bin. wide dear for passage of water. The tecder of D. 'Haggertyjftt 158; ; per'ohain iwas accepted or this work. Mr Skeet was instructed to complete ; :some formation between Brodte'a contract; •and the Blip;panol ,on;.'ih<»; the cost not,to exceed Mr Matthews asked that-the Board's

he-itujhqrkd to prepare' plana. [ja ii d tip i piiSj f or ■ 15;: ch ;i ind:vo ad on j I Western - Enko Gooding land i 'likewise rlO| clmihs Inoiir. Barling's-- old nhoise, and the toad Across, the awiimp to ;J£aiwjiiwai /-y J ! Mv^Mnttli6Wßjvlso asked permission lo form about-lO'chains on Cross' road, which was granted. 1 . Mr BidwiU also obtained authority to • repair Kahautara-road by day labor.

, ' It-was resolved tHntlnotice be sent' to' ■Mr 6. linapp to remove the slip bars from the road across the land in his occu pillion, and if he required a pto to apply to the Board for permissien to erect tlio same. i Tlio Board thou went into eommitteo to consider the question of. engineer.and clovlt -to tho lioard,. On resuming tho Board resolved that applications'be .advertised for the ofhee of clerk and collector at a salary of £SO per:annura. • • TL'e mce'iiijj llien adjourned,