MASTERTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1390, 29 May 1883, Page 2

MASTERTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

♦ The annual meeting of the Masterton Horticultural Society was held at the Council Chambers last evening when a fair attendance of members took place, Mr W. Everett the President in the chair. The report and balance sheet were read, and proved of a very satisfactory'' character. Tbe latter showed-reieipts from all sources of £97 9s lOd, and expenditure £92 7s, leaving a credit balance of £5 2s Bd, the also assets showing£2 more to come in, EEPOHT. Tour committee have pleasure in presenting their report for the year just ended and to state that notwithstanding the unfavorable seasons previous to the spring and autumn shows (in ; the former wet, cold, and frost to. within a few days of the sbow,'and in the latter dry parchin? weather)'both_ passed off well and were considered quite an improvement on previous shows, In consequence of the

town hall having been destroyed by we had to'find asuitable building to hold theautnmnshowin. Two places were available—the old sohoolhouße and the Empire store. The store was considered most suitable and was used for the purpose. At the spring show there was a great number of visitors, for, independently of the number of admissions by ticket, the Bum pf £2O was taken at the duor,and atihe autumn ehow-;Gl6—thus showing the interest taken in the'society by the public The thanks of the Committee have been sent to.Mr MoCarthj, representing Mr Krull, for the use of the Btore for the Spring Show; to Mr Oollotte for hfs exhibits of ohoice and valuable plants at the Autumn ;£how;; and to gentlemen of the Masterton Town Band for their voluntary performance at the Autumn Show, with a request that they (the members of the Band) would acoept LI towards purchasing music, ■'• Alter paying off/about £l4 due from.. laßt -year,, all: claims-have .been settled,' and there is a credit balance of about £6, and the thanks of the Society are due to the storekeepers and ladies and gentlemen who so to special prize'liats, and also lo the Bub-committeo who collected the same. Tbe Committee, at the time of the showi, verbally thanked those gentlemen who kindly came up and acted as judges, but they .would again, at this their, annual meeting, tender the thanks of. themselves'and members of the Society, to all who'have rendered assistance ■ during ' the : past year. Your committee would beg to "suggest to their suocesiors 'the necessity of' considerio« the question of making an amateur and gardener's class, For, the last two years the matter has been spoken about, and during the last year the subject has been forced upon the attention of the committee. -Some-amateurs will not oompete agaiutt professionals,.and some professionals ..will.' not. exhibit agaiiißt amateurs, but • where the ■ line is to he drawn will have to be considered. W, Everett, President, The report and balance sheet were unanimously adopted, the latter having been duly .audited by-'MrMW, M; Easthope. . , The election of officers was then proceeded with.-' Mr-fW, Eyefett was proposed by Mr W.-'tt: 'Beard, and seconded by the Rev W, E. Paige, as / President. Mr Everett said he had years in office anU'he would "now like to give way to some other member, more particularly as he lived so far out of the town. The members present, however, v.'ould not acccept Mr Everett's retirement and he was ■ unanimously reelected, after several complimentary remarks had been passed on his past actions, MrT. Parsons was then elected Vice-President, and the following com--mittee elected;— Messrs' W. M. %schope, S, Wigkewien, E. Oollotte, T. Gardner, G, M. Park, L. J. Hooper, T. Osborne, W. G-; Beard, and Rev W. E. Paige; secretary and treasurer, Mr K.EChinchen.-i, ' Mr S. Wickenden hoped that rule 8 would be more strictly adhered to in the future. 'He also was of opinion that the time had not arrived for making gardeners and amateur's classes. Mr R. Brown would like to suggest to the committee that they inaugurate a dog and poultry show. The President thought the suggestion a very good one, and such a show had proved a great success in Wellington. .';' ,'.', ' Mr Wickenden, : only believed in stuffed ancj cooked poultry,—(Latigl}-; ter.) Votes of .thanks were passed to Mi' W. M. Easthope, for auditing the balance sheet, and also to the'-retiring committee for their good work during the past year, and the meeting adjourned. FEATHERSTON ROAD "BDARD. A meeting of the Featherstoit Road Board was held on Saturday last. Present—Messrs Jas. Donald- ((Chairman), H. H. Jackson,'W. E. M Bidwill, and D. MoDougall. , ,-<• The minutes of last Meeting were read and confirmed. The Treasurer read his usuaFmonthly statement reporting'a balance in tho Bank N.Z. of £378 10s. The chequos to be issued at the,present(meeting ■ vyere signed by Messrs Donald and Jackson. The following cheques were then paid, having been examined and found correct;—A Burgess, £53 'ls; W. Skeet,£7l4s;D.Haggarty£2slos; J. H. Hodder, £5 15s 6d; R. Hunter, £25 15s; Terry and Baillie, £Bl 14s; W. Harrison, £3; M. Brodison, £1 18a6d;J. W. kimbeer, £3 5.s 2d) H. Hodge, £l3 12s3d; Miscellaneous, £sl3s9d; 0. Neilson, £8 8s; W, Dawßon & Co., £7 4s lid • W. Wilton, £2I9s;H.H. Wolters/ Jgyja; A, Bovey, $3 18s j Mr RickjjjJn. IQa Gd;J. Gooding, £lO-vfiHpi 4s A petition was the i table; by tho Chairman/praying for tho construction of N0.,8. on Pahaua subdivision! and that said' subdivision return one member of the Board, The Clerk stated that the requisite notice had been sent to each member of the Board for the present meeting, also that the advertisement relating to the present'meeting and the special order proposed to. be passed had been duly published fourweeks prior to the present" meetihg. A letter, from'Mr Marchant, Chief Surveyor, was read, verifying the proposed boundaries.-of No, 8 sub-division, The petition was' then' examined by the Board, and it was found, that the requisite number of ratepayers- had duly signed the same. Resolved on the motion of Mr Matthews, .seconded by Mr Bidwill, that all that portion of the Featheraton Road district, bounded on the north by the Taratahi-C'arterton Road Did. trict, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Pahau river, from its mouth upwards to the junction of the KaiKaiKuri stream,; therewith ' f thence by a direct line to /the southwest angle of section 967 tfre Ahiaruhe Block, Hiiangarua Survey-Block, and on the west dy the Waihenga stream, upwards to the boundary of tbe Tara-tahi-Carterton Road District, aforesaid, be constituted No. 8 or Pahau subdivision, and return one member of the Featheraton Road Board. Bisolved-r-TKat theiforegoir/g be gazetted a special order of the 'Board, •, That.subjeet to the .provision of the Boadaanol Bridges Construction Act, + 1882, application be made by this Board to the Government for a loan of

' J i6o6 ior the purpose of forming and '■' metalling the Kauhantartii toad; and thatNo.;4, a Kauhautara subdivision of the'Ro'ad District/be declared aspecial rating.dietrict fortho purpose of levying a special rate yielding the amount of the annual repayments,'for fifteen years, on account of the said loan, The following correspondence was C. Phillips, asking ,;. .. that boundary lines be. defined for the "purpose of fencing; from B. McMister, consenting to the coiUnirtion of a . road from Kauhautara to Uk- ]met "Valley;' from Chief Surveyor, re road from Pahau. river to Orongaronga, along the Coast; from Waiohine PJiver . \ Board, notifying its wish to have a Is river rate levied; from J. and W. ~.. ■. Bidwill, enclosing contribution of £27 5s towards the drain along Waihenga >:... ..:■ roadjfrom E. Buckeridge, demanding deposit on tender to be refunded; from Colonial Treasurer re trespass fee stated to bo due to J. W. Laimbeer; from Colonial Secretary, re gazetted ■-' ■ notice published relating to the taking of public road from Pine Bush to Stoney Creek, Resolved -TliatMr Skeet be instructed to define Mi- Phillips' fence line on ■ , condition, of all charges and-expenses •'' therewith beingpaitl Phillips. ■ Th«t tho Engineer '^'jnstructed to ; lay off a road from"Lowßr JKauhautara road to, the-Lower Valley Road, . through Mr McMaster's property. ' That, subject to the provisions of the Roads and Bridges Act;! l;Bß^.applica- ■ tion be made by this Board to the Government for a.loan of £650, for. the purpose of constructing a-road from the Moroa Schoolhouseto the Kaiwaiwai cutting, to be known as the Battersea road; and that the undermcnturned .section of land bedeokred a special rating district for the purpose of- levying a special rate yielding the annual repayment, for fifteen years, on '•". amount of said loan. Kesolved-Tlmt.tlie noxt meeting of the Board beheld on. Saturday, tho "' 16th day of June, at 11 a.m. Clerk handed in a report of and rates outstanding, wmcWas read and received;