PAHIATUA ROAD BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1958, 7 April 1885, Page 3

PAHIATUA ROAD BOARD.

Tho Board met on the 4tli iiißt., present :—Messrs McCardle, Davie, H. Sedeole, Hall, Avery, and Smith. The minutes of general, and two special ; t meetings were read and confirmed. m, The Treasurer reported a credit balance - of £lllO 17b 3|d. Correspondence.—OutwardsTo the various Road Boards in the Forty Mile Bush, asking them to co-operate in tho Staking over and maintenance of main road through their several districts; to Minister for Public Works, requesting him to bring two acres of land used for gravel pit under operation of Public Works Act; to Commissioner of Crown Lands, asking working plans to be furnished of roads already laid off and to be laid off. Correspondence, i Crown Lands Office stating that they did not-grade -roads, but simply laid them off * therefore.could not supply detail plans.; from Minister Piibiic Works re two acres to be brought under operation of Public Works Act, stating necessary particulars; Fromsattie re taking gravel, from open pits upon side of road. From P. C. Frasi, with plans of special area for rating under It, and B. C. Act. From Mr Rioux, re compensation for gravel taken from his pit. Roferred to the contractor. £ ,Mr Giles declined to carry out his contract at £1 4s per chain, on account of the bad condition of the road, but offered to complet the work at Is 5d per yard, if the Board were willing. The Board agreed to this, The Overseer reperted Nos. 1, 2, and 3 finished, and twenty chains of No. 4, The following accounts were passed for payment Printing and stationery, £3 (is2d; pkns, £4 7s Gd; Board office, progress payment, £25 ; Tiraumea road metalling £l2O lis (id; Wairarapa East County £3 9s. At Inglewood, Victoria, the mayor lias been requested to call a public meeting k for the purposa .of taking steps to change y the name of the countiy from Gladstone to Gordon( An cxperment to prevent business men from evading jury service is now being made in Chicago by taking jurors away from business only half a day at a time. To accomplish this the civil courts confine jury trials to the afternoon, beginning 1 o'clock. A doctor at Indian River, Mich., with a practice of 1200 dollars casli in the last twenty months. The rest lias been taken in orders on stores, saw-mills, lime-kilns, tailors, undertakers, and well-diggers. One account nf 87 dollars was taken out in fiddling,and the fiddler could only play one tune. AMERICAN CO.'S HOP BITTERS ARE THE PUREST AND BEST ' BITTERS EVER MADE. They -are. compounded from Hops, Malt, B.uchu, Mandrake, and Dandelion -T-the- oldest, best, and most valuable medicines in the world, and contain all the best and most curative properties of all other remedies, being the greatest • Blood Purifier, Liver Regulator, and Life and Health Restoring Agent on *v. earth. No disease or ill health can long A . exist where they are used, so varied and * perfect are their operations. They give new life and vigor to the aged : and infirm. To all whose employments cause irregularity of the bowels or urinary organs, or who require an Appetizer, Tonic and Mild Stimulant, American. Co.'s Hop Bitters are invaluable, being highly curative, tonic and stimulating, without intoxicating, • ' No matter what your feelings or symp- > toms are, what the disease or ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Don't wait until you ■ are sick, but if you only feel bad or . miserable, use Hop Bitters at once. It may save your life. Hundreds have been saved by so doing. £SOO will be paid for a case they will not cure or help. ■ ■ Do not suffer or let your friends suffer, but use and urge them to use American Hop Bitters. Remember, American Hop Bitters is no vile, dragged drunken nostrum, but the Purest and Best Medicine ever made. Try the Bitters to-day. Get at Chemists or Druggists. Beware of imitations. .Genuine has Dr Soule's name blown in bottle.