TOWN LANDS TRUST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2563, 2 April 1887, Page 2

TOWN LANDS TRUST.

The ordinary monthly meetingof the MasMon. Trustees was held at the* Institute last .evening'lß'iday).;' Present: Messrs E. Feist!(chairman), T, Parsons, J. Muir, and E. E. Chamberlain. 'The minutes of the last.meeting were read and confirmed, and the Treasurer reported a credit balance of £52 7s 9d, A telegram was received from. Mr Hare, apologising for his absence. The clerk stated that he had written to tho Greytown Trustees re 'the proposed consolidated Act, but had received no'reply. ... vRENALLSTREET. ':■■.' The clerk reported that: he. had searched the records of tho Trust with reference to Mr Dagg's letter, 'and read the following resolution, passed : at the first meeting 'of the Trust, and a letter on tho subject: "Atft meeting of tho Trustees held in Maatertou on January -14', 1868; tho Secretary was instructed to write to Mr E» Chew, informing him that when.he conveys half chain of his acre No. 21 to the Road Board, and half chain to the trustees of the Mastertoil Small Farm Association, tho' latter will conyey to: him in consideration of the samo .the adjoining reserveaoroNo..-22, the.cost of oonveyanoes to bo bornoby each party." . :i..■■.■■■'-'■' ■•" Taiti.Hutt,. • January 20,1868.

.Dear Sir,—l.havo received your note of the 16th hist., infbramg.'m& that '{he'trustees .of .tlis Small .Farm Association had como'to' a ■ : decision,''•' lam muchobb'godto you foryour information, Ito Quite agreeable. 1 to sign the convoyauoesf''for.le.two,'half ohains b{'mytown'abre No.' 2i, 'ati soon- as you can' havo the • conveyances •prepared',-; So." I remain .' yours reßpeotfully, : Chew. • '■.'■ '••"•. •.-■■'•: ■;..'■

TheOlork also read a communication from Mr E. Tumerydated April 23rd r 1868, offering to. lease a portion of the half ohain strip (88ft x. 66ft) for 21 years, atarental of £4:perannumfor the first 14 years; .arid' at' £8 for;'; the imkining'Bevehye'aiv '.■;'• ','•"';, The. ohairmotf said that it was quite' clear that "the original 'intention, of, dealing with the ,land was never'for' road purposes, asthe resolution proved that one half was'vested in the Road. Board for a road and the other vested 'hi the -Trust. Ho. hoped that, as the matter had been before them for a long time,. something., definite would be done by tho meeting,.so that when they had to.appear before their constituents this month they could report the matter settled, fle was in favor of:handing, the land over-to the Borough "Council, behoving that'it was for the best interest of the town and the wish of the people, and he was prepared to move in that direction. ' • .

Mr Parsons thought that the Trust should'reserve a few feet along the boundary, as he considered that it would become valuable and amply repay them for giving the other portion. He would support a motion embodying tins'.It was then Moved by the chairman and seconded by; Mr Parsons •.' That thirty feet be giverrto the Borough Council for street widening purposes in Renall-street,"., Mr Muir contended that it was- the" Borough Council's work to road widening, arid riot. : tlie Trust. '■■ The land was given into , their hands to' administer and they should not give it away. It was quite evident that the. street widening was nptan original motive, lot.vesting. .#land in the, .-hands of the Trustees,ljut.. education, ind he-'thougbwhattlio- time was hot', far distant; when/ the primary eduqation i(sf • tho of thecolony -wpuld fall.: .upon ■ the" 'local bodies;-.; ;and'. the land would,' prove a 'Valuabl6'"'endowment for that-. purpose. • He deprecated the action of the.Trust in giving away the lands without -'receiving an equivalent, and : he' did not' think' they were- acting' : with justice to their constituents and the future generation in frittering.-, away these sites. He should oppose the motion on these.grounds, and would; be in favor of selling the land and ■investing the money, or exchanging for another piece of property, as. he" believed the Council had some that they could part with on these terms. •? The. Chairman explained that the Trust were empowered by the Act to give the land: for etroet widening piny poses, and he' thought that as the' majority of the people were in favor of |it being done, tbey.'would be justified" in giving it. ' • ■■\ '; Mr Parsons said-he would-like tho ■question to be decided by the people,; and would bein favor qf it b,eirjg i d,onj on the occasion of the next election.- .-, "'' The motion/.was; then withdrawn, - and it was resolved, "That'the' l question of giving thirty; feet for the pur,ppse of- widening , <Bena.ll street ( ba decided by the voters on, the day of the; election-of the trustees? 1 - ,j ? :; ; ■' :"'" v ;'(ipijjpiL.-- .',""•;'■■ The Chairman, M. r Muir, • and the Clerk were appointed to prepare, areport to be submitted to the annual public meeting to be held orf April i N &l?9lo arrange for'the- place, 'of-

meeting, The'draft of the'proposed Consolidated Act ma. referred to the Committee: previously ' appointed to deal with the matter. - : ! - The meeting then adjourned.