TOWN LANDS TRUST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2615, 4 June 1887, Page 2

TOWN LANDS TRUST.

The ordinary monthly meeting of. the Masterton Town Lands Trustees wag held at the Institute last evening ■ A'\\ (Friday). Present Messrs Feist JK' (Chairman), Haro, Perry, Lo.wee, and Parsons. The raiimlai of tlia last meeting wero read and confirmed. : - The following correspondence - wag read; ; ■ and dealt with From Town Clerk/ Masterton Borough Council, ipplyijw. for a Grant of £25 for the purchase or new books for the Library, It was resolved that the application be postponed until next meeting, when Borough Council be requested to fw- . ' ''' nish the Trust with" a statement'of accounts. Prom same, accepting thn land from the Trust for the Widening ofßenall-streot. A, J. Eaweon," in« forming Trust that theLandsdowno i estate was open for salej and cblfild' be : purchased on reasonable ' termqf The ! : Clerk was instructed ta reply, that the - ' ; [ Tcuab bad no foods in hind for the, ; '

purpose. From Kcv, W, E, Paige, asking, qu behalf ot the young men of Masterton, for grant towards paying tho cost of ligliling and firing; as the churchwardens had granted tho use of £t. Matthew's schoolroom free, and tho fee of the scholars went towards paying the teachers; It was dilcided that the 9f. .^.2-J ; of be'gra'iiteij for the Inject, •'•The UWrinan and. Mr Hare. ..Were. ftpjjointe4 a sub-cbin'hittee to ' arrange for the sale-of the leases'of tlie. property, recently acquired'ffom Messrs J, and'.C, Herbert at the cottier of Hall ■ and. Chapel streets, Mr Hare moved,according to notice;-'"That., the land' recently .acquired .by- the Trust in Bannister Street, be' surveyed into , building sites, and let on lease," He suggested that ut road be laid off, and named "Jubilee Street," and handed over to the Borough Council, with a hope that they would foim and metal the same, in consideration of the gift of land to the Borough for the widening ofßenall S.tiect, Mr Parsons seconded the motion, which was carried. A Committee, consisting of Messrs Feist, Parsons, J.'eiry," nnd Hare, wore appointed.to arrange for the surveying of the pioj oi'ty into sections with, a road thiough ili, and to ascertain if tho Borough Council would take over and form nnd uietul -the same as a public Btvcpt,, It was decided that tho •Finance Committee have power to pay tho amount iii hand of the picnic fund to the Jubilee celebration committee, the proportion of-amounts du«) to the Mastertou and •■Fcrnriilge schools'bo arranged, according to the school rolls. It was docidcd 'hat £SO bo placed at interest" in (he Masterton .Building Society for twelve months, and that tho balance of the Trust's funds be [placed with the same Society "at call,' Tho Treasurer reported a credit balance of £162 198 3d, Tho meeting then adjourned.