WHAREAMA ROAD DISTRICT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2756, 23 November 1887, Page 3

WHAREAMA ROAD DISTRICT.

Second Edition. I

; " A meeting of,the Whareama Road f n oatd was held' yeatcitUy (Tuesday), resent—Mcßsts R, R. Meredith (chair- ; . ...an), Morrißun, Elder, B, Meredith and :'. George Moore. The minutes of the pi evious meeting were confirmed.- • • Tho following correspondence wnsread; ,•. ;. - ; ~ Cormnissioner, encksing a list of sections (exclusive of Crown and Native) within the district showing tho valuation- of each From ratepayers and rosidoutain No 4 subdivision, dirocting the attention of the Board to the impassable condition of flic-district road through .''•',.' ~;. Eparairiia, and requesting tho Board to • • '■' '/.' open the- ron'drfor 'traffic by the beat ■*j\ .-. available rouco without delay. 'From Mr A'. Tij/jdliam.Bennett.stating that-tliopetition :' -?' drawn up by.Mr G, Moore which ho hid aigfiedy-wa's to borrow L2OO to place the .old lino of nt'Mangapui in repair, '•..'■ and if tho petition laid 'before tho Board convoyed a ddublcF-ineaiiing.it. liad'boen; . signed in error, From Mi' Gr'lL' "-.Mpre- -.;'■: dith-Kaye, 'protesting against, the ex- ':'...- polidilure of any-money upon a line of ,;. u xoad through section 813 near Mangapui, "..'. tJfc it frouli,bo an, uiicalled-for wasto of ".'.'. iKioneyf and do a wanton injury. From W, L. Adams; Paul Pauhon, and Andrew Frederick Phillipson, stating that us'they ■'■.:•':. -.held 1 sections'ivithin 'the district they '-, •"-.'. ■wished their names to" be placed upon tho . rato.roll.. From Messrs J. PayUm and. •. . Co. joqucijtirtg a shara of the Board's '/.printing,work "(luting tho ensuing year. From llto Secretary tu tho Treasury" ■■•■''.;"■' intimating that as'thero were loss than, '"": 100 ratepayers in the Wharcaina Road •;' District, section 21' of" Tlio Local Bodies Loans Act, 188fi'''applied to the loans the: •r- :,,:■• Board desires to raise; and it would now '■' ■-. ■ be-neeossary to mako a special rato by . • •'. special order to provide the necessary ..■ '. interest on. the loan, also drawing atten- ._ ... tion-to Beutum .25 and 20 of tho Act, ~.\ajjt Hvhich required that Hio Special Rating '™ . ' District must, be defined in Itbo special "; • orders. '.' From tho County' Engine r, enclosing ".' estimates of works required in connection with the loan of L2OO. ' Correspondence outwards To the .; ■;'. Colonial Treasurer, enclosing petitions . for loan 3 with declaration of the Chairman, and requesting to be. officially as early as possible whether tho ' would advance the money upon the petitions, or if polls wore necessary, To the. same, requesting a reply, as thu . ' matter was urgent. ' : , The following resolutions were passed: . "That tho Chairman be authorised to employ not more than four men in ■ ■ - ' putting in repair the District roads, . - through sub division 3, the expenditure not to.exceed i:20," .'. That Mr Morrison be authorised to expend a sum of £GlOs between Cripp's .;, and Waihora. - • That Mr Tathain be authorised t.j employ two men for one month in putting tho ro,v!s in repair in No. 4 subdivision between Hmnewood and Uriti.

At this stage, an advertised meeting of :■ ratepayers was held, to consider the ; . s advisability of raising the £BOO loan, •'•« ; when it was moved by Mr Cripps, and -:' seconded by. Mr E. Meredith, •' That the sum of £BOO be borrowed under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for expenditure on the Blairlogie ..". Road, to bo allocated on eeclions, as follows: Forming and metalling between west end of Manuka Flat and Birkett's Corner, Section Ao 1, £OO ; portions in ' section No 2, £l00; portion- in section to 4, £21210s fid; and tho balance, on is frontpart of section No 5, commenc- • trig af Oaresvell's " That-the.ChairnianbaJnstructed to see Mr Bremnoraudhaye* estimates prepared ,' : for the niouey.proposed tb bo .borrowed • . froiri Government; and that tenders bi ; called for the works proposed. Thafcbeforo more public money bospent /'■ upon either'ofthb roads-.at-.Mangapui, : ' '•■ Messrs 'Blderand-Mprriso.n : be aubhuriscd to appoint, two-cbm'petent.- independent' ~.-'' •' moh todecide and report which was the . . ..betterline, '•■•'"■. : - I .'. Tk» Chairman declined to uut t'le last .'"".■' '; resolution'for the following reason:—' ;■'" .That tho ratepayers' having petitioned for" -■' SBum'.of £2OO to;be expended on the; •y- District Road and the petition having '■"-'4^f-- *"* - 8(!Cfl Governmonb the : ™ mattor.was was disposed of and the motion --.- ,'rtit of order. ' '-. That the ratepayers of No, 4 Ward, having by letter requested the Board to . .open the road at Mangapui by tho best available route,'this Board is of opinion "' that the Chairman's in declining to put /Mt Moore's motion is absolutely wrong Wd should be reversed. ".'. ■ That the Clerk's rcsignationbe accepted and applications be invited for the oflice. .""...,;. That the resolution moved by Mr Moore •"•■' ihifrdayand rejected by the Chairman •be.recorded on the minutes with tho Chairman's ruling thereon. •Mr Moore gave the following notice of motion I :—That the resolution passed at a meeting held oh the 14th October, afiirming the necessity to take a poll of -. , the ratepayers for two loans of LBOO aiid . L2OO bo'rescinded. , ■ That at tlio next meeting of tlio Board ''..'special-orders be made striking' special ' ■ .." rates for loans in accordance with- letter , from ;the : Secrotary to the Treasury, and .. : - ; : that tho Clerk be iiistrucited to advertke ' .' the sam(j, .'

•»'- -• Messrs "J. Pay ton & Co.'a letter was *'&■'■ ordered to be held over for consideration 'at next meeting. .■..'-.)' '-The'next, meeting of the Board was ••- appbiutedto.beholdover for consideration at next meeting, and the Board • : ',adjourned,