Wairarapa North County Council

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2989, 29 August 1888, Page 2

Wairarapa North County Council

'A. spcoial meeting of the Council .witt. held jtliis : (Wednesday)morning.' Prejient-rCrs.. Boefcham (chairman), Irowe,, RlVuisell r Dagg, ami Elder.,

Woodvjlle-Tiraumea

-The first busiuesa waa the consideration of the application of certaiii ratepiiyers; lift; tlie; |' Wooflwlle-Tiraudea district, Palratua, til be constituted a separate Road Board, The Clerk stated that tlio petition was-made under the ..Section 4 of tlio Road Boards Act, and the regulations had been complied with, There was a question whether the signatures to tho 'petition'should.be guaged by the ■County Electoral Roll;, or by the local roll ,of tlie r; : Nearly all other 'petitions for. separate; road ; districts liadbeen token.by the County roll and if tlie pi'Gsent one/were. so dealt with O|]ly;lo ; \v6uld be'eiititled to sigh the petition^ 1 A good many of tho names appear on. the 'defaulters list and sorno arp not on the roll at all. ..Ho hail looked over tho. Aots.and it appeared to hiiu tho true guagfi was that under the Boad Board'Aoti l "' He read section' 168 ojf tliie Road-Board Act. ' On that list oiily;/ thirteen names appeared as resideiSts and those had all signed tlio present ."petition.. The, whole of the resident ratepayers had signed.;,the petition which was 100 per cent. As far as the signatures wont there was a sufficient proportion whichever way it. was . taken. : It was not' necessary under the Boad Board Act .tliat the witness to the signatures to the petition should be a resident of the.spe district,, therefore the witnessing of tliq signatures : by Jfr flaggen was pe'rleotly legal. ' ' 'A letter was rijad fton) the clerk of tl|e J?ai|intija Road Board to' the petition, as it would Interfere with proposed boundaries of the ridings of the newl'ahiatua County, also stating their object in promoting the new County was* to economise by doing away with Road Boards and doing all the worli of the district through the CoUUty. . -i' \..

,<A,serai official letter was also read from Mr G. Whitcomb, addressed to Mr W, ; H, Beethaui, bearing on the submit, who further stited'the petition 'Mjjj'ftjjfn}'!}; jji'f tli'g tbaftjfi) jjy a resident of ; 'the4i3tr}pt ; aiid ( that tlie petition Bliould beat' the signatures, of three-fifths "6f i tlie PahiatuA Boa 3: ■Diati'lct, 1 not 'of the'disti'ltit iiilfwliicli' to'efecedei ? ' 11 " ; " clerk out that unijor

tlie writer error. That' seotipii provided that, two-thirds of the ratepayers comprised proposed to be set'aside as a new rold 'district, was necessary, ' ' : - ' Tlie Chairfnaii biid ■ it\ appeared to him that the petition was quite formal • f (i6a era had a right to heleMr' lt wafa, question for the Council to .decide wliethor it was expedient^-to the - Hia own opinion was that as the" new County of Pakiatua was, so nearly ; formed it miglif well bo'loft over for it Qr Dagg pojnW out s stang' argu-. '■ ment against tlie 'granting*' (Who petition was tlie subdivision .ffthe County, into ridings io^be^oo-.; termiiious witli the Road Boards.' \ The Chairman. saidj jf; the new Comity was iiot aljout'tolie formed 110 objection would be raised to petition. Tlie, County , wouldjS|come into force in a few days or a week, aud they should-.knowtlieir own requirements better than the present meeting. t'Cr Crowe mov.ed thai'tlie prayer ]of 'tlie'petitioners'lle'-'grkntM!"He' had received no counter petition to present to the Board, and the statement made by ; tlie' Clerkof; the'Boardtliit lie promised certain ratepayers to oppose the . petition was not true.' The people of ttiatVflistl'lMrieVVhii (wanted, : The Chairman pf tlie Pahiatua Road„ Boardy Mr iWhitcombe;.i»as! opposed'' to the interests of tlie people, and the people were opposed to him. Mr Whitcombe.hadiiiohgotjthe yelfare of '• thidismctraUieanj oc.lie wolildiot oppose the petitioners. The .latter could not get along witlvtlie Pahiatua Eoad Board, and the consequence was a lot of money was locked up that should go to road formation iff%i VyoodviHe-Tiraumea District.

: ; Ci; Mkunßell said'it -was' 3 -ra£iier embarrassing question for the Cflnnoil to deal with."' T1& Crewe were greatly in favor or the petition printed] and hehiinself somewhat sympathised with them. He would second the Mioni ' i

The motion was then put and carried.

'' ' ■ kkExAHtfMA POuNb.' 1! ; ■ . The question of the- .Pound for Eketahuna" dnd i Ddg'' , Tai referred to this special meeting was.lield.over till next regular meeling : 6f the Council. SLABOHTEK HOUSE. .

Mr Davies; r .application for .a license was granted. ! Jil , .dEKETAHUNA EOAD FRONTAGES. The Chairman (in of Cr Von Redeii,' through ill health) moved that that portion of the former resolution affecting road frontages in Eketahuna, part sections 28 and 24 be rescinded. Carried.

The Chairman moved, and Cr Dagg seconded, That ( the .rate ofi|aymont for'road'frontages be 5s l per f jiiercii. TENDERS. : '^fk ; The lollowing tenders were received for the Mastertonto Waimata road, ! formation, &c: Contract N0,..34,27 chains: ,Britt and iCameron- Bros;, £94Biilßs ild accepjted i-T. P. : 6irdwood,' iCaiT, £1899 15b Gd'[' Gardner & Co., ! £1400; J. Kolleher & Co, £1468 17s 6d; J. Dawson, £1578; I l '. Chapman £1600183; Maurice Kelleher. £1635 !18s; H. Stevens, £I7OB 7s 9d.

'j Contract No. 85. 88-81 .chains : :Britt' dnd x.feanie&'fi flßfoW M2o'l lis accepted; H. Stevens, 4878 is lid; F. Chapman, £485 lis (id; J. Kelleher k Co. £475 ; --P, -Carr, £520; T. P. Girdwood, £528 12s; Gardner & Co., £SBB lis; Maurice Eelleher, £597.7s 4d.>> i i ta oji.iW

:ChAritaduj I'iAiß. : Tlio Jp thedefcisioil'pf irig Oh"ani^l3^ ti Aid: asked the' Cpuiipil i; tp ( giyeiefeotjtw i'osolution passed at a previous meeting re guaranteeing funds in conjunction with the Masterton Borough, . Council to assist the local BonovolenW Socicty in meeting their liabilities. He also.read a letter; from.the/Secretary of tha L Beiibvoleiit' Society, in which the Council wore asked to vote a sum of £l5O to meet outstanding liabilities. Owing to the want of funds several applications for relief hadjbeenjrefused, and unless mpnetprjr assistance could, not carry on .operations., ,:

On the motion of Qr Dagg, .secon-. ded by Cr Maunsell " The Treasurer was authorised to pay the sum of £l5O to the North Wairarapa Benevolent Society, on condition if compelled to pay, the Borough Council would share the liability." ' This concluded >■ th'o. Ihusine'ss, and the meeting adjourned.