Cashpoint Road Board.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3073, 6 December 1888, Page 3

Cashpoint Road Board.

A meeting of the Board was hold on Saturday last. Present, Messrs J. F, Maunsell (chairman), Andrew, Elder, and Langdon, The minutes of the pttrious meeting were read and confirmed. The Treasurer reported balance in bank JE29618s 4d and balance available for future expenditure £u2 Os lid. Correspondence was read from Property Tax Commissioner with demand form for rates on Native lands j from Mr Caldwell with account 10a Cd for supplying tracing of sections 889 and 89G; from-Mr Rawson, with plan of road lo'Bewo BeWj from County Clerk, stating that Uie Council had granted tho application of the Board for services of Engineer on the usual terms; from County Eugineer, re plana and specifications of, Urifi road, and requesting to be informed when tenders; will be dealt with. The Chairman explained that he had authorised the' engiueer to advertise ..for tenders for forming and metalling a pMon of the Uiiti road/' but that tefiwrs would not be accepted until the lo'ftii was ..assured. , TJio.JJbata, man r was.' r authorised to .deal;'with Messrs Langdon' Bros, and Cameron in the mutter of the road to Kewo Eewe.' Messrs Elder ami Audrow were appoiuled to accept tenders for < 6k work in Uriti road, A grant was

Iliad'! to' effect',necessuvy. rcpajra- onthe Wlmkurorq road;.'. Wo '■clerk of works was directed to : ex;iniinu sand report on' tho .state of ;lhe\ lower Timli bridge, and to have necessary repairs dono on tbe Blackhill track. The meeting ndjonmcd. I to Haluiday the 29th hist. •.

For tho first- fimo within - - liviiitc memory thoro isafarm at Sta'vely, near Kendal, i\t jnosont without n tolmut, Tho farm is a; fair-sized oup, nnd'it is without stock or cultivation of any k'ind-tho itabbleunptouglwd, tho. turnip trouiicl of last yoar'tho.'samo, nud tho whole placo lolt to its own dovicos. Formerly when a farm was (old in Westmoreland the farmers used to out-bid each other, but'in tho present instanco no one seems inclined to give, tho old rent, and the owiiov ia indisposed to let [it for less. , , :