Whareama Road Board.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3202, 11 May 1889, Page 2

Whareama Road Board.

The monthly meeting of the Board was held on Jfriday. PresentMessrs E, E. Meredith, E. Meredith, H, R, Elder, J, Morrison, and G. ' Moore. This being the first meoting ofthe Board since the election of members, the first business was to eleot a ohairman. Mr R, E, Meredith proposed Mr Edwin Meredith as ohairman. There being no response, Mr E. Meredith said ho would second his own nomination. Mr Moore moved, and Mr Morrison seconded, the nomination- of Mr jiL ' fi. Elder. % The two nominations on being put • to the meeting resulted in the unanimous return of Mr Elder, the two Messrs Meredith having left the room. The Clerk then read the minutes of tho previous meeting which were road and confirmed. CORRESPONDENCE. Engineer, in respect to work-tin-finished • by Messrs Bartlett and Co, and intimating that he could not pass the work in its present state; nr.. r\ n . . J

a from Mr Gray, Secretary of Post and ■'' e Telegraph Department, re position of d case against obstructions on East Coast road by natives; also from Mr e Bagge, Postmaster at Masterton, e with reference to the same matter: i from Mr W. G. Beard, solicitor, b re payment of Mr E. Donald's i account; from Colonial Secretary, 3 acknowledging the election of mem- . hers of- the Whareama ■ Road s Board. Prom North County Coun-'-v:. . oil, re adjustment of rates between"'' f the Masterton and Whareama Road ' j Boards. The Council intimated trf i on ; enquiry, into the .matter i accounts between the Boards that the Whareama Board having already i paid £IOO in part of settlement of the i said claim, shall now pay to the ) Masterton Board the sum of. fllfi/ 10s 2d.in final settlement ithereoff 1 From Messrs H.. N'itz and T,E. Tathaui, stating that they as rate-

payers and holders .of small tuns from the Government; they had written to the Commissioner of Crown lands, asking that the thirds of their rates may be handed over to (ha Boaid for the, ' purpose of building abridge over the' oreek afc.Homewood gate on the road ' to Kummerstein, upon llio Ji&e of ' •■ road pegged out by Mr' King some Welvo years ago. * - RESOLUTIONS, * >' ' That the Secretary of the Post aid •Telegraph Department be informed in reply to his memo of the 26th April that the district road at Eparairra (vide N.Z. Gazelle, 1885) is open for wheeled traffic Tliam matter of passing Bartlett's wM b and. JU the Cluk reply to ' MemMz and Tatham ro their' application, and state that the Board will attend to tho matter on receipt of \ the Commissioner's reply. That the r • matter of the North County's deoision readjustment of accounts between the Mastertdii and Wharehma Boards « stand over./ Tbt Mr Donald's ' ascou.it be paid to Mr Beard.-as al«o - &to ,Mr Pinkerton in satisfaction of „» -p. -j -t I , - jjl ; .Soveral: accounts were passed payment, and the meeting adjourned * 1 "■'.'■'■■'.■ v ■.■:■■'■>: ::-':'i. , , , ■ I',l '• ■•:"•■:;:.■"■->- :: ' : ':r ; -i' ' -K,