Eketahuna Road Board

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3456, 11 March 1890, Page 2

Eketahuna Road Board

The orlinary meeting of the abovo Board wae hold on Saturday last. Present-Messrs A. Andwson (chairman); Morris, ■ Matheson, \ fright, jand Noilson.' ' The Jrninntdaiqf (the previous meeting wero road and confirmed.

Correspondence inwards:—Petition from Dale, Bassett, and other settlers atllangaone, re' bridle track to their sections, Moved by Mr Bright, that the Land Board be requested to make the track as required, Seconded by Mr Moiris, and carried.

From Syverson, Dale; and others,giving estimate of cost of road line through their properties, £ll2 6s. Tho letter was ordered to stand oyer, Mr' King to report on same at next meeting,

From Secretary Treasury, re rate to be struck of one-eighth of a penny oyer Tamati and Matigaonb road, From New Zealand Survey Department) calling the Board's attention to the survey of tho central Maugaone road. From same, re survey of Central Manga'on'e district. Moved, that the Board's clerk write to Mr Bainey, Surveyor, Pahiatua, on the subject. Carried.; .■; ■. / ' '"

From secretary Hutt Special Settlement Association, notifying the Board that the name of Brownstpn will bo given to the township of above settlement, From Hainbrook and others, complaining that they had no road into there sections at Makiliiki. The clerk was instructed to.inform tho petitioners that there is no funds available.

From Mr Hewitt, askiug permission of the Board to remove tree on road line at Bull Tailcrossing, Permission grauted to Mr Nichols to fell the tree, a totara, for the sum of £l.

From Mr Hornblow, asldng for Bhare of printing, Kesolved, that the Board cannot enter into any agreement till the present contract with the Daily expires, From Mr Fogden and others, re North Boad, Parkvijle, stating that as the Board has not sufficient funds to make the bridge across the creek, would they finish Soptimus-street, and make a cutting on both aides of tho creek to give access to their land. A considerable amount of discussion here onsued on the subject. Tho Board acknowledged that the writers were suffering a hardship through the want of a road, but at present thoy were quite powerless in the matter as there was not sufficient funds to do tho work, However, to get oyer the difficulty, it was proposed and carried that Messrs Anderson and Bright visit the land and report at next meeting, From Property Tax Department re transfer of sections.

From Treasury re payment ol interest,

From Post Office Department, notifying the Board that the telegraph was complete to Eketahuna. From H, H. Bridge, re re-survey, of road through his land, Block 8, Mangaone, Mr King was instructed to report. From Wr Morisou, 'solicitor'to Mr Bryant, contractor, informing the Board that a writ had been issued against them by Mr Bryant, contractor.Makikibi Bridge, whereby the plaintiff claims the sum of £250 for breach of contract, with costs of service of writ, £6 6s.

The .following accounts wore passed for. payment: -J.' King, L 5 7h; J. King, L8512s W; Kenny and Thomas, LlG';' Smith and Hogg, LI 13s; Kenny and Thomas, LI 6s 9d; Anders Anderson, £BB 7s Gd; Spackman k Co,, Ll6; Shehan, LG'i; Bayliss, L 5; Beardoh 'and Cliisholui, L 55; P, Britt.'LllC j P. Britt,Ll2;P.Carr, L 29, Is-; Kenny and Thomas, LBol2s Cd; R.Smith, 18s Od; Dawson, L 180; Hounslow and Carlson, L 29; total, LG3G 18s 7d.

A New Chum's Experience in ■ ?ahiatuaThe following is an acoount of the pcregriuations of a" New Chnm, 1 ' as it appears in the Palriatua Star ;-I arrived in your busy little town last Friday, and on Saturday a friend asked me to accompany him on a trip to the backwoods to see his section, which ho had fired a few days before. I can't manage the native names,, so won't attempt it, but will only say that after going about fivo miles wo came to a river with a wire ropo aud a cage across it. There arrived at tlio same time as ourselves a man carrjing a large bundle; my friend"called him a "swagger," He looked doubtfully at the cage aud rope for a while, and then enquired if it could be trusted to bear himself add bundle at ouco. N.B„ it is good for a 80001b strain. Being assured that it was reliable he essayed to start, but was I no sooner aboard than his heart failed him, and out he jumped. Then seeing the bundle still in the cage a bright thought struck him; he would send the bundle over first, so that; thp wire would not have to bear the weight of bundle aud self at once. He did so, then pulled theoage back, and-disgust and profanity of! swagger on finding bundle still aboard.

We went op, Saw what my friend said were good burns on the bills and naughty bums on the flats. !Tlien we came to two gentlemen ,whO: ; were about to leave the track to, light some bush, One of them produced some lunch' aud'bottles■ of■ a'■ pale colored liquid, at sight of which the eyes of No., 2 brightened, and lie exclaimed—" Ah,;. .I'm Iglaol ; you brought some whisky; it's>dooced dry work this burning bush; bring it down to the creek and we'll sample it." _ V Whisky," says.'NQ, ",i, " whisky be d-~d; that's kerosene to make the bushburn { " fe:-*;;?.:.'

We went'on, ■■'■ More well burned hills arid badly., flats until wo at last,.reaohed-my companion's section, and found it was one of the woret buriis" of all.' ! 'Tlien ; to cbijsble

ourselves we decided to brew a cup—l mean billy—of toa. We had brought tea and sugar, and therewas snppoßed v to be a billy at my friend'a old oanip; but after a long search all wa could find in tho way of cooking utensils was a tin band-basin. This we at last succeeded in balancing over the ire, filled it with water, and when it boiled I rushed to tlio lunch .basket for, j.he tea.,and Bugar., HorrorT—there ■ waß none; it 'had' dropped .out,.of ( basket :<m" the road.■ \ While 'we were [ bfaad" I picked up tho paper in which it had to been rolled, and found i* was a copy " of a newspaper called the Woodville Examiner, and that tha Editor was writing ancient history—giving his readers an account early settlers and their doings'. It mado very, excitiug reading. Take the following thrilling paragraph for instance:— " When Mr Wall eamo to the sfitflC' mont flour was 26s per cwt., and it was two years before ho could get his horse to his seotion, He had to cany everything on his baok. Mr J. Edwards was his butcher, and used * to hang the moat on a tree on tho x! traok till Mr Wall oamo for it.' 1 ' Now this is very well so far as it goes, but only wets the appetite for more. Surely when dealing with such important matters the writer might spread himself a little. For instance, why did they sell flour, by by tho cwt in those days, instead o by the lOOlbs, as now? What prevented Mr.Wall from getting his horse on to his seotion ? '{"(My friend;: says he will bet he can'., take his horse on to any seotion in the% Forty-Mile Bush in two days.) The writer leaves us in a dreadful state of uncertainty as to what sort of horse it was. Wo may safely assume that it wasawflS-eyedhorse (whenever its owner looked at.it); but there is positively no information as to its colour, age, pedigree, &o. Then again though glad to know the name of Mr Wall's butcher, 1 thirst to know-(l) how old he was, (2) was he a married man, (8) what countryman was he, (4) what price did he ohargo for the hung beef. With regard'to the tree—What , timber was it ? Was it ah upright tree, and had it any ion on it aftor , Mr J. Edwards had hung'the meat on , it? Did Mr W. never object to finding ■.<( i his meat'ty) a tree 1 Why did Mr W. JB> [ him to carry everythingm his. bank 1 Ihope'Snyif jeveri yoii; write- ihe, , ancieut.hisiory" bf,Pa— (t caiii 'spell i it), this district you will make a better i job of it. I think I shall stop hero ) somotime. My friend says if you got , a bush seotion you are .all .right;.if you want anything more, 'you" , only to am for it and you will get it. Y , He says there are some fine' axemen . about here; they are always axing for i something. .Some of them;aro ..good f rough carpenters, too. Says ho knows one who chiselled a storekeeper-out of , £lO-wprth/of goods; •; i; : . •■. . - ; . ■ Ta, ta! If I can get plenty of. tick' r I'll stop, and you shall hear from me I again.