MISTERTOH TOWN LANDS TRUST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4313, 7 January 1893, Page 3

MISTERTOH TOWN LANDS TRUST.

! Ordinary Meeting, I The ordinary meeting of the Mnstf'ilon Toivn Lunds Trustees was held' 4. in the Uorough Council Chambers ■>: l' _ Present- Messrs Win, t E, Feist, H. E. ,itoU,Bnil A. W, Kenall, The miiiiite3 of the last ordinary meeting wer; read and confirmed, FINANCIAL. ■ The Treasurer's report, showing a credit balance of £SO 2s 7d, was read and adopted. CORRESPONDENCE. Mr G. W. VVoodroofo wrote, informing the Trustees that tbo Public Fountain was now completed, and requesting the payment of tho grnut Mr Lowes said tho committeo ap- " pointed bad seen tho architects certificate and inspected the work, and recommended tho payment of the l mount granted, ~ Mr Konall thought tho amount should be paid if the condition, that t'ie balnnco required was publicly subscribed, had been curried out, lie would movAJpthe grant of £2O be paid when tho Chairman was satisfied on this point,

Mr Foist in seconding the motion said he thought that the amount would be fully ijubscribed. The motion was carried. SCHOLARSHIPS. Mr W. Waite wrote asking assistance for his son who recently gained ii H ,,i i l jurship, from tho fund set apart ""TiTr^j^jmrposc, SaHUisciisaion took place as to the posijPi of the applicant. Mr h'eiat cojplercd that if tho funds of tho T'r'ibt were available the circumstances of i!K/applica>it should not be considered Peoplo who were able to pay for tho o'lucation of their children ought not to apply for aid, and when implications were mado it was not the province of the Trust to enquire into people's circumstances, Mir Renall said Mr Feist would not get them to agree with bim. llf Eton thought that if enquiry wero hot mado iutopeoplo's pecuniary circumstances they would bo inundated! with applications. Mr' Feist said they might be inundated with applications but they could only grant according to their means. The Chairman pointed out that tho founding of scholarships was a part of their duty as well as the assistance of those whoso means did not permit them to take advantage o( scholarships gained. After further discission Mr Feist moved and Mr Lowes seconded that the further consideration of the mat* ter bo left over until next meeting, The motion was carried, ma brigades. Tho Masterton Borough Council wrote, asking tho Trust to allow theui to leaso.section 71, at tho corner of ChuriWand Dixon streets for the purporc of erecting a Fire Brigade Sbjron and stable. Tho Chairman said it would be necessary to refer to the matter again after receiving tho Committee's report ro leases, The report was then read. Mr Lowes said tho section Hip Borough Council wished to lease was the section on which stood buildings, regarding which tho committee recommended that tho owner be called upon to repair. Ho thought it would be well to appoint a committee to see what tho Council required, It was decided to appoint some day on which the Trustees, representatives of tho Borough Council, and the Captain of the Fire Brigado might meet and inspect, the section. Mr Feist considered that the best way of re-letting tho leases which had lapsed would bo by public auction, Mr Kenall said they were not bound to put up the sections o auction, The Chairman thought they would Lave a lot of extra trouble if they collected the rents, instead of selling the leases. Mr Feist moved, and Mr Eton seconded, that tho half acre lately leased by Mr T, Kelliher bi put up to public auction. It was decided that the clerk write to Mr A. R, Bunny, intimating that the leaso of part town aero 71 expired on December 31st, 1892, and that a committee appointed by the Trust , has inspected the building and find V that tho cotta«v/iccupied by C, Davis ■Hftfraod windows, in order that the MBnditiona of the lease may ho complied with, and call upon Mr Bunny to have the repairs referred to executed without delay, The meeting, after consideration ol the rents in arrears, then adjourned.