Featherston Town Board.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4770, 11 July 1894, Page 2

Featherston Town Board.

"The adjourned nieoting. of the :,j i Towii|B6ard was held 'on ovening in tlio Oddfellows' Present-Messrs L Donald, Senrl, "'| andßeel. It was proposed by Mr Senl and J take the chair. *-i The-minutes'of tJibjroviouß meet* d m&^WdMtl-Wfinned,-The Treasurer's statement was as p .follows:) pa.e flyei'toft o&fiidinaiy % account is *£62 2s lid, 1 hope to , i collectj wnts-qf reserves £22- this i week, and i{-the ! arehiteot's fees, 10s, ho refunded from the loan, it '"|§f will reduce the overdraft, by £49 m 10s. Since your last meeting a sum <■ of £9 has been paid into the Town ■s( Hall account. ' 11 - X ;' f! i 'Mr Reynolds,' ; the Trensmw, re- 'lmported that Cundy had f\ rpceiyed Vthe'] for tlie late Board offices. • It nas lesohed that this sum should?i.fc.e^'plac§y|L^}separate ac* -Jf} coiuit Town Board Offices Building Account, <S .. and '*■ dealt with as followsf Prom 0. J, Kent-Johnston asking to-bo!pfltont}lprate-roll. Besolved i tliat lie be asked toproduce evidence either from .Mr ;Boband,ifhis land fj lord,vor his agent;* • ■ A. BvHornblow,|Vfrpte.askingfor ' j ; Bond's printing,' as " the lflfftl ifj paper,,got the advertising.—The J mattei-i'was" i leftH in' iftha'v Clerk's, hands.,-T.

;ii.v; v'Ji.yiBEPOIITS/ ' ' Mr Donald reported that lie and ■", Mi\ Seald'.'had'jnspeptcd. several '" streets-on Satui-day last; they had invited ; bothiMessrs':-Gundy and Reynolds,, biit'tlioy. did not tm n up, "■ they-had'inspected Mr W. Benton's , wator-tables,._and. bad state: llr Benton ,to assist the Board incleaniiiglhem As to Mr Elliott's complaint, they inspected Donald's.creekto.Muiphj 's ! line, and 1 as this Wbitld entail i some expense, it was decided to let ' i(i stand over/till tbo' Monthly meet, injj. ,As''to 'the hM'bt 'the Hall, they proposed metalling a path 12ft wide'frbhi Fox street to flitzhcibeit street, and to remove any trceathat require moving; ,to vacant-, pWt, m tlie reserve,'aud'ttf move tho fence to, the side. It "'was' resolved that the abovo worksshouldbc proceeded with Mr ;/ Searl asked- if .twpjneinbcis could'not bo'appointed'to'wbik m conjunction with Reynolds, to supoi. intend the carrying out of work < Mr Donald said that they not'say; whatthpy knew how Mr Reynolds meant to act. .. :It,was,resolved.that, should Mr Reynolds not scplp the'cavryiiig out ' of the work, then Mr Donald'do so. Mr,; ; Beel thoughts that tendeis should be called for"'the grai elling in front of the Hall, as very infeuor gravel had be'oh placed inFoxStieot. Tho matter was left over, ~~~ -*fl|

,-.H?':-;■• }^ESi)Kiis:Kr:" Tenders for tho acre in 0111101x1 Square wore recoived and dealt with, the lesseq to protect:—J, CraufWd, '£2 per ; year,' 'H.' Ji Knivehj 12s Gd for six niontlis.—lt was resolved to to accept Mr Crawford's tender jk a year. ; J GENERAt,, nUSIXESS. Mi' Jas. Donald, who was present on behalf of tho Roadßriaikl, said that that body would liko to know if the _ Town. Board intended to build again, as some ngreemont might ho arrived at betjve'en-.the two bodies, Hcsaid once at wort tho Road Board-meetingsoniewheie else, but.iiGwasuotinfayo'i'ofit. 'Mr Beel said that biie'of tho cotand used as an office aiidwbatmoney was over from the insurance, could go to pay for tho fitting up of- the gallerv in the-Town Hall. : ;:' *.,^J Mr Searl said that tho best, plan \ would bo to get plans' and estimates :'Mr"Dpiiakl'-agreed^ and moved '. that plans should,bo prepared by Monday next,—This was carried. Mr Searl asked that the Board bo informed that they can meet in tho Town HaH'for the present, cumc. ; It was resolved, thakapplicatious ; ". Ijo called for the position of Clerk to . tho Board, at a' salary of £45 pel*' annum, to,ho returnable at the next annual meeting, the salary toinclude all commissions for collecting and Returning Officer's fees, etc, • TUB TOW.V HAM. It was resolved tbatany permanent hvorks done to„the.Hall shonld be , borno by the Town-Hall Fund, Tlie Clerk was instructed to to ; Mr Buohanau, M.H.R.; and quest him tp ppen the Hall thu-Biill on the night of tliei^M :-'" V r/^^^H r T]io Dieetlng- then ndjoiinicd fMH Monday next at half past seven, in—the new Hall, , -.