MAURICEVILLE ROAD BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5123, 3 September 1895, Page 3

MAURICEVILLE ROAD BOARD.

ORDINARY MEETING. j The ordinary meeting of the Board ; was held on Saturday, 31st August. t Presont, Messrs Forsberg (chairman), P, Gleeson, J. F.' Heckler, and F. \f. - H. Kumnier. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed and correspondence outwards. Mr Lars Larson wrote requesting services of surveyor.—lt was decided to inform him that his request could not be agreed to, as it would lead to other persons making similar requests. Mr M. Kennedy wrote desiring the Board to inako an arrangement with him respecting tho felling, grassing, and leasing of Headman's Resorvoon , Wangaeliu Road-As this Reserve ' is not yet vested in the Board,' it is not yet in a position to make any terms with Mr Kennedy. Mr J. Rutherford wroto about repairs to culvert near his house, and narrating in graphic terms the' accidonts—past and prospective—resulting from defects in this culvert.—lt was resolved to ask Mr Rutherford to get the repairs done at a, cost not exceeding 30s. Mr C. Dixon waited on tlie Board and made a demand for a large extra payment on bis contract on Dagg's Road,.—As tlie report' is unfavorable, it was decided tp inform Mr. Dixpn tlrat hjs churn cannot be entertained. Messrs Tyson and McFaddan's offer to purchase timber standing on the Kaiparoro Road was accoptod, on ! condition that £5 bo paid down at 1 olico and balance before 27th Decern--1 bar noil. | It was resolved to instruct the 1 Engineer to take no further action 1 with reference to lining tunnels on ■, Road with brick ~ until further notice from tho Hoard, i and also to curtuil expenses as much . as possible on (Jlelaud's Road, as funds are. limited, The Clerk was instructed to write ir to the Commissioner of Crown Lands n Oometory and Recreation Reserve

j nt. Hastwell, Roadman's Reserve on Wangaehu Road and reserve out out of section 72 on the Maugumaboo IKoad. J It was resolved to rofortho account for engineering expenses buck to the Wairarapa North Comity Council, ns tlio Board objects to charges for buggy liire and cartage, Four applications were received for the post of Ranger on the roads under t-lio Board.—lt was decided to appoint Mr John Swenson. Accounts amounting to £41712s wore passed for payment. The following tenders for Johnston's Roiid were dealt with on the sth August: - Contract No, 119, Kennedy and Co,, £l2O j Person and MiidsDii, £llß 8s; Hauberg and Askew, £102; J. Walsh, £165; Neilsen and Hanson, £119; Fletcher, £128155. Contract No. 120, formation and 26ft platform hridgo, Hanberg and Askew, £lsl lis 6d; Kennedy and Co., £158; Person and Miulson, £180; J. Walsh, £169; Fletcher, £lB3 10s. Contracts No. 119 and 120 combined, Hauberg and Askew (accepted), £247 19s 6d. Contract No. 121, widening, formation, etc., Person and Madsen, £64; J, Walsh, £B7;O.Oslen,£B9lss; A, Palmer (accepted), £6O, lining, of Tni'anaki,.and lionaync of Auckland, both of whom were recently ordered off the football grottud, have been reported by Mr Firth, ltcfcrce, to the H.'/j. Itugby Union. A mob of lit) bullocks from the Hou. Mr Ormonde Woodyijle property was recently sold, says the Kramincr, at a price averaging nearly W per head. In a leller to the Feihling Debating Society, the llev. G. Wilks slates Ihat It is his intention to contest, the Jlnngitikei seat at next election. TO TOUT FISHEIiS. ' FOE SALIC-First-class outfit: line roil, two tops, black reel J-sizc, 311 yds best silk line, easts ami ease, '2l)0 Hies ami hook, net; all new last season, l&loz of the Hies were specially imported from Hardy Bros., England, and include all the best varieties for Wnirarapa waters—2G varieties, ,ldoz each kind, Particulars and price, fiom: Titos. Housslow, Government Printing OHicc, Wellington. BOItOUGHOFMASTEHTON. pUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, L that an Election to (ill the ordinary vacancies occurring in the ollicc of C'liucillor for the East, West and Outer Wards of the Borough of Masterlon (viz., one Councillor in each Ward), will h.' held ou THURSDAY, the 12th day of September, 18H5. And I appoint the Town Clerk's Office, Chapel-street, Masterlon, the place, ami THLHiSDAY, the (Ith day of September, ISJio, the day for the nomination of candidates.