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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 36, 23 July 1872, Page 2

! AXX UAL M EEttXtt OF H A MILTON lIATLJ'AYKKS. ; Tie n'mual nw w sti'\qf of mtv'tyer* iu the UttmilUMi j Highway w.i's held on Wi'dne.sd.iy tlie IJthinst. ' it noon, in tin- Court-house. Co.i.sid'-rahle difficulty | .vhs exi).;riouci(l iu getting a raU |>aycr tu occupy the ' iluiii' iu consequence of tlie chairman not bein<» allowed j a deliberative vote. We think that some alteration ; .-.Mould lie made in the Ait, so th if the cbuinnui have a deliberative as well as a casting vote ; otherwise

tlie |)'>-t will i>n a-begjjiujj as it did in the present iustam-e. Oho of the ratepayers—Mr. J'>so;>h Hmtou — ■ at hist iifjrced tu oivgo hi* vote lor iliu honor of being I chairman, ami t"ok his sent amidst groat applimse. Mr. i (.Murk ums cVctcd secretary. In consequence of one of : .he auditors having resigned, t-ho accoants wvre nor. hid heftre the me"ting. Two atiditnrs--Mjssrs. Knox and Morris—were appointed, and the meeting adjourned ■ for an li ur. I On resuming, the late chairman, Mr. Rothwell, called J upon the secretary to read the balance-sheet, which showed the receipts to havn been : Kates collected. £271 12s 6d ; Grant fmm Colonial (ruvernuiciit, £321 I9s4d; ; .Sundries, £15 4s 4d: Total Receipts, £6 8 Is 2d. i Expenditure : i'or forming Roads, £19Sos2d; Bridges, J and Culverts, *206 10s; Conunis.sion for collecting Rites, £1 > lis 9d; Salaries and Rent, £3 &s ; Printing i and Advertising, £'20 Bs-8d ; Legal Expenses, £5 17«; ! Total Expenditure, JL447 los 7d, leaving a balance of I £171 os.6d. i Mr. Knox condemned the proceedings of the late Board in employing a man as surveyor who had no legal status. l The meeting was at this stage considerably interrupted by several speaking at once. On order being restored, Mr MePhersra. declared he had p4d his.rates and had a perfect right to be heard. (Cries of '• Order!" and "Chair!") The chairman ruled him out of order, and the babel subsided. ; j Mr. Jones proposed, and Mr. Webb seconded that the report be adopted. It was not put to- the meeting, but ttierc being no amendment the secretary declared it carried. Mr. Knox proposed, and Mr. Morris seconded, that the rate be acreage, at one penny per acre. Mr. McPherson proposed as an amendment, and Mr. St ikes ] seconded, that the rate be one Half-penny per acre. The i original motion was carried, only two being for the amendment. Mr Harris called attention to the state of the roads between Hamilton and Ngaruivahia. Hedidnotthinkthe out-going Board had done their duty in allowing the road to. get so much out of repair, and would Jike to see a vote- of censure passed on them. He hoped the ratepayers would elect men who would do their duty and keep trunk lines in repair.—Messrs. Stokes'aud Jones defended the late Board. —Mr. Morris wished to be informed as to the amounts spent on the Wbatawhata, Ohaupi, a d Ngaruawahia roads.—The secretary read j an account of ttie various sum* spent, which showed j that 80L. had been spent on the "Whatawhata ro^d: on ; the Ohaupj road, liol* 6s. 3d., .and on the Ngaruarwahi* \ road, oOL. . , . i Mr. Morris au i mad vert edori Mr. Jones, one of the late j Trustees, having measured some work executed by a ■ contractor under the Board.—Captain Beere strongly j objected n> sereral of the \rorks performed by the late j B )ard, and considered a large amount of money had j been frittered away in usele.-s works.—(Gr.eat interrup- ; tion and cries of "Order'" and "Chairl")-Someone called for Mr. McGrovern r our worthy constable, who put j in an appearance at the door, and the confusion, ceased. —Mr. Stakes was under the impression that the chairman had called him a blackguard. Our reporter heard ' the expression, but could not distinguish who used it, ■ nor to whom it wa.*-used.—Mr. Jones defended the Jftioni of the late Board in expending so much ou the 3\ h ta- : what* road, and said the Trustees had interpreteu the '. circular* from the Colonial Secretary and Superintendent in a literal *ense, and called upon Mr Clarn to read the ■ circular*. —Capt. Beere de«lared there was-not an old road in the district, none having been formed and metalled. —(Gr<jat uproar, which ended in Mr. McPaerarm leavir.cr the mperinir

.Messrs. joily ana jviyues were nppomieu ernmiiuvi;*, and Captain B -en;, M«-*srs. Morns, ".Knox, Atkinson, L\>x Jolly. Stceli , , Alex uulor, and Miaudars were prol»o»ed as "Trustees. On the -rotes heme taken, the >ecretary, pro. thi , ohairmun, doclarrd Ctpt Ht»rre, Mcurs. M&jTis, and Steele dulj' •lected. M«« ! *». Jolly, RotHwoll and JOIIOB wrerwiiouUiiatcd as audildrii. and a *h<iw of h.tndn oalled for. Messrs. Jolly and K ithvrell were derlarod ol«t^e<l. A vote of thanlcs to the chnirmun and iecretary i>roiij?ht the meetioK to a close. The Trust«i»-held a lnee'in-;, nnd elected Capt.. Beero, .-hainniiit, appointing -Mr, Clark tccruiury pro. tern.