PIAKO.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 655, 1 August 1876, Page 3

PIAKO.

Jnly 20tb. Tnv»inn<il miteting'of'th* ratepayers" of tho Wa'toa Uighwuy D'htnot took place Jut Saturday. Major G W Drummand Hiy on hem* appri mcd chairman r#ad tue noti>e cabling the matting, and then culMd far the report of the •'ouegorog Jl.nrd. Frim tin report, ' which Major F N George the Tr»»»urer read, ifc appeared that L3S7 U 5i 'h»l been receive I when th» booke were croud on .'tilth June. I believe L 434 7a 8d hu h.-en collected, but the difference wm re.-ei»e 1 too ht« to app««r in tht ■ocount. Th i Gorerament ■uosidy bat not been pail yt. Th» ' greatett difficult jr the Jtioirdhvl to contend «ith wm ge'ting tho ratei collect 'd. Legal •xpcniei amounted ' to Ll6 4i 4d. Thit •mount <: tused a great: d«al of grumbling, «•?*eial y as it wm known v t'iat tomo of the partio* were pretty heimly fl"«ctd for cxpvntei. The l»wjer'i bill wai called j for and read, and wm enough th«r vnri >u« item •, which only lawyers know kow to j co>coct when tot ed up, Cfttno to the nmoniit. One gentleman Mid it wm utuftl for l*wyi r* in «ucli mttu to be «»ti»flid with the expenics obtained from the jinrtici proceeded ngn.in>t. Another gentleman thought fh > I iwjer ought not to bo paid 'sncii n ititn To tbi« it was anfiwfre-1 that hf pud hinnelf out of the rum collected, an 1 pub fhe balance m tho bank to the ere lit of the B »ard. Ifc wn» ''ikon suggested tliat the Board should employ ioiM other 1 wj«r. I fancy a l>.*t'«r phn still would be Tor ratepayer*, like Mtiwbln m*n, to piy fheir ratei whon dm', *nd th .s sits the bothrr on a ex]i -mn of Roin<? to Co irt»,'«n I let the rates •Ins employed in r«p»ir.ng the rd%in. Froa. the r<p'»rt it Aflpeart that the Vuito trilae w.ll he i-on letel in about a tiicmth, I'^e V/ujli»r«kii:i bn\ge i-

j !i'i. h il, i's nUn ill- tii.t -i Ai, on t'if l'ti*iimi iml Wiivhi'O ii' k=. \li J iMcickay lnn eroii.c I n, tci.vj irxs / nii'l," over tlta W,uf<n rircr (i>o& huwnver «>n the surveyed lino), wlii -h l-e i* willing tr> give the me of to tho public tiil a | ennrneM ►tniplure cm be erected. Tho fo lowing U lh> conclmU'i '. pirl- of tho ie oit, wlk'i I cairn >t resist giving rnti-e :—": — " Mr Mackuy, at hn own cm', u mi'iin^ a co-isidor ib'e por'nn rt f t l c roal beUeen thu Waito\ and Pirumi, ani is nUo \nittin;r up a pe-mancnt hmi.j* over tbV VVuieknu, and filling i-i <wnmp appf niches t) tio same, wlfch Inttur work* nre on the survejel line. I think you will nil agree with mo, that the thanksof all those residing in the district' ore due to Mr Maekajr for his Itbt-rnlity, nnd also to Mtwrs' Oubbins, McQlftahaa, mid Chapmoll for giving their titan nnd, bulloclc \o ms in getting pirt of thci timber for bWr'ga* ' clrrAt itoo of ro« .' Thoso works which I hare Boficd bridge «U the creeks (whlo'i wore not before bridged) between Hamilton Arid the Thames rirpr, and-t'jofo now fodtraiin oolj n *v»aiitp 32 chaim wido to be druinud, when the road to the Thames river will be "open for* traffic. -I think it is unneoiv•ary for mo to -dilate 'on the aVa»"ige to tho whole district the opamng of this roid will be. Ihe engineer's <a imace (or this last work is £180, and of thu sum £90 ha» been flObtcribed by gentlemen intercstod, and is arailablo,-I believe, nl any time. 'Ihe Board hove -beei Tery •trongly of opinron -that greuto-'t object for ihe general good of the district was to hare this road opened as s ion at possible, and they claim soma credit fo' what they -have bten-able to do in this direction. 'An application *iras 'Inade fo the Ghjneral Government for a spec'nl grant of, I tbink, '£160 In Aid of ihis work, 'but thougk the Government had on more than one occa«ion promised much larger sums, the cooamoo'civilt j of a reply was not vouchsafed." "I may mention that Major Wilson the -meeting requested his name for' £10 to be added to the subscriptions lor tue lhatnes road. It was unanimously agreed that the value to sell of all land in the district be one pound, and that the rate be "ooe penny m the pound. t Muj^r 'Oao>Ke, and JMews ChapineU; Woouward Gubbius and Turnbull are the members of the new Board ; Messrs Walker and 0 McDonald, auditors ; and Menus Walker ' and COchraoo, fence viewijrs. Hearfcy voter of thanks were 'Recorded to Mr Maekav for his liberality, to Major Qeorge for the.great amount of timo and labour Ls'bns given fur the good of tho dUtict cliMng" the past year, *nd to the mtmbers of the Bo ml for" helping to draw the timber far the bridges. , A vot ) ot thanks to the Chairman con* eluded the business. The new Board "met 'afOrwards >and appointed Mnjor George chairman anJ and treasurer; Mr BrsniHer wan appoi/i'tud < clerk" and collector. — Ow.v UortKWPoNuBNX.