PIAKO. 12th Oct, 1876.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 679, 19 October 1876, Page 3

PIAKO. 12th Oct, 1876.

A.t the last meeting of the A' mto i Highway Uutnat JJjanl th« Collector '■c.id two lfitars he hail received from thd Board* lawyer request ing him to attend t'le I)i->tnct Court at Hami'tw on tile Ch September, in a case of siting for rates. The h at Oi these letters receive 1 oy the collector was dated 2, id Se[) ember, b a w ■ tut rrceired till the era ing of the 6t.li. The other ldt-tor w»* djted 1-t Sept but bud the HVuWton Pott in it k of Ibo 4 b. on i> ; this lett-r ranched th» diatii'jt on Muturdttj the 9 h, thd usuil p >-t day, and w»j rocetred by the colleo or on the llth, miking it impossible for him to nttenl the (J.urt. TheUuirtnin aNo read a letter from thelnwyc in which he a*s<-rl< tint the collector know tint C-urt diy wa^ thu 6ih Se, te»b>r, lid hiri'ig tojid bi.n and ■uouii him to tha List. iim> he vu it ti&iuilton ; besuUt which ne had lent trto tcrbil mi.sa^e* and two loiter* with the jatno infui ra ition. The collector m st emphiticallr denied that he ka> vr thuC Ihe Court day Wus the 6 hSept, till he received the luuyei'i l«-t t-sr re erred to above on thd evening of the Oh. He dtini'd that h<3 rrccivetl any verbal tuestHgni at all in reference to the muter, and he denied that the lawyer told hi in the last time lie was in lluunlton that the CoUit would, hi htld on the 6 h. The collector asserted that he was not in Hamilton linoe the sth May last, ea which, t cation the lawyer told him that the next District Court day at Hamilton would be suii July, 1876. The Board pitied »ereral accounts, and Hgreed to employ Mr Clarke lo lay off tome roads in the district, and further resolved to miko another strenuous effort to obtain pu»t Government subsidy. —A COUUKSPONDEVT