HARAPEPE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 801, 4 August 1877, Page 3

HARAPEPE.

■ ■' ■ ' ■■'•'■."'■ ,;' .' '■'. .'. ;' July; 3oth. j The monthly meeting of the Pirongia District Board was held on Saturday last. As the new •ohool is not yet completed, the meeting was held at Mr McMinn'a house. The, whole^ of the trustees were present. Ihe Chairman read the minutes of the list meeting, and', they were confirmed. t A letter was read from the Thames Borough Council, asking them co-operate with them m petitioning the Government to carry out the Thames and Waikato Railway. This was agreed to. The next business was to opon the tender* foe working the* le Bori Ferry for the i&l eleven mbtiths. Mr T B Kelly's ; &sig the lowest' tender, was .accepted. 'Mr J H Thompson propoied ' That m future not a»iy work of any description should be contracted for or done before the subject war brought before the monthly meeting* and 'the said work agreed to by a majority of* the Board.Mr J ohn Morrieß"n seconded the proposition. — Inis proposition caused a good deal of unnecessary, discussion, and some of the trustees were rather warm on the subject.— Mr Jordan remarked that it hinted that work had been done without the sanction of the Board.— Mr Thompson eaid thai he hinted nothing; it was well known that work hid been done, not only without the sanction of the Board, but for the benefit of private persbns, The proposition was be'ore tbe meeting, and it was for them, them to decide if it wan required, i- On its being put to the meeting it was. carried.— A good deal of warm conversation ensued.— The meeting sep-.raied about. 12 p m.— J dare say that the doings of such a little Pedlington of a place as ours are not of much interest to he outside public, but if you think the monthly report of tho doingsfof our local hoard worth publishing, you would confer a great favour on all your subscribers m the district as well as the ratepayers, who for the most part do net kmow anythiug a'lout what is being done, and the first that they t bear about it is ;at the annual meeting. [We shall be happy lo receive and publish all such reports. It is tha i roper function of a newspaper to dosa.-[BdWT/) ; Our new achoolhouse is slowly drawing towards completion. There is one great fault about it, the building is too olose to the road, and at that place the road is a cutting. Why it was built so close is one of Mmae questions, as Lord Dundreary says, i hat no fellah can make out, for there is plenty of room to have placed it further back. . ... The weather for some time back has been very severe ; sharp frosts at night, and cold windy day-, and feed for all Borti of stock ia very scarce indeed'— Own Correspondent.