CAMBRIDGE TOWN BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1407, 9 July 1881, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE TOWN BOARD.

A meetint. of this hocly was held at the offices of Messers Whitaker and Sheehan, Cambridge, on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of passing all outstanding accounts up to the 30th June. There were present : Messers Campbell, (chairman), Wells, Kirkwood and Johnson. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. lie the continuation of Chapel-street. —A letter was read from Messrs Whitaker and Sheehan on the matter, giving their legal opinion thereon. The consideration of this affair will be brought before the ratepayers at the annual meeting, which comes on on Wednesday next. Re Sale-yard fees.— Mr BucklancVs statement of sale-yard fees was received. Re Pound fees. —Mr McVeagh's statement of Pound fees for the half year, having been laid before the Board, was approved of. The following accounts were passed for payment:— Mr Hamblin, £22 15s; Mr Wells, 13s 9d; Mr Montrose, £3 3s; Mr Raynes, 10a ; Mr Bond, 15s ; Messrs Fergusson and Crickett, £3 11s 3d; Waikato Steam Navigation Company, £12 2a lid. The Board resolved that their nexfc meeting should be held on Monday next. This concluded the busmdtt, and the meeting terminated. >x? Vj4-

Me Bower, of Sb. Neot'apihe inventor of a method/ of preserving iron from corrosion, is trying a system of railwaycarriage lighting on the Great Northern Railway, England. He uaea compressed and ehriclied coal gaVwhioh is Stated to cost 6s 8d per cubic feet, and is stored in cylindrical' reservoirs on the roof of a coach at a prepare of, 1501b, to the inch. Tkb 'military force of the ' principality of Monaco consists of an army of ninety meh, mostly deserters from other European armies. On jiix6 evening of April 14?,t three large petards were thrown into houses ia ftfcjdrid, causing;; some damage to proj perfcy, but no persons were injured. 1