CAMBRIDGE TOWN BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1564, 13 July 1882, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE TOWN BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of the above board was held in the Town Board office, Cambridge, on Monday evening last. There were present : Mr T. Wells, (chairman) Crs. ICirkwood, Hewitt, Johnson and Nixon. The ordinary preliminary business was disposed of. CoKRESi'oxnEXCE. — A letter was received from Mr John Houghton, (senr.,) chairman of the Public Hall Committee re the matter of handing over the property to the Town Board according to the provisions of the Town Districts Act. The letter was accompanied by the resolutions passed at the annual meeting of the Hall committee. — From Mr J. B. "Whyte, M.H.R., re the securing of the town endowment reserves for the board. He had spoken to the Premier on the matter, and he could not see how the thing could possibly be managed. The writer, however, hoped to be successful in securing the same. — From the Under-secretaiy re constabulary labour and Karapiro bridge. — Prom Mr Brooks, agent for the Bank of New Zealand re the matter of overdraft, offering the necessary accomodation applied for. Local Nuisances. — Cr, Nixon drew attention to a very objectionable nuisance existing in Alpha-street in the vicinity of the National Hotel, which was urgently in need of attention, and -which he characterised as a scandal to the town. He would give notice of motion that, at the next meeting of the board he would move, "That the time had now arrived when the sanitary condition of the town should receive due consideration, and instead of the present lax system it was necessary to have earth closets used in the township." In the meantime it was decided to leave the matter in the kands of the police. Surfaceman. — On the motion of Cr. Johnson, Mr .Chapman was appointed board's surfaceman, at the rate of 6s a day. Tiie Masonic Hotel Trouble. — Mr Barstow (Auckland) was appointed to act as the lioard's arbitrator in this matter. ,''">■•,•' / s , •> Ranging and Impounding.— On the motion 'of Or. Kirkwctod it was agreed that cattle and horses be allowed to ' depasture'on the Streets fofrthe'next twelve* months,. an^d "tya,r;Mr . Ctadjrgy, Collins >be appointed ranger onjSnding the necessary 'security.- v '-"i > w,i-!> K A ~ '"'< •< >>'* « Town » \ ENjjftwMENTS.-rTheijChairjnan * saiidthe committee jof v the .P,ubHefHaHnad*form*Uy requested ,the|/bpara to t take, over thfe t MU> < _3efoVe v ftoinjr -jgo iisj?jVfagi necoi^^iiV9^P^W9^^9lptl^^\^ffoV tf at i tMfOWftg upo^ii| i

ing, should be vested in the board as town endowments. They would therefore have to apply to the Government asking to have the .allotment handed over, and, while doing so, he thought they should also apply to have the market reserve opposite the National Hotel, together with the ground upon which the sale-yards and board office were situated handed over also. The four 1 allotments were numbered respectively, 598,, 617, (Public Hall, site) and 374, 375, (market and sale-yard sites). He believed the Government had power to hand over these allotments without special legislation. It was resolved that the chairman be requested to act in accordance with his own remarks. ' Ppblioan's License Fees.— The chairman's action in arranging this matter with the the county council was endorsed. The Karapiro Bridge,— On the motion of Cr. Hewitt it was agreed that the board request Col. Lyonto appoint Sergt. Roberts to superintend % the erection of the bridge, the superintendent to take his instructions from the engineer. On the motion of Or. Nixon it was also resolved to ask the colonel to appoint a competent man to look after the earthwork in connection with the bridge. Cr. Nixon questioned the action of the chairman in having the iron work for the bridge executed , in town.. He thought, ! though not speaking feelingly, that the j iron work should have tendered for in ! Cambridge, as going to Auckland for what i they could get in Cambridge was a very I unseemly precedant to establish. — The Chairman said the work could be done cheaper in Auckland, and much miicker than it could be done in Cambridge. They were aware how little time they had to spare, which admitted of no delay to wrangle about where the work should or should not be done. It was not his special business to look after this matter, and it was for the other members of the board to see that work did not go out of the place. Eailway Station Site.— lt was agreed to urge oil the Government the desirability of taking the whole of allotments 411-418, and have Queen-street East as a frontage, instead of the present idea of only taking half these allotments, and having to leave a chain wide street in the centre. Crs. Nixon and Johnson expressed, their dissent, but the resolution was carried on the voices. Striking a Rate. — On the motion of Cr. Nixon it was resolved to strike a rate of one shilling in the £ on all rateable property, the same to be payable in one sum on the first of August, 1882. — Carried. Elkctric Lioiit. — Cr. Kirk wood proposed that "This meeting request the chairman to find out the cost of lighting Cambridge by electricity.— Or. Johnson thought this was a matter for a private company to deal with. The proposition was adopted. Accounts. — Several accounts were passed for payment, and the business terminated.