TUHIKARAMEA HIGHWAY DISTRICT.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1572, 1 August 1882, Page 2

TUHIKARAMEA HIGHWAY DISTRICT.

, *!"■ TitE annual meeting of ratepayers of the Tuhikaramea highway district was held at the school on 1 Saturday week, a fair number of ratepayers being present. The chairman (Mr E: N. Buttle) requested the secretary to read' the balance-sheet for the past year, which wa's adopted on the motioh-of Mr' Carter, seconded by Mr Livingston.—The following ratepayers were proposed as, trustees for the ensuing year :—Messrs'' 'R.' N. • Buttle, P. W. Laing, H. Hadfield, F. J. Vickers, and Glassori. 1 Messrs' W: 'Reid and >R. Carter were auditors. Mr Hadfield ! tooVtne opportunity'of'discussing the feasibility* of' starting a dairy company in the vicinity. He said it was very l to him" that there* must be j something wrong, or land in> the district /would''not continue' at-the present low ,priceii 7'He wasi.satisfied^theilandiwas, *&6od,^antJ4^e^th^ugh"t'?the,pebplefshould v €e^rAH%ln|ely#aild*m^ke^deWrlaihld« ; >a£ dairy

others expressed views, and it was agreed that all available information on the subject should be gathered, with a view to doing something in this direction next season.—Some little discussion then rtook place respecting the present unsatisfactory state'of \the postal communication. Having" only one mail a week is undoubtedly a great drawback to the district, and it was agreed that the chairman of the new board should bo requested to write to the member for Waipa, urging that a change should be made, and also that the postmaster should be paid, Mr F. Vickers having acted as postmaster for the past six yeai's without anyTeinunera-* tion, which is certainly not a reasonable thing to expect any . man to do.—The newly-elected board Ji.eld a meeting and re-elected Mr F. W. Lang as chairman, and re-appointed Mr J. Wells as secretary and collector.—rln. view of the present depressed state. of the board's finances, owing in a great measure to the hypothecation of a large portion of the rates for the roadto Rukrihiavthe desirability of striking a rate of Is 6d or 2s in the £ : was discussed, but it, was decidedto make it Is, and if necessary to strike a special rate later oh.—[Correspondent.] . [The above report has been;delayed in transmission.]