KIHIKIHI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1819, 4 March 1884, Page 2

KIHIKIHI.

In the report of the Herald, of the Ist o the meeting of the Waste Lands Board, it is stated that the Kihikihi Town Board, applied to have the control of the Public Hall and sites. Such is not the case. The Board applied to have the site set apart for Public Hall and Library vested in trustees, an allotment which is situated in another part of the town. Mr Farrell chairman of the Boaid, received a reply from the commissioner of Crown Lands, to the effect that his application to have lot 177 (?) — which has been reserved for hall and library— vested in ceitain gentlemen, has been forwarded to the Minister for Lands. As the Town hall has been built by private enterprise, and is therefore virtually private property, it is not at all likely the Town Board would make such a request, a request which would only tend to excite ill-feeling. The mistake in the Herald is easily accounted foi. It must have been a misconception on the pai t of the reporter, who took the Public Hall and library bite to mean the present Town Hall. The town board received a notice from the Waipa County Council tocle.u- all furze and biii u •» off the county road which ha\e spread from certain allotments., the numbers of which were given in the notice. Now all these allotments are Government pioperty, and as owners of pi ivate property are compelled to keep their frontages clear, it seems only fair the Goyernment should do so als >. Many of these allotments aie nursei ies for fmze, briars, and other noxious weeds. In some of the sheets the furze liAi spread so much that theie it. b.nely room for a horse and dray to get through. If these allotments were private pioperty they would not be in such a disgraceful state. While they remain in this condition the property is very much depreciated in value. The e\il, however, does not end here. The seed is spread over adjoining properties, putting the owners to a great de.tl of trouble and expense in keeping them clean. The notice was lefeired by the chairman of the boaad to the Commissioner of Crown lands, who forwarded the communication to the Minister for Lands. It is to be hoped the Government will take steps to have the work done, for it is hard that the town board should be put to the expense of clearing the road. At the first meeting of the licensing commissioners, Mr Hutchinson was elected chairman. Tawhiao was here on Saturday. He went on to Aotearoa to see some of the natives there about his projected tiip to England, and also to collect money for his expenses*. Lucky man to be able to take such a pleasure tiip at the expense of others. It is reported that the Land Court will open here on the Ist of April, but we have heard so often that it will open on a certain date, and we have been so often disappointed, that we pay very little attention to rumours regarding it. For the convenience of the ratepayoashere and in Te Awamutu, the council might have had polling booths both here and in that town instead of at Ohaupo only. Many who would have voted in either of those places will not go to Ohaupo to do so, as they have very little time to spare at this time of the year. — (Own Correspondent.)