CAMBRIDGE TOWN BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1856, 29 May 1884, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE TOWN BOARD.

The following portion of our report of the Cambridge Town Board was crowded out of our last issue :—: — " ' The Ch-unnan laid the following estimate of receipts and expenditure for the ensuing year on the table :—Expenditure :-— Grosvenor Street, £30 ; Vogel Street, £37: Hull Street, £13 10s; Gravelling £100; Public Hall. £90. Public Hall painting, &c. £40 ; Surfacemen, £120 ; Interest and Sinking fund, £112. Drainage, £50; Culverts, £20: Office and Valuation, &c. £70 ; Advertising, £15; Sundaes, £100; total, £797 10s.

EEOKirrs.— Rates, £400 ; Arrears £20 ; License fees, £170; Pound fee&, £'20; Sale Yard fees, £40 ; Heut account, £24 ; Do» Tax fees, £45. Fiuther oseidiaft, £190 16s ; total, £890 16s.

CitavvAj STKbiiT.— Cr. Clark expressed his surpiise that no provision was made for the foimation of Chappl Street. He would mo\e that, say £S0 out of the £100 set aside for sundries l>e devoted to Chapel Stieet. The chairman quoted the slate of the finances showing the unsatisfactory [osition in which the expcndituie of such an item would place the board at the end of the year. — Cr. Hewitt said he had spoken to Messis Why to and WhitaUer, le an alteration in the Town Districts Act in the matter of voting He had icpresented to them that the law as at piesent was altogether piolnlMtoiy in lequhuig that two thirds of the latepayers should vote in favour ol the I. using of a loan. One half of the iatcp\v, cis should be sufficient. Ife had eveiy leason to believe that thii matter would iecei\ c the earnest consideration of P.uliamont during the coming session, and if the necissary alteration were made, the board would then be in a position to raise the loan for the improvement of the Public Hall, and the sum now placed on the estimates for that work could be devoted to Chapol-sticet. — Cr. Claik contended that as a boa id they had not kept their woal to the rat('pa\ers. Other woiks weie provided for, and othcis had been done which weie not thought of when tho formation of Chapel-street was piopObed He had no pei^onal intcicstin the formation of Chapel street, nor did lie for a minute think that the putting of that stiect in proper lepair would m any way affect tho ti a flic of other parts ot the town. They would be making themselves foolish in the estimation of the public if flu y did not fulfil tho oft' -hi ok en piomise made to the property-holdet sand residents in this street. — Cr. Wells did not see how they weic going to get the necessary £100.— Cr Claik replied that the board had gone and formed a lot of stieets since they had piomised to form Chapel street — Ci. llichaulson had inspected Chapel stieet immediately after and during heavy lams, but consideiod the stieet in excellent condition. The watei never lay on it, .and it wab always clean. — A deputation consisting ot Messrs PI. Ashei and x\lr David Carnachan was at this stage of the discussion pi eaonted to lay their grievance coneerninj: the p reBent condition of Chapel-street before the board. Mr Ashei said he had come theie on the same en and no less than six times. A gioat number of stieets had been foimcd and attended to since the board had promised to do Chapel-street, lie w anted to know now v\ hether the necessary money for this purpose was going to be placed on the estimates They had waited patiently for about two or thiee ycais, but in vain. If they could not do the w hole of the woi k now they might spend as much as they could spaie betoie the wintei had propeily set in. He could testify to the deplorable condition of this street, especially after a day's lain. Heconsideied the people of Ciiapel-stieet had been treated very hardly indeed. Promises had been made them, but had lepeatedly been forgotten.—Cr. Johnson did not object to the foimation of Cn.ipcl stiect. He would like to see the woik done if it weie at all i o>siblc for the boa id to do it, even at a saenn'ee. —Mr Carnachan commenced hia lemaiUs on the state of Chapel street by designating Crcy-stieet as Cr. Jolnifcon's stieet, but was interrupted by the ehahman. Chapcl-sLieet after lain and at night time was not only duty but veiy dangeious. He held tvto letteis fiom the boaid promising to do thcwoik, but as yet nothmn whatever had been attempted. — Ci. Johnson said a gi eat deal had been said about Grey stieet. He would tell them that when it was proposed t ( ) do Grey-stieet both he and Mr Hewitt objected. He had formed the footpath in CJrey-slreet in front ot his own piopfrty and at his own expense. — The Chan man infoimed the deputation that they would leceive a leply on the following morning, and the deputation then withdrew — Cr. Claik repeated Ihr pioposition that i'Bo be spent on Chapel street. All along they had actually been deceiving the residents of that street.— Cr. Johnson remarked that the ratepayers of Chapel-street had not yet supplied the boaid with an indemnity. — Cr. Richardson thought Cr. Johnson, by talking in this strain, was endeavouring to slink the question. — Cr. Johnson would wither go £80 into debt and have the work done. — Cr. Richaidson thought they were sufficiently in debt. — Cr. Cl.uk 's proposition fell thiough for want of a seconder. — The estimatts were accepted as above. " Who Gavk Pkkm ihsion '!" — Cr. Clark asked to whom the allotment adjoining the Public Hall, from which earth was being lemoved, belonged ? Was it Crown land oi town board endowment piopetty ? or was the board the custodian of it ? If so, who gave MiHewitt permission to cart soil therefrom for private use on his own property. — The Chairman replied that the allotment referred to was about to be vested in the board, and the board was the custodian. — Cr. Hewitt informed the meeting that he had leccived permission from the other two moinbei'3 of the streets committee, Crs. Johnson and Richardson, — Cr. Clark enq tired if the streets committee weic empowered to]nuthoiise any pnv ate individual to do as Mr Hewitt had been doing. He would nsk the chairman's opinion as to whether the btreets committee were not over reaching their powers, -Cr. Hewitt thought the question a \ cry frivolous one indeed, and one which came with very bad taste ftom Cr. Clark. The tnembeis of the streets committee thought the removal of the earth would be a great improvement to the allotment.— Cr. Clark questioned very much if either Mr Kirkwood or Mr Clements wanted to cart awaj' this earth whether they would be let. — Cr. Hewitt was certain they would, He for one would not have objected. — Cr. Richardson expressed himself in like manner. — The Chairman said as a, matter of principle he presumed tho Streetg Committee had not the power to allow Mr Hewitt to cart away the earth. As a matter of expediency, however, they would all agree they had done simply what was right. — Cr. Clark desired that the powers of the Streets Committee in matters of this kind should be restricted. — The matter was then allowed to drop.

Mr R. George notifies his intention to apply for a renewal of the license of tlie Whatawhata Hotel. THE death is announced from Naples of Cipriana La Gala, the most ferocious brigand of modern times, which took place at Portoferraio, on the island of Elba, where he had been confined for a number of years, chained to the wall. La Gala had been proved guilty of 50 murders and numerons robberies, as well fi.s arson. He commenced his career as an officer in the gourbpn inilife- T n 1860 he became a brigand chief, the terror of Southern Italy. He collected around him a band of 700 malefactors, and ruled them with an iron will, punishing the smallest disobedience with death. He was only of small, slender stature, but his piercing dark eyes showed his jndQmitable will. He wore a long black beard, coming down to the middle of his cheat. Gala affected to be religious, and went frequently to mass and confession. His skull is to be preserved ag a pbrenologigul curiosity,