CAMBRIDGE ROAD BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1867, 24 June 1884, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE ROAD BOARD.

Tin; ordiuary monthly meeting of this Criterion Hotel, Cambndge on, Saturday last. Present : Messrs Jas. Taylor (chairman,) Forrest, Smith, S. S. Giaham and Allwill. Striking a Rath —In pursuance of adveitisement it was unamously a,;iced to strike a rate of fof a penny in the £ on all the ratcahle property in the district for the year ending 1883. Mr Thomson's Valuation.— Tlie valuer Mr Fitzgerald attended and stated that Mr Thomson objected to the valuation ol Ins new hoase, the original valuation for the year having been taken. — The vainer was informed that by the Rating Act of 1882 he was empowered to make a new valuation ; as in this case where .1 house had been elected, and he was instructed to piocecd occordingly. Road Impkovement-5. — Mr J. T. Cvmp wrote drawing the boaid's attention to the state of the road iv front of his hotel In wet weather he was placed in a most uncomfortable position, the ram lying in a pci feet lake about his house. Considering the amount of license money &c. winch he paid the boaid, he thought hiin^cit entitled to a decent loadway in fiont of Ins house. Mr Graham advocated th.it the subject of the letter be entefciamed.--On the motion of Mr Fone^tit was unanunoosly ag'ieed that a sum not exceeding £20 bespentwhenever the pioper season tor these improvements an ived, but that for the present only a small pottion of this sum be spent. in putting in a diain to lead the Water off the flat down the hill. — Mr Graham drew attention to the state of the culvert below the Nanows cutting. The pipes did not cany away the water being stopped up. A letter to the same effect was also reeehed from Mr Martyn. Through the pipes not working properly Ins land was always flooded in wet weather. — Mr Foirest attributed the chocking up of the pipes to the falling of the lea\es tiom the neighbouring trees.— j The engineer was instuicted to attend to the matter by appointing two men to clear the pipies with boiing rods. -Mr Foirest said that the carrying out of any fnrthei works in the distiict meant financing. They would have to be very careful lor the next twelve months. Indkbtkdnl'.s^— -The Cleik leported that the piescnt total indebtedness ot the boaid was £218 Ds -id. Of this sum £109 7s lid was required to pay accounts hefoie the meeting. Main Uoa r> Kmm xmture. — The Chairman stated that the expenditure in the main road had been £336 loa Gd, leaving £130 out of the grant. The Drainacu Question.— A long letter was received f 10m Mr Selby, stating that he had seen by a report in The WaiUato Times that the boaid had appioved of a certain scheme of drainage concerning his farm and others adjoining, which, however beneficial it might be to j the boaid, was certainly \-<u-y injurious ■to him. He protested against the course proposed. Unless they made some better arrangements, he would take some means to picvent them from carrying out their \ery novel idea. It seemed to him that as his farm was low ground the hoard had come to the conclusion that it was a capitnl place wherewith to carry the water of the distiiet. Mr Selby al-o invited the board to examine the flooded vState of his land owing to the drains not being properly kept. — Mr Forrest suggested that the woik be done as soon as puacticable. When the drains were put in proper order there people would have to take caie to keep their cattle out of them. — It was agreed to write to Mr Selby telling him that the Boaid would do the woik. — Mr Forrest further remaikod that no one had advantaged by the drainage system in use for some years past more than Mr Selby had notwithstanding his guimbling. Mr Selby he also noticed, did not support the genet al scheme of drainage for the district, which was supported by the settlers who would not derive such benefit fiom it. District Boundary. — The clerk stated that the boaid had been drawing rates from a cettain propeity of 700 for twelve years past, the said property not being in the Cambridge distiiet. It appeared that the boundaries had not been correctly laid o(F on the map. The property referred to was at the end of the Victoria Road.— Mr Allwill stated that if the board had drawn lates fio.n hispioperty (or thu li*t twil'c yrais tnc* mad rl'iOtioh it* had (.'()•* t them o\ c 1 £1000. !h v,.i-> ,igirul to h.'\e the cuov lcntiiied. Advertising.— lt was agreed that The Waikato Times receive the board's adveitising favours in future, it being the only paper properly circulating, and having a house-to-house delivery in the distiiet. Attention was also drawn to the action of the Tamahere ponndkeeper not advertising public notices in the proper paper. Gieat inconvenience was experienced in this way through settlers never seeing tho pound notices when published. It was agreed to instruct the pound keeper to advertise his notices in the " Times." This was all the business.

Mr T- T. Horae Hamilton has received new English field, and gai den seeds. Mr John Knov will sell on Thursday July 3rd -it the H.inulton Mart allotments 240 and 24 Gallo\va3 Street with cott.igc fruit trees &c. We would d-rcct special attention to the advertisement ofMsssrs Brown Karret & Co. in another coloum. The excellence of the coffee manufactured by this fiim has long 1 been admitted. Rats axd Mice.— lf you wish to de stroy them get a packet of Hill's Magic Vermin Killijr in packets, 6d, 9d, and Is, to be obtained of all storekeepers, or from T. li. Hill by enclosing an extia stamp. Life in thkßu&ii— Thex and Now. — It is generally supposed that in the bush we have to put up with many discomforts and privations in the shape of food. Formerly it was so, but now. thanks to T. B. Hill, who has himself dwelt in the bush, if food does consist chiefly of tinned moats his Colonial Sauce gives to them a most delectable flavour, making them as well of the plainest food most enjoyable, and instead as hard biscuits and indigestible damper his Improved Colonial Baking Powdbr makes the very best bread, scones, cakes, and pastry far superior and more wholesome than yeast or leaven. Sold by all storekeepers who can ob"t*in it from any merchant in Auckland Yes llt is certainly true. Ask any of your friends who have purchased there. Garlick and Cranwell have numerous unasked for and very favourabjc commendations from country customers on their excellent packing of Furnit ture, Crockery, and Glass, &c. Ladies and gentlemen about to furnish should remember that Garlick and Cranwell's is thb Cheap Furnishing Warehouse of A nek* i land. Furniture to suit all classes ; also Carpets, ! Floor Cloths and all House Necessaries. Kyour new house is nearly finished, or* yqu afe ffdinjir to get <<niarried r vis^f Garlick and Cranwell, Queen -street and Lorne-street,-Auck< and. luten4ing pmtbjuscrs can b,*ve caUlogud ;?eat(r<i<j, - '-;-,/ ) ' " '.'