CAMBRIDGE ROAD BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1891, 19 August 1884, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE ROAD BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of the above board was held at the (Jiiterion Hotel, Cambridge, on Saturday last. Present : MessisJas. Taylor (chairman), Allwill, Smith and Fonest. Main Road — Inspecting the condition ot this road, the clerk reported that, considering the weather, it was in a veiy good state. Ovkrdraft. — The Clerk stated that board was in the happy position of o\\ ing the Bank of New Zealand £302 (is 4d. Gryvkl Pit and Pound Sitk, Tamahere. — Mr Graham wrote, asking what the board intended doing with the site secured on hi& land for a gravel pit. If they did not intend to utilise it he intended planting it with forest trees. He was quite agreeable that the board should abandon their bargain. — Mr Allwill thought they should abandon the site. The place was altogether too much out of the way, and the gravel was not ot a suitable character. —On the motion of Mr Smith, it was agreed to abandon the site. Mk ßichardson's Cru-vance —Mr J. R. S. Richardson wiote icspucting the boaid's application to him for his voluntaiy contnbution to the forming of a road which passes his propeity. The boaid had not fulfilled the conditions upon winch ho consented to gi\c Ins con tribution. lie wns thus put to great in convenience.— The meeting agreed that Mr Richardson's giievance was genuine, and he had proper cause of complaint. — It was agreed that the chairman be authorised to have the load finished at a cost not to exceed £5. Drvinaok Scheme, Hvctviht. — This work was reported as finished. The following aie the contributions of those benefited : — Forrest, £3 ; Crouch, £3 ; Blown, £5 ; John Pair, £2 ; H. Feiguson, £5 ; R Ciickett, £3. Mr Crouch was the contractor. Crawford'.s Gully Culvert.—Respecting this matter, Mr Forrest referred to the possible instability of the work. He proposed that the present state of the work be brought under the notice of Messrs Wilson and Co., the contractors, and that the Cambridge Board hold the Tamahere Board responsible in case the work should give way, and also that the Cambiidge Board will not be responsible until the load is passed by the Government, the Government engineer to be written to to this effect. He thought the job was likely to give way at any moment, and then what a mess they would be in. Ihe contractors had given a guarantee for twelve months, and in less than two months something went crooked. — The proposition was carried. Miscellaneous. — The Chairman said his attention had been drawn to the state of the road batween Runciman's pro perty to the Tamahere boundary. The road was full of nasty hol^s. — Mr Allwill remarked that the surfaceman had been over the road, and put it in good condition. — Mr Smith drew attention to the furze on the road in front of the properties of Messrs Runciman, Paton, and G. T. Jforris. The road was being completely blocked up through this nuisance. It was a disgrace, and steps should be taken for its immediate removal. — It was agreed that final notice be given the defaulteis. It was also agreed to draw Mr Patons attention to the acacia trees encroaching on the main road. — Mr Hewitt applied for permission on behalf of the Cambridge Domain Board to out willows at Martin's gully for use on the Lake reserve. — Permission granted. Duplicate Road (Victoria Road.)— Mr Taylor drew attention to the noncompletion of the duplicate road leading from the cemetery into Cambridge. — It was agreed to communicate with the proper authorities on the matter. This was all the business.

An amusing scene (says the London Figaro), occurred at the Opera House in Antwerp. Ihe Huguenots was being performed. As it is generally the case a number of soldiers were employed as supeis in guise of courtiers, priests, monks, etc. The stage manager, a Frenchman from Martinique, who could not for the life of him pronounce the letter " z," had initiated the soldiers as what they had to do. He was to call for them from the wing, when they were to leave the stage at the end of the fourth act. AH went well up to that point. But at the finale of the benediction of the swords the stage-manager's voice was heard, " Sotez." -The soldiers, mostly simply country bumpkins, mistaking the word for '" sautex," stared at the strange command, but did not move. " Sotez done !" cried the manager again. At this one of the fellows timidly raised his foot. The others, seing the action, followed suit in a moment. There was a regular shuffling and jigging about. " Sotez sotez done !" screamed the manager, beside himself with rage. The supers now entirely lost their heads, arid sprang about like mad ; and solemn earnest ban i of holy monks and grave courtiers of a moment were transformed into so many jumping jacks, and the more the manager screamed "sotez" the more violent became their grotesque contortions. At last the curtain fell in the midst of the convulsive laughter of the audience, who surely had, never witnessed the like .before, L „.•■,'.