PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2000, 2 May 1885, Page 2

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL

The oidinaiy monthly mci ting of this body vvas held at tho Council Chambers, Cain bridge, on Wednesd ly tfteinonn Present: Cis. W. li. C. Williaiiis (eh nun in), J. C. Fnth, X Maclean, H. K. Biunskill, W. P. Chcpmc-11, C. (Jould, \\ . T. Fnth and D. Muiphy. DisTVNCE Posts. — Some time ago the council applied foi pci mission to erect signboaids indicating distance on the tclegiaph |)oles between Cainbndgo and Taupo. A loply was received from the Telegraph Commissioner intimating that permission vvas granted. Thkßvhkkji-Co* Ensonß.— Mr E. Y. Cok, Shaftesbury, wroto a long letter in reply to the charges preferred against him by Mis Barker about trespass, cutting fences, &c. The dispute arose from an attempt on the part of Mrs Barker to debar the public from the u.se of the road to the whaif which had been in use since the formation of the settlement. Mr Huniner, agent foi tho (I rant ;md Foster Settlement and the Crown Lauds Office, had pronounced tho road m question a public road. He had asked Mis Barker to have tho matter settled by summoning him to court for trespass. If the public were shut out from this toad, the county council would have to form tho (Government road through a piice of swamp to the edge of the river, and as cattle and horses could not be crossed there, the road would have to Ie cont nued round the nvei leseiveto tho wharf, by this means Mis Barker would have to give up tho u&e of tin oe tunes a.s much land as in dispute. Mis I3.u ker had not adhered to facts. Mr l'avitt, county engineer, haw justified his action in cutting the fences. — After consuleiation, tlie clerk was instructed to write 111 1 the coiinni-Bioncr of Crown L. n Is, a<king if thoio is nny public road laid off through s, ction 31, block 2, Waivvern. IS.D., occupied by Mrs Barker. Furthor action defened till leceipt of reply. Wilson's Road, Waioronkouai.— Ro taking a road through Wilson's (Thames High School Reserve) property, Waioiongoniai, a letter vvas received fiom tho Crown lands office to tho effect that the titlo m the case of the High School endowment iva* issued under " Tho Thames Boys' and ( Jirls' Nigh School Act, WB," and is datid ith July, 1884. It is subject to the right on the piit of the Clown to take nccen«iiiy loids through the land as provided by section 10)! of tlie "Native Land Act, 1873."- Tlie clerk was instructed to write to the Chief Surveyor, .inking him to recommend the Governor to take the road under tho provisions of the act named. A number of accounts amounting to t'. r )0!l 2s were passed foi payment. Tho monthly meeting of the council in futuro was fixea for eveiy Ith Thursday at (i. 90 p. in. This was all the business.

Trespassers on the Rukuhia property are cautioni'i] llic W.ud i County Council invites tenders for works at Alexandra MrJ. S. HuLkland'i sales are advertised in another eohimn. Messrs W. J. Huntrrnnd Co 's sales will be found advertised elsewhere. All account* owing to Mr Hl.irk, Hamil'on, must he paid forthwith. Mr H Cowper's auction advertisement appears in this issue. Messrs Hannkcn Hro* drapers, Clothier*. &r, Queen-street Auckland, insert % buaiir's-, notice in this issue. The service^ in the Wesleyan Church, Hamilton, to-morrow, aie advcitised in column.