CAMBRIDGE TOWN BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2160, 13 May 1886, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE TOWN BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting was held on Tuesday, when the following commissioners were present : — Messrs Houghtun, Hewitt, and Gillett. ' CoKHitoPOXDEXCE : Thi: Borodgh Petition. — Mr G. W. Russell wrote to inform the board that a petition praying that Cambridge be brought under the Municipal Corporations Act, numeiou&ly signed, had been forwarded to his Excellency the Governor) and enclosed a copy of it for the consideration of the boaid. Piako County Council.— Mr Tuck, CJerk of the Piako County Council, wrote to notify the board that as the future meetings of tho council would be held at Hamilton, the board room would no longer be required. Advertising on Tkikghyph Poles.— The City Council of Chi i^tchurch wrote to the " Mayor of Cam bi id go," asking for co•peration with other local bodies in Now Zealand to protest against the proposal of tho Government to use the telegraph polw in the cities and towns as adiettiaiug mediums. It was urged that they were already sufliciontly unsisrhtly. Keiohed, that a reply be bent promising the board s support in the matter. Thk Ranuek.— Mr Marshall wroto to complain that his registered horse had been, for the second time, impounded by

th« rjii£<>r, imp.. mi 1 by tlio ranker, Mm |>ln. I!i,i!\ 'i tint tin- i tn 'ur refind- tl,> [m- pud l,y Mi Mai sl.dl. f'.iM.H m.i ' 'i,> f'.j.t Mol'ii.-r-ii.n, (!itik of tin- W.nlv t» C> .in'-y Council, m-,t\ i.>'[ii. -t'n n ' t'> h< mi,.|>!iml witli a stitomrnt of the \.ilii.it'(>ii ..f the town district in '-id. tto•! ■, tt 1 ].- . iiii.nuf of contiibuti'in ]>-u .\l>ii: t>\ .••iU the central Hoipitil ai.d CliuiUbl" Ai.l l'(i,\ui. After soniij di^ccs-ion on th" <>ppicMv«in<'-s of the Art, tlie cVi'k 11,11 iti-ti iLted to comply with tlii' rcqii'-^t. TiikTown Ul\ —It v.is ic>ol\od, owing to tli.; .im >, nit. of gt .-s -.till Krowmif, to k<v|) tlic i mii open for until the end of M'tv. An iio.s!-hn>,' Lkkn^Fs.— Tlio Cleik infojnud tln> lio.ud tli it Mi J. McNicol had taken out his liLun&e at Oluupo, which \va« not utfht, as ho was at the tiuio icidinsf in (J.tiiiluidu't*. -Mr J. K. Hucklaiul w.h in tlic li.ibit of t.vkmg hti 110.-11-.0 out here. The Act slid tint an niutiuncor should tak(> out a licon c at the jilacn where he ie~idt», and on th • Ulh Apul Mr McNicol was reiidin^ in Caiuhndge. (JWlett moved and Mi Hewitt si-conded, thaTtbe cluik apply to th > \V.upa Coiintv Council for .1 lcfiind <>f tlio ho* ii'-o fee paid by Mr MwNicul. Carried. R\n: ro i, . Srnick.— Rr.M.hpd that the UMiil 111 nitli'i n ilice bo c;i v on to the effect tli \t tlio b) ud will niei't on Tuesday, loth pMMiiin., to <tri!cc a rate of one shilling in the t for the ensuing yoar. WoKkh. — Keiolvrd thai the poplara on the hill at th<- f »,t of Duke street be cut to within si<c feet of the giound, Thos. Jones to pcifonn thi? wnik. Tmk Pouxi).— A long discussion took pLicc (jii the unsatisfactory w.iy in which tho iimuid was inaiiiißcd^and the great low the board sustained by the existing method, tiu^t-^tions \w*ie made that * poiindkcepcr be oinploved at a fixed nnnual salary or that the p,)imd bo fanned out. Finally Messrs lloughtun, CJdlctt, and Hewitt, wore appointed a committee to enquire into the piesent working of the pound and report at ne\t nieetinp. Account-,. — The following accounts were pa^ed :— B.xillett, £7 4^; Murphy, 1% 9d ; Lewis aud Kinijwon, £1 9d ; H. Buckland. SI \U 6d ; d. W. Russell, £'3 12s. Tlie board then rose.