NEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD AFFAIRS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2215, 18 September 1886, Page 2

NEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD AFFAIRS.

io run i:i>iroK. Sir,— At the hoard meeting on Satmdiy last, the chairman br >ught foiwaid th« specifications of Fiasei's and Stone's mad fin uiatiou eontiact, with a plan of the same, but theie w..s nothing to slmw what, t'n" c meet. measurement of tin 1 vvoik was. I'nis mistake ot nuMsiuetnent was luought befoie tin* i itc|>.i\ or>, togethei with an admitted oversight in the specifications, ie dealing bnus. To show the nec-sity of having a pmperly qualified official to do siich woik for Uie board, I endeavomed <it that meeting to hive a resolution passed, that the disputed roid .should be ineasuied by a competent pet. son, and miicj then 1 have ttied, unsuccessfully, to hive an engineer .appointed by the boaid, who would have cleared up all doubt npon the point. Two accounts have been passed in connection with road ionn ition at Te ivowhai, one for L"iO chains, extending from Stone's coiner to Fr.iser's pate; the other for .">',' chains, from Fiaser's gate, to Maeredie's gate, and although f may be mistaken, my opinion at pte'-ent is, and u ill be, until a qualified engineer collects nvi, that neither of the above measiuementb .vie coirect.— l am, yours truly, E. ('. Sill I'll! HI). F.S.— Tn the iepoit of S ituida\ 's mealing, a slight omisMon (no doubt through in adseitence) has occuned. which is, "Tiiat .i conmmnication was lecriu'd fioin th Piopei ty Tax Connnissinner, co\enn^ .in amount of I^lo Ss 2d, In ing the balance of last year's .subsidy.*' Tin- is only snrvivincr relic of a sum of fS'J Ss L'd, and as the sudden dis.ipppaiance of neaily the whole of it knocks the n<ruie^ of our woithy sf cret iry (to use a spoitmsr phia>e) into a cocked hat, it is woithy of mom than passing notice. If you will kindly npimt the subjoined clipjiing fioin voui issue of August 17th, it will be seen that the bdmce of subsidy oee ipies (as it should do) a prominent position : — " \PI'KO\IM \l I RIVIME Ol IioVKI) lOK Vi \k i\'iim, Mst M \k( ii, 1887. — I'> il I'm in bink.it pn-M'nr, £')0 1 1-. 'M ; bal me' otdovtTii ment siibbi«l\ of iast yi'.ir Jnc, /"SO Ss .")J , pos >iblc aniounr fit" ' ite ',d in the j£j (gross cun enl r.ito), j£ll"> Its 7ii . (.juvern'ni'nt subsn]\ un rite (Crown .and Xttivo Rate drdm ted*, £"]<>•> 7s outstanding of ISHi, ,iv n! iMc to colu-( r . a' out £4 18s , tot il, £405 lls 1 1 -I Ins £40> \U 1 1 is the approximate am nmt of board's lew inn* fur tin* ye ir ending 1 Jilst Mirth, ISS7, tn pi\ for works in progress and that may bo umh'rtakt n, also incidental expenses " I Unhappily, the reduction which we have just experienced, will be iepe<ited upon the cm rent subsidy gi\en about as tI(H 7s, and also the absmdity of giving a dpproxiinate levenue, the jxissible receipts upon the gross cut rent rate, and giving at the s.inie time in a column above; an amount of cuiient rates entered to names and owners unpaid of £21 13-^ 7d, Inch rates under any cucuinstances be collected until the lands aie passed thiough the h.uuls of the Public Tiustee. If .1 basis is taken upon the unount of cm rent lates collected for the past year, and which can be the only fair bnsis, then the approximate current late will be £112 1 Is Sd, upon which the suhsid\ should be (Crown and native rate deducted) t'.j2 13s lOd. From the above, it requues no Hea\ eiiborn financier to see that the figuies of our secretary showing an approximate revenue of £40S 14s 2d, (which were deser\edly applauded), will come out perfectly correct, with the trifling exception of £'142 3s 4',d, to be deducted from it. -E.C.S.

Special attention is directed to dipt. Soutor'h new advertisement in this issue, in reference to new season's seeds, maniac*, &c, <S:c. We direct the attention of our roaders to Mr J. S. Bond's new advertisement in another column. Mr T. (t. Handes imiteis tenders for fencing and for ploughing a race track at Claudelands. The usual lcligious hen ices aie advertised in this i.-.siie. Mr T. Jolly in\ ites tenders for the purchase of the Frnnkton saleyards, with or without the land. Ci editors in the estate of Hare Teiman.i are requested to send in their claims immediately, accompanied by proof of debt. Tenders for tho various mail services in this pait of tin 1 colony are invited. An exhuoidinary general meet n? of the shaieholdeis of the Kukuhia Clieese and l.aeon I'actoiv Comiiany will be held at Tho W.iikato Times Jsuildiiij?s on SiLunl iy, the 2nd ( (ctobei, at L'.;?o p.m., to take sti'p^ to wind up the company, &c\ rSotihe.it ions in connection with the liquidation of the Waikato Cheese and ll.icon Kaetoiy Company will be found in this issue.