TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2416, 5 January 1888, Page 2

TE AROHA.

Town Boaui> Meeting —The monthly j meeting oi the Town Board took place on Saturday evening, the whole of the mem- I bers being present. Minutes of tne previous monthly and speci.il meetings were read anil confirmed. The sub-committee appointed to wait upon Mr Stratford, R.M., judg'! of the Assessment Court, relative to the power of the Board to Irvy a rate before tho expiry of the current financial year, rep. rted th s result of their interview, and in pursuance thereof it was resolved, on the motion of *lr J. flott, see m tied by Mr T. Gavin, ''Tn.ir, the clerk bt: instructed to write to Mr Miiiur, sulicitoi, Thames, requesting oim to confer with Air Stratford, and advise tue Board whether a rate may be ievied under the Rating Act of 1870 witiim the financial year tn.lisn,' 3lst March n-'xt." Tlw «»ticva of motion, given by Mr J. Tlottrelative lo altering the tune of "the meetings ot the Board, and the days and hours on wliich the office shall be open to the public, were next considered, and the following resolutions were unanimously passed :—l, That the monthly meetings of the Board be in future held on the second Thursday in each month, commencing at 7 p.m. 2nd, That until other wise notified the office of the Board be open to the public on Mondays from 2 to 4 p.m., anil on Thursdays from 10 a.m. till lioon. Mr Ilott requested that the consideration of the notices of motions 1, 2 and 3, standing in his name, might be postponed until next monthly meeting.- Resolved accordingly. I Mr D. J. Frazer was appointed treasurer, in tho place of the late clerk, and oil tlkmotion of Mr Gavin, seconded t>y Mr Hotchin, the chairman and treasurer were authorised to sign all cheques issued by th.Board. The following accounts wore passed for payment: —J. Date, £2 10s; A. H. Whitehouse, £2 10s ; J. M. Murray, £1 Is. This concluded the business.

Cemetery Trust.—A meeting of the Te Aroha Cemetory Trustees was held a few days ago at the office of Me F. l'avitt, Chairman of tho Board of Trustees. Present: Messrs Pavitt, Quinlan and Dobsmi. The minute.-: of the previous meeting were confirmed. It was decided that the byelaws (drawn up by the sub-committee previously appointed) for the arrangement of the cemetery, be adopted, and that lifty copies be printed. It was also resolved that Mr Pavitt, junioi', be requested to make a survey of the burial lots already occupied, and show them on the plan oi the ground. The Chairman stated that, in acmrdance with the desire of the B lard, he had communicated with the Chief CouimisMuner of Crown Lands in Auckland, respecting the portion of land that had been used for cemetery purposes, He had represented to him that thu whole of the graves were outside tho boundaries of tho section marked oft' as a cemetery on the Government plan of the. district, and had requested that the land which had been used should bo made over to the trustees and gazetted as forming part of the cemetery reserve. It had been shown however that the enlarged area would be much greater than it is customary to set apart for such purposes, and it was suggested by the Chief Commissioner that in tho event of the new area applied for being granted the Board should relinquish the original roservo of ten acres. This arrangement had been agreed to, and the chairman had received from tho Crown Lands Office a notification that a tracing and description of tho pro posed cemetery reserve at Te Aroha had beon sent to Wellington for the purpose of being gazetted. The area of land now Becured as a cemetery is 10 acres 1 rood, and takes in every piece of ground which has there beoti used for purposes of burial, Serious Accident.—An accident that was nearly being attended with serious consequeneos happened to Mrs G. Devey, senr., and her son on Saturday last. While driving to Waiorongomai, the son, a youth of 14, who had tho rejns, and was urging the horse along at a rapid pace, took the corner at the turn off in tho road a little too sharply. The who.il cama in contact with a bank of earth, causing the vehicle to capsizo with such violence as to wrench fh" tin uayt of it i|lf. Siiiuaiug to its leet again, the animal started off, dragging the wheels with it, and leaving the body ot the trap and its occupants on tho road. Mrs Devoy and her son were both much bruised and shaken, but fortunately escaped without any serious injury, and both are now recovering from the effects of thoir mishap.