NEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2585, 5 February 1889, Page 2

NEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD.

Till: adjourned ordinary mooting nf tho Newcastle Road Board was held cm Thursday, 17th .1 annary last, at the office of the Board. Present: Messrs C»rboy (olmirmau). Corbett, Roth well and Bycrofr. The minutes of last meeting and adjournment were read and confirmed. CORUKSI'ONIIUNTK.—The following letters, viz., dork to Minister re Bill proposed for abating nuisance nf briar, gnrse, and bramble. and from the Chairman to the ■Secretary Hamilton Road Board, in reply to letter of ,'iid December last re Parting ton's hill, were read. Payments.--A few accounts were passed for payment for which cheques were issued. Works.—Tho Chairman was authorised to lay (iff and inspect works on Te Kowhai road in compliance with Mr Corbett's request. The Chairman reported that he and Mr Rothwell had arranged with Mr Moore relative to works to be done at the two culverts on the road leading past his place, and also as to proposed works on Salmon's road. Pocn'd an* i > Rawer. —Mr Bycroft brought under the notice of the Board the report of a meeting of the Waipa County Council as it appeared in THK WaIKATO Tnn:s of the 10r.li inst., when, on the recommendation of Mr Dawson, a resolution was agreed to establish a pound and appoint a ranger fo.' the Newcastle Riding, the fees to lie 2s (ill per head for the right to run cattle. Me thought this strange after the ratepayers so many times, at public meetings and otherwise, expressed their disapprobition of a pound or ranger in this district,, and which had produced such unsatisfactory results in the past. Ho thought before doing so the ratepayers should have been consulted. —Mr Corbett said he thought the councillor for this riding should have known from previous experience that a pound was not desirable, and that tho ranger and proposed fee for the right to run cattle in the district are altogether illegal. He thoughL if any cuttings were trampled by the cattle going to water, it would bo better to fence them out than to mi Jertake the expense of erecting a pound, with the ranger's fee and tho rest of its many other objectionable features.—The Board concurred in these remarks, but thought it must probable the Council would discover its mistake in due time. Tho Board then rose.