HUNTLY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3082, 16 April 1892, Page 2

HUNTLY.

A MEETING of ratepayers in the Rangiriri district to still further discuss the question of forming a Highway District Board at their end of the county, was held in the Schoolroom on Saturday evening last. Mr L>. V. Walker read the advertisement in the Waikato Times announcinsr the meeting, and Mr McMilne was roted to the chair. Mr Johnson, of Wairaugi, moved that the report drawn up by committee appointed at last meeting be read.—The report which was then road by Mr Ross, consisted mainly of a. series of reflections on the Waikato County Council for their delinquincies and stupid blunders in the past, and tended to throw a very unfavourable light on the maladministration during the last 11 years. Numberless deviations in road?, Hill's compensation case, etc., being cited against the Council, whereas, had such matters been undertaken by those flaring a more perfect knowleige of locil circumstances serious errors would have been avoided.— Mr Johnson then spake of the benefits and drawbacks attaching to the working of a Highway District Board and said that in his opinion the settlers themselves were to blame for the blunders of the Council in the past, as they (the Council) uniformly endeavoured to act in conformity with the wishes of the settlers. (Mr Johnson was here interrupted by an individual who apparently was in favour of anything but prohibition.) Quiet being restored, Mr Birss, of Ohinewai, rose and stated that hliving had practical experience of the working of road board 3, being a member of such at different times, he was convinced that much greater economy would be exercised by a road board, than could possibly be effected by the Council, and with proportionately successful results. —Mr Mcßae, of Wairaugi, and Mr McCann, of Miranda, also spoke in favour of forming a road board to manage their own affairs, and it was finally resolved to form a committee of six—three from Wairaugi, and three from Rangiriri, with power to add another three to their number from Hnntly. Messrs Mcßae, McCann and Ross, were chosen to represent Wairangi, but as most of the Rangiriri folk are adverse to any change and none of their number being willing to act, Messrs Gibb of Churchill, McMilne of Mercer, and Birss of Ohinewai, were elected to rjpresent Rangiriri. The committee are to canvass the district and report to a future meeting. The meeting then closed.