Wednesday, 31st inst,

Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 404, 7 February 1872, Page 4

Wednesday, 3 1st inst,

" A meeting of tlie Waste Land Board was "held yesterday. There wer£ present— The Chief Oorarnissidaer,Mr' .T;- T\ Thomson in tKe chair, and Messrs ' Reid, Duncan, and Hughes, - ! ' 'Mr W, & Dotfglas applied for extension of time to survey the area of the ground applied for as an antimony mine at Hindon. Au ester tibri of three 5 months was approved of. ; ' ■ ■■;■■■ ■■-■; ■ : ":-- i . : -: - .■ ..•■

"Mr Diigald Mafche^pn- applied to b 6 allowed "tti'take up application^ No. lOoSE,- under the

83rd clause of the Otago Waste Land Act) 1866, the term for purchasing it as a pre-em* jbive right having expired in consequence of the., surveyor, through, illness, not having completed the survey in time. It was, 04 account of the circumstances of the illness of the surveyor, agreed to extend the time of two months longer.

Mr Eliott, for Col. Kitchener, applied td purchase 3100 acres in blocks XI£I. and XIV., Moeraki district unsurveyed, at 10a per acre. It was resolved, that the land be surveyed at the applicant's expense, and be put up for sale by auction, cost of survey to be paid by the purchaser.

An opinion was read from the Provincial Solicitor, respecting the right of the Corporation of Balclutha to interfere with the erection of a mill On land there leased to Mr Doull by the Board ; and the following letter! from the Town Clerk of Balclutha on the same subject, complaining that the Municipal Council had not been consulted j— -

" Municipality of Bxlclutha, •' Balclutha, Jan. 27 th, 1872. "To the Chairman and Members of thd

Waste Land Board, Dunedin.

" Gehtle^en, — I am directed by his Worship the? Mayor and Members of the Town Council to communicate to you their objections to the lease recently granted by your Board to Mr Robert Donll, as a site upon which to erect a flour mill.

" The site, as showu in a rinrginal sketch on Mr Doull's lease, is clearly a part of what has hitherto been, and still is shown on all maps of the northern part of this township', under the name of Hasbofough Place. lii addition to this the C juacil has had placad before it the survey map of Block 11, Hillend district, made in June, 1862, by Jam3a Mitchell, sub-assistant surveyor. In that survey there is a clearly denned road line traced along the river bank, and the intanjtion to consider the said road line, beyond the area of that particular survey, is manifestly implied by the exteisioa of the lines to a distance which actually intersects thd area contained in Mr Doull's lease.

" In addition to the many objections which, might be urged against private in iividuals becoming possessed of frbntagesto a navigable river of such importance as the Clutha, the Town Council is of opini m that the courad adopted by the Waste L:*nds Board, in Mr Djull's case, is a breach or faith with partie3 who have purchased land under the impression that their j>int interests in streets, road lines and public reserves would be held in trust by the Government and looal authorities as securely to them for their U3e and benefit^ as if such streets, road lines, and reserved had been Crown Land granted to them simultaneously with their fee simple. •• The Council further directs me to remind your Bjard that when Mr Doull'a lease was applied for, no intimation of the Boards intention to grant the application, or even that such an application had baeri mule was ever made to the Council) while, only a few weeks back, an application for per.nisaioii to erect a jecty at Queenstown was referred to the Town Council of that place for ita report thereon.

" As a further objection to the alienation of river frontage it miy be pointed out that the tracking of boats along the r.'ver ba:ik cannot be carried on without the parties so engaged rendering thenisalves liable to mi action for trespass at the hands of parties who may have become lessees or in any other way possess exclusive rights thereto. It may also be mentioned, inter alia, that, ab the time of making the embankment which, forms the north approach to the B ilclufcha bridge, the blocking tip of this particular road way \vas pointed out; to the Provincial Engineer who acknowledged the claim of the up-stream settlers by fonring a lead onto the very line which Mr Doull's mill will effectually block up.

"In bringing this matter before your Board the Members of the Town Council instruct me to convey their assurance that dnly a sense of public duty has prompted them — after full consideration — to record a respectful protest aggiii3t what promises to be a dangerous precedent, arid is, in reality,, a serious grievance to the proprietors of adjacent land and settlers on th 6 banns of the river «^hose n-operty will be approachable only on sufferance.

'• 1 have the honor to be, " Gentlemen) ".Your most obedient servant, v Wm-. Ralston, Town Clerk." It was stated that the Board could not coni suit the Council in the matter, as the Municipality had not bean create 1 at the time of lease to Mr l)ouli ; also, that the Board, as advised by tli3 Provincial Solicitor, were of opinion that they had not exceeded their

powers. The application of Messrs Mollison and Kilgour for a lease of their run-, No. 257> Mataura district, was postponed.

A memorandum was read from Ranger Inri.es, containing a request from the principal landowners in the Hawksbury district that 3'JOO acres of the unsold land in thd Hundred should not bd set apart as an endowment for the town of West Hawksbnry, The matter wa3 referred to the Government.

The following applications to purchase land, held by the respective applicants under agriculture lease, were approved of . — Win, Hodgson, section 83, block lE.j Table Hill.

Joe Howard, section 17, blodk V., Tabld Hill

A question was read fr6m Mr R. P. Cocken, respecting commission charged by auctioneer on improvements on section sold in Ettrick. It was resolved that a circular" be sent to auctioneers to remove doubts a3 to tb'd sums on which cenimission would h& chargeable. The application of Mr C. T? . Marie for a c>al lease of 5 acres j at Dairy Creekj near Clydti, was referred to the Warden.

A letter was read from Mr Chappie* regarding his claim for commission, and ifc was resolved that the claim be hot agreed to! -

In the matter of Mr Clarke's application, it was resolved that the Board should decline ibo consider ally casd submitted for their approval unless the balance of the purchase money were paid within the time limit, d; The following minute 1 was also agroed to : — • 'The decision of the Board having been disputed upon Certain Questions of law* arising up)n the facts and c"rjurafctinces attending the sale to Joseph Clarke of lands situate on rnns 215 and 212 b, and arising upon the decisions of the Board r^girding the same— Resolved, that a cisc staung the Slid facts, circumstances j and dedjions, and the questions of law on which the Board requires guidance, be submitted for the opinion of his H«mor Mr Justice Chapman pursuant to the provisiom of the- 6th section of thd Waste Lands B-jard Appeal Act, ,1867." Mr. Clayton applied for a reduction of licsuse fee for brick yard. It wa resolved tliat tlie fee bei reaubed'io L3.

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But, ah 1 when I tiieproffer make, Still coyly you refuse 1 tp take ; My iieart I dedicate in vaih, The too mean present ypti disdain ! Yet, since "the solemn time allows To choose the object of our vows, Boldly I dare profess my flame, . Proud to be yours by any name." Through Sylvtwus, nearly a century ! ftgo, thefe was poured this •tNVOOATION OF ST. VALENTINE. Haste, friendly Saint, to my relief, . . , My-heartisstorti— help ! sto£ the thief ! My rifled breast I searched with care, Andfoand 'Eliza lurking there.

■Away she started froth my view, Y"et may be caught if thou pursue 1 ; Nor rieed I to describe her strive— ¥he fairest, dearest maid alive !

Seize her— but treat the "maid divine With gentlest usage, 'Valentine! , Then tell her, she, for what was. done, Must bring Hii) heart and give tier oion,

A pretty/piece of valentine pdefry 'is Suggested by. a picture of a girl fastening : a letter to'/tbe neck of a pigeon :--• i ' : ■ n- THE* COUEJE& DOVE.

Outstrip the winds, my courier adve, Oil : piu'idris fleet and free, And: bear this letter. t6 'my love, Who's far away from me.

It bids him murk py plutiie, Whereon Tlie changing colors range, But warns him that my peace ; is gbhe ti: He should also change.

*It tells him thou reftirnst again To Her vrho sets tlie'e free ; Xnd^oh ! it asks the truant wheh

He 11 tKiis resemble the"c !

Lastly, oh, dear young ladies, whose 'hearts will flutter 'over the gilded and 'many-tinted missive's which will be sent to you, we 'trust, from those who are more than the valentines of a gay, fleeting 'fancy, we present you with hearty good : wishes, some poetical good advice from an anonymous poet of many years since, but 'might have Quoted the opening of Lord ~Ly 1 1 el ton's " Advice fd a Lady " —

counsels df a friend, Belinda, hear, Top roughly kind to please a lady's ear, MJnlike'the flatteries of a lover's pen, 'Such truths as women seldom learn from

;men" :

-As the motto for his whimsical but excellent

VALENTINE

No tales of 16ve to you I send,

No hidden flame discover-; •1 glory in the name of friend— Disclaiming that of lover. And now, when each fond, sighing youth 'Repeats his vows of love aiid truth, -Attend to this advice of mme — With caution choose a Valentine.

-Heediiot the "fop who loves himself,

Nor let the rake your love obtain. : ; 'Choose not the miser for his pelf ;

The drunkard heed with cold disdain ; ■The profligate with caution shim- 8 — /His race of ruin-soon is run, ...• To none of these' your heart incline, -Nor choice from them your Valentine.

But should some generous youth appear,

Whose honest mind is v6id of art, "Who shall his makers laws revere, v , And serve him with a willing heart 1 .Who, owns fair Virtue for his gnide, •Nor from her 'p'recepta turns aside : To him at once your heart resign, -And bless your faithful Valentine.

Though in this wilderness below

You still imperfect bliss shall find, Yet such a friend will "share each woe,

And. bid you be to heaven resigned ; Wliile 'Faith unfolds the radiant prize, -And liope still points beyond the fckiea, -At life's dark storms you'll not repine, 'But bless the day of Valentine.