ASHBURTON.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4196, 8 January 1879, Page 5 (Supplement)

ASHBURTON.

- k jEiie- .' ; of inj thii dietricb» was 'fceld at twelye. o'clock cm r Monday; Tfiere wbb not a largeand aftfjr thVetatfeient of 'was. read« to the-meeting, atad ' questions* asked.land answered itf-regard'to them, the accounts m> read were adb.pted- and a resolution paasee to have them printed'lα the local paper*. ,: p >'• r ; The Ohairman ■coßgratulftted the ratepayere fche-Board, whiehtfigures—£6B9—would -com- - pare f ftverably with thoe* of -any other -Board in'the colony. He then referred to the move • -ment on foot~to~4wide-the-4ietriet into two," the ratepayere wpnld-thini r over (theTEnatterJ , was riot agShat, and" there wae.'bo "opposition 'to ifciajthe Board itself, but he felt that the worij of |h'<4 two Boards could not be carrßtl on is ih'e singleTJoard had;been.; - ~J C-'\ < - ! '" !E!riedlander,- epeaJfcingbn the matter of the accounts, Loped_ that vi future "the statement would be prepared some tin}e previous to the meeting,_that itmig&t r be seen By'fheTatepayerg. _. -, ,>i• ' I:' The Ghairman said it had Jh*ear«»olved | pußlMb-jthe. statement a month. preVious <o tuture anneal "meetings. -.;.. - . •"' ''."'".'■ ■■■, < Mr-1 Wright'. ;explwned x in reply to Mr :WiJ-; the Board proposed rectifying tHe Ifo. 3 wrd feom the first money: accruing boi,'the dutriofc, , '_'"'' .J" \ Some- 'dUeuMion tftfeh['tbok place, on the proposed division o£< the district, in_ whidh discoseion 16 was poiiited^dut. tharifa majority of ratepayers desired eepapation the Qurerikment had no chotee but t» ■concede it. .■ !

I.' The next busices j was the nomination of ' three membersito serve on the Board in place j of Messrs Williamson, Hunt, atd Tβjjpr. j , Mr Hugo Friedlander; proposed Mr D_ ! Wilson, MriE; Sauudere proposed MrJosepli f Mr Muoro proposed Mr -fiagb'Srief • lander, Mr Bed proposed Mr 1. Taylor,; and Mr Chapman proposed Mr. Joeeph CLirki Mr witMrew, .snd. a show p! hands wu Itakep.. .■.•.. ■~v - .; -~'k-;! '.'■ ; 1. JSjr hayißgobtauMd number of -votes, withdrew.—He-«ai<i-hehad only stood at a request made to him that, -morning, and -did -not wish fora-poll.—The Other three were then , Thd nieet&g before adpumng £$/s}s&&. the_ XocaliMectione Act, after some discustioi, so thathencefbrtk sevens clear day Irsnttt elapse ' between the nomination and £pp; qT ;b£ Srt Board. ; ... ' r ~^\" t *ns*ri "h i 1 of,',thinks to the «»ha»< , ; the ajinial meeting... « j .' The rtl»eq|ipn% s aMbr«ia£a*.