KOWAL.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4299, 10 May 1879, Page 2

KOWAL.

The ordinary monthly meeting of rt_§BojjJ| jM was held at the office, Baleairn, on Moodsj, hi the sth of May, 1879. PresDnt-Msan P: Ensor (chairman), Williams, Oglem, I. Mathers, Vaughan. The followiEg eot*# ' pondonce was read :—From Mr 0. F. Baths, jc enclosing cheque for £100, as his contribute i towards Barker's road. Prom tho Ucdt:[ Secretary for Public Works, and from tb j Begistiar-General.'enoloiing forms for rctnrw, I and requesting that tbey may be filled cp, | Information to be forwarded. From ts* | chief surveyor, relative to the laying o2 of 9 I ' i road from reserve 2346 to tho Bouth-r?ctS I i corner of B.S. 31978. From Mr G. D. Orea- [ I wood, directing the attention of the Board to i the state of the rosd from Double Corse* E House to Mr Courage's wooijshed. Dv f surveyor to report. From Jum Dah'wl, |, asking for an extension of time for hrs coa- :, tract (No. 77) Amesbury roasf.' A fortnights extension granted. Prom Mr 1.0, Wiliisa?, I as chairman of the Kowai Cemstesy Hoard, | enclosing the following resolution—"Tbst f seeing the County Councils hava been ra% ' funds for cemetery purposes, the Board vmM respectfully, request that the Komi EotS Board, who are in receipt of tho warn, |> that, were the Ashley County Counoil waa ' the Act, would b\> distributed by tat,' vain n •"»" nt JO lo ° *<**" uMnatory ptu-j/cewisf the ensuing year." On tho motion of M Mathers, the Board unanimously decided'| accede to the request, the monoyto befjl plied to the purchase of road, and the |=■ and laying out of the Kowai publio cemetßj§ • Several other letters of minor iniporfra | , were reoeived. Mr Hiatt saw the Badl*" relative to the dangerous condition of ib 1 bridge and embankment on Bru<ire's road | ' also with referonoe to opening road toijj across Upper Sefton road past the oenu&j >' to Sefton reserve rood north. The enrnyss . to report. Mr Mathers wrs authorised to ea> '■ , ploy a man to clear the drain on the Belt , side of Amesbnry road, by Pewnll's. 1& - Williams enquired when Crampton'a Bali road was likely to be finished. Tho «Birgr# ' reported that at present thorewere not use - than two men employed upon the road. Ifo i Board expressed themselves much Aisu&tM \ at the want of progress in the work, and iff | struoted the surveyor to write to tbe«ra» tractor, calling attention to their foments* lution on this matter. The surveyor m [ requested to prepare plant, and specificstißi ; for Broadf oot's road and footpath on Douglsi' fe road, past Gaynor's Hotel; teridew to be t sent in, addressed to Mr Coleman, Amberfey, ; before noon on Monday, May tho 19lh. The Board authorised Messrs Ooliman and | Williams to open the tenders and to accept I one in each case if suitable. It was decided t to clear out ths lower portion of Baltwater * . Creek from SsinuslWuson's eastern boundsiy i te below Parquhareon'sy gardan, Tho psj* hsheet, amounting to £71219s 2d, having bees passed for payment, the Board adjourned.