ASHBURTON.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4299, 10 May 1879, Page 3

ASHBURTON.

___ anal monthly meeting of the Aahhur- {__ ___d Board was held on May sth; Mr r 0 __ Qdgg, chairman. There were also Wilson, Joseph Hunt, 2d_t G. Wright. On the reading of the ___ates, Mr David Wilson asked for a recon(j_eratioß of the Board's decision regarding __ several wards' liability re Great South jjsJ. Besolved to be reconsidered at next Bjaeting. A letter was read frcm the laborers by Henry McCutchen on a contact of Bis Board's, asking that the Board fegp h+Ak refficient of the money due to him gpaa the contract to meet the wages owing to MtJOutdjo oo having become a bankfßpt ThessrvcvoftaidMrMcOutcheonhfid j__" M ws_et to the men in question, aad ____ their claim had been satisfied there woaM t_H be £160 going to McCutcheon. It wis rewind to ascertain tbe Board's powers £_ the matter before paying the money. Meanwhile, the men had been employed to fiiu'ih the contract. From Mr B. Anderson, of injury likely to be done to his _H_tby the .drainage of Ford's road into Jfai&'i Creek. Referred to surveyor to npoit. From Mr E. H. Dobson, Lowcliff, esaplsbsßg of the manner in which contract at Loweliff was being toe. It was stated that the work comfhiiuri of would be completed satisfactorily. Iran Mr John H. Baker, Chief Surveyor, j«ip__ning that two pieoes of road formed if ths Board, and running diagonally __*Bfh the township of Dromore, recently fesdeut by applicants, destroyed the symmetry & tht township blocks; and stating that __w roads could not be retained. He now aoVised the Board on the subject, so that the rods be not gravelled. The following resoJatbn was passed:—" The members of the Bard are unanimously of opinion that the _T_f»m of the roads leading to Dromore titles, in the manner indicated on the plan E_anittsd by tho chief surveyor, is not oondastvs to the public convenience, and this Bond hopes the chief surveyor will rearrange the streets on the proposed township and ntafn f «"' n the direct line of access to the rsfivsy station, as laid down in the map of tin district." From Mr John Carter, asking se&sque for £1412s 3d for shingle taken out it Beeerre 1120 for Jones' road. Besolved te allow only for surface drainage. On the isMect of the Ashburton bridge, the clerk ma. correspondence that had passed between __ and the Colonial Secretary re the £9000, r»d proportion of the Ashburton bridge, and _a iattrccted to ascertain whether or not any B&k&ons existed as to the imposition of __w Prom the town clerk, asking for the kosgh's share of funds in the possession of ia&ard. The clerk waa instructed to reply ijstthe borough's share of the land fund would lepad at next meeting of the Boad Board, as •so the rant of the Boad Board tott&ge. 22» clerk was further instructed to make BRHsgementa with the borough regard- __ the collection of the rates. The tarvsyor reported on the works requiring to be done in the district, and a targe number were ordered to be put up to tenaer. The estimated cost of the work to be fone was—ln No. 1 ward, £1422; in No. 2 t_t_, £1336; in No. 3 ward, £1787; in No. 4 ward, £1678; in No. 5 ward, £615; total, ISS3S. Tenders accepted—No. 140—Formation of bridges on Great South road, James IfLsuchlin, 8s 3d per chain and £1 8s per dam; concrete, £2; timber, 13s per 100 feet. _•, 154, shingling Laadley's road, Edwin Xbomas, Is 2d per yard. No. 155, formation Leadiey's road, James Croy, 6s 6d per chain. Is. 156, formation Wakanui road, J. Croy, 10s Si per chain. No 157, formation Gibson's road, Best, and Boss, 7s per chain. No. 153, shing&f Bell's road, Samuel Brown, 2s 3id per weL No. 159, formation on Bell's road, G. Kmagh, Is 3|d per yard. No. 160, clear- I dram, C. O'Connor, £1 7s 6d I |«daia. J,