ROAD BOARDS.

Press, Volume XLII, Issue 6245, 24 September 1885, Page 3

ROAD BOARDS.

WEST ETEETON. This Board mot on* September lirb. Preßenb-h-M«eaT^vAddiuci^T(Chvru)£.a) > Maindonild, Bheat, Smith and Waiting. Tbo aufcirtad eaitestpondericV was read and approved. The Surveyor's report wai road 'Letters Were *eid from tbe Pyreton Bead .Board, requesting that steps be taken W torn tbe etoita ffabtf intfitho shingle pits'along the S'oolh Evro rmd. The Clerk was directed to write to Mr Dixoa to obtain his consent to the work beiog done. ■ The Chairman Railway League, requesting the Chairmsn to indace members to joia, an* ono'oned hook of members' tiekSte. Mr Thomlioßon >¥equested the Boar 3to wicloa the ditch along the west side of the. Do«T3S road, to drain into the culvert across the Oho}; a road. Tie Chairman war requested to consult Mr Hunter, to aoe if he nad any objection to the work. Mr C. Allison, Secretary to Gonferenee ef Lota!' Bodies, re ' i&sura&co ratee. The Clerk undertook to* give ih:\ informatioß required. Mr Williav CrytrU agreed that i£ the Board liaii bin £:' ' el, as the Boafd'e Share Of Kfacrig a . •.,; his boundary of reserve No. IQSQ 4 he would. protect the fire fence with manuka scrub from hia tide, ►which., was agreed t»>, Mr and Mr Smith seconded—"Yna> the Board oonnider at the next monthly, meeting that, in viow c £ the reduced finanrialposition of the Boani, the Surveyor , a salary be reduced by Mi>. per annira".Oanried. The Surroyc*was havea" fenoo erected at the end of the groyne on JLatter's road, also .ilorsj the appre&ch to the cutting ou E'.rsatfu and.£hapman*e Boundary roads, with po« one rail; twobarb and threecommon wires; also to; invite tenders, to be sent is. l>? Mondays September 28tb, for clearing goree on Tpiaaett'a reserve, Frieseiru reserve, : Howarth's reserve, and alcn? Chapman's Boundary road, from tio Ohoca/roadto the Norih'Eyra r05,3.. and. for BhiogUttfj-the North Eyre road from the SohoOlrold to near Horrell'e platform with about 12 yarda to the ohaiaj to be cent.in at next meeting. A auiul.eE of gone notices was signed andordeted to be served. A list of peraens ovrnicg nnroj;kcered doge was made up and ordered to-. h& forwarded to the police, with in-tructi i:w to prosecute. Tbe Board adjourned. KOWAI. This Board held its monthly nietUag on Friday last, at which all the .members were' present. The pay-sheet, amounting to £99 16a 2d, was considoroi and for payment. The roeeipia during ili© jwet month amounted to J853 Os Gi. Ti-e BorTeyor'e report was next considered and adopted. Mr Holdawori.li enw tUo Board, and requested to have Mjiske'a'e road put in an efficient state of repair. It. wae reaobred that clearing Maskeli's rond of tuseooke and cleaning tho C'llverto should be let ac one contract, aud repairing the bad plaoea with shingle at per cubkyardbokt aaa separate contract. Beaolred—That tenders be oolled for the ne*t meeting for ereoting on the Balcairn to North road, and iileo'fo? repairing Bruere*e road and tixo Eangiir* and Leithfield road with shiaglo at par cubic yard. Mr George Kyrieeoa wniwd on the Board and complained that Mcusra BusieU and Tipler had silted up a portion eS the Lditbfiald ontfall drain by letting the material whkh «omposei a dam in their drain go into the outfall drain. He was informed that the Surveyor would inqpocfe the work. Mr Peagram caw the Board re drainage ot LoithSeld. Hones Jn&fiKed that he had no right to erect as embankment across the Maori Lagoon at and ac a portion of the earne publio roaa he must remove it. llbjaMUia proposed, and Mr Me&iler sejj&mmp—*' Tnat the pipe culvert bo reroad." Carried. ~' Mr «4w the Board about iep-iir-Jfilga bridg*on a road through his farm. &J Mahlerpropoeed, and Mr Briatow eeoonded—"That W. J. Haana be allowed iJ6 for the ■ aaaintenanoe of the bridge on the t road thrcogh hia farm for two ytutra." JUsxtisAt' MrJSSsllw saw the Board again on ' and requested that culverts across tho road should ibs removed, and also, that One. ■ should be lowered. The Board refused Mr WySlie'e xequeat. Mr Hugh Vallanoa saw the Board about having tfce gallj ftlkd ia in front of bia shop atoeffcon. Sβ v/as in-- '■'"■■ formed that the Board would c<ll for tenders for. tho work in acoordanep wiSJb. .tftfe resolution passed upon the- subject on -the~-3rd—July last, and to which. Mr_ Vallance agreed. Mr Aaliworth saw the Board about cutting bis fur. oca "and stubbing the gorae on the roads o};po> site bisfland. i'E.e stated that ho was not } going k ta clear the gone off .the Bsftcb road, as he only planted hia fences trith gprse in 1982. Hβ was desired to cou-ply With" the Board's request. Mr Matuey again eaur tbe Board re protective wwrka in the Ashley river, and also reepeoting a :road by B/J3* 767. In the former case the Board declined to interfere in the raattar, and in ttw latter, agreed to have a stone ford pot. in in a bad place when it was auffloieaty dry to do the work. Mr George May saw the Board, re being relieved of flood water. The Board agreed, to expend £1 in again opening his ditoh fronting hie cotlagea. The inward and outward oorreepond,once was next'eonsidered. From> tho Minister for Public "Works, relative to the maiutananoe of tbe Upper Ashley bridge. Ifo was resolved—That, in reply to the Honlthe Minister for Publio Worke , ' letter, he be infonaed that the resolution adopted tit a public meeting at B&ngiora was illegal, ] ac the notioe 'was too short for thie Board to become a party to the same. Partherythat thie Board proieete againet ttiei action taken by thd>4shley Bead Board et the meeting in queet-on, withomt its firat giving a eoffioient sotioe | for itbie Board to be enabled to call a I zMetidg under clause 78 of the f Bobd'Boarde Act, in order that tho Beard j, might have oensidered ao-importiat a matte? pTQvione--to the said meeting. In answer to a letter from ,Mr Whitci'oord bearing on the came eubjeot, it was Agreed that a oopy of * the above t#solution should be forwarded to Mr Whitefoord. A letter from Mr J. Stuart, relative to a drain on the Bangiora nnd road being too small. Mr Cameron propoeed and Mr Hanna seconded— '•Thatrtte drain on the Bangiora and Leithleld mad referred to Si Mr J. / Stuaxfe letter sboold be widened and dsa planted with willows, to prevent eooured." Carried. Mr F. H. Clarke wrote, asking for permission to lease aa unused road at Saltwater Creek. Be be informed that this Board Jβ unable to give its consent. From Mr J. M, Brodle,. asking to be allowed to fence aS. Bell's road diversion. ,it mi resolved — That Mr Brodio be given permission to erect gates at either end ofj Bell's road diversion, ia accordance with the Road Boards Act, 1883, Section 139, sub-section 2. -Besalved —That in reply to a letter from M-»3r» Joynt and Aewn-Adams, they be informed that the damage being done to Mrs Wilson's B. 8. 2690, ia caused by Fox's creek having returned to it 3 original ojurse, which it had left for some years. Ib wae resotvedr—That in reply to a letter from j Mr M. Wat&reepecti&g land in the occupa- I tion of Hans Shaw, he be furnished with I a copy of the portion of the minutes of the lost Board meeting relative to the subject* and' : also informed that if he tbiafes ifc worth while, the Surveyor will meet; hint on the ground. Belative to a memorandum from Mr B. F. Croft, it was resolved —That the Surveyor meet Mr on the Ashley protective [works, and endeavor to come to some arrangement; with bin. The Board* after coaeideriag senna further correspondenoe, adjourned. | At the debate on the laat Italian Budget, | % siugular inddent occurred. By a pre- | oonoenedi pl&n, tbe Opposition maictamod 1 a stern eilence. Hot a member of It uttered i a single etmment on the Budget. I ; Wot oae-and-three-half paaea yon caa || become the owner of a monster volume tj oontaining a novel of Thackeray's, one of i! Dfokens*, one of Lybton's, one o! Ety-p oold'e, some standard poems, an essay or ~ | two, and other. literary matter. Tho tjpe | f is necessarily smaQj but it is readable, and 11 the. tome is "i^aaWyJttwteated.' , —Si. || James , Qawtt*. • . : |l|