WAITARA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2436, 26 May 1893, Page 2

WAITARA.

(FfiOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) I have had nothing good to chronicle lately from this end ; the wet and cold weather not being 'an interesting topic. The defeat of our football team by the Stars owing to the collapse of the Maori full-back in the last critica five minutes was a bitter pill for all of us to get down. We have reorganised the teavn and our men are training harder ttfan ever The Stars fully deserve 'any victory they get, as they are a light lot of men compared to most teams and they play a fair game on all occasions. We meet them here in six weeks time and jl great,/ struggle is sure to result. Yesterday, in spite of the tact that Her o Maj-esty > rained over us at intervals '(oh! forgive the venerable joke) Clifton Rovers jgave Lepperton Stragglers a big defeat of ten to nil. When the Bovers and Tukopas meet then comes the tug-of-war. In spite of the temporary closing of the freezing wprke there are still no houses vacant here, but on the contrary two are going up, the owners, Messrs Wickam and A. F. Dugdale, being their own architects and builders. A man must be able to turn his hand to many different occupations if he would make a living here now-a-days. Our local chess club can boast of two strong players, Messrs Gourlev and Lennan to wit, I should much like to see a correspondence match with Manaia, wlio, we understand, are a strong club A fortnightly dance in the town hall has been arranged for, and what with that and- Guild our young people should be fairly well off for amusements this winter. At the Harbor Board election out of 84 votes cast here 83 were in favor of Mr Maxwell. Evidently we all thought New Plymouth were too well represented already.-- May 25.

Stratford County Council, ♦ • (FROM STBATFOBD COBRBSPOW)KST.} , The oounoil met on Kiday. Messrs Monkhouse (ehurinsrihx Thornton. Beia, Maokay, Brown, Mehaffy, EalfeT" THE LATE PBEMXRB. The chairman moved, Mr Kalf« seconded, That this Conneil expreai iii " sense of the great loss sustained to tbe country by the death of the late Mr JSallanee, ana its deep sympathy with Mrs Ballance in her bereavement KAHBOR BABS8» Complaint having been made of tbs heavy tax that exchange^ oheooVfoJ harbor rates entails on cbnntrywtt^ it was resolved, on the motton of j£ Monkhouse, seconded by Mr M»k«That tbe attention of &?!&£&& be drawn to the matter, and St respectfully asked totnake Zb^tii^ ments as shall obviate tbe expensed '- BAST BOAD. open for traffic on the Barajf term- £5 into it, consisting of Hm£s£jPfijg. . Bonne,., Coutts, Bayley, PeT^gS Tim mi ns f warted on the council to ur« tbat flometmnK be done- to keep Utfm communication with the oittw7^m*M After a lengthy discussion it wSIKS* that the chairman be empoSS^ with the Government a, t 0 mt t£Z*?l of the road. It was also detefrSl ?b2 V the engmeer be wstrnetedto efleet nnSS to East roaa so u3o keA ft ro^fy^ comammoatwn during theater iontbT the question of aWaWbeiD* left 2L. him to deal with. ♦ - 8 -™^ [Since the OounciL«neetinff T 1a»«, that the stereotyped r^fcJiK * receive^ froni Government, to lay: that tb -n? Onn \!S, aPP I "^ on the matter will be conWdered. The conntyenrinier has arranged for a deviation of «£w«s chains m length tbroogh privaltfprt. Pe*^ Jo keep a pack track open: ¥he bullock traffic is regarded as hopefett T STANDISHBOAD. ' J The aettlera on this road, another feeder of East raad, being dwirou. of Tfiising a loan for formation and-'netil. lingi- the engineer was instructed to furn»h them an estimate of the cost Mr Mehaffl^ gave notice to move that a loan 0f.£2000 for this road be r rai«ed * TOXOBOAD, The loan proposal on which a poll wai taken a wbek oP^two ago having failed ' to quite tae,et tho views of a majority of settlers mtarested, they abstained from votiDf, and tb,e poll was consequently lost. The chairman gave notice to more that an amended proposal, which it wat represented would please them, be itfl>. mitted to them. The ataoant will remain the same—^2ooo— but the far insettlerr are to hare direct benefit in the sfiape of road formation, in return for their liability. SZVfeRTIKG, WATER. Mr Hale complained that water, on Opunake road was being turned on to hii land, to bis injury.— Left to engineer to deal with. - OBSTRUCTIK^WATSB. Mr Wienewßki asked that proviiion b» made for tbe free flow of some of onr plenteous aqueous supply, wbiob is at present dammed back into his garden b«j & a filling on Olimie road to^er to it. STONEBTT BOAD. Resolved tbat trad*r*--l>6"~fofite(hf<Nr repairs to this road damaged by theitormi half the cast to be borne by Waimate Boed Board, to whose engineer plans are- to be submitted for approval % FOOTPATHS. Messrs Bobbins and Piererd to be informed tbat the work they ask for in front of their shop, is included in th« contract now in operation. > CBOSSINQa. Persons in the town wanting to pot in eroseings are to be invited to do so atone*. before), the footpaths are kerbed and gravelled. t f Ji ANOTHER LITTIiE WAR. * "{ Part ai the settlement mtde'^'by the Auditor-Gtoneral t between tbe Taranaki and Stratfoed Obunty Coancils was tbat the latter shohld pay to the format tome M a year as. its sbare of special rate q a loan money raised for expenditure tbe other side of Inglewood. Two years' pay* ment being due tbe money has been asked for, bat doubt has been raised as to legality of tbe payment. After ditedision, it was resolved, Tbat the matter be'ltfl in the hands of tbe olerk to deal with; An . amendment, That the amount be" paid forthwith, was lost. <>" MORE WATER. ' * Mr Srierly represented tbat be bad bean put to some £9 expend in finding labour to supply tbe engide with water when washing away doWn East road. Would tbe oounttil kindly refund him ?— The coubcil regretted tbWt it could not see its way ttt do so.c t> 'i- GORDON^SOAD. An order tovhumef on account of work on this road, being submitted for pay* ment, it was resolved that the council ia not able to say whether there will be any funds disposable;; until the oontraet is completed. • ' • - WATEKS* HILL. Mr B. G. BiCuobope to be asked to act as assessor in tbe matter of Messrs Peon's claim, and Mr Barton as solicitor. QBASS SEED. Barclay and Upper Waingongoro roade to be sown down. REGULATING LOADS, Mr Maokay gave notise to move tbat tbe council take' in band the matter of t weight of load, number of animals, and width of tires. r> BOAD. The question -of a deviation on tb|o road having besfi mooted, it was resolved to inform Mr Aiken that tbe engineer was of opinion tbat the deviation, would ooit more to make than the- original road. TENDERS. - .Tannel at Midhirst station— Contract No. 70— George Lunie 2s per lineal fool for clay, and 3s do. for gravel for driving tunnel, inlet and out drains 8d andfo (accepted). ■ . . • Oqntraoli No. 82— Surface work Warwick road, for' twelve months— H. Ftunfes £8. Contract 85— Surface work, Opnnake road, Breoken road to Waingonsoro rive^« twelve toontbs— A. Firmstooe £21 t(k [accepted). Several other contracts were let, but s# :hey are^not yet signed, particulars ex» • withheld. MOUNTAIN ROAD. The engineer waa em powered- lOvßp«n4 lp to £15 in repairs in North riding. I sbjvare. - • Clerk to taie necessary steps to coll»et ill unpaid rates. •*•• v-«^» Tbe ooanoiradjdurned at 7 p.m*.

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