PELORUS ROAD BOARD.
Tli ■ moil 'lily meeting of the Pelorus il lul P> )wil took idace on January sth. ’resin 1 —Vie- r» Grrgr, Davie?, Cameron, DUinn, D.lbn, ami .), Hornby (in the elm-.) Tli-: minu'es of the p.evious meeting were read and confirmed. Outward correspondence was read and approved. Letters were received and read from— Mr Wm. Miles, requesting the Board to 3‘a’e what timber had be m cut off the by-roads inu’uded in his tender previous to Ins taking possession. The Secretary of the Hospital Board, enquiring if any persons hid been appointed io represeot the Pelorus Road Board upon the Hospital ami Charitable Aid Board. Air H. N. Jones, Nelson, re furnishing dog collars. Mr hrskine, re shipments of timber. Marin : Department, re the extension of the Havvlnrk Wharf, and pointing out Lnat the vote from Parliament was £1 for £1 provided by the Board. The Treasury, agreeing provisionally to a loan of £3,000 on certain conditions, as specified by the Loans to Local Bodies Act, 18SS. Pubic Works Department, stating that the balance due upon the vote for main road through the Pelorus and Rai Valley Districts, vi/„, £IBO, bad been placed at the dbposil of the Suburban North Road Board, Nelson, fo- the construction and improvement of the Wmng.anioa Road. Secret>ry to the Havelock Sports Commute:', re placing a booth on the wharf on Boxing Day. Notice from Mr Dillon, passing Mr Mason’s contract, Pelorus Valley. Pu'di: Works Department re Wair.-ui River ford. Treasury, advising a voucher bu'ng pissed for 75 per cent advance under tm- Loc ! Boards Finance and Powers Act. 158.3, Amm:dm*nt Act, ISSG. Notice from Mr Di lon, passing Sitn .Mason’s contract. <Glum»l Secrei tary’s (Mice, notifying tint a special order made by the orus Road Board adopt,ug Ihe Local Bodies Loans Act, 1886, had been g.-xYld. Proposed by Mr Gregg, seconded by Mr Dalton, That Mr Mdls be appointed to go out a.d average the amount of timber already removed fiom the by* road' 1 >t. by contract (o Mr Wm. Miles. Reso’v d -- ■ t tiic LT-airmau a seer* fain win- •" ■ > he done re appointing members to the ilospial aud Charitable Aid Board. P-eton district. Proposed by Mr Hornby, seconded by Mr Gregg, that plans and specifications be prepared for Havelock extension in nc« corclanco wilh the estimate forwarded to the Minister of Public Works, and t,hut tenders be called for the work —Carried. Resolved—That the 'Secretary write to the Treasurer for further information re Gorerninent loans fo local bodies.
Proposed by Mr Davies, seconded by Mr Dillon—That the .Secretary write to the Minisitr for Public Works poin ing 1 lit that the‘North Suburban Road Board, Nelson, d > s not include any portion of the Pelorus and Rai Valley district, and asking from wha' fund 'hi* balance of 8180 will be repaid to the district it was vo.ed for, es this Board considers if manifestly unfair to divert any portion -
11 io money from its origin'll purport,’ - capu'iul y when tins great Icnglli of main run diva}’ uiidcr flic supervision of the l*i lorus Hoad Botrd requires sucli n large outlay to keep it, even in reasonable repair. —Carried. | Resolved—That a copy of the fore- j going resolution be fonwrded to If. T. | Conolly, Ksq., M.H.R. for the district-. i The ( liiiirman appointed Mr 11. Mills to be Jlel.uruing (,’fliecr at the nice - • jngs of each feubdiiiion. in ae oidoicc with the pror sions of the Local liodics . ; Loans Act, 188(1. I Resolved—That the Secretary summons | - all rate payers in mrear after the 31st |' January, 1887. j Proposed by Mr Gregg, seconded by I '• Mr Dillon—That the Impounding Act, j 1884, be put in force throughout the lYlorus Road Board district. 1 On a division being called the votes ! were ;—For—Messrs Gregg, Dalton, and l Dlilon ; Against Messrs Cameron, < Davies, and Hornby. 'Jlie Chairman gave bis cas'ing vote in favor of the Noes arid the motion was lost. 1 Resolved.—That the Semtiry wiite to i ( the Wuirau Road Board, urging the con- I i vryaneo to Messrs Main r fo' tile portion 1 of road exchanged in the North Bank | Bubdivieion be sent forward Without 1 or- , ther delay so as to enable this Board to t proceed with Dig other piece of road foi- j illation. lie solved—That the .Secretary look up the plans and see where the true line of ioid is hading from the M-in Bead, Kaituna to Mnlnikipawa, and explain it to 1 the Board at their next meeting, j The following accounts were passed for - payment : —Times L!> 4s; Brownlee and Co L 9 9s; Secretary L 8 (Is 81; Mason JJi Ills Oil; Dempsey L 4 ; Turner L 7 ; ( O’Donovau Lit 10s; HibbsLS 8s ; Davies , L 7 10s; Ahene 1.9 18s (Id ; Fitzpatrick f L 7 7a; Express L.’l 4s ; Bluchcr Ll -Is Gd; Sundries LI s°. n • The Board adjourned until Wednesday February 2nd, 18S7. t
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2056, 11 January 1887, Page 2
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821PELORUS ROAD BOARD. Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2056, 11 January 1887, Page 2
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