Mataura Town Board.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 17, 3 May 1895, Page 3

Mataura Town Board.

c The ordinary meeting was held on Tuesday. Present — Messrs Allison, Balncaves, Cameron, Culling, PorJ' : ns, and Pollock ; Mr Culling in the chair. Tho Colonial Secretary asked for an explanation as to discrepancy regarding the Town Board's share of costs of licensing election for 1894, the County Council having returned it at a less amount than that furnished by the Board. In reply the Clerk forwarded a copy of tha receipt received from the County Treasurer. Tho Commissioner of Crown Lmds asked if the Board knew of any reason why a prospecting license should not be issued to Mr E. Beckham. — Messrs Culling and Pollock moved that tho Board having considered Mr Beckham's letter re his application to tbe Waste Land Board foi a prospecting I: ccnso, have a decided objection to such a license being granted tho spot indicated being in the heart o! the township ; and the banks of the river at that plaeo being steep and dangerous floods would, in all probability, if tho banks were disturbed, encroach and ba a menace to the township. Mr T. McGowan wrote s'afing thai Denbigh street much wanted gtavellins and an' outlet for a culvert fit section 3 block XII, and offerod, if the Board would supply the pipes for six chains, tr do the work. Ho also mentioned thai tho gorso wanted removing at Eivci s t roo t,_Mosflrß Allison and Perkins moved that 8& chains of road from Mi McGowan's house toward the townshij be formed and gravelled ; that Messri Perkins and Allison be authorised t< mako o^ specifications, call for tenders accept same, and sco the work carri<u out ; tho s«me members to sho thai gorsi bo cleared from pct'lions 1 to 3 inrlmivr.Currieil. Messrs Cameron and Pollock moved that Messrs Perkins and Allison be i

The Benin of New South Wales de- j clares a 9 per cent, dividend. A dam is to be made behind the hatchery at Clinton. It will be useful and ornamental. Mr Soren Hanson, formerly of G-ore, elected chairman of Pomahaka School Committee. 'Koi wants a building for its publip library, and meaps to get it, too. The j site is ready. I At Kakaia, on Sunday morning, as the ' clergyman was publishing banns of marriage, a respectable young man stood up t and said, in a loud voice, " I forbid the barm?.'* j A korero between the Hon. J. Carroll ; and the Uriweras has resulted in the I Natives finally agreeing that the triangulation strvey shall go on. The Labor Department are advertising timber fo: sale in various forms from matai blocks to firewood. Competition is the life of fcrt rle. A church in London stfll possesses an income originally given to it for the purpose of buying faggots for burning heretics. London is twelve miles broad one way and seventeen the other. And cve 4 y yar sees about twenty miles of new streets added to it. A widow who recently died at Duifcrmlinp, aj»«d99 years and eight months, leaves 144 descendants, including four great-great-grandchildren, She witnessed the reinterment of King Robert the Brnae in 1818. The latest thing in insurance in England was the insurance at Lloyds recently oE ga f e-money at a race meeting. The J waathor happened to be bad for two days, and Lloyds had to suffer accord- j ingly. Shorland's time for the DunedinInvercargill cycle record being disputed by the holder (Sanders), Shorland tackled the job again on Monday last, and lowered the time by a minute. Charles Parker, Wflikouaifi,i has boon committed for trinl on n charge of placinrr sleeper* on the railway lino near SeaclifE on At>ril 13. Ho admitted to the police that he and his brother had committed the offence. This was the only evidence. What is platomc friendship ?— A fow 9w<"»t fln\wv«, That blnnm ran«l <li<! ; A fow ({lad liniir.<), And Uipii— pood-bye. It is stated Hint a gentleman largely associated with (ho shipping interest of Japnn will shortly visit this colony to promote the proposed direct ateam servico with that country. Trouble ahead for the Undesirable Immigrants Bill. Thorn aro no (olegrnph polos in China. This is becnuno the Celesfinls will not allow- ti shadow to foil on tho graves of t.hoir ancostors, which aro scaUorpd thickly ovur (,h» whole country. Consequently nil the telegraph wires are kid underground.

is committee to report as to the Board furnishing pipes, as requested by Mr Mc> - Gowan.— Carried. c Mr Park asked the Board to accepl surrender of lease of factions 1, 2, and 3, block XVll. —Messrs Cameron and 3alneavos moved, that the Chairman and 7 Mr Perkins be a committee to make 8 inquiry, and report and recommend at the 1 Bonrd's next meeting. r Mr Mills complained of a nuisance on * a section adjoining his property. — Messrs ' Balneaves and Allison moved, that the 1 matter be referred to the Inspector of ' Nuisances to deal with.— Carried. J Mr Hodges wrote stating that he had 1 no road to his property, where he had ; been living for 1G years. He asked the J Board to form and gravel Stuart street. — Messrs Perkins and Cnraeron moved, that Messrs Balneaves and Perkins inspect the road and report at next meeting. Mr J. Townshend waited on thn Board, and asked about the completion of the work in Kana street. — Mr Perkins gave notice that he would move at n<>xt meeting that the resolution of 18th December last be rescinded. Messrs Cameron and Balneaves moved that a committee consisting of the Chairman, Messrs Perkins, Balneavos, and the mover be appointed to draft a petition to the Government, asking them to stop the quarrying at the Falls, as it is destroying sites very valuable for factories, The following accounts were passed for payment :— Printing and advertising, L 6 10s 7d ; town clerk, L 2 18" 4d ; lighting, L 2 16s; audit inspector, LI, The Board then adjourned.