DOMAIN BOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4462, 2 March 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

DOMAIN BOARD.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Board was held yesterday, His Worship the Mayor presiding. The Secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting, which were confirmed. Eogam's Lease.—The holder at the last meeting undertook to surrender the lease, but it appeared that the lease could not be found, and a lease had been prepared for the new tenant. The solicitor to the Board ad- , vised that the original lease should be given up before any othe'r arrangements were entered into. It was' agreed to act under the advice of their solicitor.

Supervision op. the Domain.—The Secretary said that, in obedienco to the direction of the Board, he waited on the Inspector of the Constabulary, and Mr. Broham said he was so short handed that he could, not give the Board any assistance.—Mr. Mitford, in reference to the case of some children who were insulted, said the Parnell constable' told him he teok the description of the man; •aid to be the offender. Constable Jackson be-, lieved heknewhim. The father ofthe two little girls said ho would be ready to bring the children, if the offender were caught and brought before a Court of Justice. - As to one of the persons employed in the Domain, the; person whose duty it was to watch over the Domain had become infirm. : He certainly would not be able to give chase to or arrest a person of such description. The question was as to whether they should employ addi-: tional assistance, and, in that case, it would be necessary to reduce this man's wages/ The mail (Hogan) was prepared for some reduction.—The Mayor thought that public bodies could not be expected to keep decrepid or infirm servants. People in public offices were' generally very well paid, and their situations "and positions were very much sought after, because they were very comfortaWe. He knew of no private firm who would,admit for one moment such a claim. It was perfect nonsense to talk of such per-sons-having a claim. If they had been well-paid for a series' of years, it was their duty-to provide for the future, as persons in commercial life were obliged to do.—Aftar some conversation as to a proposed reduc-: . tion of Hogan's wages to 4s per diem, Mr. Mitford thought any decision come to on; such a point -ought to be made in a fuller' Board. The further consideration of the subject-was therefore adjourned. - ' ' - I Carriage Entrance. — The following letter'was received from the General 1 Go-, vernment : Public Works Office, 22nd. February, 1876.—T0 the Secretary of the! 'Domain Board, ■ Anckland. — Sir,—l am' directed by the Hon. the Minister of Public' Works to acknowledge the receipt of your; letter of the 28th of January, pointing out, ,the necessity for.:a:carriage, entrance from' Parnell to the Domain, and, in reply, to ex-| press the opinion of the Government that the! Railway, will prevent the Minister. entertain-! ' ing- your request for the portion of the land you refer to.—l have, &c.,' John 'Knowles,' Under Secretary."—ln reply to questions put by the Mayer, the Secretary said that all) that was asked'for was a! right-of-way. There! was no transfer or gift of the land asked for. jj f.He had - made inquiry, and heard that there j ,U;as soma project toerect some building on] the land.—The Mayor thought, there might] be some misapprehension' on ; the subject.' What did Dr. Pollen say . on the subject !—i The Secretary : He expressed himself! jfavourable to the , yiew.,! of ..the;- Board,! and would, i.do.all. he-could to aidj them. —} The Mayor thought, from the tenor of the' f letter, [there- was same.miiuudcratanding. Ib read ,as, a .reply application ,foj a gra»t> of tHe land. A carnage' entrance might easily be made atjihat spot. Ajs the oaly, thing asked for was a "right-of-way," the Government,-might Jn9>. reconsider the question.'' He 'woWld'iake occasion himf ealf to : see Dr.; Pollen.; apon the matter, ia order fce ascertain what Mold be doie. j

/ _:'IxvESTirEST. —Itrwas ■ a-esol ve dito: insert the,, £200.in hand jnGtovernment. securities,. in the 11 allies of- lif.-.!Fenton .arid Mr. Alii-.; ford.',;: ;\':V _"J" .• ;*, ■•laAßßig'm-isi> Bibbs. The. coinplainto ; of boys disturbing and destroying.hirds Kaiij become more frequent. Boys .Assembled sometimes in considerable number, and soma . o£ them having, "catapults," with vrHick they shot pebbles and other things at hatch- •. ing birds, or at any birds which might serT« for an aim. These " catapults" discharged missiles with great velocity, and were dangerous to others than the birds. There was no doubt whatever as to the law of the mat* ter. A boy could be taken into custody for. discharging any dangerous projectile, and constables would certainly act upon that view of the law in the public streets. There was no reason why a similar view should not operate in a place belonging to the public— where public property was destroyed. He thought instructions should be given to test the matter.—lt was agreed to take steps for bringing the question before a Court of Justice. As this decision involves the arrest of lads practising with this dangerous plaything, boys may be cautioned how they subject themselves to be taken into custody. , This was all the business beforo the Board.