WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6695, 3 May 1883, Page 6

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

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Hamilton, Wednesday. The general annual meeting of the ratepayers of the Kirikiriroa highway district was held yesterday, when there were only present o£ the new Board Messrs. Primrose, T. Runciman, and F. G. Thomas, and of the ratepayers Messrs. J. B. Whyte, Gandin, and McPherson. The balance-sheet for the year was passed and adopted. The Clerk complained that the Government Auditor, Mr. Dnrrieu, though reproved for the same thing by the Government on a previous occasion, had interlined the books of the Board with a minute in red ink referring to a dishonoured cheque in terms which would amount, to a libel if published by the Press. On the motion of Mr. J. B. Whyte, seconded by Mr. Gaudin, the following motion was carried unanimously, " Ttiat in reference to Mr. Durieu's remarks, the Clerk is instructed to report to the Colonial Secretary, that in the opinion of this meeting the accounts are correct and satisfactory, and the minute of the auditor written on the Board's balance-sheet is uncalled for and unnecessary." The question was then discussed whether the same high rate as had been hitherto levied should be maintained in the future, considering the provision for works contained in the Roads and Bridges Construction Act. Mr. Whyte said that much road work had now been done, and as new roads could be made , by loan obtained under the Act, all that was needed was to strike a sufficient rate tto keep the roads already made in repair;® It was no use to have the Act and not take advantage of it for district roads.' The Chair-' man, Mr. Primrose, thought :.'it- would be cheaper to use their own money for district road making. It was stated that the. subjoined balance-street necessarily did no; present the actual financial position of the Board, inasmuch as that of the. sum of £524 expended on > worka,- .' some ;; £340 was advanced for works; l 'undertaken under powers delegated by,v the*iWaikato County Council, to control ® off the Board, and whicu would be refunded by the county, when the loan raised tor their construction was received by the county, r The following is the balance-sheet for the Kirikiriroa Highway District for the past year, from Ist July, 18S2, to 31st March, 18S3 :— Receipts: Balance cash in hand,' £5 10a ; ditto in bank, £305 2s. 10J ;« contractors' deposits, £14 ; contributions to works,- £143 lis sd; law costs recovered, £10 18s ; mis: cellaneous receipts, £43 10s ; rates collected, £596 16s 9d: total, £1119 9s. Expenditure : Advertising and printing, £9 18s 3d ; stationery, 14s 7d; commission on rates/'£24 163 6d ; contiactors deposits' returned, ,£lO ; compensation for laud taken, . £23 14s; engineering and surveying, £30material and tools, £14 0s 4d ; miscellaneous expenditure, £41 7b 6d ; petty, cash, : £2 12a Od ; roada and bridges, £324 6s 8d ; salaries, . £18 15s ; bank interest, 12s Id; legal expenses, £22 ; unpresented cheque, £3 5s ; '.cash' in bank, £93 6a 7d : total, £1119 9s. At the first meeting of the Kirikiriroa.new Board, held yesterday, evening,-, vMr. K.' Primrose was - re-elected:;' Chairman;, The tender of Mr. James . Coombes^-ls'9d ,r per yard for gravelling main ro"ad ;toiCambridge from borough boundary, over. Steele's Hillwas accepted; also Mr. Coombe's tender of Is 6d per yard for gravelling main road to; Piako. The tender of for works on ' Piako road—culvert,-, '£20 raising bridge,-£4 ; .; earthwork,- ; -aud drain-cutting, IOJd —was also accepted:-; >lii reappointing ;y Captain. ' Treasurer, Returning Officer,';arid ; ?Katc' Collector the Board passed a high eulogium; on the zeal and ability with which' ho had so long filled those offices. > , . >

The Secretary of V the .Hamilton - - West School Committee' hasYat : "last received:information that oi the books'ordered'for'the school library those'' obtainable in Auckland have been purchased,'and 'will- be at . oiice forwarded, but that it has been.nocessary "to send to Melbourne forthe latest edition oi the Encyclopaedia,

Aa an instance' of / the absurdity, of; applying the Eabbit■ Nuisance .Act to :Raglan|:a gentleman here who ow-ris two"_allo'tm'(juts in that township of _ an acre' each; - yesterday showed me a notice he hadrreceived fiom the "Rabbit Inspector," ;:himto lessen the number of rabbitson hisp'roperty,' which is a swamp in winter, 'say six months out of the twelve. ' When Messrs."Lewis and' Sharp inspected the 'Raglan district some few montns ago, they came; to the same conclusion as Mr. Sharp has since at with respect to the Pirougia district, that there is no need . for. stringent 'or harrassing measures, as the features!ofthe rlocality are not such: as to encourage any: undue spread of these rodents. The Hamilton' Cavalry ... Corps -is- ; being wound up, and notices served on those in arrear for .the, re-: covery of the same. - '

■- S'Cambridge, Wednesday. There is a lamentable indifference' in all public matters at thev present time. Public meetings are called and adjourned aiid'callcd again before, a fair attendance can :be .got; The second meeting called to resuscitate (.heFootball Club fell through on .Saturday ing, and the Volunteer ;Cavalry ,meeting;had : to be adjourned for the 'same, reason: '

People here who have. tbe';interests 6f;the: natives at heart are asking,why .the) Native Land Court business should have been adjourned as it. hasj 'keeping'-the unfortunate Maoris here at ? continuous, expense waiting for the reopening of the Court. .' v : The Fen Court Belt ; will .be competed,'fori by the Cambridge Cavalry'' JTroop/ on> Saturday next, after which a meeting of. the troop ■will be held, \

Kiiiikihi, Wednesday. About 1500 of the '2000 share's in:the Cheese' Company have been' the factory will be; onM r. ■ Ashby's farm from whom the company have purchased five acres of land, quite sufficient 'for the purpose, and avoiding the mistake: by; which the Hamilton Company , has so heavily weighted' itself. A draft prospectus will bu submitted to the promoters on Saturday next; ; : « Captain Rutherford, of -the Te.. A'wamu tu cavalry corps, has received'a letter ofthanks from the Native Ministortf for ; the.-prompt manner in which his men turn'e'd,.out-at," the recent Alexandra affair, whoa the Tekalmaraii; natives were captured." ;A; meeting I ;of : ;the' corps is called for, Saturday evening. l . •*?;'« v , Whatawiiata," .Wednesday; ■; '■ The cricket match Ngahinipouri 'v. r Whatawhata, played here on Saturday, ended' in a victory for our visitors.

[DY TELEGRAPH.—OWN. CORRESPONDENT/] . Hamilton, Wednesday evening.At the Police Court to-day Mary' Murray was fined £1 and costs for assaulting a.'woman named Vowless, 'and . rescuing 'cattle seized for the object of impounding -tiiem?' George Crawford-. was fined 10s; and 1 costsj' 1 £2 13s 6d, for using obscene aud abusive; language to Mrs. : A.Vincent. ... •, ■, ; A letter was received yesterday, from, Mr;-; Lovegrove, the Derwentwater claimant; who writes _ from Kingston-on-Thames, : that hia mother, though very feeble, recog-'i nised him as her son after a twenty-six'years'.i absence. He also states?that c owiiigrto'his mother's health, and the'number of letters'; ho has to write to friends in Auckland, he had not, as yet, had time to see into the matter of the claim of the estates.. Several here who 1 have advanced him money to get home arc anxious for news to some practical purpose.','; The Mayor to-day received a' letter' from the Public Works Department, graating a loan of £150 to build . a ; to replace O'Neill's Bridge, washed away.bythe late floods at the head of Galloway-street, the Council to repay a fourth of the loan in tenannual instalments of £3 15s withont the interest.

Mr. Walter Ewen is reported to have made the best bag in Waikato—2o pheasants , and four hares.