MEETINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12854, 1 May 1905, Page 3

MEETINGS.

PUKEKURA ROAD BOARD. y The Pnkekura Road Board met at Cambridge on Friday last, there being present: Messrs. It. Fisher j (chairman), J. Anderson, R. Reynolds, J. Keeley, | yf.and K. Morrison. Mr. J. White wrote re a nasty;! hillock in the'road near his property, and Mr,' , i Keeley was authorised to gee, it removed. . Mr. W. • "jj White wrote urging the Board to carry out some' long-promised repairs in Chauccr-strcet. To be • done forthwith. Messrs. J. Chambers and A. ' "* * White wrote requesting the Board to have a hole in Hemans-street filled in. The work to be done. ■ ' The chairman was deputed to attend to the widen- ■ "id ing of the road at Rauche's Hill and filling in , the . ' Li'i hollows with the earth from the hill. An offer -31 had been received to do the work for £4 10s. The " J chairman reported that he had accepted Mr. Wil- , lotighby's tender for carting and gravelling the road between Messrs. Caiey's and Freeman's pro- , ; .P perties at 2s 4d per yard. Mr. H. L. Elliott wrote ffM asking to have the road cleared of tea-tree and formed as far- as his property. ' Left with the chairman to deal with. : Both the chairman and *4 Mr. R. Reynolds testified to "the excellent work ■ done upon Puahoe .Road by the- contractor, Mr. . Thomas Moisley. Mr. , Keeley reported'that tha ■' SpS pipes and sumpli in Carlvle-street had become' '■ ! -j blocked. He and the chairman were asked to at- '.{j tend to the matter. The Chairman stated that a considerable amount of flax was being carted over the newly-made Puahoe Road. In the wet ;*-'V weather it would cut it up frightfully. "He Vi;hj ' consulted the Board's solicitor, and, according to the Public Works Act, they could recover damages ~SS'J done to a road by heavy or extraordinary traffic, f ,j The alternative was a mutual arrangement between ' -J the Board and the settlers using the road. The Board did not want to discourage the carting of - flax, but they must look to it that th Mr roads were not damaged unduly. Mr. Morrison, said it was . a shame that Maoris, who did not pay 'ratSs, should , .■> bo allowed to cart flax when they liked and ruin -'sfj the roads. It was decided to instruct the solicitor " to send notices to the two mill-owners and ascer- i, l »! tain if the latter or the carriers are responsible ■' J t for the carting of flax. The Board accept the otfe:. - ' of Messrs. Vickers Brothers to spre.id the earth -\«v that bad come out of the side drain on the Bush. . ■ Road for 24 chains at Is per chain, and also that nt Messrs. Sturges and Vickers to clear, stump, - . : and plough a portion of this road, the Board to do the levelling. The chairman referred to , a nasty • , ;*.jj hollow in Cowley's Road. Mr. Morrison, was au- 1 'vN thorised to attend to the matter. ! ■ '■ ■.! 'SSa . .... WAIKATO HOSPITAL BOARD. ' The usual monthly meeting of the Waikato Hos- ' yi, pital Board was held on Thursday. TJiere were * : present: Messrs. Day (chairman). Primrose, Me- , | Guirk, Bailey, Cowling, Farmer, Vickers, Clarke, .J] I O'Connor, and Fisher. - Mr. A; 'Atkins,-architect, " -,S wrote that May 3 would be a convenient day to lay t -3 the foundation-stone of the new buildir.g. Sir J. 1 G. Ward's secretary wrote that he had intimated. ' rt 1 that date for the ceremony to the Minister. The .'.-1 proposal of the Wanganui Board, , that a : concession , in railway fares should be made to nnrses when' - * taking their periodical holiday, was endorsed. The ; treasurer reported as follows: Receipts: Local ■ -.'-V bodies, £44 6s; Government subsidy, £353 6s 2d;' fees, £117 9s 9d; rents, £4 2s; pensions, £15 83 6d: total, £534 12s 6d; balance, £1860 Is lOd. The ''j* fees for the year ending March 31 totalled £10" 5s lid. - The surgeon , superintendent, reported as 13»51%p follows Number of. patients at last, return, 27, males and 12 females; admitted since,'2B males and 1C females; deaths, two males and one fe- . . mile; discharged, 17 males and 12 females; re- <■''•'& maining at date, 38 males and 10 females. It was g1 decided to ask the local bodies to make their pay- *. ments to the Board quarterly in future. • J