GENERAL ROAD BOARD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 288, 21 November 1862, Page 5

GENERAL ROAD BOARD.

An ordinary uii-fUng of this Board was held on j Tuesday, his Honour the Superintendent in the! ch;nr. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed, MR. noiJEIITSOM's CLAiy. Mr Mtlt.5!, ;'.,•; attorney tor Hugh Robertson, wrote ■ to cltvim LV-'j] an compensation for damage caused tohis yi'ciion:-; l>y tiie main road as at present construct/:,'!, pp.<;s;iri<£ alonir the Harbour Beach from Dune-din to Anderson'.-* Bay. The road engineer having R]K)i;c(l Ih.'itthe land in question "wouldbe rather ■ impfoved-th:1.)! uthervvife by the alteration?-1, it, was rt~ < solvt <] *,i"i H''( r the matter to arbitration in terms of '■ clauM- i) 5 </i " Hoads (srdinance, 1856." , i .MX. CUM INK'S CLAIM. Crnr-ideration of Mr Cinnjne'sclaim for damage?! : caused to his property at Waihola by the removal Oi? 8. #>.nd, ti'av!, &<•., w«s deferred til! the District Inspector should forward his detailed report. CAVEr-SIUM Jt ATI'S, kC. The Cavei-Hhsijn >-ir,trict 110-; d Board requested thes Banction t,f tlu^i."^-^! Board to a special rate ot II per ane cm ]';;:'O ifiijuccnt to the old road line at Cap. I'.lackicV, tu'siv LoVk-out Point. To this Mr Sidev objti'tui. Aik-r a dci'Ui.rttion fiom the board and AIV »Si<i<-y lui'l ln.< ju heard, the meeting resoled to sanction the- li.a \ itiL' of tii:i £1 rate—Mr Sidey protesting. A prov-sul lvvy of Ll per acre for forming and re- ' pairing tho lino from the main South Road to Ocean Jk'.'iHi, wa-aU-o approved of. To this there were no , obje-.-tors. \\ itn lvforouce to a request that the Board would Tf.cij;,ii}tii(l the; Goveimuent to supplement the ?'.n:c;uirts :ai.t:<vii i'i;f the aliovi ■-mentioned lines of road, the l-liiK'-d rcsoivf'ii to rccommuiid the ■ iovenunent to consider i(;c.<vj and 'he numerous other similar application, vr.ih y. view to the adoption of some general pr'ncip'e by which the Provincial Council might be guided in vo'ii:^ f-un;s in aid of local (flWts. j\ dri'.i uition iVuiu the Green Inland and Caver»l.nm Eo»v.];: having liecn h«ard rcsrardinsr the boundary lint: !:etv.i en il'.eir respective districts, it was rep"'vt"J " that the l;ou!-d'try remain as set f'»r?h in the Eoi<d :> (.;rdi:;a?i(:e cf IS()2," and that th" respective Boni'fis ftirr.iiLC vith f.acl; other as to funds, &c "'\v Clcrl: la U on tLo table the opinion of the Provim i,:* ;:;"iicH'n\ i;s to the claim of Mr Julius Ji-.ffe-riff; i'ov ci-Tn} ensuiion for Isinii taken off his Sedions N!>■-:, i:0 and 21, 1;1« el-- 7, Town District, for widening the Ailaiu South fioiu!. AKTd-.HWO^'S BAY ROAD. An a'ppUeatuin 1ro:u Messrs Greenfield and Topham was read, craving that a line of road might I c openwi up I'rojii thoir rcctiona at: Anderson's Bay to the !>i T.::ini'Lii.f. Applicants were referrtd to the l)istrio: Uo;u! \U>- r<], jg?/iiie. AT!(ii/ir.c.;ii"s Bay Road Board asked the powerto jiTvy jb ever a ] or ion of that district, which was oppoK'.d by 'M<sMs Ewi:,gr and Grainger, on the grov.nd that ceitain atipnlaMoi^r made with them h;ul hoc beei. fidfil'td. lu-solvcil to decline sanctioning the levy unless the condiiions laid before the Board at a j;ievii>T!s meeting wero oomplied with. The Ki-ail I'oavd of that district also asked leave t oprjn \\v n new Hue -of road at Sec. No. 9. Block V., raid cii.-.c; t'.ie old road at end of sections Ncs. 9, JO, 11. and Is?, l>li■el: V., a:s it was ufehss; and in con-sileni-um of Mr John Sommerville allowing the new li le to pass through tin sou.li end ofjlrif. section No 9, tli.vf. (iv iii; : ilo'.vtii liic porticn of tho o!d line proposed to n>? c!<i;;t'! at the i>otth end of s'tid section. It was atjrei!'.5. V^fO'1'; considering the proposal to insert the r-q-upil'.' notices in the Gazelle avd newspapers, that panic- interes'ied miyht have an opportunity of ex- ! preesicg their vl ws. NOIITII TAIERI. A memorial read from the Iload Board of this district r'.'gj'.i'ditig alterations in (.he boundary line l)Ct«.'« ''ii ilTand tin? Past 'IV.ieri Di.trict.; a!so calling atL.^nti-:;ii to Uu; fact that, owing to its westerly direi-iio.ij ilie lr.fiin line of road in course of formation could Jiot boi-.ent i^.-rth Taieri, and re'jUtstijig G'.".-':i-ni:.ev-t to t.xtend lite line in that, direction nboutiK* fii;a"u:s in order t!iat the district micrbt avaii it-olf of the road as a mc^ns of access to r»une;dn. Ir. was rcsolv-il thattl.e boundaiy quts'ion be referred to the Eiirt, Tsi'.ri dist-'ict ; and rhnt the memorial Tfigurdinn: the main line be forwarded to Government, y,'i'..li a nVjiectful request that the attention of the ilrwl i?.n!iinc:er be called io the matter, and that he report on the ni-.ac a 1 early as possible. Nf'IITTI lIAIIBOH KOAD HOARD. A rpqnest of t-Uis Board for the appointment of Mr Daws-'Oi), as clerk, was agrp«jd to. OUTiEN ISLAND. The request of this b'caijj that, a rate of Is per acre bo i-as.c :oned i ver tins whole district was agrei d to, and a- cominiitee appointed to hear objections if iany be made. NORTH-r.AST VALLEY. A eiinilav requi.st froui the iioard of this district vras «l:to granted, and a committee appointed to hear objections, SADDLE HILL. The same rfqucst was made by the Board of this district. ;u;d acceded to. RcriUes'p from North-Fast Valley, "WVkavi, Saddle Hill. North Taieri, and other districts, that the Board ■would rrcommend certain ro.ad lilies to be supplemented by special votes, on th* pound for j ourd principle were read, but the Board declined at present to enter into the matter. * jhe Board tiiea adjownaed..