PORTOBELLO ROAD BOARD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11188, 10 August 1898, Page 8

PORTOBELLO ROAD BOARD.

: >■. •■. -,"i ';- » ' ,'■ ;.\ -:-.'■■■'"■':. The ordinary meeting of the Eortabello-Koaa "Bo.aivi ,was attended'by. Messrs Dieksou (chairman), Macaiidrew,: Kaynbird, Milne,' Edwards, ■Geary,''l^orth', Seaton, and' .Hinkley..i\The inI si>ector's report was adopted with'sojije.alteraj tious: ItWas decided'to.cail.for tenders for al2in ij pipe culvert-tin the.road'leading froraibhe-Qamp. i;.to Broad Bay. The ,questid£ ot g, cjilyeit.oij'the j beach road, at MrHinkley's, Was left -wita the | members for the. sub-division and the: inspector, j., with'power toact: .The tender oJj-D. -Nyhon'was ; accepted .for the. sea wall and fhewidefiing of j the beach, road. .jSfr-'T. Allen's request ..for■ rej pairs to".the road to-his property..was;referred to i the inspector, who was also.inatructed to attend j as soon as-convenient to request '; for the removal of a slip on, the road.to his pro- ,! p'erty. The ..members' of .the, sub-division.-, were : requested to visit the.r.oad to block 1V ; _ wnich Mr "Clark r complained, of as' being!"dangerous, and report, to' ne'xt'.'hiectingi ' "VVliil.e. ithanking 1 * th'e>'Hon:~-Mr. Lamach for, his intimation' that .-"this' constable at' Andpr'siJii'B p3ay, / wb^ild..in fu-iiire~'be"supplied;with:-a-'-ljitJisei aind.hjkve.:piiarge !6'f;-the/:Syhble'Peninsular-it'was di^cddeS. : to. ihforfn HitoSt&Ht.'tH&.arr'aage.nient^wpuldVnp.t meet. "tiTe wants "of'the distrfct':'vinless:. the constable ' resided in a central 'position. The Clerk re--1 ported'having, as instructed, approached- the ! Masonic, trustees to ascertain if they, would p.p '.sist in erecting a shade forJiqrses. 'The trufi- :! tees had'declined Under their present "financial ' circumstances. It was resolved that a rate of Jd in the pound on .all rateable .property'in the board's district, payable in one sum on August : I, b? 'struck. * Mr Porterficld was apppinted' coli ] lector.- ' '" '.'.. ';' ■■' ; :'.... ,-;..