TUAPEKA.-Times

Otago Witness, Issue 1476, 28 February 1880, Page 10

TUAPEKA.- Times

Mr Jjhn Crawford, contrncter, has purohwed the Tuapeka Flat Hotel.

188 persons signed the Tuapeka Athenroum visitors' book during the year.

The new road over tho Big Hill, Beaumont road, has now been opaaod for traffic.

On the 20 Lh thero were 18 male patienti (including three Chinamen) and nine females in tho Tuapeka Moa pita). As tho outcome of a lecture by ibe Hey Mr Seatrea (Congregational minister at Lawrence) a Band of Hope ha* baen formed at Blue Spur.

It is now thought that Mr M'G U'a Sydney prizo wheat was grown at Moa Flat, and not at Tokomairiro, as previously stated i

The residents at Waitahuna are anxious to have the new pofc and telegraph offlcen at that place opened for tbe transaction of business) at ouco.

The returns of the Lodge Hope of Roxburgh, 1.0 G T,, for the pant quirtor show an increase in membership of four iv number.

A ver? successful entertainment by Milton and LiwreDce amateurs took place en the I7lh in aid of the unds cf tho Tuapeka Cricket Club

At the conclusion of tha Athencoum mentiag a sale of periodicals ,wus held, and a considerable turn was netted.

Accounts amounting to £428 10* 2d were parsed for payment at the Jast meeting 1 of tha Tuapeka County Council.

McCoghill, of Ilavelock, WHitihuna, has jnsfc erected a concrete billiard room adjoining his hotel. Its di« monsions are -.Oft by 2fift.

Tha AfctaeEaaum is watronised by no less than 50 daily visitors whose o'ojuot ia to gee tho various papers kept ou tho tibles.

the amounts paid for contracts by thi Tuapeka County Council during the year was £\6 653 9a 2d j and for day hbour for the sumo yew, ;t5939 4i. Worka ordered by the County Council, bin, not yet

ntartpd, amount, to £16,546, i^clu.iing Roxburgh Bridße, £5000, and £7000 for road between Oio.iboulds aud Qrundjs.

The Blnck Horso brewery at Wothorstones during fhopast fortnieht has turned out six brews, the two fir^t ot whwh have been already cleared out. The beor is deficribod as baing vory good. ff» On the motion of Cr Kodeer tho County Counoif have resolved. "That the unexpended portion of tho £600 in the Heriot hundred ba upantjby tho Engineer forlhwHh, wh«re most required." The Bnrnush Council have a credit balance at (ho bank of £8 ) G* 9 1 ; while accounts amounting to £105 16* 4ii were referred to the Finance Committee.

The B Much Council have rates outstanding- to tho tuv.e of £99 13? 4d The collector hjs been instructed to sue for th«ir recovery at once. Mr J C Brown wai re-elccfed president of tho Tua. peka Athonso'wn fir thn current year with the following (binraittte :— Wessra Stenhouse, M'Coy, Horhert, Web I*,1 *, Downos, Abel, D. Johnston, Roger, and Tolcher.

Ihe pre'ident of the Tuanelta Athemnum statod at the nnnual roeetlntr thit he believed it wa3 in a, hotter financial position ttru my similar institution in the Colony, there being no debt charged on the endowments of the institution.

£ r 6 109 (.13 3d w.»s expanded in tho uppar ridings of ths Tuape* a County during the year — i c., Teviot, Tapuriui, James, aid Beaumont-— against a sum of £10 nO6 16illd, expß"ried iv Gabriels, Waipori Waitahuna, Browns, and Clarks The itmountot rates of the Country Council fix the ™v*t thru- yo-T«* h« hoen a* follows :— 1577, 4P.364 P. 3 6d; 1878 6 !»0 ; 1879 £2880; and the cost of valuation \v«n £110, £227, and £100 for each of tho«=a rwpectivo yearv T!io to'.al revenue or 1878 was £24 3 13, nnrt for 1879 £3 ( >,552

M' ThomM !srina, awrvoynr at Wainori.diod in tho Tuaneka Hosoital on tho 19 h, Ihvomrh tha eftocti of the recent hear,. Mr Brinn w»s ouk 21 yew old, and twolvo months previously had received an injury otx the head whilo surveying WationVi Bush. Thi iis .-uppored to havo oeoii partly the cau=ie of hU death

Mr vf, >Tott Oocdfv has taken fcis peat a* a raembnr of WielJirouirh C'oundi, aad Councillor* Tolchsr ami Storry mvc reigned in consequence therenf. M tha me t nn s r tho Mayor explained that former taeatin^') had boon allowed to lap. 1)*)1 )*) iv the hope that any temporary foiling rowM p^sa awn,v.

In rciignincr hia i'eat in thn Birousrh Council in con-s'-qmnco of t.ho eleotl-vn of Mr ftoo'lay Cr r TNeW wrote: "T tV<Plhlß opportunity of dentuncinir tha pctio'i of a few ill-advised ratepayers who hiva'anv* thing but the interest of the Borough at heart,"

With a view to having the £2110 received ly tho County Council as their ipreßent share of the Furplus land land " equally divided among the various ridmir* and expended on urgent woilis therein," Mr J 0. Brown gave notice of motion at the last meotinc i-t tho Council " to move to revoise &1I resolutions having reference to construction of worts taking priority of any new works." At the Couuty Council meeting Cr Brown wid he had a proposal to make from a gentleman wno is prepared to m et an iron bridgo at the Beaumont m a cost of £7960; the work to be done uiulor tho supervision of tbe County Eauineer; progress pa.vraotit3 to be made to the extent of fiO per cett a" tho work pr<>co di>, and the baluuca of CO per cent, to btaud ov«)r for ; a number uf years at 6 per c-nt interest. !lh3 matter id to be considered »t next meeting. Lhe following a:o tho oWcer3 of Lodfo Ho»o of | Roxburgh I 0.G.T., f"r the curi eDt quarter, msUl od j on the 14th iDfet. by 80. Rob*rt v . bmiih ,L D : : W C 'P, Bro. Tavlos ;WVT, Sister U'Ken ; YfH, Bro. j W. Mercer; W FB, Bro. J. T. Campbell ; WT, Bro j James Crate ; WC, Bro. G orge I»l«i(i ; WM, bitter RomM'Doulll ;.^ DM, Bro W. Smith ; W I G, Bro. j G Hill jffOtt, Bto. Henry Reos. Tue annual report ol the Athaflanra Committee showed thai through fancing the reserve at Dak'u P -t iv 1878 the last yoar was commenced with o. debt «t £867 1« 7d. This has during the y< ar b-*u roi'ucod to £24214* lid, and it is noticipat^ by the end oMIlj present year that the amount w.ll bj nearly il i ot quite disposed of 161 volumes have been added to the Athouoam library durtog the past year, m a coat « f £'j7 Ua oi, and it is intended to spend £50 this ye r iv mw bonk. The Atherteiin olobsci the yew with|,o7 suli-.cn ho: s, j being an inon-aso ot three during the year. Th# total i number©! volumes in the lib) ary is 2230 The njfaparty ol the Tuapeka A theLtoum is va'ued at £4.09, made upas follows :— Athecamm, £20.0 ; library, £600 ; museum, £200 ; iuri.ituro £100 ; Dalf'a FJat reserve, £2000 ; Lawrence sections, £100. Altev all debts aie paid and amounts due receivod a credit balance of £48 4 14a Id is shown, 'ihe valuations wtre made by *n expert and are at a low rate. 'lhe Chairman of the Athei awm Committee at its annual meeting stated that during the past ye»r the Committee had spent £500 on fencing the reserve, or £1 per acre. The ovetdraf t of £250 was owing to thw , fencing, aßd they have noarly one-half of th»t amount due to them. He believed that Ihe Committee would be able to spend £«0 in books during the next halffollowing amoutts were expended by the Tuapeka County Council in the various ndin?« duriiff the nast year :— Gabriels, from revenue, £2'26i 12s Bd, from Government vote. £188 6s; Taviot, £3761 11b lOd, £134 L lie 81 : Waipori, £1084 2s 10-f, £186 6»; T^pa»ui £3138 Is 4d; Jamep, £4357 14a lid, £1375 10s; Beaumont, £75M 13s 3d, £4820 8s 8d ; Waitahuna, £287 9i Id; B.owns, £10,170 lls 7d, £1108: Omrki, £707 1 8s 9d, £512. Total from revenue, £83,256 7s 8d • total from Government vote, £9829 l»s lid, being