Waste Lands Board.

Southland Times, Issue 8007, 1 May 1885, Page 3

Waste Lands Board.

tfmrtisbATi 30$h April*

v I^© weeklj tniwitinsr was attended by x- the /'Ctufef pofipniwibner (Mr J. Spenoe), *•-■ tnd Metora Dennißton, LumsdeD, Toahach,

v -andvOowan*: -?.•■:. , c •■ T. M. Bntler i»rdte complaining that ' filoiae and ficfberti/ 'contractors for rdad v pottos near Dfnmrhond, hsd thrown the Di! *" Hitf iptritigs ' firdta' a gravel pit into a A ,,.|fewmg.thHJtt^titHo village,. thereby daiiiß* r fin^Lj^ wstei;t6; 'overflow the Bectionl— The r land ia gnestion haying been sold, Board has no jdrisdiction, and reßoltred '.r "■ iccpr4ibgly.c , « n .gci vz-h ThofoHowingiapplications were granted: WFo complete purchase; Jas. figao, «ecir- tion 59®, ° flokonai; Topurchage'j John ?- ri Bection 3, block 1 } Morley, James ' *rrendOn, 60 acresj adjoining section 284, V f orSat^Hill Hliadred; v

IP; applied to purchase 100 ftcrpi adjoining township, — The land beiiig part'o? preserve it was reeolved that tbe Banger report on the question of cutting itup,as also any other abandoned bnsh areas in the same district.

,~ :-. The -Banger jeported on the application %jiri^fttn^Wil£s "to p6«hase^defejrfed pay. t? jrlect ie r tioa| 9fyAbiodkV $ tnyetcargHl «5 j, Hundred, formerly "held "by, her deceased W?htsl»D.<li" f *TPhe ?en<jiof |ud building jtn- | r fptoTOmjrot|ii%ere full, bu£the condition i JjWt-th^e|i^rthii of iihe^area shjnld bo been* cdmpliea; With. v^eiß?ngM eixpreßsed^dpobt whether : tHe. : interests of tbe^ children 'would, bo *•*' test wrVed-by perinijtlng pilrchaeei— -Sle* ..-*, - iolyed^that the flintter be held o vet for - theattefldance of the applicant's solicitor. The Banger reported on the fulfillment ' ,t>! ttfe conditions of the lease for Hme bqraipg parpoßes held by James ; McDtinaW, at.Limebilloi.. The works! were l *'" ■ jncst !jcd,tnp]e : i^| having tf>st about liIOOO. p6oo» bifl Ibeon - very BinWU, bj».t shoatd ) the f^ijo^W ,sho^. ifiny deetre; to taka, it li\ i quadthies^i* hiight;be[ 'BO.ld.at.l6i perjton ' bb Bgßinet 265, ihe maximum price tinder the ltftßQ» , .The. .ipriner price-was double Waihola Wqtka. " Tiie difference'bfeine ..ba^ijsed by the ooot of fuel at Litnebiilß. 4 :; ; -Tbe;quantity sold dm- '.^ inPthe pait six luoßtha /had been 27 tons, There w»s a quantity -In stock, and the • ■ Tes&e i waa prep Wed tn • produce largely if :ii T demand spruog pp.^After some dis* : / cUßßibn of the conditionß of the lease the : allowed' to 4*" 0 P« " jprbteptjoq was granted to Gep. Bench .. fota coal- prospecting ar6a. ; of 80 anres at West Dome,; on the.underst«nding that the Board is.not bojond to grant ihat. ared if -■ - applied for : the period to be two monibs.^ ?r4 of the pawmill lioenne of' Sons'; Kahikatißa mill, to .Bifqther^ was granted, on the" tippiicntion of ' Mr-0. Bpltt. , ,: ■. j&% Perry, Bawmillers,"Wakapaip,; >? spp««rod to answer a complaint that they jgW. harfinotCmade rfturns of timWr cnt and w-4& I P*O roy^tjr.; sChey explfio«d that they, were Ibj^tu^l^workeir^flthe "mill, and. '^hatfdipi&deiJ on their pirtn^r, A* T. Per « . "«/ king, to iaake^ -the returns, which ha bad ' '"' failedftitp-*oro. " The partnership was now" difwolred, arid : 'they J?6uld see f hat the' r: yffisti&HlM e?p)anati&i; was; r A^Sal^iar^a^iaJii,- jo^plained of tnie ;i - iwib^riwll -pfj theT leases of lignite reserves in thatlocality frpm sale, and they . w krttiHigtcptEEfii fd^fupther teria^ ?! present ; :Jtte r w«lof opiniohfr * r ' thiit ? thi' 4 temif woafd jfta%jS«been mnch: lajirerhad f |h^Je|i»B,gonejto action } 4nd lip pit th<? aoUos^t*be Board was eifoMent|tb pirpetefi;| leases to the Jwld^t^faiiS&fefeeb. He asked; that the matter be refipnsidered, and toe^ c , leaaes pat op to aa6tibii;7: T .^/- ; »;:■,'.-,=•■ 1/ -The J3hief Comraistioner said that an apology^§B I-Jtd thlwifrtei'i who fcid -i r Jconwi; tOilownto bidi or the leases ; Jtyat tfce; : ; .'; Bo^^cpnlinpt,in^iew p^pxeVioiis prof mises, refuse to grant a renewal pf the l(*a«es, and there was no tinie to announce ■-:-• that the* sale would not come «ff.— Letter '■k -' iteceivedi no^action, takeni, : ; • •3-n" jSci; Tappery laawmilleiv napplie^ to be; '■- : -- pUoad nnder tib}o~Biew regniatiQna, or for gfe;-»pi|i|ftf ife SS!^ P P?^ a^V jftew

are put in fdrce r a« ho desired to prevent a recurrence of the rOya'ty difficulty; J Ha thought thnt a returu of the royalty "paid kt "hII? the * niills in the dfatrtbt fyduld ; prove tiiat-^he had paid on a very high yield p%avre cut oVtr* probably 19,000 fcetv- ": : 'yy':/ ■-^y-' : ''-.:^; ' ; ■•. ..■ :■■-'-■ -\ : ';''

The Chief jComniißßioDer paid that the applicant cortld' not bt }>n£ under the A new regulations for the reason that they had not been sanctioned by the Government. The Board "had no power to grant permis rion to close the mills. ; ; |n reply to , Lutijsden: thie "'new rogrilatron»^ad,notyot bwri forwarded, anil it was dou^tiu! if the Government would a lopt them as th>y Btood, He believed the ifltVntion of theGovernment was to frame a uniform set of regulations for the colony. Mr Lumslen said that in that cane the Bot r>lY proposed regulations BhouW;beforwarded the Government might find some information in them to guide them in framing these for the colony. This was agreed to and the Board went into committee. ; • \H ■'.>"< -:/>::? \ > s On resaminp, it was moved by Mr Denniston,^and seconded by Mr Cowan— •' That the Board regrets that; owing fo 4 the expected viait of the Hon, the Minister of Lands having' unavoidably fallen through, there will not be ; an opportunity for |h« ■ Board to^ ; confer with "him in terms uot its resolution of the inst, that the, Board 1 resolves that the attention of the Minister ' be called to the fact that for more than three years' upwards of 6000; acres inthe Oteramika district have been withheld from sale pending survey of the extension to Matatfra of the Seaward Bqsh railway ,• . that; it be represented that tliis state of things.iainimfcal to settlement and unfair to the district ' concerned "T^£ it be further repreeented that the Board haa, on seyeral.occasions, b ad to refuse, applications .for land, embraced in the reserved area, the last of these haying come before the -Board 1 : on the 9.tUiQ6t,} that the Board respcctfafly^ urge on the Minister the necessity for immediate steps being taken to release arid open for sale the 1 »nd in question, and is dfbpition that the land wbuld'afr once acquire additional value by the survey of th^raiTway proposed to be inabV'-— JDhe resolution ..was carried unanimously » The Board then adjourned.