ARAHURA ROAD BOARD.

West Coast Times, Issue 907, 19 August 1868, Page 2

ARAHURA ROAD BOARD.

(PBOlt OUE OWN COEBESPONDENX.) August 14th. The meeting to be held this day lapsed, a quorum not being present. Messrs Beale and Molloy present. The meeting was adjourned to next day, afc 11 o'clock. August loth. ~ A meeting was held this day, at the office of the Board. Present — Mr Hannan (in the chair), Messrs Molloy and Owen. The minutes of last meeting wf re read and confirmed. The tenders for contract No. 16, for clearing the middle branch of Waimea Creek, were opened, viz. : — j Patrick Fox, £22 15s, accepted. M. Murphy, £35. E. L. Grant, £76/ Contract No. 17, making 10 chains 33ft. of new track to Greek's No. 1 : — M. Murphy, £40, accepted. P. Fox, £47 3 Bs. E. L. Grant, £76. A letter was received front the Grey Eoad Board, refusing to bear half of the subsidy for the upper Ferry, Teremakau.A letter was received irom the Xanieri Koad Board, asking for a copy of the Standing Orders. Tenders were received from Messrs Harnett and Co., and Brown and Klein, for the printing and advertising of the Board. Tenders were received from Messrs Harnett and Co., and Brown and Klein, for printing the Standing Orders. On the motion of Mr Hannan, the lowest , tender, Hametfc and Co.'s, for £3 10s, waa accepted. Mr Molloy proposed, and Mr Owen seconded, " That tjie consideration of the report of the Committee on the track to Humpy's Gully, be postponed to next meeting." Carried. Mr Hannan moved, and Mr Owen seconded, " That, as no answer has been received from the Hon. the County Chairman to letter No. 32, referring to our dividend of land sales, tho sectretary be instructed to communicate again on the subject ; also, to request information as to surplus revenue." The secretary was instructed to reply to the Kanieri Eoad Board, and say that a copy of the Standing Orders will be supplied as soon as printed. The secretary was instructed to inform D. Hughes of letter received from the Grey Eoad Board, and to say that, in consequence, this Board declines to grant subsidy. The Board then adjourned to Friday next, 21bt instant.

Mbs Bbown on Needlewobk. — So a ] l I've got to say is as needlework ain't a thing to get fat on, except tiiem as sells it thro' fine shops as is all outside show and never won't deal there myself, as 'ay 'ad enough of their rubbish. And I'm sure that last bonnet as I got was of all the swindles, but I've marked the shop, as they've not 'card the last on it ; as '11 be sorry for the day as they was that rude a-fusin' for to change it as wasn't crumpled the least, and the ribbin unsoiled. .Not as I cares, for I likes to wear good, things, and none of your sham finery for me, as is like walkin' about with your fellow creatures' flesh and blood on your back, as is what I don't 'old with. — "Cassell's Magazine." A few days ago a villager in Estremadura was drowned in attempting to cross the Tagus on horseback. The mayor ordered a search for the body. The edict gave, as a means of identification, the following particulars :—": — " Dark complexion, tall, marked impediment in speech." In a real property case, before a French judge, at an early period of the revolution, the defendant, whose title was contested, proved that tUo estato had been in his family for more than '200 years. " Well, then," said the judge, "it is full time for another family to have a turn." Knows his ' Man. — Mr .Noses :— " I know its no business of mine, Captain, what your wife's likely to come into ; but the fact is, you've no idea what interest I take in your affairs." Mr Noaes's customer : " Oh yes, I have Noses, it's just two hundred per cent/—" Judy,"