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Dundas Road Board The Share Market.MONTHLY MEETINGThe ordinary monthly meeting of Ibe Dundai Koad Board was held at the Secretary! office on Friday evening last. Present—Messrs W Gibson (in the chair) W Baird and J O' NeillThe returning officer reported that at the extraordinary election held Trecently to fill the vacancy created by .the death of Mr Patterson, the only 'nomination wai that of Mr W. Baird, who waa duly declared electedThe acting chairman'* (Mr Gibion) •aid he regretted that their chairman was not present on Mr Baird- first attendance at a meeting of the board, bat it gave him great pleasure, in the chairmans absence^ to extend Mr Baird cordial welcome. He was sure Mr Baird would work with the other mem biers in the best interests of the district,Mr Baird, in response, thanked the Board for their kind reception. He would work in the best interes's of the Board and the ratepayers, and see that the money was spent in a properThe Esperance Road Board wrote Wising if the Board wonld concur in an application to the Government to amend the boundries of the two Boarda by shifting the dividing line betwt en the two Boards southwards to Salmon Gums. It wu pointed out that under the present arrangers o' the Esp -ranee Board has to supervise 90 miles of the Norsemsn-Esperance road, and that it is impossible to do 1 tisfaetory work ■tso great a distance. The Board also suggested that of the £126 remaining in the Dundas Boards hands of the £400 grant for the Esperance road, they expend £too in clearing s new track along the railway survey line.Mr O'Neill said that if the Dundas Board extended their terri'ory south ward.they would be taking in a bad piece of road,Mr Gibson said that if there was a possibility of the Esperance Board making trouble about the piece of road the Dundas Board had spoiled at the Glue Pot, it was just at well to take the bull by the horns and take the road into the Dundas Boards boundary to save tumble.Mr Baird asked if it wss advisable to decide so Important a matter when so few members were present.The Secretary: We hare a quorum and have authority to transact any business.Mr Gibson said that if the boundar lea were shifted ss requested the Esperance Board would still have two miles more of the roadkhan the Dundas Board.Mr Baird: And theirs is Ihe worst portion. I move that we support the request to move the bound sty.Mr O'Neill: I'll second the motion but personally I am against it.The motion was carried.Mr Baird was opposed to spending £100 ol the rem tinder of the grant in clearing a new track on the railway aurvey line. There was no prospect of the railway bill passing in the uoper house so the money would be better spent on the present road.Tire Secretary: I know for a fact that the ncses hive been counted and thefeis a majority in favor of the billin the upper house,Mr Biird: I'm very doubtfull. ABill for the Esperance—Salmon Gums portion would go through. I know positively that’l it would have gone through last time, but there was not —and is not—a chance of getting the through line.Mr Gilmore wrote stating that he had recently heard ol a deposit of gravel near the Glue Pot. Ht would short ly search this deposit and if he could find it would send the Board a sample together with an offer to repair the road with it.Mr Baird: I dont think there is Ihe slightest difficulty in getting gravel near the Glue Pot Is there not limestone country at the approach to theThe Secretary: Yes, but it would have to be broken, and breaking is too expensive, we want gravel.Mr Baird: Is there not gravel on the ridge this side of the Glue Pot.The Secretary: Yes. but It is too far to cart it. The cost of carting would be too high.Mr Baird: I think even if it coitly it would be betier to have one mile of good road than 4 miles like Ihe preaent piece.The Secretary: That road is not hopeless yet. I see in the 'Norseman Times' that a man complains that took him 1 hours to get through the Glue Pot; on one occassion in the early days it took me two daysMr Baird: I suggest that we leave the matter of the Glue Pot till we h-ar from Gilmore about the gravel. But we could repair that bit at tha 79The following share prices were •applied by D. J. Carmichael, share broker, successor to Ward and Co of Kalgoorlie, at 10.21. sum today:— Bullfinch IO3 4id, IDs 7|d Stars, 2s lid, 3s Id Links, Is 7d, Is 9d Birthday Gift, (cons) 5d, 6d Cnmberlands9d, lid Golden Ridge. 5s lid, seller Boulders, 9s I Id IOs Id Luptons, 2s 9d buyer Mararoa, 6s lOd, 7s 2d,Marvel Loch, 4s IOd, 5s M H Walsh, of Kalgoorlie, wired us as follows at 12 10 today Bnllfinch 10s 4^d, 10s 6d Golden Links, Is 6d, Is 9d British, 46s 9d Boulders, 9s lid, IOs IJd Mararoa, 6s I Id, £8 2d Marvel Lochs, 4s IOd, 5s Stars Ss IdSonth Kalgnrli 8s 9d, buyer Commodore, Is, Is 2d75 Years f with Coughs |Ws hsvs had amnty-flvsyears’ experience with Ayer's A (Hurry Pectoral. This makes ■as have great confidence in it I for coughs, colds, bronchitis, § throats, andAyer’sBOLDPOB 75 YBAEB1 We went you to have confidence in this medicine also. Yon car-1 tainly will, if only yon give it s good trial. Ask your doctor what confidence he has in it. Bold in three sizes.* Hard colds and coughs often A upeet the whole system. The Z, liver becomes sluggish and youU have constipation, indigestion, I biliousness. Just remembei | Ayor's Pills are liver pills, act | directly on the liver. Dose, oniy I one pill at bedtime.9 Prepared hr EX. J.O. ATS! S CO.. a howeU. Kua., O.B. A.The Becretajy: Tint is the worst bit of road in our territory, but the grant was made for expenditure betweenthe 64 mile and 72 mile pegs. I got a price for that bad piece while I was down. Fnteeo chains needs doir.g and the price wss £5 per chain.Mr Brird : They are making very good roads at Esperance—I think at less than Hat. '1 hey are using sea weed for it foundation.The Secretary : 1 think their roadscost about £15 per chain. They prepale a foundation, whereas we just put down gravel on the natural surface.Resolved—That the Esperance Board be asked for particulars of their method of road making and its cost The Board approved of the 8ecretarys arrangement with Mr Lyons whereby that gentleman is to do eight hours rolling on the Mildura and Viking roads wiih four horses for £3 ios, of which amount Mr Lyons has to pay the Municipal Council 151 for the use of the roller They approved also of the following recommendation—Tnat nothing be done to the Sun Bike pad, (1) that Mr Reynolds offer to repair culvert near Break O'Day for £6 be acceptedMr Baird: What was the cost of the road from the railway line to the Mildura.The Secretary: £79 14s Mr Baird: What was the idea of making it?The Secretary: Well, the Board discussed the proposal and adoptedMr Baird: Is anyone going to useThe Secretary: I dont know. Time alone can tell.A rate of 11 in the pound on the annnal value was struck for the cur rent year, this being ihe same as in the past year. It was resolv'd that the rate book for last v -ar be user' with such additiona and alter ai ions r m.ij be necessary.The Secretary ri-ported tha', as instructed, he bad r* bed 10 Mr M.r-quand, in respors- ’o .. ..omplaint fromthat gentleman lt;11 • *, ri goats, that the be t i ,.i -‘(--tided no to do anything at presen’.Accounts were ,5 for nsyiv' amounting topayment of that ann.u t me Board's iunda will amount to 1231 18s idTheSaturdiand att ResuBaJoSqBettiTcAtNlt;BettiMLcCcBettiMi. Mi ' Fa BettiTcH;AtBettiPa8tMBettiThe Saturdi and theResiIWBiDiAPaClBettiHNCiBeil0TOBetiInteLECFTherainSOFS'TheWlt; hinds 7 be)WesT)Coy satisf be re undei 7 he adjus the pDoc Salt i Maitin
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Norseman Times
Norseman, Western Australia, AU
Mon, Jul 22, 1912
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