RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4005, 11 August 1915, Page 7

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

SAT U [{DAY’S* M ITCHES. The following fixtures have Leon arranged for eAAimlay next: —Junior.-Kaiti-City v. A\ r esl End No. 1, 3 p.m. Referee, Mr A. Wallace. —Thirds.--West End A v. AA’est End B, No. 2, 3 p.m. Referee, Mr Pu-lney. High School v. Katii-C’itv, No. 2, j 1.45 p.m. Referee, Mr Burge. j The following will rep res.-nt West J End B team : —We:-ton. .Mooney, j Davies, Richards. lloflier, Fanning, ! Young, Young, Whitfield, Rristley, Notiing, Hatton, ,S eats. DuJiie, Muir. Emergencies: Pointon, llaache, Torrie, CuikL WAIAPy COUfrTY GOy&GSL MONTH LY 'MELTING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) WAIPIRQ BAY. Aug. 5. | The monthly mealing of the \\ aiapu j County Council was held in the Cotur- j eil room, Waipiro Bay. there being j present-: Crs Iv. S. Williams (chair--; man), A. B. AA iliiams. J. 11. McNeil, • ('. 'Williamson, E. R. Murphy. C. J. i B. Beckett, and \Ym. Oates. CORRESPONDENCE. I G. AA'. Heald wrote r-•signing i:is position as a member ol tile We.uqm • County Council. —I lie n .-ignalsoa '- r.s accepted with very much regret. Mr AY. D. C. MacDonald, M.i : . : wrote enclosing a letter Lorn the ; Minister for Public Wonts in refer- , ence to the Council’s application for j provision to be made to increase the - subsidy to the Rotokautuku bridge.— i Received. Messrs .J. and 0. H. Clark wrote \ asking the Council whether it- could see its way to get the road between Mr Metcalfe’s' homestead ami their wool shed formed. —Messrs Clark to be informed that tlie engiin-rr has Bte matter in liand and mil. in aii probability. be on the "Mined shortly to see what can be clone. Messrs Oates and ‘A. G. Ivor.no wrote asking the Council to erect- a groyne in the river nr the eonier ot section 5 block 3, Tnatim.--’] ini Chairman proposed and it was seconded by Or Beckett and carried that Messrs Dates and Keane be informed. that the Council does- not recognise it as its duty to protect private property. Messrs Carl it;.', McLean, Ycannoli, and AVood wrote in rei’eroneo to legalising the road through B2AI AA'lmngaparau, and asking the Council to hasten me.tiers on. To ho informed that the matter is in the hands of .the Council’s solicitors with instructions to expedite the matter. Messrs Kirk, Burnard and Sievwright wrote in reference to a road in course of construction near anti through Mr E. J. Lysnrj.r s property and awkwardly cutting on: portions ot the same. —To be informed that- t,ie Council tinderstands that the road referred to was surveyed some years ago and, if Mr Lysimr desires any alteration of the- route, the Council suggests that ho arrange a date to moot some members of the Council and discuss the matter. The Cook County Council wrote m regard to the mam road through 'iau.whavoparnc Block, stating that- lue Gisborne- Harbor Board had made a pfoiiosal to cede a portion <u the blow,-. to tho AYaiapu County Coum il and asking that the AYaiapu (Emily Council apnoint a delegate to meim delegates from the Conk County v.oiinci and Gisborne Harbor Bon’d to discuss the whole matter of boum.mry and contribution to the cmmm-lwig tnain road on the 4th August. Lr E. ■; - Murphy was appointed t-lu U-ouwil -

delegate. , ~ .. Henan* Raroa and other Natives - m r l'e Kaap wrote, in reference to the road now being surveyed through D Kapa Block, objecting to same.—to lie informed that the Council m-not man ing a survey of any com! tlu-ougii e , Kapa, neither are they taking am action in the matter beyond that U McNeil was requested to obtain t m signatures of ratepayers to a ptiß-mik if a road was required. The 'Minister for Public*, \vorks tol«- ■ graphed stating that* ample provision was UeTiig made V..r the erection ol the Rotokautuku bridge.— Receded. TENDERS. The Council vyeiiL into committee to open and consider teudeis. ■' ,x miming, it was decided to accept the following tenders: 1) or Con-i act 19 J. Harvey, £468; Contract LJ-■- f > |- Tobin. £IOOB ss; Contract U-lm TTarvov, £1 / ,r >o / h Gti. , ” Tho‘Eno;ineer , >s and Overseers reports were read and considered. 1 GENERALCr McNeil inquired vlicther Mr Hirvev was going on with the noi war. instructed i<> »"»*»»«•“ A “ contractor to stop the, work on road for the present- to get tho “Urate or 2(1 in the f «» «* on the rateable value of all latcabl - property in the County. . -. > . Cr McNeil proposed secon led tho chairman, that a iofctoi. - dolenoo he sent to the daughters of U late Mr J. Knox expressing tho Lpnnrips deep regret at the news ol Indeath and expressing ite appreciation of his many /me qualities. .Accounts amounting to £3* '4 JJs wore passed for payment.