FOXON.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 78, 18 July 1877, Page 3

FOXON.

a a :. 0i tom our own Correspondent.) ::; ' ; ■'"•' „• ■ . •._._:/.;;' )_.,■ July 16. ■'■'■ i A»meetirig of the busiriess'men of Foxton and some .of. the settlers m the dis^trict, was held this afternoon at Whyte's Hotel, .Mr E. S. Thynne, m the Chair; The meeting was or a , twbf old' nature,, the first part of it being to petition the ~' r government tp make a . road f rom Fox- ■' ton to' Otaki, and the secbndvto consider the storage rates m "the^ Government sheds. ■ It was; proposed b.y t . ]MCr Ceowthee, ' by Mr G-ray^ and carried unanimously, That Messrs Davis, Lid-"'^•^fl^^ebbell/'knd'-Tt^n^be'apipoiiiited". ' a committee to dra\v ;up a petition to the Government; to form a line of road, froni FoxtPri to, Otaki, and that they' continue as a' committee to obtain „ / Bigriitures, and to communicate with the vjv^ojernmeriti ,■■■■■■ : ' ;; :f : t The /CeUlßiian said, that he would now call the iheetirig's attention to the .second bbjeet of ; the^^ meeting, that of 'the storage : rates m the/Gfovernmeri"t 'sheds.:" : ;■:-■ \ .V; • '/ v/ :'/;'•: ■■■" . .-v . ._• v - ; , j :~ Mr^^KEßßELLproppsed/aridMrLoudbri : -; Mecbrided, a ■ -cqmm : itte&' be ap-/ pointed to draw up. a^petition to the " Groverrimerit tol;he effect^ that the storage off all goods be reduced from 2s a ton j^^daytp Is a-ton for first week's storage, and. then 2s per week. •Carried. ; r . r: by Mr .Eebbell, -seconded ijy Mr F. "Loudbri, arid 'carried, That - Messrs Grayj Crowther, and B^attie /be a committee to arrange the same. , / After these resolutions were passed; ;Pth© meeting, terminated. f; -'/;