Our Petone correspondent Writes An ad journed meeting of the Petone Town Board was held on Tuesday evening. Present—Com missioners Buick, Battersby, Carter, Curtis, Johnson, Jackson, and Kirk (chairman). Mr King waited upon the board, returned tho •map which the Town Clerk said had been sold, and informed them that it had never been out of his possession, On the motion of Mr Johnson, it was resolved to place the following in tho minute-book, “That the board accept the plans from Mr King with thanks, and ex press regret at tho unpleasantness arising from the late Town Clerk stating that Mr King had sold them.” The Chairman was empowered to lay information before the super intendent of the detective force re the em bezzlement of the board’s fuads by tho lata Town Clerk. The board returned their best thanks to Mr Joplin for the valuable services rendered by him as secretary pro, tern., and voted him the sum of £5 as an honorarium. Mr James Reston, of Petone, was appointed Town Clerk. There were sixteen applications for the office, and some of them were from gentlemen of good business qualifications.
