MEETING OF NEWTON RATEPAYERS.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1677, 3 July 1875, Page 3

MEETING OF NEWTON RATEPAYERS.

A meeting of the ratepayer! of the Newton district was held last evening in Jeune's Ball of Progress, East-streeJ^ Newton, for the I purpose of considering matters of local importance. Mr J7&. Wilkes in the chair. Th« chairman complained of the condition of wvtral streets in the locality wlbich had been sadjy neglected by the! Board. He opposed the, designs of the O*W Council to'annex NetHon to the city.-4 °Tr Jeune believed the tnurteeß had done & j-it they could for the district, and ifp ley had erred in judgment, their «Motives were good.

W-fre '"^S^ 8^ is blbproVe of borrowing f*t) n in the locahvy^Vx¥: -l^er^^s of opinion- that judicious borrowing, would be of*great advantage to the ratepayers.— Mr Cherry had ccme fearlessly foiward as one of the trustees and was prepared to answer any questions that might be put to him. "With regard to borrowing of money, the person who brought the question fppward should answer it. He must say that Mr Jeune had acted properly in calling the meeting together for discussing matters of local interest—Sergeant-Major Haslem expressed himself in favor of the trustees, who had done their part well, and had improved the district consi* derably j* the workjmost needed had been done in the district.—Mr. Wilkes said, in respect of the streets of Newton, that the ratepayers had petitioned the Board, but had been told by tbat body that they must put their hands in lleir pockets and do the work themselves. He named one street that had remained in a dangerous and unsafe condition for six years ;j the street was in a most disgraceful state, and should receive prompt attention as:it was the entrance into the district.—After some further discussion, without any resolution being passed, the meeting closed with votes of thanks to Mr Jeune and the Chairman.