CORRECTION!

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 289, 31 March 1941, Page 5

CORRECTION!

CONTRIBUTORS ALLEGATION! SEWAGE LOAN QUESTION ' I " In a recent letter appearing in our correspondence columns s " over the uom-de-plume 'Stay Put* the statement was made! "Surely this is not the same Mr -* Canning who some time, ago, fought tooth and nail against a proposed sewerage scheme for Whakatane because it would increase his rates." We understand ?. that the writer had no founda- ; tion whatsoever tor making such a declaration and as we had no knowledge of the subject which occurred some time | before the BEACON commenced! publication we .regret its inference, make retraction, and hasten to apologiise foi any injury Mr Canning may have felt.

(The true position of the proced->-ure of the sewerage loan has been! made known to us by the Town. Clerk, Mr D. V. Saunders. A special' rating area, which included the business section and that portion of the residential area known as 'Apanui' was investigated with the idea of installing a modern seweragesystem. The engineer's estimate atthe time was £16 } "500. A poll wast taken and the scheme was carrifed by 29 votes >o 5. The public interest in the project could not have been great in vieAv of the fact that the Borough Roll indicated no less than 239 ratepayer? eligible to vote. Tenders were promptly called fill® from them it was learnt that the scheme Avas likely to cost between £23,000 and £25,000. This was considered quite beyond the resources of the Borough at the time and as a result, the Health Board which had instigated the move in the first instance agreed to temporarily shelve it until a more favourable opportunity presented itself. The council in voting for the first pro-, posal was unanimous. Ed,)