PUBLIC MEETING AT WAIPAWA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3802, 21 September 1883, Page 2

PUBLIC MEETING AT WAIPAWA.

A public mooting, called to discuss tho provisions of tho Town Districts Act, was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Waipawa, on Wednesday evening. There was a largo attendance. Mr E. Hurwood was voted to the chair, and briefly stated the objects of the meeting. MrD. Guy, in a, foroil.li: upooch, K t:itod nt some length the argument:* in favor of an adoption of the principle;! of tho Act, and urged the people of VVVipawii U> be ■•..=• forward in tlic race of pr<<gw.;s ,v> H.if.tlh ;/■■•. and other \/>wm. He pob.U") >mt fb.ut by adopting the Act the rcv< : m/< : 'A" i'ut- i/jym ' would be jr,ere::.:-,ed by ■■■/nn'-, f.T/Ji, in tJi'.i' :' HO'ju'rijce of aiJ Yi'Mn-:': i'-.'r* in V,w;. !': gOJllg 1/1 \)l<: h'M<}, W.V:?-':*..-!, V,V, - [ piiV/.'t continued part '/f !.b<: r'>v: 'iiA\ri';\, :::.':. i those fee-< we/.t to the co/ifv. '( lie w.'n.foliowed by Mr Ji. 'li. Jolmwrj, w.i also Htrongly supported the adoption of ih<: Act Mr 71. Arrow al«o spoke in favor of the Act, and thought its adoption would benefit the township, but was afraid the town would reap no benefit unless the j property owners ftf the place could be induced to take a more active part in the government of tho town. A resolution affirming the desirability of bringing tho Act into operation, and appointing a committee to canvass for signatures to a petition, was carried with but one dissentient. The meeting was very orderly, and but one person, Mr M. Flynn, was rather noisy. He appeared to labor under the conviction that all the sj>eakers were " new chums," and tried to "stir things up in-order to bring damage to a place that had been happy for twenty years without change." Ho was corrected once or twice by the chairman, and at last hacl to be told that he would be put out by the police if he did not keep order. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings.