KENSINGTON WATER SUPPLY.

Evening Star, Issue 4275, 8 November 1876, Page 4

KENSINGTON WATER SUPPLY.

:;, ,;/" ' l V To Me Editor. t J heard that the deputation wftch wasf "appointed to wait upon the Mayor at the meeting held at Kensington on <failed to secure the terms they • desir : edif.gi it imperatively necessary that the" ■ inhabitants take some immediate action to secure a continuance of the present Jtflter supply. ;This, it appears, can only be stained by bringing the district under the operation of the Dunedin Waterworks Extension. Act, which "requires the assent of the inhabitants. I understand; that'there are a number of persons who object to be compulsbrily rated; but they : mußtj understand that- a permanent supply cannot be secured on any other terms, the City beingsupplied on the same conditions. Even if the Caversham Road Board ban l .; in a BU PJPIy» they would require com]pnlsorily to make iVpay. •To cut Bff'iUe would inflict a great |t adship phproperty holders, for they must either, . ; g0.,-I^' J th^ ; expense of making provision. for & temporary supply or permit their property to become tenantlesq. On the score of water, too, the objectors dught te give way, and in the case of a fire breaking otiti with no water to stay its progress, the place would stand a good chance demolition. No doubt, after such a catastrophe, those persons who object to do Anytijiag that affects their pockets, would be sadder and. • reiser meh. •-. I trust '''' the inhabitants will, take immediate action in the matter.;—l am, Sea.,

-_ . if! : ' A Resident. Kenamgtbn,November 7.