SOUTH DUNEDIN MUNICIPAL ACTIONS.

Evening Star, Issue 4281, 15 November 1876, Page 4

SOUTH DUNEDIN MUNICIPAL ACTIONS.

r ... , f ' To the Editor, ; , |: fan -t-As a ratepayer, and one who Voted in favor of the present advertised L 3,000 a* the r , meeting on the 6fch of October last,, and vriiosS party was in the minority that evening, I ask are the Mayor and Council show-ing-respect orcomplying with the wishes of .-! ■ that majority, which was adverse to borrowina at that meeting, in now calling for A tenders for L 3,000 when a financial statement has not yet been published, which was •iT r. demanded to be made ? t a special meetihg of tfiib Ootihcil on the 6th inst., ‘with the | iiU Mayorihd one Councillor absent, I believe 3 ‘ they (wittx one exception) motion for a L 4.000 loan, and in as many minutes ..,« CoundUora present, tabled a, ' gaining?friends to the ,-*■ ‘Municipal cause. I say ‘''No. 1 ” •-■Should ■ snob important' business bh tmdertaken in .<> absence ; of the &nd 'obe^^he Councillors f If this money is obtained; lit -.wiU.be from thosewho hayer the. limp’s share rwidencee.are in town .and in who?# £ ’ offices the majority of ratepayers believe onr > Municipal matters are otednoted. Onr past r :J . and our present actions are laughed at and r, i ridiculed by outsiders ; nor is this sutprising. We ourselves are indifferent tb thas Municipal farce, and, I.might say,, treat and v ■ Bjje£k‘ irim. disrespect of thh ereathStr to the Btaiallest;6f bpj&elongings. Every day the r feebhgis beoondng stronger for incorporating er 1 with another, body ; and I a doubt not our public body will - bring? about its own disruption and natural death quicker than we onrselves think.—l am, &<•., Justice.

.i • i' ■ s!■'i Dunedin, November IT.