The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, MAT 31, 1883. The £6000 Loan

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 110, 31 May 1883, Page 2

The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, MAT 31, 1883. The £6000 Loan

On Paturday next the ratepayers are invited to poll their votes for or against a loan for the Borough of £6000, to be expended in public works for the benefit of the town and its residents. Ihe advantages to be derived from the expenditure of this money have been so often laid before the ratepayers that it is almost unnecessary for us to attempt to recapitulate them. A petition which was presented to the Borough Council contained the signatures of a decided majority in favor of the loan, and as a number of new names appear on the roll now in force, and these are of the party of progress now forming- amongst us, we have very little doubt as to the result on the polling day. In ail small communities there is certain to be a small party composed of dissatisfied persons, who, from want of success in life, or from some fancied wrong inflicted on them by some person who has taken better advan tage of his opportunities to advance his material interests in the Borough, or from mental obduracy and stupidity or physical incapacity which creates a constitutional dislike to hard work — in brief, there is always a number ot dissatisfied persons who will oppose any movement that they beh ye will go towards benefiting their fellow men. There is no use in our attempting to shut, our eyes to the fact that we have such persons in our midst, and that at a time like the present they can give a great deal of trouble, and do not fail to exercise th^ir power to do so to the fullest extent, in order to gratify their spleen against their fellow ratepayers. Jn order to defeat the machinations of this minority, every elector who is really desirous to advance his own interest and that of his family, should exercise his privilege of voting in favor of the loan, and thus enable the Borough to be lifted to its proper position among the townships on the West Coast — by having* its streets formed, and the town made attractive to new settlers who will share in the payment of the burdens now borne by the limited number of ratepayers who appear on the burgess roll. One thing must be said to those who are in favor of the loan, but who are apathetic enough to allow any small trouble or inconvenience to prevent them coming; to register their votes. Positive oppo sition can be met and com batted, but laziness and indifference are enemies that are the hardest to overcome. Let such remember that luke-warm friends are worse than open foes, and although they are held in universal contempt, yet the injury a good cause Buffers from their inaction is more galling than the sorest wounds inflicted in fair fight. On this occasion let them " shake off dull sloth " and lend their assistance for the common weal, by not only exerting themselves but by stirring up their friends and acquaintances. Complaints have been made that our City Fathers are as careless and apathetic as the most idle and careless electors in the Borough, and that they do not take that lively interest in public affairs that men occupying similar public positions in other places are in the custom or habit of exercising. 'I his may have a grain of truth in it, but it must be remf-m bered that the burgees rh themselves have never exercised these qualities which would call forth any great need for a great display of public leeling. The Borough Council, as now constituted, is composed of men who are in every way capable of performing th-ir public duties and administering the affairs of the Borough with honesty, integrity, and zeal, and managing them with the fame wisdom and discretion that has been displayed liy tlieui in the conduct of their private affairs and business In conclusion, we would ask every man who has the prosperity of the Borough at heart to vote u» favor ol the loan. Ami let

this b« remembered, that no oppjn KNT TO THE MKA>UHE HAS YKT ADVANCED A SIXGLK HEASON WHY IHK loan sholld not be RAISED. Personal motives alone actuate such persons, and it is to be hoped they will find themselves in a miserable minority on Saturday noxt.