The Borough Loan

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 86, 7 January 1888, Page 2

The Borough Loan

As we surmised would be the case the I burgesses yesterday did not give very hearty support to the loan proposals of the Council. Gniy eighty- eight votes were recorded and of these ten were against. We warned Councillors that unless they showed some personal interest in the matter failure would result, Our suggestions were treated with contempt as may be seen from our report of the proceedings of the Council on Thursday night. When it is too late they have found out their mistake. Another adverse influence lay in the fact that the burgesses have —not without good reason — arrived at the belief the Council is determined to act in antagonism to their wishes, no matter what these may be, or how expressed. We admit - for ourselves —that according to the light which is in them, the councillors do their best, bat it seemfi to a great many people

who think over matters, that the} for- ! get they are the servants of the said < burgesses to whom therefore more consideration, is due. They appear to l have no sympathy whatever with the : wants, feelings, or desires of the gen- J < eral public. Individually the coun- ' ! cillors are good citizens and estimable men, but in their collective capacity they display a most singular pervers- . ( itj when compared with the many good i qualities they exhibit in their private i lives. We hope the snub the bur- i gesses have just given them will be a ' lesson never to be forgotten. Of course it can be said on the other hand that the burgesses should do ; whatever they are told by the Council, ' when the latter have decided that a , certain act is necessary for the good and welfare of the Borough. Very : true in the abstract, but if the Council is not in the enjoyment of the confidence of the burgesses the latter are not likely to iguore the frequent snubs they have received from the Council, and assist when their assistance is most needed. There is a good deal of human nature in burgesses.