The Felding Star. SATRDAY, MARCH 5, 1892. Borough Affairs

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 106, 5 March 1892, Page 2

The Felding Star. SATRDAY, MARCH 5, 1892. Borough Affairs

It must be a cause of great satisfaction fco the burgesses and residents of Feilding to see the steady progress the Borough is making in the direction of prosperity. The total valuation for rates for the curreut year is £10,767 an increase of £1093 on the preceding year. This is caused partly by the increase in the taxation value of vacant sections, and partly by the erection of new buildings. At the last meeting of the Council the Mayor, Mr W. G. Haybittle, was able to speak highly of the financial state of the Borough, and in consequence he was in a position to indicate certain very necessary public works which the Council could now undertake. In this he was heartily supported by the other members of the Council who unanimously declared themselves in favor of the suggested expenditure. The vote of £25 to the Fire Brigade to aid in liquidating the outstanding liability on the engine was passed in a proper spirit, and everyone will agree with the Mayor when he commended the Brigade for their promptness in turning out on all occasions when their services were required. The question of the transfer of the Recreation Reserve to the Council is one that has already been vary fully discussed by the Sports Committee and the agent for the Colonists Land and Loan Corporation, and no doubt what has already been done in respect of this reserve will be laid before the Council at the proper time. It is to be presumed that the application in connection with the section in Manchester street may be taken to imply that the Council are looking for a site to erect suitable Municipal buildings. Thero was nothing said or done relative to the Public Library and Reading Room, but that omission was doubtless owing to the great pressure of more important matter. The present Council is undoubtedly the most progressiye the burgesses have yet entrusted with the management of municipal affairs. Tuey have been also prudent in the control and expenditure of revenue, which has put them in the strong position they now hold in regard to undertaking works certain to prove beneficial to the ratepayers as a whole. M