Manchester Road Board

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 39, 17 September 1892, Page 2

Manchester Road Board

THE SEPABATION QUESTION. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT, j A meeting of ratepayers was held in the Piikerba schoolhouse "on the Sptir road last Tuesday, evening,, to oppose the separation of No 6, Ward from the Manchester Boad District, Mr G. Prendergast was voted to the chair. He stated that the meeting had been called to protest against the action of the Asharst ratepayers in endeavouring^ to" obtain the separation of ;No, 6 Ward < from ;fehe Manchester Boad District. He believed those present were aware .that a meeting had been held in Ashvurst a few nights ago to discuss the question of the separation of No 6 Ward, That meeting hold been called a public meeting of ratepayers when in fact the majority of> the ratepayers outside of Ashurst knew nothing whatever that such a; meeting! was to be held. In calling a meeting to consider such an important question as the separation of the ward, sufficient notice should have been given to 'all tHe ratepayers so that the question couldbe fairly, discussed. He could not see any: necessity for separating from the Manchester Boad District, and thought it would be to, the interest of all the settlers to oppose it, : ; / 'i: - 1 A general discussion ensued in which all the ratepayers present strongly condemned the proposed separation. • Mrßyan proposed, That this meeting protest against, the action of the Ashurst ratepayers in holding a meeting without giving notice to the other ratepayers of No 6 Ward, and in passing at such meeting resolutions for 1 separating this Ward from the Manchester Boad Board. Seconded by Mr GundersOn and carried unanimously. Proposed by Mr Conway, That the ratepayers present at this meeting are desirous to warn! the ratepayers of the other wards in the Manchester ;Bo ad District that they, are not in 'favour of separating' from the; Manchester 'Boad Board, and joining the Pohangina Boad Board. We also wish to inform them that not one present at this meetirig-kriiew anything; whatever of the meeting held' in Ashurst until after it was Over. Seconded by Mr Bnnn and carried unanimously. Proposed by Mr Murphy, That the ratepayers present strongly object to joining the Pohangina Boad Board for reasons that can be explained at any public meeting, the Ashurst ratepayers wish to call. Seconded by Mr McKenzie and carried unaniously. •''■''■•■ ' ■ A vote of thinks to the' chairman con < eluded the meeting. . ;