THE ELECTRIC LIGHT QUESTION.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 289, 12 June 1896, Page 2

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT QUESTION.

TO THE EDITOB. 1' Sin,— To-day tbe ratepayers of -ay limited district are called upon to; vote for a loan of three thousand pdands; for the purpose of the electric light, and there is little doubt but it Would be carried if we bad a practical Borough' Council that could be trusted to carry out the matter properly, but they seem to fail, or make mistakes, in all their* undertakings. Look, for instance, at the spending of £84 on Manchester Square. What was done with it. ?.■ Wny ; all the rubbish taken off the roads, around it, making the grass more un- .. tidy than it was, and a poor, unfinished concrete curb put ;.: round, left ,',to^be'\: broken by horses and cattle, and children. Surely a post and rail fence, and planted with ornamental ( trees and shrubs, and a seat or two, would have, been far preferable and more satisfactory to those who contributed to the fund for "beautifying" the Square. Then, again, tbe Council Chambers were to cost nine hundred pounds, and they cost one thousand and fifty poundsY Then tbe "Public Library" has an W" - trance in the back yard, and strangers go away laughing at it ; and these" ar© the men asking us to trust them with the spending of £3000 (three thousand). Ratepayers, look out for yourselves. If ; we are to borrow £8000 let us have it for water and drainage. r< I am, &c, ;/ "i TowNsiffjr. Feilding, 12th Jnne, 1896.