THE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 174, 23 February 1867, Page 2

THE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

(To the Editor of the Grey liiver Argus.) Siß.r— l a;u sure that many persons besides; myself must have been greatly v&t6nishedt«x find'from the account of the first meetirig of the .new lmprovement- Comj^ttee thit gome of the membeis of that body Oppose; the proV posed municipality, although the members of ' the Committee are pledged by 1 the resolution of the public meeting to use their best efforts, to obtain municipal powers fqr the town, It seems to «mo sir," that Messrs Whall and Fisher are guilty of contempt towards the. public in this matter, for, tint for the condition pledging the OouuuitteeJ*the public meeting would assuredly have' carried Mr Ki?e* i ig's resolution— which was to abolish tho Improvement Committee and appoint «i Special Committee for the sole purpose of promoting the wishes; of the in^ habitants with regardto a legally constituted civic government, " Such beiug» the circumstances under which the newt Improvement ; Committee holds oifice, it lmisfc be evident tv everyone- but the "irentlemen themselves, that Messrs Whall and Fisher have uo business to remain in the CVinmittee, indeed I cannot conceive how Mr Whall could allow himself to be nominated when In avowed himself tq be strongly opposed to the proposed municipal measure, I am' told, sir, that r Mr Whall intends at the next meeting to give notice of amotion onthesubjectof a Road Board — that is to say he is of opinion that' a Road Board would be better, adapted for the wants of the community than a Municipal Council. ButT can scarcely think that Mr Whall is so igno» rant as not to know that Road Boards are bodies created only for countiy districts, and applicable only to tueuv Whatever Mr Wliall's personal opinions on the subject aw, i«i now a matter of comparative indifference to the public so long as he gives effect to themiu his private capacity. 'But I maintain that he has no right now to raise any discussion on the municipal, question in tho Improvement Committee, seeing that tb* public-has isc- far 'settled^ the matter by^ro* nouncing strongly in favor of muncipal, powers, first by inemorialising the Sujierm-.. tendent, arid secondly by, pledging the Im- . prpvemerit Committee to carry their desires, into effect. There are two courses, one of which it appears to me that Messrs Whall and Fisher must choose to adopt— let them either -\tjtlidraw t\eir opposition on the riuincipal questiop. /or resign their seats. Which would be the jnore dignified alterria-> tive I leave the public and Messrs Whall and. Fisher to judge, —I am, &0,, : • Z- .: SCROTATO?. Greymouth, February 22, 1860,