THE “GROWLER” GROWLS.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 221, 11 August 1905, Page 2

THE “GROWLER” GROWLS.

(to the editor,) Sir,—My growl this week conoarna our roads, the management el which by the present departmental system ia anything but satisfactory. As witness: If you require anything urgently done to permit of packing or sleighing in goods, theiAdO it yourselves. Bat behold how quickly they pounce on poor unfortunate bullock-drivers who do exercise a little intelligence and use the road during the fins weather contrary to the by law, which specifies certain months for traffic, whether su'table or not And then the department or its officers with the usual ** asseoine ” intelligence starts to squander thirds after the short summer has passed, when all practical people know, and especially those who use the road, that it were better left alone. Where is tbe law to prevent this ? There is none. But common sense says, “ Surely these people have discretionary power.” Mr Editor, what I have seen of Governmsnt inspectors, they use the power they have, not to promote or assist the w >rk or industry they are counacted with, but to waste, delay or tyrannise over whoever they are connected with, with a muli h perseverance which directed into other channels would •cc .mplish sucoe<s—in fact as things are constituted at present it amounts to civil tervics despotism that has beo nue intolerable, and requires amending if it is possible to mass our little cry heard.—Yours, etc., GROWLEBc p.S.—Of course there are exceptions all rules, as this P.B, proves teat h : gentler sex have not an exclusive right to this custom. The same with inspectors : there are some that dosire to do what is best for all concerned. But for the majority the most I can say is that tbe Departments have been unfortunate indeed in their Btleciioc. - G.