Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1889. THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 274, 26 June 1889, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1889. THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

» ■ It is the fashion in some towns to form a committed, to watch the chances of forwarding the interests of the district, and they go by the title of Chamber of Commerce, Vigilance Committee, and the like. For our part we believe that the duties taken by these bodies is . an usurpation, of the office of the Borough Council, and that any representar tions of a public nature, affecting the welfare of the. town and district, would have more effeot when made by a properly elected body, than when made by any number of men banded together • n no fixed status. Acting upon this belief, we feel certain, that we have only to b ing tj. few nutters before the Mayor' and Ooancill >rs to secure their assistance it, endeavouring to obtain them for tbe town. Thefe never is a better time to draw attention to one's wants as when Parliament iff sitting, as it is marvellous how muoh more easily Ministers are reached by the member at this, than at any other period. It would appear, therefore, o be a time for the Borough Ooun. oil to again agptate for assistance for the pilot, and to request Mr Wilson to put the question to the House, if it cannot be obtained outside. '1 h* Council in this town, has no legal right over the" Harbor ■•rvice, but

its posit;- n governing body o f the port, makes it the most fitting medium jtd bring. the wants of the port befdre the Government. It is the old. did taiby no Government will do 1 attaching until they are actually worried into it. Let us therefore worry them, fhe next Question that might be considered is the mail service. The present arrangement is as ridiculous as the train arrangements Sometimes the mail ieaveti at 9 a.m., sometime*} at % p* ni., and somet mes at 3 p.m. It arrives irji the same singular manner. At time's it atr'ives at &8(1 jf.tti, dtHer times at ¥.30 p.m, sometimes at 1.30 p.m, and other times at 2: p.m; All in one week. It is wonderful 1 to think how any inhabitant manages to catch a mail, though probably no one does, the actual mail they meant to. Now jf our mails could all ar» rive at one regular hour hW pleasant it would be. This is possible, aud a little; effort probably would secure it. The Government, by subsidising the .coach that runs to Shannon, could so arrange that the mails from v Wellington and up* country should reach here at 12.30 or 1 p.m. every day. This would mean that a letter ppsted on Monday morning in Wellington at 7 o'c'ock would be at/ tEe Fokton Post-office at 1 o'clock the same day, and an answer posted bn Monday at any time before Bpm would be in "Wellington on Tuesday morning by 11 a.m.' The up*country mails' from Wanganui would reach here prac tioally as soon, by this route as they do now, as a letter posted late on Monday at Wanganui, say at 3.15 p.m, would,.. leave Palmerston by Tuesday's morning train, and be at Foxton at 1 p.m. The old way it would have been here at 8.30 p.m on Monday, but too late to send a reply on Tuesday morning, and therefore beyond reply, by the present arrangements, till 2 p.m on Wednesday,, which wou d not land the lett-rin Wanganui till Wednesday night at 10.30, thus making it practically Thursday morning. The proposed service would land the letter on the first up train on Wednesday morning, thus scouring the reply reaching Wanganui at 1.30 p.m, or half a day earlier than at present. We believe if the matter was properly represented to the Postmaster General and our member, a subsidy to suit the coach proprietors would be obtained. We certainly think it is worth trying, We notice that the two looal bodies on the south, of the Manawatu still move resolutions re a toll gate on the road to the Manawatu railway. If it is considered that they are likely to carry out their in'entions, surely the Borou&lf TfstQ^' shoud make some protest. The toll gate may be necessary, a.nd the Council should, as a public bSdy, .first ascertain, from their neighbours the reason of their erecting one,, and then, if the explanation is nob deemed satisfactory, they can lay the whole matter before those who are able to slate If such obstructions shall be allowed. There are doubtless other matters of interest that we have not '.ouched upon, and which others will bring before the public notice, but we have suggested these; as they stand out. waiting to be improved. The Borough Council sits next week, so that it uiay likely prove a very iut resting meeting.; .