THE MAYORALTY.

Manawatu Herald, 1 November 1892, Page 2

THE MAYORALTY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MANAWATU HBRALD. Sir, — " Advance " raises personal questions I wished to avoid. His reference to Mr McMillan's age i 8 quite absurd. Two of the more prominent of the Liberal Party, the Agent-General, Mr Perceval, and Mr Beeves, Minister for Labour, are both younger than Mr McMillan, and I have never heard that used as an argument against their ability. As to Mr McMillan's enterprise, the establishment of the large business he bo successfully inaugurated, his plucky efforts in the flax busi ness, his attempt to obtain the proper representation of our flax industry at Chicago Exhibition, and his recent endeavours to obtain a water supply for the Borough all point in that direction. As to " Advance's " assertion in reference to Mr Nye " plodding and helping to build up the town," why air, they are only " bunkum.-*' Everyone knows that for many years Mr George Nye held a jolly snug billet in the Public Works Department, in which travelling expenses formed no small part, and as long as that lasted the town might have gone to the dogs so far as Mr Nye cared. I euppoßs Mr McMillan's firm circulates more money in one week in wages alone than Mr Nye does in a year. And, Rir, the latter wa» one of that band of settlers in Foxton who by their want of enterprise and refusal to take shares drove the Wei lington railway from Foxton (its proper destination) to Palmerston. But, sir these are persoual matters I am forced into writing about. Mr Ny« is one of the happy few who have land in the district, and who care little whether the town sinks or swims. Touching the land question, I hear a little rumour to the effect that the land which ia required for a deviation of No. 1 Line has recently been purohased by Mr Nye, and the price he now requires for it is only about five times what he gave for it, whilst if the Council do not pay the amount required and Vfr Nye chooses to fence, it will cost the Borough £40 or £50 to make a fresh line. I hope this is not to be taken a3 a sample of Mr Nye's general treatment of the public. As stated, I had no wish to discuss this question on personal grounds — if they are wVd I think Mr McMillan has the best of it. I am, &0., Proohess. Foxton, Oct. 29, 1R92,