CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1056, 14 October 1911, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor.) Sir, —Will you permit me to express my astonishment at the Council’s vacillating attitude relating to the inspector of nuisance’s report at the last Council meeting, and reported in Tuesday’s Herald. I am in accord with Councillor Dr Adams that it would be better to dismiss our inspector or else uphold him in seeing that the by-laws are carried out. The Council has a by-law which states that pigs shall not be kept within a certain distance of a public road or dwelling, and yet we find the Council dodging the question. While the by-law dealing with these stinking animals remains, it is the law, and the police have the right to proceed against any resident for a breach without consulting the Council, and yet the Mayor and Councillors ignore their inspector and are accessories to the fact for allowing their by-laws to be broken. Let them amend the by-law—which they should uot do —or else uphold their inspector, who appears to have a little more backbone than the Council. Anyone would think that Eoxton is a way-back settlement consisting of scattered farm dwellings instead of a borough. I am sure, sir, if the Town Clerk had been allowed to deal with this matter the law would have been carried out. Another councillor, you say, said there was no harm in the smell of pig-styes —well, there is no accounting for taste, and as he has kept them all his life, 1 presume he has not lived in any thickly populated community. I agree with Cr Coley that there should be no bacon in the borough. —I am, etc., CLEANLINESS.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —In your report of the last meeting of the Borough Council an account for extras was submitted to the Council, which, for some reason or other, you did uot print. We were told that the architect engaged was very strict about extras, and I should like to know as a ratepayer what the extras are and who authorised them, and what is the amount of same ?—I am, etc.,

Ratepayer. [The account for extras has been referred back to the architect for further consideration, and we shall publish same when the Council has dealt with the items.—Ed. H.]