FEILDING.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 13, 1 December 1877, Page 2

FEILDING.

PFBOM OUB OWN jCQBBESPOKiRBKTi] The jxolling m connection with i JNo. ■1 Wardof the .Manchester Highways District took place on Saturday last, m the i school-house, Feilding, bylopenyot--ing. Mr E; H. Wright acted as scrutineer for Mr Brown, and Mr May smor f or Mr Bartholomew: During the first three hours Mr T. V; 'Brown had the lead m the coiripetitioJr^ and for ah hour or. so m the afternoqir^ithe one kept well ahreast of the ■ptKer.,, By about 2 . 'o'clock, however, Mr Brown's party hW nearly spent !their y vfordes, and vduring the i. last ■;jtyrQl.' r lim^^Mr^^^6l^vw. went rapidly ahead and- VwiwMTL^tKe closed, Jiis ; ljst at ; i-i^bteis againstvMr Brpwiijs 66. *Fhe ßeturning Officer Mr^BarthoelecteoA Although great interest was felt m:- the contest. the proceedings were ; jt>rderly throughput. Both the B«turnihg' and >the|; Clerk of the^pard' abstained from voting* and so preferred their neutrality. Mr BarfchotoroeW; ',--$n returning thanks, said he had been placed much higher on the : eipjebt6d. IJe had belen even . : -4ptt^t^ii'' whe'thißir or not Mr JBrpwn^ WQuT^h^e^theLadyjaniage | of himseifi!' pledged himself to look after tne^n|erests of the electors .to 0d: best qf^^aiiility. ■ MrT. V/ _:'Brown said before,.tendenng thanks for ? ■fthc^support accorded himi. he wished to Hand m to the Resuming; Officer it^rpr; test against the return of Mr Harthplp-; niew,?to be forwarded tpfthe.rjiropeX quarter. The IBeturning Officer; having* perused the -paper, said that he 'did not think it a matter to be announced to the nieetirig. He would- forward, it to the Ghairman of the Board. Mr Macarthur thought the ratepayers ought to be informed on grounds : the^protestwas raised. The Returning Officer then read the protest; which .was based upon the yofoig 6i ' Messirs Maysmor and Belfit for propeHy they were said to havß; disposed oft Mr. Maysmor having paid t» theCoUecfor, m tHe ppjling ' booth, the baiahde of tates due: upon the property for. which he wat rated. Also, that the voting was. open instead of by ballot, and that on 6of Mr .Bartholomew's friends had laid a betas to the result of the election. Mr Brown explained that he jprotested, not out of opposition to Mr Barth^loiiafew^but to have i the rights of the-queMoins: raised established. Mr Macarthur explained how it, was that &ie Act for ballot-ybting was not brought thtf district before this election took placed Mr Maysmor's resignation came un- . expeotedly, and it was impossible to procure the ; requisite proclamation of |he Governor m time for this^election. He pledged himself to have the question brought before^ the Bbardj and would^endeavoiir to : have -\ the Act brought into force, so as to stop all idea as to undue iufluence being used at these eiections. As to the position of No; 1 Ward during the time Mr'Maypmor held office, that gentleman Was permitted by^theTdtKer|, Wardens to get an, advance from their Wards m .fi^vor of N%l Wtpd* because i^workg wjwre so; urgenlyx needed. ,^e followjiig ; are the^ figures relating to tfo. receipti? imd ex^ penditure '6l the Wardvup. to>MjrMaysmor's i resignation : —^Expenditure^-'On' Warwick street, £23 14s -J6d ; Camden, and -Denbigh streets, £86 13s 2d;^railway dfossingi -£3 10s ; Princes; stfeet, £16 16s ; bridge, Manchester -streeti : £78 10s } sundry works, £6 18s 5; Manch>ster^Bridge, *1 4s 6d; Warwickstre^C repairs, £4; Makmb: Creek, £18 12s ; timber, Princes and' -Denbigh 'streetsi, '£4 4s Id; sppke^ dp, do,. 17s lid; sundry works, R. Bpwler, £7 ,10s ; r (road mairitenance; and drauiage) ,7labor, 337*: 12s ;; wprk- j ing expenses r £3o 14s 4d; Manchester street contract, let, £99 '^tofa^ £439 16s 6d. c B^yenue-r^Total rates and subsidy-: for first nine months, £167 16s ldt; rates due for yearending3lßt March, 1878f and partly collected, £269 9a 6d ; Go--vemment subsidy not received, . £168 1 10s. Total re^fenue' to 3rst : March, ißt8 X £685- 15s^ fd ;^irevenui^ less # subsidy, not receivisd at date -of resignation, £427 5s 7d. This return' shows

that Mr Maysmor was allowed by the other Wardens to incur a larger expenditure than the Ward Was fairly en* titled to before the rates were collected. 'A meeting (which was privately convened by circular) : was held at the Denbigh Hotel; on Thursday evening, to appoint a committee to get up ath« letic sports at Feilding for Boxing Day, but as I consider that the promoters did not intend it as a public meeting, nor that their proceedings should be re* corded by those who represent the Press at Feilding, I refrain from giving you any report of it until I can learn it I am really . correct m supposing that it is the wish of the promoters that their proceedings should be left unreported.