THE FOXTON LOCAL BOARD NOMINATION.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 99, 21 September 1878, Page 3

THE FOXTON LOCAL BOARD NOMINATION.

«i /.■.•£ •:/ ; ' C TO THB SDITOB. j ;>, i , ,.5J8,-— As it Kas open-stated iti >ttej columns of the-Press that Mr Gray has shxxwnl Himself idesirdiis bfadvancing the* interests .of -the. itbwn of Foxton, now I \rith, through your columns, to| ask ; ,tho.se. are of • thatioplnionf what way Mr Grayohaslbenefitted the towjn of Foxton, as I and many others fail to see tnt jnJwbiefe; wayihe inasishowniikny desire to advance. ithe^interests of the town. Perhaps the writer refers i to tie -river V,^mbShlfimenfc^whidiit^would^have f been a credit tothe'late' Board, of which. MrGray s^ras an linflaentialcommissfoner, (^ ,had J^ey; b,u£. spent jtheipo^r .ratepayers* ' money m improving their own properties ;, or, perhaps; he, refers, ,tq theionly contract let^by ri the Board, which^contract was duly completed some six months si^c^, ; t and, I have been injtnougnMr Gray was the cpmmissioner "'appointed to pass tbat'Wb'rk: Fpther/j ;!<» ; Wiiay refer fo the v fob'tpath rbundi Mrs ; Burr's store," which property^ belongs . to iMr, Gray, whereas lif vtHe imsn jroad at this point had been as welt finishedit would* (< have been- a public benefit. Twenty pounds was spent'at this; corner last feiri tlnd now ithas iilie appearance - as if greyhbundi had been* employed f»| W^eiagainst t&6 wiriov ib'lceep the sand-' in^ita tprop^^^ for i\ i -trespassing j bn* jpxa valuable space, I do so feeling confißent'that .my M.S. will nofc-be made public before it apj^pearsjinprintx^l.ami^&c.,:.; v- r T- '■•• '". ■: '■■ •'"■■■..<■■)') -A • Fal^ £lj!y.