"IS THERE NO HELP?"

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 101, 28 September 1878, Page 2

"IS THERE NO HELP ?"

TO THB EDITOB. Sib, — Would you kindly insert the following and oblige the Kiwitea settlers, Vrho wish to call attention to the manner m which the Kimbolton Road contract is being fulQUed. This wort was taken two months ago, and if it is not proceeded with, at the present rate will take years to accomplish. The contractor appears to belong to a class of men who rush blindly m and take- contracts without any intention of completing them unlc33 they can get men to accept the pittance that they offer them. Lst it be understood that the subscriber 13 not actuated by any animosity towards Mr Aitken i I write m the interests of the public, and there ought to bo some check placed on men of this description, and compulsion used, to make thorn complete any job within the contract. The individual m question says he will not give day work, and had he addod that he would not give a fair prico, ha would also have told the truth. Out upon a class that wring an xistencee out of hard-working sons of toil. Ifc is drones like these that retard the progress of the place. Why the dog m tho manger was a high-minded, generous aniraal compared to such men. However, Ido not wish to write a homily, but merely to point out that if this sort of thing is not put a stop to we shall place ourselves at the mercy of a lot of adventurers, who tender for jobs knowing that;if they cannot sublet them at an exorbitant profit they have the privilege of throwing them up. It is needles to say that although unable to procure mqn to do the Eimbolton Rood, that does not deter a man of Mr Ait ken's calibre from tendering and getting his contract accepted for a bridge elsewhere. Hoping you will favor us by inserting this, we anxiously await some show of JuaxiCß.