WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1879. THE Manawatu Times.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 39, 30 April 1879, Page 2

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1879.

THE Manawatu Times.

the, gravest charge we lay against *thV Council is an error of judgment by one section, and culpable carelessness by the flther. /^

V \r.^ ,l . r-r- 1 t > i - •■:< 'J .■ ; r — . N W'ordi we thingi, and a drop of ink falling Ilka 4e\r npon* thought., prod ucot that •Which m»k«i ta*o«»ndt,:p»rh«p» millions think."

TtfS 3Jp.ro.qgh Council hare met, aricr notwithstanding the written protest «;han.d# m: : ajsain«t.7iiiakipjra:ifer ; avel reserve between Grey and B.noa^ streets, h^ve niously qgreed' to. • continue ~^j.n^m <l!« reason a"ltezed being; -*i ;Wk T% s\,atppn^wa^ made by the Chairman) ana endorsed' by Councillor Linton, the two members' of the Council . whq^kri^ianyjihjug'about {he m.atter, the othjersibeing m a state or blisgf^i ignprattpe; wifil thejr attention was drawn to- it m this paper. Such an .admission . is by no means a flatterjng index of their usefulness ; but j-t must be • confessed 4!^'?* siib.secfuent action was manned' .by consist ency, f oi< Joying^^ alte^d^tjie^liairraan : to think •and act for then Tin ;the :first instance,' they carried out the same programme, and qpon his. a^u ranee that no. -ptljer sue. pmild, be obtained, they cohtenip 5 . 'iu'dusjy ignored th« protest; and by not even d^gning^a Teplj, aclcted injult to inj^Tjt; •■" TSlr. 9NfiX,3bir asserteii that lie never allowed any report, to be a,doptcd or- transactiojii to take place ntftU the %h]ble facets . of t Which he was 'not. tLorpi'^glily?>-ccnversahy} and we readily ; beliefte^ ihimvj- Nay more, tye b.ut doing hitn scant justice xtiiettwe'&y that m all his official acts he -Ires tlie, welfare and progress of the town at l^eart. '.^^||. his 'aj&ip/is prove i^, and it "woul(J*be"weU that a few of his i brpthe> Councillors would follow liis example, a.nd- Jinake i hem selves a little -better urqu^inted with 'tl»e minutiae of -the . affairs which, .they ; are called upon to administer.- he is but • h,uma.n, and although mayhap act uate.cl by the very best intentions, lie is lia : ble to e,rx- It may bo, as the Mayor has asserted, that ouf_of a tdwn ; the size of Palmerston .there iis no other soctioh available, but we .imagine that prudence, if not courtesy, fvould have diftated to Ui.en who had boon so,'"cC>mpletefy m tl'te vT^rk that it % Would be; weli'to^a^jioint a Opmmittee; .to make sure .of ."the fact; The unanimity with which the Councillors eliauiited as. a.. refrain the statetf\Kftfcof tkix MftX?r., that there \vas no po f ss^ble help" for '^i^' J^tep,^(i*; most "refreshing; but Wfii 'might asjlf those credulous gentlemen w.liat iUey,. .would have done had not ' tho" 'sedtioh* by a. mere, diance.'be^p^at.'ltfte.ii' dispo'sal.*4%e offer made by tV,e Chairma.ii is eerfaihFrr a very f«ir ono— tq. effect tha,t if a Bhore-sttit*l){^ shte eai> /be plated at the v s'erviije y Qf the Council, t^e Gi'cy street one wiU.j^ei closed} nevar-theles^.^rei-think• it shoujd lii),ve been the duty of the Coujiici^. tA jn^ruct Kn^inecr t<\ p^rforrii Jtiiiili "&E^::b,'i^'tipt tUd-i^tepaye>B.-. rN^'J^i^t^lJr^t^d during the d\iscus.si6^^a]fc^ ! pijjpi i jt..woiilc l jtpjb hate thersUtflti^jt |d^rjuieTiti»l effect, upptv .the value of property cou^uaius. Piifortuhately for that 'logii^ tlie^JtoirChairman,jn detailing "thif^feposcd plaij, of 9^'ewif ii>n's; }r »hi{frfe "Vbije^-'in^K't (!an^shig^.att^dHHi.o* >. • «*^^>ltft'Vl. Him t he kwiy ; from sight" or Hhe public, wliile'-^l«e ntiter !{ec.tipns facing Brpad strecftworild billet Oh a^b^!!Jfi^ ; k.Csi*sat low rentals, ♦herpupon' struggling workmen^ coulld Mevt Hteir cbtt«T|rt'.s. •: : CJn\ It; b.C'r}t*n{^ tliat tho' cV«bti'9n of ..i;he<a4). *ftottagea» 3<'( : aj»i^d by- struggling Worknien^are l»ot -pifty dhiuaj^injj ,to the- app^arSSce ?>jf.t^«^4ticipa.l oftlie town:i.j>tit i ■$6&&ih\y\ that t he pfapetiy alofng^iile |#Ji!»'4»fes«^^ted ? OiTtainly not, imd *••*s> "#l .^;^;iPo,un4^>ajs?nK »nu, af f» fcVw. fitnvv would ae;c.rt;ast'^Jie. ;S(f.^value s of the property air^onniitj,. Ourl.duty .|i»-..pVotes|.iVig. igaiiist .tlie Kf^Tii'n strenuously- prptVisfe-; i»ij Again «t the injii^y'done tp the f<\vVu'V Inrf th 6 irtjnxtn'ie) ' ffrpitrn't*'*} "?i|v>n *a tvtwu vi iho % k Oiituiiuii^ ; but iv Jomj