THE FEILDING CHRONICLR AND ADVERTISER. EWDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1879. A FAIR REQUEST.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 51, 25 June 1879, Page 2

THE FEILDING CHRONICLR AND ADVERTISER. EWDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1879. A FAIR REQUEST.

Ik all local governing bodies the v prin* eiple is admitted that the expenditure m any district should bear a fair pro* portion to the amount of 'raised therein,, it Was tb,e centralising policy of^ Pro«« vincial institutions that sealed their fate. In these it vras notorious that centres of population enjoyed the b«nt« fits resulting from a lavish and unfair proportion 'of the expenditure of any Provinc*, while the out-jiistripts were> neglected aud left out m the cold. la the County system which, superseded Provincial institutions, 1 we find thfo local self-goTernment fully recognised by the various County Councils. The members are all agreed *pon the main .principle that the expenditure m any Riding should b«ar a fair proportion to> the revenue raised m that riding^so far as is consintent vnth the work of settle-, ment, and is only when the claims *dl densely-timbored and non>settled . dis-. tricts^ as against those more favorably circumstanced^ come to be discussed^ that w* find any clashing of (bpiriion* The same ! -principle, guides the varioua Highway Boards, and that of Man iratt^ form,s no exception to the rule. And. ye\- with eY»ry dispositipn on'the part, of- the Board to. mete, out evenrhanded justice toall, we can easily: ie^how 'in a large "Ward oioe pprtibn which haa shot ahead with exceptional yigor may find itself fob heavily handicapp#d\ Thus» we find the > settlors m thi : northern portion of Taonui Ward cdmplaiii,ing "that although a considerable amount . has been paid \n rates, little or iiothinf has heen done m the way of ipada for their, benefit, ami they aslc,a« a smaH instalment of justice, that a few -chains, of road— ex,tendiug from the. : Orou», JliTer to the Slanchester Blook— may be cleared. Jf the complaint be Wtfllthat Hhe subject only needs to fee brought under" th». , notjcji of the Board ;tp ■■fiaria rit fedrcpseii. Owing to the establishment of hew sawmills, and th« format <oa of th« bxanch line^ to; the i QoT^Minent bu«h, , there is nim a large pojnJation within a mile ortw<?*pi ith«;Orqua^aud ai#eilcU . ing is the neireat 'ipiwn, it is a matter of no small importance to them that th« road -line should b* cleared. The man- . Chester Board hare done their portion; and we think that* eyen if the settlers^; he not strictly entitled to the expenditure that would be incurred, the benefits wo«ld so. fair outweigh the cost that the matter would not be worth haggling over, but pxight gracefully b« i ooncj dtd to^he Manawatu ffig^wiay^Board.