Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1882.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1103, 22 July 1882, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1882.

In view of tho present denperato state of the finances of tho County Council and the heavy demands which are siariug them in the face, we think it necesiarv to draw the attention of property holders to tho somewhat annoying out by no means start ling fact that we are (to put it mildly) verging upon insolvency. That this slate of affairs must be altered is patent to tho veriest child among us, but how that alteration with a better result in view, is to be achieved, is a matter which may tax our brain power very considerably. We must confess that we see only one way out of our difficulties, and that one way, we take it, we are thoroughly and honestly entitled to rely upon. We refer to Government aid. Our contribution to the general revenue of the Colony gives us a distinct and reliable claim for reasonable end requisite a.«. aUtance in mir extremities, and in this owe wo think v.u uro not exaggerating

when we say that our present extremity is great, and its burden rendered the heavier to bear by reason of its outcome from no fault of our own, but from those inevitable accidents to which we must, despite our best precautions, be at all times liable. Floods have undone in three day’s work that has taken the County Council years to perform, and has cost them very much money. The available funds presently in the Council’s possession will not suffice for maintenance, far less afford facilities for requisite and reasonable expenditure. Remembering that we are thus reduced in circumstances by freaks of nature over which we have not the slightest control, and having a clear and equitable conscience we cannot but think ourselves entitled, not only to request, but to demand pecuniary assistance at the hands of the truly paternal Government who do us the favour of taking charge of our hard earned money. That we are thoroughly entitled to such assistance must be patent to all hands and the cook, but the probabilities of receiving it become somewhat hazy in the dim prospective of Ministerial stinginess. Mr. McDonald must be requested to bring all his influence to bear to this end, and if necessary, delegates should bo sent from this District to urge our claims, with the distinct understanding that they shall not take NO for an answer.