Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1882.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1115, 5 August 1882, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1882.

The question came on before the County Council againon Thursday last. The question was raised apparentljf unexpectedly by Cr,Ci*£BKJt 8 motion, namely, that teiidera-shmrid be- -called for collecting tolls at the rrew'/bfldge recently erected at the Arai River. Some of opr readers are doubtleialy aware of' the Condition id ‘ which the public road on either side of the Arai BridgecL; J£i\ithe./£ipi'i!mkao. JLish side, the road, as ««« Pft'Ptoj! *?L lt some of the Councillors, Is almost impassable, while the road upon tjio otheraid* jtjse bUd4<y'and feadfag to the Muriwai, is In many places

after a shower smd a little iytec, a HM\syinw£ fly fl theamtao Wvetament road hag present line of road to a more suitable direction. The road therefore passes through private property, owned by Natives. The approaches to the Arai ■Sfrdge"’if§elF~are actually upon" private property, land owned by Natives, the largest traffic would be by Natives, ’ alut is it riot, we ask, monstrously' un□jut to levy. a toll. The toll motion, was streriirousl'y opposed by Mr. M. J. Gannon, who pointed out that ithe (Council had already.agreed to adjourn the geheralquestipn of erecting tollgates, Ain til they were better acquainted with -the Government proposals regarding local government rand local -loanee. The moment a : toll-g!*!® is 'established at the Arai wa-. knoW of -iothing to prevent penOM- oinking private property in that vicinity, and through which the road passes, fencing their land w. The ratepayers 'should takcFSbufe little interest in this matter, and express freely their varipus_opiniqnB through the medium of '>• ■ ' - '■ \