HARBOUR BOARD ENGINEERING.
TO THE EDITOR, Sir,—ln your contemporary’s of the 28th ult., I notice a letter signed “ Ratepayers,” in which he desires to be informed as to what services the Harbour Board Engineer performed to entitle him to the sum of £5 ss. ever and above his yearly salary, and also if Mr. Adair and Messrs. Common Shelton & Co., relinquished any claim they assumed to have to that portion of the foreshore on which their stores are built. These questions could be easily answered, still the Herald evades a definite reply, by stating that if it were to give a full report of the proceedings of local bodies there would be very little room left for any other matter. Now, I maintain that local matters require the greatest attention, more especially as our whole interests are locally situated, and for which reason we appoint local bodies to manage them, yet the Herald upholds that local matters should not be fully reported. I again maintain that any local newspaper should give full ventilation to any matter which affects its supporters, as there is nothing affects ratepayers more than seeing their means foolishly squandered away. It is therefore only natural that they should wish to know how the rates are spent. Still the Herald thinks differently, to all appearances, and attempts to parry off the questions asked for. It seems to me that the Herald takes more interest in Mr. Locke’s election than in the welfare of the community which keeps it going. Undoubtedly Mr. Hees was correct in his remarks that “ it would sell itself to the highest bidder.” How is it possible for us to choose good men and true if our local papers omit to report their actions in an independent manner and evade the truth when questioned.—l am, &c. Another Ratepayer.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 171, 1 July 1884, Page 2
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304HARBOUR BOARD ENGINEERING. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 171, 1 July 1884, Page 2
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