TOWN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3444, 25 March 1920, Page 4

TOWN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME.

QUESTION OF SUPERVISION’.

At the February meeting -of the Taihape Borough Council, Mr Menzies, Town Clerk, yielding to pre.~ssure, consented to superyise the works in connection with the expenditure of the £17,000 loan, stating in e'onlpli.-.u13.e with the Couneil’s expressed wish, that he would give the proposal a trial. After a nlonth’s operations Mr Menzies found that it was impossible for him to continue the Work of supervision, for reasons which he enuzner.-3: ted in a letter (dated March 11th), and which was laid on the table at the last meeting of that body. Mr Mon-zies states:-——“l very much regret ‘Jim’: I

cannot see my way clear to c.m:inueto carry out the duties of hor)'ugil overseer in ooxinection with the lean works now in progress. You will _recollect that 1 informed the Cminlt-il’ that I would give the proposition :2. trial. This I have done, 31'] for 9ev~ oral reasons I find it is impossible f 0; me to carry on in this respect. Firstly, I find that it is a phf.rsi-0,1 imywcissibilify. The position in rszajz-rd to the works in hand callsforthe closesfi attention. This I cannot give and :.t----tend to the office routine work requircd of me as Town Clerk, ate. The approach of the 31st March, and thennnual balance. flie pre=’ptlr-afim 0" new csfimafcs, and fhc inakinfr, of new rates, the inauguration sf me now sanitary system and otfice supervision generally, will more th:»,.l mi:-3, up the time at my disposal for mv Gaily duties, and I oonsequ-3n’r]v feel that in justice ‘to the Council and inysrlr“, I must ‘rake the stop lierei-in:-?o1'3 previously mentioned. For f1I)f)"IiXlIl1\f.-3l_V the p:lsfVflxl'ce WC(‘kS my Whole time,

oxr-rW’rin_;‘ for four or five r‘la."s w'len T. \\‘v.s laid aside throucsn ill,.l=ss. has been devoted to outside work: this: nnoossarily mmns that my office Work has been neglected, and that I h=-vc had to work very often until mirlnigut fn kvop urgent I'outine work np-to-dafe.”

In the letfor Mr M-énzios 111.2? outlined several {m.a’rt(Yrs in r:011.1r..3‘-'l-an-‘ with the levels which should be submitted to HlO vonsnlfin-3: r!.’:2‘ine:*.': for nn oxplmmfinn.