MEETING AT QUARTZVILLE.

Te Aroha News, Volume 64, Issue II, 23 August 1884, Page 2

MEETING AT QUARTZVILLE.

Mr D. Murphy, one of the cumlirintos for the vacant scat in the County (Jnimuil, «fl«iie,Bfled the electors on- tho hill on Wedtu'Ktl;iy evening. Mr E. Quirni vvusuppomtoil didh'inaii oi the inoetin^, and iittor u few

! 'ii^f* or * v '^itfrks introduced the cim diTFifr^ Mr M?ir|ihy,j.wnok*» «r som* length «■$ WJV MH nmt .^ 1'?1 '? Acting the advunee'Oii'ffFnf the cli4trj«<t, t'in«*hinur more particularly on tlWr'oijdViimj tramway. H <tr<>ngly objected t-i t?»o 'lower hill track h<>ing mnmipnlfrpd by the. now, Battery Co . l>nt won Id "do «M in lii«t power to iim>ro\ <• Hie roads of the di«tnVl, HSwei t||v would lie endeavour to pu-h fnrwsird the projected trrt««k fr in li-re to X u'ltniruhakp. Ho try to r"dn<;e Hie mnount now »»aid for minors' rights. Keplyinu; to qiiewfions from Mr O'Kcofe and others, '.Mr Murphy said he would pledge hiuisolf to support tho widen inir of the lower track, for the purpose of h'»vin<? th» machinery conveyi'd to the new battery site. He was i in favour of letting the working 1 of the tramway by contract, but thought that under existing circumstances it could not he worked more cheaply than at present. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the meeting, after which it wa* re-opened, for the purpose of taking action with regard to the postal Her vice, and Air Quinn wtw again appointed chairman. Ji waH moved by Mr Carew, and unanimously rebolved, "That this meeting strongly protests against the injustice being done t<» the inhabitants of QuartzvilK: by the postal untlioritieß in the matter of tiie discoutinuance of the br.mch po-,t office, and that a copy of this resolution, signed by the chairman, bo sent to the member for the district, Mr J. Ji. Whyte, with a re{\ueat tliitt he wiH lay all the circumstiince^ of the case, past and present, before the Chief Postmaster at Wellington with a view to the re-establishment of the post office as soon as possible. Mr .Trude was requested to act as secretary, and empowered to make any further representations that might be required, in order to hare the object of the meeting accomplished. Alter Nome further discussion regarding the mutter the meeting closed.