THE BOROUGH QUESTION. [TO THE EDITOR.]

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 382, 6 July 1889, Page 7

THE BOROUGH QUESTION. [TO THE EDITOR.]

Sir, — It appears name residentg »t*Te Aroha are very anxious that Waiorongomai should join in with them and.gq in for » Borough. I suppose they think Waiorongoirwi will* be ; a pjace of- more importance now t,hat ao muph money has been spent there lately in the erection of machinery ; and I hope they are right on that point ; ap, if somo of the plans I hear spoken of t a,S/jcontem plated by the big Company are carried out it is likely there will be a large population here nt no very distant date. Mr James Mills has been spending a good deal of time out here, shewing a very fatherly concern for us poor ignorant people at Waiorongomai, tolling ns what we ought to do, and hoy? to do ir> It is very kind of him to go to po much trouble about us I am sure. But, Mr Editor, lam one of those kind of people who are very suspicions of the purity of the motives of those who go a lot out «f their way about other people's business. I want to know v why it is that on every occasion the proposal to form a Borough has been advocated, it is Mr Mills or some one else from Te Aroha who is at the bottom of it ? M any of us out here have managed to knock out a living in years gone by, when we were taken less notice^ of siders, and whenTe Aroha did riottrouble about us, and surely to goodness we ought to be able < to' look' after ourselves now, and not need so much advice. We are told of the great advantages we would gain by casting in our lot with Te Aroha and having one purse, and what a lot more a Borough would do for us than Piako County Council has done^ but we don't all quite see it. I am told 'Mr Mills and his mates are arranging to hold a meeting out here next week, Saturday night I believe, wJieR we are to hear more abont it. We sure told if we will only join Te Aroha .we will have nothing to do only step in and take possession of the goldfield, new bridge and all, and will have no debt on it at aaltl t but tell the County to 'go to pot.' F liop"e to be at that meeting. To nre it seems mighty queer that amongst the , whole of us out here we have to get a man from Te Aroha to lead us. Some of those I have been talking to out here seem to think ■we might be able to have a Borough of our own by and bye, if we want it, and be able to spend our own money without any assistance, and that we <*an rub along very well as we are a little longer. Why can't they let ns alone. We are asking neither money or advice from them. I was wondering no reference has been made to this matter in your paper Mr Editor. Surely to goodness you must have heard tell of what's going on about it. — »I am, etc. Old Resident. Waiorongomai, July 3rd, 1889. [Wemay state in reply to our correspondent that we are well aware of all that is going on with reference to the Borough movement, both a* regards the meetings that have been lately held, the Committee and Chairman elected to cany it through; etc , etc.; and and shall probably liave something to say on the question in good time. Ed. Te A. &O. N.]'