THE PROPOSED BOROUGH. [TO THE EDITOR.]

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 389, 31 July 1889, Page 8

THE PROPOSED BOROUGH. [TO THE EDITOR.]

Sir,— To be, or not to be? that is the question ; whether 'tis nobler in the wind to suffer the slings and arrows of out-* rageous fortune, or take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, emF th«m ? A Borough, or not a Borough ? that is the question,, being discussed at Waiorongomai just now, 'Whether 'tis wiser to be content with the fair measureof tieatment afforded up to now by the Piako County Council, or by girding up* our loins, and going in for a Borough, soar to that glorious state of indepeudencewhicb has been maiked out for u& by Destiny, (That is not my own hingnuge r a chap i* laming me). I feel so indignant' at tlm thought of us being kept under any longer,, like ho many worms under a cart wheel, that I am tempted tokws my mother-in-law out of sheer vexation. Of course, we- may ««ay of the P.C.C. ax Mark Anthony «aid o"f Brutus — Yes, they are u honourable rc»in;' r but if we ran a show of our own we wouM of course grant everybody everything, a.nt .so all be huppy for. everm«jre,{anil entitle ourselves to, be- regarded .the-snviours of nur: people. ' There's people whowere at o,ur v recent public, # meetirvg r who* cannot count how 'many beans' make foiv»' r and they were mynteryisea by the wonderful and beautifully cl'eWway in which a speaker illustrated, by meting of themen who had different farms of ground r and spent £2' an acre each on "their land, the little man with only tenacres— maneir.gTe Aroha and Waiorongomai — having to pay the piper for the lot. They talk of the Governor taking thegold field out of the limits of tho Borough r as we mean thim to be, " faugh oin oaU high," phew ! You can just hive that tome and Onslow ! Well, now seeing as we are shure We have a tundering majorityof names on our petition (no matter that some of thim were given loike they do to the thruvelling book agents), we may, X think, quietlj lave the RespectableMinority (as our opponents call themselves), to stew in their own gravy, an' wecan proceed to sketch our new administration. Well, first and foremost r there's miself for the billet of Prirno Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer (that sounds better nor Colonial Treasurer anyhow) and yourself, Jiinmv, are* just the doetail for a rippin Minister of Publick Houses— no, lmanePublic Works, and Woods aud Forests. And thin, sure r there's our able frind — 'och, he's a broth of a boy at disputation, and for deputations to Wellington, or, indade, there couldn't be a better chap to send to London by and bye, to urge the Colonial Secretary to* back our application to have the Piako absorbed in the Boro of Waiorongomnfc hoi us bolus. Just think of what a high' l'idder you'd be up thin, Jimmy. It just stroikes me moind, Jimmy, as how the Battery Company 'ud be the first to recogniseour able achievement, and for saving thiin* from being sued for damages to the Te Aroha road, to presint to you an' me a' grand nugget each, as large as Moa'seggs r from the New Find, for skyarf pins — the prospect is enchanting. Butto goon witl* our new billets — no ! stop a bit ; oime just going across to the corner beyant the Post Office, to see our learned frind, our Secretary o © o o • o * By the Powers, Jimmy, we're in trouble already with our boys. Shure, and they are all crying out for some billet or other, and they say what's the good of HomeRule in Waiorongomai if they " don't get a show ;" and they want us to do away with work by tinder — an' oime- thinking there's one or two would loike to do away with work altogether, and Jive on -the Boro taxes (but that's mane of thim), and some wants to put extra tax on every sinner of the Respectable Minority, but I say No to that, for the craturs are dead, so to speak, and let them lie still to get their ' wind,' Thin there's a few want the jail shifted out here, to save being taken in toTe Aroha every pay-day — or the day after I should say. I was suggesting somethingmore useful, an' that is to build a Gas works here, when faix, a spalpeen passing . at the toime said to a chum in a lpud ' whisper — " no need of gas works when he is about"— (begorra, oid loike to kno\r # Mmt chap)^ WeH t*ttgsin^th<H t * ttg$in^th<H£ \\ is \& | Inpector^of NnisKhoes you ;lvyow7;p'oo/^de;sV^ | sorry, f^j-jthnn); M l^(>undlvcjpuer«stiiVt-lJ k you, might etVifclt'lfliiit? billet to some 1 of our Pc; AVoha' supporters/ -fqft o'im'e sure thi'r^'sfno^on&J&ei-e^^ukl lfrikeith'6 ]<>b of restricting the innocent. libertiespfthe-popr.^ cows'arid horses, •Who ! ll*collect the taxes'? "