THE PETITION AGAINST

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 413, 23 October 1889, Page 8

THE PETITION AGAINST

To H?s Excellency the Goverro.* of the Colony of New Ze.Jand. You* Petitioners, lesident householders of Waiorongnmai, and Quu:.z«'»le, Hearing that n,pe'ition has boen l'orwaided f'Mpresentation to Your Excol'sncv, praying that a cc la : n a<ea of land, including tlie towrships of Te Aroha and Waiorongomai. and the Goldfield, be proclaimed u Borough, to be styled the Borough of Te Arohn, under the provisions of the Municipal Corpur.it?-)nsAct,lBSG,and Amendments thereof, object to the said petition being granted -jn the manner applied for. Your peiiiionent desire <o take advantage of Section St of the sn : d Municipal Corporators Act 1886, iod pn>y iiiat all tti;it pu>-tinn or! • the siren, set forJi in ihe peiiVon already reined to praying Cor the Constilinion of a Borough, from tinsouthern boundary of the existing Te Aroha Town District, southward, and all other portions as hereafiar more particularly described and tinted green on tlie accompanying plan, be ho/ included in rhe Borough of Te Arohn, if such be granted. Your petitioners object to being included in the p.-opoeel Borough of Te Aroha. for the following among >t other reasons : — 1. That fchts township of Waiorongoumi * is <-l'rj.v', miUs distant from the township •*j£~i'e Aroh.i, with only a few settlei.s' houses bvitwew . and -your petitioners aro of opinion, the. pr(".pob;.! to endeavour to mtike up the minimum lurab'e value and number of si^rkituies 'ivqjfiii^ 'for the consiituLionof a Borxflr^Kf/ including two townships, three miles apjrt, is not in accord w'tl'i the true spiiit of the Municipal Corporations Act, and would not be found to work satisfactorily if allo'ved, in the event of a Borough being granted in the manner prayed for. 2. That seeing the proposed Borough of Te Aroha is without endowment or fixed revenue of any kind whatsoever, beyond a few publicans' licenses, <>te ., and "with only a ratable value ot between £200 and £300, it would do most undesirable and decidedly opposed to the best interests of the District, that the Waiorongoiimi Goldfield should be taken out of the Piako County, the Coumil of which County has acted in a most liberal and entfi'MiM'ng manner towards the said Gold Held and District generally, - having constiueted aground tramway a distance of about thiee n.iles, »t a cot-t of considerably over £20,0u0, also maintained and worked tlie same in a satisfactory manne^ besides carrying out numerous other important wprke, roads, and tracks ; and .for the opening up and development of the gold Held generally, the said Council are in a far better position, and better qualified, to maintain the same, and further develope the goldfield than a Borough Council, puch as that proposed, 'ccuhl possibly 5. Your petitioners are also of opinion, it would be an injustice to the various Gold Mining Companies who have invested such large sums of money in the erection of reduction works, branch tramways, water- ra<-eR, etc., etc., on the Waio* rongoniai Gcldfield, to be brought under the control of a sma'l local body with such limited resources at their disposal, and would probably deter other capitalists from investing money in the development of the Goldfield. Your petipetitioners are well satisfied with the manner in which the Piako County Council has treated their portion of the Te Aroha Hiding, and when found advisable that another foim of local government be adopted, in order that the township of W«iorongomai may secure more attention with respect to drainage, water supply, streets, footpaths, etc,,, etc , than is reasonable to expect the Piako County Council to give it, are of opinion it would be desirable tor Wniorongomai to adopt such quite apart from Te Aroha, Your petitioners would also draw attention to the fact that no opportunity has been afforded to the general public to ccc the petition forwarded to Your Excellency praying for the constitution of a Borough, in accordance with Ihe spirit of Sub-section 5, of Section 24, of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1836 ; the only public notice given with respect thereto, being an advertisement in the " Wuikalo Times," a newspaper published nearly forty miles distant, viz., at Hamilton, and which newspaper, so far as your petitioners are aware, has only a very Indited circulation: in the Waiorongomai district, and seeing that a local paper— the "Tb Aroha and 'OHiNiEMUra News"— has been published at Te Aroha since 1883, and has a large circulation in this and adjoining districts, and The intent of the Section referred 1o evidently, is, that that the fullest possible publicity be, given in such matteis. 4 That the bouhdaiies and area of tho) said portion of land, proposed to be excluded aie as follows, viz, : — Com.

mencing at a point on the western bank of the Wailioii river, due north from the middle of, the, Haenga stream on the easter^T bark of the said river, thence a%g a line to thenorth of the Haenga stream, thence along the middle of thatstream to a point on a line, being the north eastern boundary line of Section 14, Block IX, Te Aroha Survey District, thence by a tfirnight line to the Te Aroha Trig Station, 6.800 links ; thence by a line 3.800 Jinks north easterly, being the boundary line between the Ohinemuri and Piako Counties, to a point on the northern boundary of the Recreation Reserve, thence by aline along the aforesaid, boundary of the Recreation Reserve easterly 4.< 75 links, being the north east peg of the aforesaid Recreation Reserve, tbeuceby a line being the eastern boundary of the aforesaid Reserve, "5.400 links; thence by a line easterly, &i) 00 links, to a point on the eastern side of the Waiorongomai stream ; thence by a 'me southerly, 5400 links, and 4.600 links, to a point on Lot 24, Thames High School Endowment ; thenceby a line being the northern boundary of said division of Lot 3 24 and 21, of the aforesaid Endowment 1 11.550 links, "to a point on the southern boundary of the aforesaid Endowment, thence bj a line on the aforesairf boundary 1.100 links, and 12.900 linksto a point on the western side of the Wui'iou oriver, thence following the western bunk of the. said river to thepoint of commencement, and containing an area of 3,544 acres are thereabouts stuiute measurement, A.8., the sameis shown on the accompanying plan. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that Yom 1 Excellency will be pleased to declare the said portion of land cut off from the petition us before described, and forwarded to Your Excellency, and your petitioners will ever pray, etc., etc. [Signatures — Waiorongomai ] Samson, David Giliillan. Robert Pennington, H. \V. Collins, W. S. Darby, W. Emott. J. H. Walsh, J. McLeod, R, Busham, George Foreman, A. L. Hunks, J::o. .George, Edmund Hawk, \V. M. Jansen, P. T. Roffcy, Clias. 11. Guy, Robert Wnliace, David McL. Littlejolm. E. K. Smardon, Saml. T. Siiiiison. James Smitlj, Jas. Samson, A.' Roberts, Kdwin P. iJ-imuiond, T. C. Jennin»s, Kdwaid Te Amhu S. & G.tf. Coy. Ll:l.^ By .Tohn Howell, Supt. > l»o(i( h, Fred C.iliill, Thomas M. Ellery, Jcines Ciirroll, John FerjjiiiOiij [ J . Bun-hell, A. Henlv, H. Guli! \vorthv, J. Jnnr. f Wallace, A* A. Scott, R-u-a'i lloskin, Fa\ ward . Hojran, Msir«ar>t Andrew, Kliz. her X mark Hawkins,. John Hickey, Edmond his X mark Smith, William Soulhey, Henry Hughes, D.ivitl P. . Sly, George Kirker, Thomas Trcgoweth, It. F. Golds worthy, T. Sittith J. Roberts. Mary her X mark May. F.M. Margetts, F. E. Scolr, A. Adams, G. Foioier, Robert Newsham, William Mace, John Duncan, Clias. Beeson, George R. Baskett, Nat. Reed, W. Jamieson, A. McLiver, Hugh Nelson, Robert Mcßae, John Edwards, A. Caudwell, H. Hunt, W. F. (J.P.) Lloyd, John Adams, li. H. Flatt, A. J. Wright, Jas. Gapes, George Goldsuorthy, John Ma'wey, R. J. Clerk, Duncan E, Wilson, Jas, B. Andrew, J. H. Hadfield, E. Howland, John Maingay, James Campbell, Charles (Total 82).