CORRESPONDENCE. NEW PLYMOUTH AND THE BACK COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8044, 3 February 1906, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

NEW PLYMOUTH AND THE BACK COUNTRY.

I To Til H EDITOR, ' Sn,—The pertinent lottcr which appears 111 this morning's issue from a 1 , . , tomitrymaii, indicates that it is I high time our local people awoke from then' lethargy, lie points out that already the people in North-east i lut'uiuikr fool ike nwessity pressing ' tor (lie funipletiou of the Moki roaif, > which at once puis these people nearer in touch with a port, by some CO miles , than they are at present. It is 110w ■ over six long years since the people of iaranaki strongly urged by letters to till) papers .public, meetings and depu. ; talions to Ministers, the importance of , pushing on with this road, ami every- ; llimjs point s to the necessity I'ur in. I creased activity on our part to assist ; m advancing the interests of Taranaki oy pushing on more vigorously with l'oad construction.—l am, etc., l'llOdiilvss. -New Plymouth, Feb. 2nd., 19i)ii, THK XHW ri.VMOl'Tli mayoralty. I'll Tim lilllTOH. Sill,—H is high time thai some cltorts were made to induce some capable man to stand. The names of Messrs J u) y, Berry, and Isaac liu v l v have been mentioned. AH have excellent records, and (this is essimlial 1 ' n< » l "' of them can be obiccted |o on account of their having been mixed ill) m Borough allairs during (he past I ,".-i y ?'T', S> , 110 blalm ' 1,11,1 I" 1 aUibutcd 1,0 theiii lor (he present bad Stole ot the borough linanees, or for what is considered by many persons the mess into which we have go|, "' U( f-.>n ,°," r yuiu ' s il " 0 ' our (U ljl was .U),00ll, our jH-opevties were more valuable to us, and brought in a heller income, and business was hotter here than now, when our debl is nearly tKXVWO. What we want is a nun who can honestly and frankly exp'ain (oils how we stand—and no one but a Mayor who is neither responsible lor - I ttie ratepayers to borrow, or tor the manner in which the loans- ! have tieen spent, can do (his imparl- ' "illy 1111,1 "hatlslivcly, J have nodj. ' ing to sivy against Mr Cock, or against j Mr Dockrill, hut they will show their good se»se il ! they stand out and allow { sonieon" else to take the chair for a term, besides, I hear that we shall have lo make up about ,C 1:1(10 a year ! in order to prevent cleclric lighting I'roni being n loss, alM | , 0 ,| 0 so J Council must actively canvass to de. " privc (lie Gas Company of ils eusloniers. Mr lJockrill would be in a very lalse light indeed, as a large share, holder in the (las Company and one of its directors, if he were to accept nomination now.—l am, etc , f'uo Boxo-j'nu.rco.