BOROUGH AFFAIRS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8057, 5 March 1906, Page 2

BOROUGH AFFAIRS.

Sii:. T have to compliment you on your excel lout lending article of the 28tliulto., which is about I lie lirsl outspoken criticism of borough jillV.ii-s seen '.luring llie lust lluve years. I beg to iuliM'in you that on tlic strong advocacy of your eoiileinpjrary, we clcclcd the present Mayor ami live new L.'i>ll tiri 1 lors to spend our loin in.nioys, which, as yni Itiive ]ioinle,l out, is ending so disastrously lor ilie Inii" ;ind without any prospect of tliei'e beingany duality to their requirements, The new Council hud hiit'dly entered ou their duties, when tbe waste and extravagance ol' their methods became so apparent, tl'M «>u.e_ of the best ol tbr old Councillors, finding that no check could be put i,o t!ii» state ol things, lou lid conviMiient excuses lo retire I'rom tbe Council. and it was with considerable dilli mlty lb ir scats were lilled Indeed (lie notification of the Kcturuiug Officer w.-ul by default more lhau once. 11. dwo rejected the advice of your contemporary three years ago, and left the Council who initiated the schema and had a full grasp of tin work, and who showed a carefulness in their methods, which contrasted strongly with the waste and extravagance of their successors, we would have a different ending to the coinplction of our loan works Now I find an endeavour is being made to throw all the fault of whatever is wrong with our waterworks, and whatever is wrong with our septic tank and drainage scheme, and the extra expense of the electricity, on to Air Mcstayer and the Council who engaged him. 1 would like to ask is this not a complete admission of the incapacity and inelliciency of the present Mayor and Council, as Ihe work was all carried out under their control ?—T am, etc., RITIiIUVKR.