THE TARARU SLIP.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4255, 21 August 1882, Page 3

THE TARARU SLIP.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir*—ln your issue of 17th, "Ratepayer" wishes to know "where the four men supposed to be repairing slips are ?" I congratulate " Ratepayer "that through lacking courage to sign his name, he has given me an opportunity to publicly contradict the scandalous falsehoods be has so industriously circulated withiri.lhe last few days, alike damaging to the County Engineer and myself. A-s the subject is , X'of thd most vital importance "to the rate> \ payers in the Siding I reside in, I crave '•V-tuflßcient space in your valuable columns to place the subject before the public, and challenge contradiction, As the public are aware, I have had the misfortune to have a large area of my land covered by an enormouslandslip, a portion of it blocking tip the Hastings road, but which has since been made passable for horse traffic. The difficulty the Engineer has had to deal with is this : To remove the debris to the original level of road required a large outlay, and the probability that thousands of tons more would come with the first heavy rajn, naturally made him chary in not going to any serious expense until he felt convinced that there was little likelihood of a similar amount of debris being deposited on the road in the imme~ diate future. He/ authorised a ground drain to beinade tp stop "^• l^water from permelfting "through ttiVjsfife^^d keepingi&'io a .state of %Yvl6^f^&ch naturally would flow upon tip; rp^d during heavy rains. The drain has' been' completed afe a cost of £&M-r It is this drain "Batepayer" is anxious to get at,- He is afraid I will receive some benefit .By it; the truth is, it cutsittrjr groanS u$ in an awkward manner. The kVeil meddlesome manner of " Ratepayer" 'Whi workmen upon the road has been the source of great annoyance. Let us-hope it is not- the disappointment "of the amount he expected to make " out of the total wreckage,pf- ? neighbor,- is the cause of hb ylndictiren'ess ; "of late towards me.—l anC*ci, - " ' H."CabbAn.