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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 24, 25 July 1868, Page 3

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J Herbert, Etq., occupied tßel^hair, fm auididatQ TTho-Vduld first addre»| the ; 'nlfer'hftd "If^fe held' aOhe Masonic' Ma&Lf *ii rdriiarkg '■ wd^tu?^;^^^ m the three candidate! oefere tliSitf.^ had a5 %een MW^t^-tlli^'W^riotqiayiwhat r ' hi* iiould r tt'el«Ma;'HStf mimt mi* utmost' lor of thY Municipality, and one particular workwhifchUe -would endeavor; W Lafs carried- out would & the dr*inin)g of the lower por"tion'of thV^A^d^wards-that dbject v^He Kadftttpe;j*o >dgvote to ; thp ofi^e, and he would .gladly sp^id. it In lU%' public * he »hould first serve M a coutibillor, but t ho djd not see .the necessity for that^« -E© iai jjefeu in bnnnufr'ftfc y^f-^Pj . had gained bus^eai.l^bjttty'ind.thought hehadsQine qualificat^oni for theomce. He jras ,nofe afraid of" the difficult|«s in 'inich itwaa Mid^tite (JouncU was inrolved, therefore.made bold to-xome —forward, and would. JBAye_the,ratep^y«r% '} to^decide ai to the: .most suitably man for the honorable position fit May pr. { ~ Several questions were.put to Mr. Hay, but they were not in keeping with the - melting. •'- ' "."," : 5.^;/ Id&r. Bastings th«n roie,.a^i4 said that it had been, asked ..him, by several rate.payeMLwhether ia occupying tho same position sp long it would "not be^betterto ' retire;" and " let' some bno-ette have^a i rxhanptr }n reply'to fchia he^would simply state that he expressed a very strong wish that the electors wouldpbring £or-> . ward gome one: to. fill his place^ * Had Mr. — Herbert for instance have- stood himself, * instead r of k bringing forward. Mr. Hay, he , - (Mr.^Bastings) , would havq. at once're*"*'tiredf as J h : e corisidtered Mr! " Herbert the only gentleman suitable for tho' office. He (Mr .7Ba4tings),^ok a d«ep intwprt in the Municipal institutions of the country^ and believe'd^fllo*' time not far ofl^when these institutions, would have full sway^ the time w^en they woufd be" ab^e to --«pend^the^mai^xexejuio^m^hoir, own aistrictLJ ASer giving several reasons for again complying with tho wishes! pfthe i ratepayers," My. "Baalfngs- said that ai great' ' deal?had bQen^said- and iiwinuat^d about the water scheme, and he was quite prepared to. have it out. l'rora what had lfcj^L«*Baid n it; seemed that he'-wa» cou? B^&ed,,the Council. Mr, Bastings "did this ~3auL Jlr- JBastings^ . that. Now •uchl was not. the caae. r j,The ;water ftcheme emanated lii tlie Council faom Cr. Jeffetyi water - committee was then 1 appointed^ and a public meeting was convened by pi-. Donovan. • 'At thai meeting the whole matter was goue, into pros, and com: Mr;. Jackson, the Engineer, supplied the Whole particulars, and estimated that ihe. work would cost about JEX,4OO. A resolutioiiL proposed by a. nitepayer. and; seconded, was ".ai^i^st^ unanimoUßlyi.calji.ed> empowering the Council to go on with the; work at a*cost not exceeding. "£2,X)OO:' The Council passed.* resolution, to carry it put,, and app6inted him to c negotiate the loan. He founds ~.how«yer r^aj}Jfche, sjecurities for the dw t jtrict were not ., negotiable. He , went to the Superintendent, who, after the matters w^s T^d" before hhny thought there was if air argument' for a loan from fjG^OTeioinientr'irpm;'^^ ainking fund; That m«anV.akq if ailed, and he]wrote several times to-the Superintendent without "receiving 1 any ; replyi Wellj'jßniiing that they, could Jhoti nego? tiate .jh9 necessary l<>anj f 'Mr^ George ]!lurray, jnade apoSer to; execute the -work for £500 cash, and the remainder in debentures. He (Mr. Bastings) believed that the Municipality had) got value for the •; money in .J^urray's contract/ An outlay oil £40 or £fK> would make the work a- complete success, and he Would aik Mr.--Hay' : if the/ Duuedin | water scheme wa«: a icomplete success at^first, there wa* something; to be jione^ before it was so. As to the acceptance of Mr. Murray's yS&t, he. l^uAd; t tiiat Cr. Jeffeiy proposed, and Cr. Aimers seconded .in the Council,.. that Mr. Murray's ofl^r.be accepted. .1 -ihe - motion .wajL. also 'supsported b^ Cr Bohfiirtsonif so $iat they r] would see the fallacy of the j&atemerit Hhat he 6»^ fbrm€a the'^OOTihcH. H-He spw ejc-iCrr Tplcher' r 'prese»t, who] could testifythat %c.six. :i Bastings) on|y^>r£sided and advised (not dictated) where he thought necessary, and as regariis the scheme, he ;«inip%7endorsßd whal the Council di^,';' The nq&t niatter which — he might refer, to.-was the. extension of the l-f J*a|e? throughout the ..tQvn.< question was asked why should they have it i^drie-poTrtion of '^he town and noijin the other, Dn|4tt,wa| only reasonable jthat it should first be introduced into thjit part , pfihetow^ which was most populated, „ >ai3 afterwariis scattered ••; ; portion. Jf T the ratepayeraje^^djf six good men as Councillors^ they .would fiat ;-w 6f*the " * jsdvancemeiS o^any yrorQ: wl^i^L would j^ave fo^r,i^«bj^the benefit hf thg£fah water Scheme 'had cost *more raam« host raluation; ;W^ W w6uW konii thtm

that Mr. Jackson, the engineer's valuatjonof the piping^alone, was £990. Whv^ s ffiSP^J^lf; 5 -nJgh't : -show r that nothing .^rerjt great coill4 be made out of the con -tract. -He now came- to- a charge which :jyir?H3y kad bryught against the Council— namely ? L*.tfee^ jstprm channel. Mr. jH^jffS^wed a want of knowledge on this -msiter^as.tjke i Council had nothing to do wijh,-fch»nexecution of the work, it was performed -by- the Government, and the '■ K4d nothing further to do with it : bvft pay' the v 'money. ' The ' condition of Hosi "Place °wajj a' matter requiting the |eMu3^a^'4ntf6n!ofthe Coiin'cil: I The conibining" of l the", creek 'and'scorm bhan», nel was a work *of great extent, sopreat ihafcjthe'aiext .Gouucil;,wou3d not.be able to expend -the amount for such a iw-oiJkV ; 6%t s of%eir ! iwn "funds', but'he' v had no jlojabt_£he_Government would assist if the and th«ir local members of Provincial Council irere to unite in their energies -towards the accomplishment of that object. He would conclude his re r . marks by asking ihe ratepayers to vote for the gentleman .whom they thought h best .capable of holding the position of Mayor. He would not have been a cau- T didnte had they' not sent him such ~ a .numerously signed requisition, and now he would allow the election to take its 'iS)orse.-- r If they thought his services w,ere of any value to them then vote for him if they thought the other candidates of more value, then certainly vote for them. (Applause.) There not being any quos-,tious-aiked Mr. Bastings, Mr. Donovan then addressed the meet- • ing: --He said he owed tho ratepayers an agology for not addressing them on the pait week, but he had_been unexpectpdly detained in town. .. He knew hi the election he had a #reat difficulty to contend witli, but being armed' with conscientiousness he was prepared for the conteit. He" thought he was unfairly dealt with in_ the opening of the nomination papers— a3 the~pewon'who spoke -first was at a great disadvantage. 1 ' No soonW had he consented* to -stand than a requisition- was l.gptjip for him. If they were aware of the estimation in which the Councillor's chair of Lawrence was held in Dunedin, they would not put much value upou it. | The ratepayers- were aware that he was opposed entirely to borrowing money. When- elected as Councillor he said he I would give no-factious opposition, and he | did .not think it could vbe said he had done so. The water scheme was the only [.thing of importance which he had opi'posed.'" He was in favor of letting people kno'w^what they should pay for it. " He i had proposed a separate rate for the water ihthe Council but could not get a seconder, and he was very much disappointed in that. With reference to Ross Place, he was in a position to say that Mr. Duncan had promised to send up a surveyor to ascertain the work which would be required.' It was said by some that the office of Mayor must be filled by a man of more than ordinary talent.- He "thought , differently. A man> /who was conscientious, and endowed with a reasonable amount 'of ability, he considered* quite" able to perform the duties devolving .upon -the. office. Mr. Donovan referred to several other matters, but the audience _ became very restless, and the interruptions were very numerous. He concluded Instating that if returned he would consider himself in duty bound to attend to the interests of the ratepayers; and to fulfil the various duties with justice to them and credit to himself. - Several questions having been asked Mr.- Donovan, -and answered amid con- ' aiderable confusion, ,MrJ Mears stepped forward, and movad the following resolution : — " That this meeting is of opinion that Mr. Bastings *2? the* most fit "and J proper person to be Mayor of this city." s,l)r.;s ,I)r. ; Halley seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation, and iifiree cheers having been given for Mr. Bastings, the meeting dispersed.