AND GOLD FIELDS REPORTER AND ADVERTISER. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1874 "MEASURES, NOT MEN."
In the last issue of the "Provincial Government Gazette," we observe the town of Roxburgh has been proclaimed a Municipality. We hardly know whether to congratulate or to sympathise with our Roxburgh friends in this matter. The "pomp and circumstance" connected with these paltry up-country Municipalities would form subject for amusement were it not that they entail a heavy expenditure, which comes out of the pockets of the ratepayers. When we consider the large amount of money that has been fluttered away by these one-horse incorporated towns, we question whether a subsidised Road Board would not have accomplished as much good for the people at a far less extravagant price. We hope our Roxburgh friends will study economy in the management of their town, and that after their Municipality has existed eight years they will be in a like position with the incorporated town of Milton — free from debt — and not like Lawrence, •with a millstone of debt round its neck aud but little to show for it.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 373, 15 July 1874, Page 2
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181AND GOLDFIELDS REPORTER AND ADVERTISER. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1874 "MEASURES, NOT MEN." Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 373, 15 July 1874, Page 2
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