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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8483, 10 July 1907, Page 5

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CPv HAUGHEY ASKS SEVERAL QUESTIONS. Wm.n ordinary business was called on at '.he meeting of the Masterton Borough Council,- last evening, Cr Kaughey said he had a few question s to ask. He first wanted some information about the road machinery. His queries were:—l. What did the Council get the road machinery for? 2. Why was it not used? 3. If the road machinery was not going to be used for the purpose for which it was bought, what did the Council intend to do with it? A smile went around the table when the questions were given out, one Councillor asking who was going to take the responsibility of answering them. The Mayor: "These are conundrums, I think." Cr Haughey contended that it was no laughing matter. He would like to remind the Council that they were paying £IOO per year for the machinery, and if it was not going to be put into use, he was going to advocate that it be sold. Cr Elliott (laughingly): "It might cost us £2OO per year, if we use it." The Mayor, in answering the questions, said the road machinery had been purchased to make better roads and better metal. He could not say himself why the machinery was not being used. The Engineer: "That is being attended to." Continuing, the Mayor said the machinery should be put to some use. The Council required metal and it would be good business to work the machinery, even if it were only for the purpose of accumulating metal. Cr Ewington considered tht,t as Cr Haughey was a member of the Works Committee it was his duty to suggest schemes at the meetings of the Works Committee for the use of the machinery. Cr Haughey then wanted to know whether th? Council intended to make the Engineer carry out their instructions? The Mayor said that he thought that if it was found necessary to deviate from the Council's instructions, the Council should be advised of the fact immediately. Cr Haughey then asked why the Gas Committee was not made to put the streets in proper repair after they had cut them up to lay or repair mains? Replying, the Mayor said that the' Gas Committee should pay for any damage they did to the roads. He suggested that the Works Committee should, if they thought they were entitled to payment, submit an estimate of the damage done, and if the Council were unanimous on the point, receive payment from the Gas Committee for such damage. Cr Elliott said that Cr Haughey, as a member of the Works Committee, should know that the Works Committee meeting was the proper place to bring such a matter up. Th>- then closed.