The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1911. WATER SUPPLY.

Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 22, 30 June 1911, Page 2

The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1911. WATER SUPPLY.

THE members of the Te Awamutu Town Board have certainly created no small amount of interest by their action in obtaining the services ot Mr Chenery Sii'ggate, M.I.C'E., to report on the matter of a water supply for the town. This gentleman, accompanied by members of the Town Board, has made a careful inspection of three sources of supply, and his report is now anxiously awaited. From what we can gather, each will give more than the required pressure with an assured supply all the year round, so that it would appear to be merely a matter of the quality of the water in deciding as to which of the sources should be drawn upon. The matter of cost is believed to be about equal, or nearly so, in each case. However, that is for the. engineer to suggest and advise. His report will contain all such data and very much more valuable information. The cost of this expert report is an exceedingly good and wise investment, and the Town Board is to be congratulated on its courage and foresight. We say " courage" ' advisedly, for more than one of our ratepayers and landholders scouted and even ridiculed the proposal when first mooted, but fortunately these men are now scratching their heads and looking down their noses with a longsustained "Urn," as the feasibility and the great value and utility of a water supply is dawning upon them. -The sit-still-and-do-nothing policy, means a stop-still-and-get-hothing result. Oinglorious natural advantages are at last beginning to receive some of the appreciation and acknowledgement they deserve, and if we are to make the fullest use of them—in other words, get an increased population to avail themselves of these advantages, and so enhance the value of every square foot of land within a radius of ten "miles of our town — then a water supply is the firs: essential with' its natural accompaniments, drainage and lighting, immediately following. In this connection we have to congratulate our sister town, Mangaweka, on having decided by 102 votes to 2 (every community has its chronic croaker), in favour of a water supply, and by 100 votes to 4 for electric lighting. All that is required in Te Awamutu is a little vim and go to raise us to that reasonable and temperate enthusiasm so necessary for the proper appreciation of our natural advantages, and to fully avail ourselves of the benefits accruing therefrom. The Town Board is doing well in giving the residents a lead, and we have no fear but that their action will be well backed up by the ratepayers when it conies to taking a vote. What the "Mangaweka Settler" says in its leader in dealing' with the result of the "water" poll will, we feci sure, be the experience of Te Awamutu if the Town Board is supported till this

very important matter of a water | supply is brought to a successful issue. The " Settler " says : " Well clone, Mangaweka ! Probably at no time in the history of Mangaweka has its people been so enthusiastic as they were on Saturday evening, when the result was made known that the two proposals for Water and Drainage and the installation of the Electric Light, had beer. carried almost unanimously. For. the result to have been otherwise would have been a serious setback to the whole community, and a disappointment to ail who have had the movement at heart. The urgent necessity for the combined scheme cannot be gainsaid. That Mangaweka has been so long without either of these proposals has been a reproach to every resident. Now, with an up-to-date water and drainage scheme and the electric light, it will be hard to realise how--we alloAved ourselves to lag behind other centres in this important respect. The sit-stiri-and-dq-nothing policy of the past has now received its quietus, and a running tide"of progress in our affairs has set in. 'vVe do not deny the fact, that the town, hasfor some years, been down on the hard bottom of adversity, and we are now ready to profit from whateverimpetus may be in storeby the brighter prospectnow in view, and we feel confident our opinions in this respect are shared by the majority of our townsfolk. Again, we congratulate all concerned for the wholesome enthusiasm which has been introduced into the welfare of-the town." We congratulate our sister town, and feel.sure the acceptance of this scheme . will mean a decided step for the progress ef not only Mangaweka but the Main Trunk settlements generally.