FIRST THINGS FIRST.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 51, 27 September 1900, Page 2

FIRST THINGS FIRST.

TO TIIK EDITOR. Sir, — It seems to me that the fv st step in any forwud movement m tJie iSoiou^h of Waimate involving additional t'uciliou is the adoption of mimg on uniinptovrcl value. Tne Member foe ihe disti tot his aucceded in ni&\in<j it passible for a vote to be taken without waiting three yva a f foui the da f e ot the a'ooituo poll t.ike-i some 18 month'. aq ). Indeed In jwing the inteieet you have taken in the question m the past I am snrpused you l:u>2 not urged it on the attention of thaiatep-iyois. fAre you waiting for yoiu local eon to take a turn ai it ? Ke ?o}'po ed it when the vote wa~ taken before, but I soe he ha<s adopfed your suggestion in reference to a joom for raeetjiigs in connection with the Public library aad it is just hkely that if you leave other progieauive que» io is alone he may soinorsault on ti i-s gaes'ion and gain the the kudos which of lig'it belongs to the Adveitiser, Trnß'.ing you will see your way to push lating on nniniproved value for the Borough. — I am, etc., x.y.z.