HOW THE RATEPAYEKS’ HONEY GOES.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 161, 11 June 1901, Page 3

HOW THE RATEPAYEKS’ HONEY GOES.

to inn i;i)itok. Sir;, —Inasmuch as it is commend.ibi j to gain knowledge. it is as creditto impart it to others for their .) 11: lit, That the Boron..h Councillors ■jf \\ annate are 10 bo congratulated o '. *>i. \vay they are squander! g tl o :u> ’ey belonging r.o the ratepayers oi - ! ■ borough is indy too plain to be As an instance, vit-sv tire -bingling of Queen street rg.it oppo- -■ .. ~! .nejiiester and Co.’s stoio. Two i veil horse an;] cart (1 earned i Ii 1 ■ hitter a dray, as it only bolus :I;ijnailers of a yard of shingle) ; • i■ ; a;i gets 9s Gd per day mu the , r ni.i-i os Gd per day fur pin i g s lo rds of shingle and spreading it < i knapping the larg-' stones. The contract price for doing this is j i on u- r yard ; thus anyone v-‘ho has i.i ■; io see can at once perceive tb.u ire paynig fur this piece of y.;i ;i,g at the rate of ad mu -to per •, . .. As a ratepayer and contractor, i ,a i• ; emphaticn 1■ y protest against ■ u ii ill-limed proordtue, and trust, ra. .p ■ vers within trie borough will see ;, ;ni.. blazing piece of ill-using their ;■ y. Thamang you in amicipai am, ire., Alpua. AVaimate, Juno 10th, 1901.