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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 261, 10 September 1879, Page 3

I mO T'HE BIJfiGESSES OP MASTERI ■ TON. L.IDIKS AND GeNTLKMEX— Having been requested to allow myself to he nominated as a Candidate for one of the want scats in the Borough Council, I have constated, and 1 now tender to you my opinions on some of what I consider the principal subjects to he dealt with by the Council, The main road from the Waipoua to the boundary ol the JJorough should ba widened, metalled, and put in a thorough state of repair, as it has more trallic on it than all the other roads in tho Borough put together. Also, a survey map of the Borough should be made with the various levels, to enable the Council to determine the levels of the different streets, both for building and drainit is useless to talk of drainage or water supply. system at the earliest opportunity, but I should object to borrow funds for that purpose until wo know the levels and can estimate the cost, I think the Council cannot afford and do but, nevertheless, should employ them when the occasion required. I do not agree generally with the purchase of land for widening streets, as it is in most instances to the interest of the owner to give the land to secure a wide street; still, there may be eases where it is politic to purchase. 1 think it is best for a Borough to be divided into Wards, but at present I think the expense would be greater than the benefit. With regard to Finance, I consider the estimated expenditure should not exceed the estimated revenue, and no works except of an urgent and exceptional nature should be carried on simply to be paid for out of the Bank overdralt, which I look upon as a fund to fall back on to meet miforscen contingencies, and I consider the tost of good government is the lowest amount of taxation compatible with the ei'lieiency of the public service. to the Borough as a whole. Ladies and Gentlemen, WILLIAM FRANCIS. Queen-street, Masterton, Sept. 8,1878. 509 rnO TIIK ELECTORS OF THE I BOROUGH OF MASTERTON. Having again been requested to allow myself to be nominated as a candidate to represent you in the Borough Council I have much pleasure in aeeeeding to the request. In soliciting your vote and interest, I consider it my duty to express i;o you my views on what ± considei the leading topics affecting our joint interest. Having so lately publicly stated my opinions on various local matters it is unnecessary for me to trouble you with a repetition. I will, therefore, conline myself to i ri.lly touching on some subjects omitted in my former address, I submit that the question of a loan is of he denied that the present impecunious state of the Borou«;li Treasury ell'eetuallv nrccludes welfare of the community at large. If re turned as your member, I shall use my utmost endeavors to procure a loan of at least £20,000 to be allocated as follows: —£10,000 for Drainage and Water .Supply; £5,000 for street formation ; the balance to he applied in such a manner as the Council may determine for the welfare of the town, My reasor for advocating the borrowing of so larro a sum must he patent to all who study the question, f;r, if only a suiliciont sum were raised for the formation of streets, and other local works, we should soon lind ourselves in our present position with everything in a state of disrepair, and no funds in hand to remedy the evil, In any direction we may travel we cannot hit observe the urgent necessity at present existing for the expenditure of public money in order to render our roads passable, not only for traiiic hue even for pedestrians, There can be no doubt the fact is staring us in the fate that our only alternative is either to borrow or have our rates doubled ; but a matter of even greater importance is impending, a question not merely affecting our pockets, but the health and even the lives of ourselves and families, If one of the greatest of all sanitary questions be neglected —namely, Drainage—germs may be planted which, before the end of summer, fructify and produce an epidemic of typhoid and other low fevers, which might decimate the dis-

The two questions of Drainage and Water Supply are so intimately connected that the undertaking of one will necessarily involve the carrying out of the other. Considering the facilities afiorded us by nature for obtaining a water supply from so many souieos, if we were in a position to carry out this scheme, we should he culpably negligent were we to overlook it, as it would certainly 1 cannot out consider that many questions of the greatest importance to the Borough, have not, so far, b=en satisfactorily coped with by the Council, and I would instance, in support of this assertion, the utter want of energy displayed by most of the members in in procuring the loan consented to, and earnestly desired by a majority of the ratepayers. I feel it my duty to declaim asainst the tised up to the present period. The present Council has had a fair trial, and as far as I can see, has failed to carry out faithfully the trust reposed in it, as its present financial condition isone of almosthopeless insolvency. Money has been recklessly expended in certain favored parts, to the exclusion of others equally deserving, but less fortunate, and we now find ourselves burdened with a debt of £9OO, in the shape of a Bank Overdraft, for whfch we are paying interest at nine per cent., whereas a much larger amount should he obtained at half the above rate. As a licensed victualler, I stand in rather a peculiar position, and will doubtless, as before, be strongly opposed by the various Temperance bodies, Such opposition I must expect, as I lia'o no doubt that obey are acting on their convictions, which they have a perfect right to hold. I, how* v er, ratepayers will not be influenced by the mistaken fanaticism of a few. I trust, however, that you will not permit me to be handicapped by the mere fact of my calling being objectionable to a certain section of the community, but will simply consider as to whether, in your opinion, I, as a ratepayer, will, if returned, faithfully and diligently carry out my du.ies in the Council in such a manner as to merit the confidence placed in me. I will conclude by simply assuring you that the welfare of the Borough will always be my first consideration, and that no effort advancement. I beg to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours faithfully; JOHN H. COEBETT. Masterton, Sept. 8,1879, 250 JOHN JACKSON ACCOUNTANT, &p„ Will feel favored' to reoeiva commissions from Tradesmen and others to make up Books or monthly accounts. Terms Very Liberal, Communications may be left a/ Mr Watt's Bookseller. 225