MASTERTON DEBATING SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 807, 30 June 1881, Page 2

MASTERTON DEBATING SOCIETY.

D«M3»—/» it ettfaisablt to übdiJt ike The usual meeting of tins'abort .waa iialc at the Temperance Ball l»si OTwinjs whea a fair mauntar of meroW* tool pkcs, Mr Da Casiro was sated to th< chair. The minute's of the meeting having besa read asd eott£ira«d ihe Chairman stated that Mr Woodroofo had informed huit that ha weald be KB .able, to atte.qd for the purpose of taking tho lead on the affirmative aide of thi question bsfsure;! that wrsnitjgi sric Mr Park bad cbnaetited to do so.&nd bi would endeavor to .bring, forward tkf argument that'Mr Woadroofa would usa. Mr Park,f«?3t groat difl3tl«ftea in taki .g up this- subject, as lis feli, tesiig bii: i recent resident in the Borough,; ha wt jlb

not bs sbla to-fo it that justiea whic ii would na ;4nabt' , )lrtmr*is3¥iV«d at ths hands of Mr Woodroofe, As he had had so short a time to. |e* •iK»~ aubjßtiir, Tj'a Woped ha would~*b-J ax'CU|@d for soy; shortc whig* which raiirbi oliaractetiso- his remarks: ' Hs did noi object to tha Municipal Corporations Act, if properly admitti*it®r®ti'f by able men a borough 'under .-it 1 jroald" a ;ort of Utopia, - buf this' Was seldom, : ever tlio esse, Musterton had tnivdu thres mifttaksa—life, ir| 'erilin^'Cb^raisgMiajs existence }'2ad ( ift having toB ' .rgsi £b area; and 3rd, in not. aboiW up ths Borough? ftlrtm they, found how badly ths systuin Twin boing workad.. Ho unip&red it with the Borough -of Weitp rt, whiet was very simitar. There it .-(is found that the beatToiida always .ed to the houses of Borough €6uaciil6rß. '^Coiiiieil. lurs, as a, rulo, worked fo> llietf owr benefit, and if hpiiogt men -'.'ere.pl&cad nunnng thum they'wore'sUw /a tjdiculed and ovarvotcd .till'Compelk t to rasi^r*. Another point.was tho<iojii: ice'ofrim&kiiiii p'oiipla its «utlyins; pouions of the Borough contribute rates from which the? received no benefit^"and HiJUticed Kuri- . puoi. As insla'neing the seitiahnesa of councillors,- -he ;alluded fto the Makora road, and quoted the refusal ofllheCbulhcil to jjraot g,i r Woodroofe permission :to lay olfa road becuuso hn tvu.-.tf fi'nt take'it a tow chains further and <Jotmciilor'a land with il. He then apoke-of the q'ila'rrel between the Oountv and the Borough, re; tlig,' W»ip;s a ;J"ai«l licoiised the latter ut-c*wius-. th; delay Ha- rVpbiring theroad where then l ui flow, ocuurs.. Tiff some one. was drowned or a-Councillor'? cabbage cart got upset nothing. Wquld be i done. He alluded/ to the firit'kttetßpK of the- Borough t0,. ; wake'. %-laß's, Mentioning the fact t'.atuuder one claesa . uo fire was allowed t>-be lighted in \ the p Borough"" of Master, on.'" The.,'b|t-ta*»tt . might be Very good o#7 but' of %hifc )jfo i. .were they if thay we g enforofld.;' H» i concluded.'.by adsror iting the merging o j the BoroagH into ua County as bejng I fairer forhi of jfoye imejit ,fbr Masterton

Mr James Brow; spoke in the negative. He thought Mr Park was. very, well posted up considering he had suehi short i time in which to prepare his address, but to say that the Borough .should be abolished because of the poor capacity „of its Councillors gqiug, rather J»ri | The matter of Councillors rested' with thn public, and they were the choice of the people. The burgesses had she matter in their own hands, arid'though the Council might make mistakes, no charge that he : had ever heard of or had seen in the pub' fie press could be brought against them I for abusing their, position. . Oiie argument in favor of retainins; the Borough* was that i"t r ooived t\yice the amount of revenue thai it had done as a Ifbcal Board. It received-all license Fees, &c. which were spent on their roads. With re»ard to t. Malfors. suad, it was a part . of the plan of the Burou»hJ aud had been made far enough to enable people tii get to their properties there. He claimed that the centre of toe Borough -needed most money spent on it, as every one used it, while only a few used tiie roads . on the outskirts More money had already been spent at Kuripuni than had been collected there. Ho defended the Borough.'* action re the Waipoua bridge. The'damage was on the County side of the brieve, and i the County should look to it. The Borough could not expend its funds there. He defended the Councillors from »ha charge, of being actuated by private interests, and did not see why the Bnrough should be abolished because the inhabitants had wisely chosen to take in a area. He alluded to the indebtedness of .County East, and sho«?«d that if mergeoTHEto a County their Tatsa would go to imprws sor"9 place tttstside the Borough, aa County Councillors had no interest in townships." l The Borough could borrow Counties, with this advantage, the money would all be spent in their own district, and not oqtside it, as would be the ea&e if merged into a Gounjy. He alluded to the .Corporation reserves, whioh-a Local Board could not" have secured, and statad. the Borough eoold spend .£3OO a-yesr op : roads where the Local Beard coald sp«ad £SO. He thought he had shewn that as a Borough they were not to ba bds'ten. Mr Clayson supported "Mr Park's side, hut could say but little on the question. If the debate had been t<* abolish the Councillors ha could have fires' jrr»atsr support. He thought that with good [ men in the Conncil, tha plaea gpahead as a Boroajth. There was ko deiibt the, roads soar Councillors* "pigssss wars ' &i ways the b«at. He alittikd fco ifark fcswg aiven without tasders bring eallid, s&§. thought mors scanosiy should W dlspiaysdiin the nsAtfcsr ol eficfals. ■ - V MlGrundf thought Mr Bwkfc&d »sj* made out a case, as ha oalf foissjtl ftatt with the s%bis^tio» s that the Act 94s 9 jjqoc a say Oaunsilloi* dl& sat gi*e i&tis#a@Hs& mm bargsssss km- i&mmmm rsfas* tore-sla^Ajßaesfiilsa mpmmmk hfe tsmaoffdlsa, . Me OeUis** e§&* Is 6pqT *tu-|l»: Sorosgh. * * '--* '% J

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