THE DIVISION OF THE BOROUGH INTO WARDS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1022, 14 March 1882, Page 2

THE DIVISION OF THE BOROUGH INTO WARDS.

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Sin,—The question of dividing the borough into wards having been brought prominently forward by Mrßenall, it behoves us to inquire carefully into the advantages, if any, likely to accrue from the proposed division.

In a town like Miwterton, comprising as it dues, an unusually large area, unequally built and Bottled up»n, it will be impossible to effect a fair division; besides, owing to the rapid progress of the borough, any division that might approach fairness now, may become.altogether unfair next year, when an equitable alteration- would be impracticable, as the majority would not give up their advantages at the call of the minority. A fair division however appears to be the •least-consideration which weighs with the udvocates for ward«, their wish as expressed by their leader is that the minority and not the majority shall rule; They desire thickly populated parts like Queen street to be ruled by sparsely populated parts like the Dixon and lorus Estate, If the proposed division takes place, councillors representing the thinly populated parts Of the town will assuredly combine to get an undue share of the rates Bpent on the outskirts. It is a well known fact that when councillors represent Bpeoial wards instead of the Borough as a whole they must fight for their Bpeoial district, or they will lose favor with their constituents. The division of the Borough into wards therefore would tend to narrow the views, and, as a natural consequonce, the sphere of usefulness of councillors, and tor that reason if for no other the proposal is undesirable, But while condemning a divisiou I must admit that the action of the Borough Council as a body, has of late been such as to merit the gravest cenßiire. If they do not shew speedy Bigns of amendment, somethine will have to be done by the rate payers in self protection. Councillors have thrown off all semblance of impartiality and grind eachnthers axes with an amount of audacity unparalleled tin the history of Municipal Government, His Worship the Mayor is responsible for much of this state of affairs, seeing all this »oing on day after Jay under his own eyes be Ins done nothing to remedy it; not usii.ghis act and bdity he is allowing the Borough ship to dritt where it iisietii, .ufc of tn <i 1 sh,il, speak iu ano'her letter, In the meantime 1 w..uld earnest y usk mic paye s lo carefully consider ihumunicip ■iu u-n, lot tliern reason the matter iu in llu-irown minds, i.nd when tli.y have Mine thai, they will at least never have t pp ouch themselves for having vote m ignorance upon ihe most important (jiie ti- -11 thai has ever beon r.-ti.v-d in the mtmieipiiiiiy »1' Ma*a;..«. 1..m. &c, VIUVi.U S-il'Allu