The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1029, 22 March 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1882.

The gas committee of the Masterton Borough Council has not been altogether inactive since its appointment, although it..has procrastinated its investigation to a certain extent, and is supposed by some to have sunk into a somnolent condition, We understand that there is a probability of it bringing up a report at the next meeting of the Borough Council. Prior to this, however, it has to ascertain the probable consumption of gas by Masterton residents, and wo believe that. in. the course of the ,pj'fiseflt^week; & canvas will be miMi",witl£ this- objoct, Tho committee hajs obtained from the Borough of Ashburton statistics on which it will be able to base an authoritative report. Ashburton, like Masterton, is an inland town, but it has fewer houses and a less population than we have, consequently it may be fairly assumed that;a movement .which, has been financially a success there, may be made profitable here, The last census gave 'Ashburton 1,526 inhabitants and Masterton 2,241, while the number of inhabited houses was, Ashburton 272 reason therefore ta doubt • that the Itim¥jiaß3rpye.d;whoniMastertpn;;my : prudently follw the lead :iwhich'; ft. smaller)BSrifligllthas given it; \ In.:1880 thee Ashburton ;Qas;Fprks: paidja, divi-., dendqf l 7.percenj.,, : in a lßßl,,of ü ß l pej:'

movement in favor of establishing local, gas works promptly- p arid .efficiJßJi'tly* carried oiit.. the* in the' constihient||nembefe of|th£< Borough; Council,' hSye reo|ntl:| been deplored, therS' are riW a mw> cienfc number of business men at the board to carry through an enterprise of this character 'with every.chance of' success, ■■''.•■'■'/' ■' '■■ '■•'•'"