CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1100, 15 June 1882, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

SHEO|yOLUB CASE.

■ «■; : haying been; circulaWd'to'tho efi&tthatl went: down\ andvpluhteered ifipeijvices .'as witness onifeiiiitfof tmtvpiaintiffs in the lateV Union •CluV-owe& ooMidy. eration,'and_as the same is calculated to do me seriouj injury unless refuted, 1 Bhallieel obliged by your*pablishing.the. following lettor..from : MwsrOinitlf"aid >'■ *--- ; i ..;„ .1,. j ,..,;.,;; i Jm,.&Pm,;,,; < ;,;;:;;.;,; Gkorgk Ooker, ! Late Cußtodian Union Club. Dear Sib,—ln reference to your letter of the 10th inst., we beg to state that you did not offer your services voluntarily as witness in the case of Smith and Overend v Union Club of Masterton, as it was Mr Overend's suggestion that we should subposna; you as a witness, he having heard thaVyou happened to be in town on .the «da/the case came off, ..and we further add jtfat'ypu reoeived no retnuneration what■oyei-, except your, bare expenses forjthe trouble you were put. This refers to' the first trial when we were nonsuited. {Regarding. tj>e second trial when we gained tke'cise/lt-was not only the solicitor's but suggestion that jyou should fesubpoined as a witness, your invaluable, and you were aifcordingly summoned in> the ordinary course, for which you reoeived no remuneration except what .the Court allows. We are, &c, Smith & Wimon, . A CORRECTION. > . TO THE BDiT(>lii Sir,-! should be much olfiijjjed by you correcting the absurd mietsse in your printed report of the proceeding's, in l the late meeting of the County Council; you make me move for a report on a road on the east side of the Pahiatua ranges, it should be Puketoi, there being no such range as you mention to my knowledge at the head of the Tiraumea river. This explanation 'may save many porsons interested a great deal of trouble, and useless searching,to try and understand the intention of the motion, The line of road indicated Jwill run from the head of thi Tiraumea .river, some twelve to fifteen miles from the sea beach, through a rioh and at present almost impenetrable district, and be of great future value to the two provinces, as furnishing another direct communication with the Napier, railway at 'Waipukerau. Hoping .you will kindly correct this .error. I am, &0., John Wilhams, Tiraumea, June 8,1882.

YILLA-STREET QUAGMIRES.

To THB EDITOtt,

Sis.—ln. the Municipal Corporations Act, Section 202 it says.-" The Council may lay out footpathsjon'one or both sides of the streets, and may construct ■ the same of such dimensions and.of such materials, and in such manner id all respects aB it thinks fit." l Section 203 says. "The cost of so constructing all suohfootways or such proportions'of suoh c'oßt as the Council from time'to time directs, shall be aioharge upon the owners or occupiers'of theland and buildings fronting on suoli footways,'". Sub-Sootions 1, 2,1 and3say'suchcost and charge may be.'i fixed by the'tJounpil. by' any by-la,w in that behalf nocordirig to theiescription', dimension'!, and materials ofthe footway. .The owner.■ otoccupier ;pf'such buildings shall bo in proportion to the length, of the foot way adjoining such lands or ; buildines. Suoh, charge shall' ,be.• deemed to.bey and may be recovered as it .separate' rate. In reply to" Resident's" letter,-' I may say. ithat t jp'years ago Mx Duncan asked the Council to do this road. He was informed that the question was one the Council would readily entertain, but the residents must pay a proportion of the cost, This he replied they would not do. ftnce that'time, the Council have .passer] a by-law, that'fdr;all streets one ch'ain in width, £l. per. chain shall be th,e proportion paid l ; for streets |of a chain in width 17s 6d ; and for streets £ a chain in width, IBs per chain, and by a reiolution since the last, election, " that all proportion of euoh cost or charge, shall be paid before any such work be undertaken .by the Council.", The fact is, Sir, the residents are not m.it ;d in the doaire to get this Btreot made in the usual manner. A few are ready and willing to conform to the requirements of the Corporation Act, while the majority say "No, I will not pay sixpence." If the owners of land abutting on Villa stroet will lay theircase before the Council I believe it will agree to do thework, providing the amount of 17a 6d por-ohain be paid, or guaranteed to be paid when the formation is completed, and before it is metalled, ' ' ;; I am&o,, , • ■.! ; S..E.Gappeb.