MASTERTON DEBATING SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1108, 24 June 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON DEBATING SOCIETY.

' ' ' The Soci%; met last evening, Mr inL the' chair. Two |ij«w! members ,werej, balloledifor, and admiwe'djand two candidates weri proposed. ■ A long discussion took place! onta.motion : ,of. Mr Hall ,to • admit. the.;publio-tto ideates.] The proposal was earned,'- -j ■. " ! - ■ -Mr- Woodroofe. then opened the debate,' l/.Would-at b? advisable' to divide the Borough';of'Masterfon inw Wards" He: sppke of ; the!:wild},extjavagance ,of Borough Councillors,• ani declared that better' man- . needed, "He! objected to most otthe Councillors living in itowS,'He.., ad-,. dMtted,tbatrjhe of .election': might' •tieiwMiMl'if jbut.npt weri managed accgid-, ing fiia'way' oi ' thinkirig.i: •jHfi of stheflrifitness .of ,some, boroughu SQuynftp. 'for to'ipMces. which 1, theyj had held,". * tier-' tjiripeKogs had'BeenHhterested in keeping .up Jtfre living beyond their Hef J thonght %kilnder a Ward system true representatives of the people might be returned, If they had

in street widening :M iilaimed be rj&nedpdm;|he Ward'ifit|if He saw one officer of the offices offo%»Cl6it- and. Returning Officer.. Ho denounced thGnioney voted to Pttrkaand Fire Brigades—the . pie-, "sent ;CotiD thing. He intimated tliat" "the ""division Sorough into Wards would remedy, all these Mr- P»ytorjFe T liavrng T 'bbcM' , Seieoted' by-a ballot to reply) said that Mr WoodroofeV folk of wild extravagance was moreWaertiQa; without proof, Mr Woodrooh.objeckjl tg i covni6\\bTs\\mßmVWWtt.'Ki\\6 I them to lire in tbe-.mooa ? tffl, regtetiei , to oponst ol the de'oate cated increased expense's ove;^jecirobi ! -'it was the first time Mr Wopdifoofe'liad done, I such a thing, and would no ' doubt be the. last. could od the f9t j oflfcej having been dno hiwsolti pdera ward Bjstem p WfteprefeutftiwßS vfOmbfi returned; but/In MrWooijroofe'Sj) eyeajthere was only onftrue'repreaeiitatm'mMl jniho place, and 'fit: the- chan'ge/wqrjhj'jiringing to aaidt'that; the present W,'taking ! it - all rountl, more efficient lhanjts predecessors, and' they (iidinoi on^j(jDjajMr'jffdpdfiQbfo oaft' mcMeftite'-.' cently|'el^ot^d!Jilti.Mr Caselberg and Mr Price improvident, il so he would ask where tHeyNvC'ro to got theft pre vident mon f' The ,Bpbifer|bpptisediheVproposal'pi\fthe...brpad. grpijnd that Kejai jiv ratepayer, cofild tow v6M ! {or'niriii;Mniiillorß, but if the borough We&divided K?' could only vote for too, W v , )(-Mr iJ),iSnsselj;|ollpwed. in a somewhat' 1 toltebjft j•- r }. , 5 ....' l^o^^^| : Wpeiio'' in* the .floine jiranded foMll parts of i town of-a town were Sptt'ci be neslecteU J inlfaW );'*' ; ';' x «• .! ;..Mr Rapp iioiriUi but that'boroughs in England wer&ri&much larger scale than Masteittn',i.Mttbwns of' two ,and T three thousand .people; J were there-; gbVemei % local iHa phj)\ved,:tdo, the facilities: 'which a w&F(lj ayatein. .would give for logrolling town, and contended that {Maatortan ,o|iftying > dis briotp in proportion ; tortile'rates,, contribute 1 - were toot. :B^ryed.,;;'^v;.';, : y. v iV \-ju j.jMrjUall,'supported the division of .the borough 'into Warde, as there would be more iritqr&jf takbn in' ward elections.' ;|;Mr James ftrown.said'tiiatStirtio had not for [dividing- the borough into wards." ili! hupiiiisedi'lliSt if wards'Avere [obtained, ' a park'w'ould have to belaid off; .fori each- ' llavrV top j»ti(^im3 *M r [Girdwood -that. his /experience in Maste'ton 1 was favorable to"unity, The rates'were 80 small that' if divided they would be 105t... At present it was. better to spend them where" they wore most needed. They could not contrast Maatei tou with an improved Unglish jwrough. While streets wc;'ejl.)eiii§]fqrmedj they mustihave a consolidated fund-{o work upon j when repairs only .became; necessary, the Ward system . would suffice. ..

I Mr . Kay. spoke briefly against the proposal. 1 J 1 - : '-i • .. 'Mij Hogg waa'an' ; objebtioiito the'Wafd:•systeDlr iDasmuqliias• it j'ended,to. securetheretixrnTof infeiwr niea' to io'Counoili rither.hand, it/increased the political life of a .borough,, and 'equdlized'f the'expeiditiif c. ;; 'lu ; Miastorton'r 'the .balanco I ''.of votiiig (-power'lay>iii ( tlie hands of holders ; of four yotesj and,'thus, a central intent was created. , :.. it Mr R^B/o^n,poihted out that, if Master\on' reialiy.-required' ;the ; Ward ipystem it woiild hare obtained it long.ago,, as in th'js matter, the. minoaity could overrule the majority.;';- If tlji • Borough were divided into Wards he' believed. tbat,the Bamo men .who ni>\v held'-iffice' woald be returned.Xt pre.sent the distribution: of representation was Tiff, tMo outlying diatricta beingrepresented ,'i y l ur iinil tfie centre by five C'ouhcillors., ' v 'Mr Wooilroufe havihg replied; a show of hands taken,' and his motion lost .by the casting vote of the chairman. , , "■ - '•■-.0