MR. McCARDLE'S MEETING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1175, 11 September 1882, Page 2

MR. McCARDLE'S MEETING.

.u-tstr-'Uv&lZii •"spsT*.- , ■ , :l r ',. i , .| J ' k Was'heli ''"fertonon"Satur evening, in reapSnae to • ;adverti»omeatj' ) tVlistenjtq : couduct and' to' : lipar his /Views for the future, also jiMpratood ; ■ithatlifr Corßfett youlcl address tlie'&nrgeasea, ■ jof ;At'&boutß H,'.Bentley;Vr& voted : Itothe'eliair.'aiid called upon!Mi;,Qpiloett to • -make the first | 'V : Mr Corbott, who 1 ajT plaiise. said l that'laving. jionjejijrjprd as a . candidate for a seat in : he gtje themi-his views ■ ;as hriefty as possible on borough'afjjiii a,. He :considered. the f jno3i:Jni portant i quelt on was 'the' loan.", ' Jn ( }act,.a]l other questions de;pen3es'('upoi the settlement of tnat r qif estion. of said it . ;was'not rfqtiired at. aif,!pjthers 1 thftl; £3,000 |wossbe how,|evor,;a'B of the ■borough—a 'condition 'of and two. :pie&sf£iLwellTiSniisJi6d^treets4rJhat|around ;Cr Capper's residence. for- instance—| (] aughHer), a In> iliis"'opinion alchangf'ofjfe'en • was .•required:!? the Oouneili Woiffijirare conitinually.JheingAbungled. were ■put ini:fojulß insteaa of.culverts,? and 1 double '•working o&aimosfcavery jpfflj; Council, ■gineering waiput a atop .to. -Henwottld like :to,.:kno|rr^hat^eTf3 1 0 1 00 would be—it fwoild nofmake half'the streets.';' M would all the sfaMy tr ; PffiSi 0 ]! 4 Waaox- ' peiiueu, if raised, he woula advocape that the levels of. the streets be takenj'so that ; whon they were formed there would be'proWttoti for the itorm vtttr, which-.

jmyup^ those a|paMftjiw the last or'©?&l ';the placei heir put in order. Ia his opinion, loweveiylbefore a loan was floated the JorongH should be divided into wards—(apexpenditure otherwise. ! The money was lertain to be spent in the cento, as, most" of ieeri said about bertainstreets in the schedule md the butting tip of property with streets, ivhioh the Borough was .supposed to make. Well, if out up into sections and sold to liferent people who intended to _ live fon them, he thought it nothing but righp the Borough should form the streets, as tue-rates ra the property would besolargely increased that they would more than pay interest or the outlay. If, however, a speculator cut uj land ana expeoted the Borough to mak( streets so that he could get more monej for it, he would oppose the schemi strenuously. (Applause) He had alwayi held that a practical man should be appointee as engineer, There was. no doubt that Mi Russell lint worked hard ( 'and had done soirn good work, but the Council would not 100 l at his plans and ridiculed.his' specifications This was an absurd proceeding on the part o the Council If they did not think M Russell competent, thoy should diachargi him and save the money, or get a man the; had confidenceini. (Applause.) Be thought if the proper levels of streets, weri taken and provision made for draining ol storm water as they made them, it woiild bi the first step towards a scheme of drair,ag< and would siiji much money in the future when a scheme would oe required A waterppplfequld also bo needed, ~|l atroiglKßQpporteS;the proposal for ajatean a fine body of mei crippled for th He helil tha Maaterton a which jorigi burned dowi a very valuable block,.aU'east £2o,ooojwouli have been saved; acid again when the'® 1 oqucred which destroyed/-ttieJ};mkjof Am ,ts4ia and several otherVpilgiflgs.j; Atpre seat a few had to support the brigade, am the borough gave it a few odd pounds. H would not as he ( believed in hayinj the past ippjianced and; had ! offered £2otc wards a iream fire'engine-Vheii ho first cam to Masterton, The Baving to the j tow: would be very great by reducing risks, an thereby enablingjnaurere to decrease thai policies, He md not know of any othe question which needed referenoe, po h would now thank, them ,for .their patien hearing Injl say if(they electe him he'would do his Wat for the Borougt trim his sails |o.su| his own convictions and .would stand jjr fal 'RfrHtfold ance premiums would be reduced by ajstear fire engine? j Mr Cwbetj; aaidsheTWaa sure they would and Companie would Buosor{tie to wT (Applause.) j Mr McCardle said he would not detai: them long. He had given an accountlof hi thV^e] yeai"|,/and ne/woiJdiidra revieW Ai action diinrig term! He'hMjSOm months'ago made up his mind to retire fror public life,"as"his business took more lot hi attention. Hrlrad however, been urged b; several not to do so, and he had considerei the portion of the Borough he resid'ed i should, be repreeenßed, so, iia.no..one els 'came (roW jfelt j ;his dutyio.do sof* 'allowed his local feelings to'"influence hi public action. On referring to the record ofthe Council it would be found from th raen&iMtl tha he had always given expression and force t his views. His name appeared as of jen a any councillor's. He knew that this fours might do him-harm, and estrange him fror friends. He knew that the wisest plan wa only to talk when the question was a genera one; but he would always speak out-hia jviewf He could oTsKffh® rfiWdef sKowed h had not fyeiyxf m)nlriaMW fp r th good of the town, and that he Lad; bee: energetic and had acted with some degre could claim to be the firs bf the land laws, c one actio: alone by causing the large, settlement |inth Forty-Mile Bußh would ensure the futur prftperity of Master ton, Progress had per been Qawlately, and business de anwi of prosperity was'surel; commencing: He saw by the telegrams i! the papers that day that bush lands at th Hawera sale-had realised the enoJmou price of £l6 tier- acre, This showed tha (he monetary scare had passed away • tha confidence imthe minds of th psople/ Ant tint Itno deoression was fis lifting, Maaterton was certain to advanc and prosperififtlftits position. He defendei his action concerning the loan. He j vote J .'lllie'Wre J a Weral itejns o: schedule which he could not agree with, an what WB6 a maser of more importance,, a: election of three councillors was ab6ut«t take place. He had believed therefore tha the loan propjsakjihould have. Aeon heli MfftillftW fifißcouncilloftr thel Mm. ThH imild' an oppor tunity of expressing their opinion by return iug men for or against the loan. This tours expense, (which had already been inenrred) bad th public given their voice against a loan'. Thi waa the reason, of his action re the loan. H ,™ in {Soto?4 lib.'''® ifad repreientei them for six years, and would not be | likel; to advocate anything against their interests Ha agreed mtlr MriCprbett |hat/the streeei w_se oil had no money to make them, iTliet overdraftcojtthem3percent, They!qiuji borrow at 6} or 7 por cent, aqd save thf in terest of £IOOO by wiping out the overdraft, £3OOO would meet all their requirements He strongly .opposed the steam fire .engine a HweMN&S 6 WqWnntf'K&riias -ii»na a mat constantly in attendance and fire alway going. He would be in favor of the engin if the Brigade always received notice of fire: beforehand. (Laughter). his action re the engine would los: 0 ' 6 ' eU| hl f Wil ni i e i'i|s heloMd no jlf Com pantes tnoughtit was gooa "and'tnly, ough to know most about it), and would subsorib towards getting one, he might be induoejl for' the statement that they must propitiate th( | centre of the town,—to indulge in log-rol <^*lßßl,%^ water and fire-engine. He advocated thi Fire' Brigadesmen receiving the a&mb'Go lvim%6iffcapi(iftid4!ae!TplQ?^And : Baic he believed the Qovernment could; be in duoed by combination to give it. When can didatea came forward for election to thi House would be the time. No would refused take up this question if the Brigodescombiued, He.defended borroftinj it had sotDeen for loans' there wbnldjnot bi 60 many of them there that plame). Had it not been for loans Nev Zealand would never have risen out of iti obscurity. They owed entirely to loatu th< prosperity the colony enjoyed, and the sami fact applied to Maaterton, Those who Wnet property before the borrowing day's wen now the rich men—made rich by borrowec money (applause). . He did not think a loai bf £3OOO would ruin Maaterton! It'wouk merely be forestalling their rates for- a few years. The interest and sinking fund ooulc be paid out of the present rate. , The ratei would of course increase,",but only jby increased value of property, and no nan would begrudge paying increased ' rates for in creased value. He opposed the loai b3ing spread over three : years, I would be better to increase over draft, and do the work in that time, vfti would only support the loan if it wai to bt spent at once. Hejwas told it might- upsel the labor market if they spent the money all at once (laughter), Well, what a large sum it was 1 (laughter) 25 mon could do all th< work in 12 months... Ct jGapper said in th< Counoil that about six engineers and >fiftees overseers - would, be required (Or Gapper, Stick to the truth.-v.Mt AfoCardle: That is the truth. (Loud oheera.) Why as to tb( fftnetuig ty) wobW fltfertak# te|d<

it, himߧl|j : Be thought Cr afraid to startle the ratepayers by jhiajljidfeijiha'nge from an opponent to a loan, sO ' to show he left he proposed to «•'' tend years (laughter). The speaker thon-Went through the sbhedulde, reduoiiig the cost of Chapel-street by £IOO, Columba road by £6O. With regard to *Workaop.road:he:.thonght-it..waß';right':to-maki it, if the loan were raised, but they. could not do it if not. There was, a gru it' • -MQUPiiif Jfifeonit, there would be entitled to consideration. He reduced Makora road by Short-street' was last on the liat, but it would 1 be the first® donol; There were required for the'* Library, fip I 'wftuld. advooate; ; raising' £3ooo'altogether • Water supply ariddrain-f age schemes were premature. When they , were required their rates instead-of -being £looo.would be £SOOO, H« would say a : l fe#wordSi reitlie' 'Bofiiigh .endowment; jif not blomng bis iown trumpet too. much;', He had been in town when the endowment'was J prpniieed, and had ftade' it v his business to • 1 See Mr' EollesWn 'the' Minister; of ,Land» about it. He was just. in it was de-i cided to give the land in the"Waipoua or 1 Waingawa blocky-'whero it ivpnljl have been; : up on the hill j .but through his exertion ; jthia ( WJTByalteted,' ;;;and had. now- 800 > -rfcres bf'-plindid iaa'S adjoioing the town- : ' ship of Eketahuna (applause), fle.,estimated. 1 that in that one had; ' gained for the Rorough' at least £6OO, He ! > Dad.dbueVtlii<6ii'hiß'i(jwii]respon§ibility as a 1 CouucilloEjl He .would now thank them for f the attention iwhiph' they had • listened, 1 to him, and would be to answer any question put. . If they elected him he i would serve them as he had in. the past; if ■ they did not appiove.of his past actions, he" i \ musj)be content to step do^n,—(Applause). i In reply to'Slr Bapp* Mi McUardle said 5f 1 the building regulations worked badly he ! was prepared to abolish them altogether. ' ' To Mr Muir: H-• was noVin'"favor, of ' people ,'uildmg any sort of .structure they, • pleased jn'NoJ l distiot 15 »-• -j ■<* ' Mr j. Brown prniwieil a vo'te of thanks to | the .candidates _ ■ conduct as engineer:., He . said people .did 'UoMlook,at:^ability./jb^Lt,at, the amount of, I Balary ( giyen,. He had laic Tout five miles of j » carriage road and, sjvenmiles' 'of 'fdotpdth, 1 ! and was quite content to let his work speak ■ tot itiielf,X.ste^.\0 p^^l? ® ol ' 5 incompetence,—'(Applaus'e)i I KW ; •• ; 1 The vote of thanks was then earned. 1 Ci Gapper, by permission of Or MoOardle, r tjien foae in explanation, The. reason he h .adyocated extending the loan jover three 5 years was that the work lay in so many t different places. If a)l vjero aft ' once they would require a comneteht man to ■ overlook each job, as contractors who took L worL 1 It would be better to do one jobat a time, 1 and this he thought would take the extra twelve months. With regard to Mr Russell, ■ he received the same amount for his work as 1 a qualified engineer had asked. His plans had to be altered time after time, and he 1 failed to properly aupervise the work: ..'.He ! resetted having to attack Mr IRussqll,' Mid would not have done so had "that eentleman 1 not referred to him by name. I ir Mr-Russell;, had pasae.l the i tojnd fault with | e! ;i - fj \ 1} f" i " A vote of thank's td"the Chairman brought 1 the meetiug to a close. j "