CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1197, 6 October 1882, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

-—■ —♦ TO THE EDITOR, Sia,—At the meeting of ratepayers held on Tuesday, evening last to discuss, the Borough loan proposal, his Worship the Mayor staled that if the meeting gave a decided expression of opinion against a loan the proposal' would be abandoned. Tli|3 iflestjng decided by a two to one Aiajoi'ily that: a lpan was unnecessary, and I nqw.'ciill'iigon- ij)e promoters to abandon it in aopordijnoe wjthVtlie sfalji 1 - Iflgnf pf the Mayor. Thjs (ndped, sjr, i; the pnly }ionp}i|}{)lp pp))rpe fpr those gentle.raeq aftep the omghing defeat t||ey hftVP sustained, qnd tp row pxpond iqni'ia of tbfi ratepayers'; money in promoting & loan would bo little short pf criminal waste, I trust we shall at once have an intimation from,headquarters that the prontolerj are satisfied, and no expense will be incurred in taking a poll." I am, &c., Wir. M. Easihope. [Wo were present at the meeting and cer- ' tainly (lid not hear ,ojs "Worship pl|oxthe statement, whiph Mr Easijjope tributes to him, The poll will be duly taken as a matter of course, and we • advise Mr Easthope to wait Its issue before using language which the circumstances of the case does not justify. -Ed. W.D.I I KURUPUNI DEBATING SOCIETY. Ajpra ft.doz'ei'liTnihets qf Ihg qbovo , Society met 'at tjje Kurnpijni fjal] fef eveqiug tQ discuss (he question, it premature to import a steam fire bH engine," The affirmative was. taken by Hj Mr Worth and tbe negative by Mr Arnold, l jß Mr Wilton presided. fl Mr Worth, in opening the debate, said H it would be useless to imporU Sre fl engine unless a gbotl water supply always at band. It had been aMerteTjHj that the cost of a good water supply 1)0 fthout ilso, but he knew won)jj cost least JPQOQ Pf £IOOO. - cost aliog9thpp"fpr £tVengiD§ an 4 ? SfjfiHl water supply tfoulf} bo about 14>|HB looking sfter pngine would cost 4HH| a nominal mm, bijt the person who after it' must be thoroughly competHHH or else it would soon bp ueeleEj, then quoted from » Gazette the several engines a few years ago, and that the prices had not decreased inflHH least. He knew the public of MaiteHHW took a great interest'in their BrieadeflHH did all in their power to forward it.' «BH was riot exactly a.stranger to the as he ha 4 bggn in sgverftl at horpp and IP the colonies. Hp raBH a (Applause,) : ' Mr Arnold, took the neflHH side of the quesllonjjpitended tWmBK fires in London tobk aqfeal of trouble BH extinguish, .where thoy fiad the engines, what would it bo like here ? considered a fire engine was neceuarHH but did not believe in the ratepayer) hflMB i'ng to put their hands in their pay tor it, No one knew atwhat a firp might break out.lf one did then wou]d thpjr not ' cry lor ateaiß U|| they canvassed the town-'for towards a steam fire engine the money might be vHH Mr Mackay said he had tively to the different thought Mr Worth had rather the question as to the cost of ft restedTntliequestion." should try an,d organise a lire Kuruppj. Supposing'a h«asß caught fire thpre, it would be before ley cpuld ring thp get the qngiho,on the spot, "Mr Mackay agreed with Mr and thought they 'should hare a at Eurupuni. _ } ;JUH| Mr Bolt sgreed with Mr Wottb.;^fnj