The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY OCTOBER 14, 1882. THE COUNTY BOUNDARIES

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1204, 14 October 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY OCTOBER 14, 1882. THE COUNTY BOUNDARIES

The immediate future of our County Government in the Wairarapa may be expected to be virtually determined to-day by % of the Masterton Highway Soardj and* of lie Wairarapa West jaunty .CounicU- The result of them k a fprjegcine conclusion, viz., a North and Bouth Gopty, It is due to Mr Booth, the Ghgismari of the West County, to admit that hp grasped the situation in the first instance. Subsequently Messrs Beetham and Buchanan, two gentlemen whose opinion nepessarily carries great weight, differed sornewljat from the position laid down by Mr Bop/iu but if we are not mistaken they have by this time come to the conclusion that his proposals constitute the only practicable alternative. The only difficulty which now remains to be determined is a difference which exists between two Wards of the Masterton Highway Board. A small matter like this should not be a burning question fyujijjt is so, and there is considerable apprehenswn 'lost jt should prove;>an insuperable ppsjtacje. ' Thj obvious solution of a dispute of sjich -#j .extremely local character is to refer it to arbitration Both Waydu should agree to this course, and if they could not find in arbitrator in the Wairarapa to whom they would care to refer it they could easily get one from Wellington. When this matter is arranged no further difficulty need be apprehended in giving efect to the proposal for a North and South County,