The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, OCTOBER I9, 1882. NOTING FOR THE BOROUGH LOAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1208, 19 October 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1882. NOTING FOR THE BOROUGH LOAN.

Yesterday 132 votes were recordedin favor of a Borough loan foe Masterton, and 89 against it. This, at first sight, might- seem to bo a satisfactory result as a marked majority of those who voted were favorable to the proposals of the Borough Council, hut as the irequisite number of votes t»; give legal effect to the loan were not Becuved the project falls to the ground. One half of the ratepayers did not consider the question of. sufficient [importance to trouble themselves about lit. They neither voted for the loan nor against it; they were apparently absolutely indifferent whether it was •carried or lost, "We are not siire that some members of : the' Council who were favorable to the loan were not almost as indifferent as the moiety of the ratepayers wfo ; remained at home. It would have been better if the gentlemen who devised the.scheme had, for the: sake of, their own reputations! ! as public nien, seen that it was carried, through efficiently. That it could have been; carried with very little difficulty is as certain as the fact that it was lost by the indifference of the ratepayers, and • the halfhearted manners' in : which some Councillors worked for the success of the movement. ' The members'of the Council having made a,mess of this,proposal, by which they had a reasonable chance of getting out of their financial difficulties—made a mess of it, wo say, because, with a majority in their favor, thoy did not take the .trouble to see that a sufficient number of ratepayers recorded their votos— had now better make out a balance sheet. They are, it is known, heavily in debt, while at the same time the rates to the extent of £7OO remain uncollected, It will be necessary to use moreenergy in collecting rates and to discontinue the practice of voting money for local works if the Borough is to escape without filing its schedule.