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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1612, 18 February 1884, Page 2

wmmmmmmmmm—■> On Friday, last Mr,T. Maekay, the Chairman, of | 'the Cdstlopoint Road Board,' accompanied, by Messrs Miss and 1 Ewer' waited on tho Hon, Mr DiCK 'express 'the sentiments>ith which tlie settlers in that district regarded the County suspension movement,^:and :to:;urge upon the .Government the advisability of pausing before giving effect' -to' the prayer of the petition recently presented. The Hon, MrDiOK said he thought that tho Government had no option but to

grant tho prayer of the petition of tho signatures proved correct. Subsequently Mi'Maokay consulted an, eminent solicitor Mr Gordon Allan?' on this point, who expressed an opinion decidedly opposite to the one J pronounced , by. the, Hon. ; Mr J Diok.- 1 ; Mt'.■ 'Maciuy Mr Dick that in the event of the suspension petition being granted the Cashpoint district would try to get itself consti: tiited a County. The Hon. Mr Dick. replied that this course might'be a ■good thing for the Castlepoint settlers, but he was very guarded in his answers tliroughont the interview. Mr Mackay ■.took the opportunity to contradict the romantic statements previously made about the County finances by' Mr McCardle, and explained the real facts, apparently to Mr Dick's satisfaction.