CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 3421, 9 October 1886, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

,-: ••(To the Em'iob.) SlE,— it is said, oftea happens. In the case I am going to. refer to the expected and the unexpectedhave both happened, the former on the part of what I may term the ■ Forty Mile Bush territory, and the latter in the case of the County Council. .I.fancy l-4e»r the inner ring of the Council whispering, "Ifwe send the County-Chairman to Eketahuna and Alfredton the settlers will appreciate the compliment so highly that we are certain to carry oiir loan proposals with sweeping majorities." , The settlers, on the other hand, chuckling impatient expectancy over.-the, .wellbaited hook—a special rate—a wolf in sheep's clothing—in the form of " you do not require to pay the Bpecial rate for your deferred payment and P.L, thirds, the disgorged of the Castlepoinfc Riding (Manawa Bridge instalments); .tho Go-. vornment subsidy will suffice." No! the County hook : has already pierced, .11 piercing, and, as the County UhairajjfcjV has frankly acknowledged, jb likelywf 4 pierco even more in the future than in' the past, if such be possible. But the settlers will have none .of your fancy baits. We, the settlers of the Forty Mile Bush district, may bo ignorant in the oyeaof some of the Council, and' must have a Ciunty Chairman to educate us, but we are not sufficiently blind not to know that the special rate lasts for 26 years, whereas the. alternative funds—tho deferred payment thirds—have to run on an avorage, say from five to ten years only, the disgorged of the Castlopoint Riding for seven years, and the Government subsidy for the pleasure 01 tho AoV repealing Government. Tho Council would not, (Oh! no.) ad vise the, settlers to convort the County Loans under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, but would strongly advise the Road Boards to do so. In the first place it would provent the Council borrowing this year. What a loss! But the Road Boards ought Certainly to convert in that way"- allowing the County sinking ship to float' i little longer, and at the same time prevent aome of tho Road Boards, from borrowing. Why did the County Chairman not visit Pahiatua ? For Pahiatua is/exactly.hi the same position as Eketahuna »nd ; Alfredton ; but let this pass. If the. visit has pleased the County Chairman, which I, for one trust it has, and that his report will cheer tho hearts of OoUncillofaWhe settlers will not begrudge the outingr If all accounts, however, be true, the County Chairman disliked his reception at Eketahuna, of which I understand he made no secret. If Alfredton pleased himany.better, Ishall be glad : for the credit of the district, to hear so. • The Alfredton contingent, who tried to force • a borrowing policy on Eketahuna, atthJL meeting there, would have consulted fi| dignity of the district more had the 0; '.•'..', tingent remained at home, and ventilated its fads in its own district. Themeeting in Alfrodtou was a good representative one, although not so numerously, attended as the one the previous week/tliero were nevertheless about twelve leading settlors present aud out of .these only two actually voted for borrowing. 'ln the interests of the district and Mr.'. Warren himself, who attended the meeting, no ■ timo Bhould be lost by him in hiving his property transferred to the Alfredton Riding.tand dispel the feeling that money has beenexpouded for his.benefit by a district receiving not one cent although he has decided to mako ton his outlet. And so, Mr CoumyChairman, tho-expected loan would be fairly allocated this time. Who dbubted this? or whoever doubted the fairness of the County Council 1 Somowhat refreshing to have the County Chairman acknowledging his past misdeeds. . The Alfredton people were not treated to that ''rare bit." lam, &<i., jfrff ~ The Three CountvGraces-Genehl!* Separate, and Speoiai Rates.