The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1886. DIVISION OF THE BOROUGH

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2456, 19 November 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1886. DIVISION OF THE BOROUGH

Wb are quite satisfied with the result of the Mnnioipal meeting on Wednesday last, as it resulted in a demand for a poll, xchioli will give the burgussea tne opportunity to record their unbiassed opinions on this vexed question. Mr A. W. XUnall has scored a poiut by forwarding' his petition for four wards'tohead quarters, a point that the comparative apathy of 1 the Borough Council allowed him to make, We do not blame Mi Renull for going straight Ur the mark at which he aimed, regardless of the opinion which the publiq. .might entertain ,of the course whioh he wa« adopting, because the law giveß him or any other ratepayer the right to proceed after this fashion, but we do consider that' the Boaough Councillors, entertaining ar

they did a diametrically opposite conviction, should not hare quietly allowed him » " walk over." We feel assured that.tbe majority of the ratepayers of the towu prefer a three ward division to a four ward one, and that the Borough Councillors have only to call upon their friends to give effect to their own proposal, and to nullify Mr Renall's extraordinary scheme,

Whether the Borough Councillors will make the effort necessary to bring this about remains to be Been. The main argument used by Mr Kenall in favor of splitting Queen-street into four parts was apparently Mr Hessey's defeat at the late trunicipal election. In common with Mr Benall we regretted to see Mr Hewey out of the Council, but we feel quite certain that under the proposed three ward system his return to the Council would be more probable than under Mr Renall's queer Queen Street quartering quagmire. We can hardly understand the position taken up by Mr Lowes at the meeting, vie., that we are bettor off without any subdivis.on into wards. Under the Act the town is now dtfaeto a divided

lmnni«|i, Hiid it is idle to dismiss thu »s|iei:t of tint question, i.if course when th« poll of the ratepayers in taken this point among others will be submitted, audit the majority of them declare against 'any. division, 'the present administration,will'.regard such an Expression of! opinion aa a high-com-pliment, but as a minority can. divide, and has, virUmlly,divided the Borough, tho result"of the poll on this bead has no practical Wearing. . ■