The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1887. THE BOROUGH ADMINISTRATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2499, 13 January 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1887. THE BOROUGH ADMINISTRATION.

Some time ago the Borough Council of. Masterton in comitierci'al phfaseology removed into new and lar'gor premises and furnished them regardless of-''ex- , pense to meet the requirements' of their extended-business. " Our worthy. Town Clerk appears, -. notwithstanding" his gorgeous and palatial surroundings, to be less happy than he was when he sat in his dingy office in Queen-street among..the dusty and dingy museum specimens which adorned . .the old Council Chamber. It appears that while all things appertaining to .the Borough have been growing and expanding, like a.chinaman's cebbage, the allowances paid to the Town Clerk liave been ; stationary. His : work ■ - has doubled bvt his pay lias dwindled for lie 'at the request of the authorities a short, time ago resigned certain outside' sources of income which he once enjoyed. The contemplation; ■ of magnificent upholstery and the other privileges of, his, new.. quarters j are insufficient to reconcile him' to 'dimin- • ished income, - aid he' has at last like; Oliver Twist "asked formore."' The Cdtfinl are evidently favorable:'t6 i'his. .claim-and one. : member perhaps, on a momentary .impulse moved that a ; bonus be paid' to Him. It is perhaps toi be regretted- 'that' an -. old ;aud. valued' 1 officer like, Mr r BROWN; sKotild., tiavG' fouhfl it necessary to" put'.lna-claim of this char'actk,;. and - thatthe; ,Counoil should have been at}a' loss 'to deal with ! ' it.. arranged;, Men, the 'first opened. The clerical work ni'ccinnection with the lestablishment Of our 'and had a sum, fifty w ,a' hundred pounds a.cyifiar,. as 'fche case migli'lie,; debited; to tHe.g^saqcoxmtfor clerical work, and credited to the gen--been made for 'extra labor whioli is now. unpaid' and the little difficulty, which hasnow arisen would- have been Aviated, 'k short time ago we con-' gratulated the Borough Council on the business-like rtptittide 'they have of loite displayed in : administering the, affairs cft ; .the-tfora, but it;, would appear -.that even yet some, slight' room for improvement''left; 'Possibly ft suitable arrangement will now beinade by .wliicli' the Town Ol§rk's income will be supple'-' his -irf it indefinitely . -The suggestion.of a boifus whiiiKivas poini(|ated |t •thesSfflcil table is ';a| wtisfactoiysQltttioii of to difficulty.' \ 1

■_ Municipal affairs aro becouiino; warm in this town, The gasometer tank is again leaking, and there, appears to be a scroiv loose somewhere, It will, lie d fcathpr iiYthe cap of the present Borough Couneil if they are able to;,hand over to thei/fluccessorß in v go(id '6rdot r : anci Riant which.thejr. haviaconstructed; bjifc we. Begin to*,«nhiy taiti grave doubts as to whether tliey will accomplish as much ns this, Tlie election of a uew Council is now announced, and we fear that the ratepayers who will com-' .ppsejtwill be' called lipon' tiV'fao'e ajpeciall OftjliS ti&t meii ifi'tlie coinmumty/,, /We. .sincerely trust that, the more experienced public men of the town will comeforivard us candidates, for should .a weak Council be elected, we may look forward to financial troubles and additional taxation as the outcome .of the ;present embarrassments.