The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JANUAdRY 10, 1888. WATER SUPPLY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2793, 10 January 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JANUAdRY 10, 1888. WATER SUPPLY.

A BY-STANDER. BUi'Vpying yesterday tin oveiflow of Mr Renall's water nice a the Post Office corner, remarked," 1 Iliad done that I should hate \>m ockerl ti|i," There wan, undoubtedly . large percentage of trui-h in thii ilißcrvation, and one may almost asl vhy. then, is Mr Reuall not locked ii|i Phe law, we believe, \entß the runnim cater of natural watercoiiiups in tin Jupen, and gives certain local bodies m.h as Counties, River Board*, Roa< foards, and Roroirghs, certain" apecifi towers for dealing with it or fo livening it. It gives, however, m irivate individual a light to divert i tream from one channel to another >ut whit the law does not give M lenall takes. We are strongly of thi ipinion that the course he ban followei n bringing water into MaMertm i llegal, and that he ia liable to a won if actions at law should the individual: vliorh Hglitß he hag invaded choose t< issert them, But though an ordinan nan might lie lockeil up for doing "i itheof what Mr Rennll haaaccom ilished, we scarcely expect to see on vorthy Mayor incarcerated, In- tin irat place he in an. old settler, am hero is an nnwiitteirlaw which per nits old settlers to tlo many thing hat might he questioned in others Again, he has a long head and a loni lurse, and few peoplo caie to fight i aw suit against money and braii'm More than all, his intentions are good md he is' endeavoring to benefit tin own, and so far. as this goe3 publi ipinion is altogether in his favor \lt Renall, however, stops shmi it one point,.and.refes to put 01 mper definitely what he propose 0 do, and lie will not enter inii i legal agreement with the'Boiougl Council respecting tbe.sanie. Probabb ib ono is better aware of the illegaliij if the water nice'project thabjM Rennll is himself. We : fail to reco«hisi ;he wisdom or expediency of las Hunt's meeting. If every ratep'tyei n the Borough shouted for Mr Renall'i irojtct, B'r.d declared' that'it niust bi jarried out, what would be the good i 1 legal bar stood in the way, Oni nun can stop a thousand when he hai :he law on his side, and thi* is exactl] ;ho position. The Borough Counci lonsider it their duty to have anj wangement with Mr Renall placet 3it a legal footing/and unless. Mi Renall agrees to this, he is powoiH ocairyouc his scheme, - - Thpnuhtfu |ieo|ile in the community wiil regre :hat the Mayor of the town should si far forget the position which hi )ceu|iieß as to seek to take his instrtic iions from a public meeting instead o Tom the Council over which he pre' iides, and that he should insult Conn jillurs by groi-B and unwarmntabli ■pithets from a publio platform. Thi luty of the Borough Council iB dear hey have simply to barry out theii 'unctions according, not 10 what Mi lienall at a public m»etinj» dfdaivi bey must do, but what the law direct! hem to do. Mr Renall has assnmei i false and untenable position, and all iope of carrying out his project is ai in end. His burlesipie business fron ,he public platform is no doubt verj mtertaining, but emanating as it does rom one who fills the position o rtayor of the town wo cannon liul egret it, The ratepayers, have nnidt i mistake in selecting Mr: Kenall hi heir Mayor, and jfrobably "they wil Iw'jover ibis before the term of.uffi.M Shonbj they thwart--hit vihhes, ho will no doubt without thj lighest hesitiitioncall them ttpacjro; iltots, as plainly, and as readily as hi iow KtijjroHciHfa the members of ,tin 3orongli Council who oppnao bin*.-. -W( re always prepared to submit to tin ipinion of the rptepayers, when es iresßed through legitimate channel! ,nd according to law. ' On Mr Renal ests the responsibility of asking thi atepayerß to give a'vote which prac ically sets aside and virtually detiei ; 11 law as well as all constituted nit hority. Wo admire.. Mr Renall'i inthusiastic desire to supply Mastertot vilh water; but to tell the plain trutl lis project is a piece of foniishmss -le cannot carry it out to a successfu ssue, and if he could', the Count; Council, the-; body which has the lega loi.ttol of'the liver, which Mr Renal s tapping, could, at any time, step h md turn back the water into its leyj iraate channel, leaving a discomtitei irojector, and a deluded batch,of ratt lavers; to lament, their folly. The firs iti'p towards supplying Masterton wit! vater is an application to the Countj Council. Till this ia taken, Mr Renal s simply throwing away time am noney on a' " castle in the air." Thi iorongh Council, bw also gono tot arm discussing this qnosfcion, Mgbalih villi a desire to give Mr Renall \. vm -y lossible assistance but it is jieift-cily ilain that before'a shilling of public noney can b,e exnend".d on the prowed wuter supply, thf §r»t Hipp, an Implication to.tlw County Copoil,

must lie 'made,':,and the' Borough"-' (louncil aio not justified in giving Mr c Kpiihll further assistance, till this j initial step has beiiit taken. *' '„■ ~ ~~ ~'■ I Refehhing to the Wellington Land 1 Board, our local contemporary says:— I The replacement of Messrs Bunny and '■' Reese by Mr Macarthur, M.H.R., conveys ' but one meaning, Ministers may disguise it or deny it, but their intention is self .apparent, , The Land Board is being packed by their ; supporters. ' Now, is this charge of Ministerial packing borne out? In the present Land Board there are, M Materialists 2, Beetham and Macarthur; Opposition, 2, M eCardle and Fitzherbert. But in the late Land Board there were Ministerialists 4, McCardle, Eeese, Bunny, and Fitzherbert'; and Opposition 1, Beetham. Who did the Ministerial packing, the present Cabinet or the late one ? Our local: contemporary says the present one; but is it possible to make a wilder or more unfounded statement,