The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBERS 8, 1888. THE INSURANCE SCARE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3075, 8 December 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBERS 8, 1888. THE INSURANCE SCARE.

Tim following extraordinary parp,,graph appears in areceht issue of the Wellington Evening Press as euiana : ting from aMasterton 1 coraspowlent!

In consequence of the Borough Council repeatedly 'disregarding the request of the Insurance brokers, to allow a -street water supply and keep a Bteani .Are' engine 'in reidjiifss for any emergejioy,' the centre pf the town ha? fleet} divided into block's, and difjerenti.a.l.iins.ufanco'.', rates qfi drastic character ipiposed.' ; ; Tho 'obstinacy, and ptupiijity of the iOpiinoil; fkioh. js mostly composed of. farpiojs and chaff puttors and. a butcher, ivhp js q lflrgq'; property lipjdop. but does pot insure, is causing an alarming expenditure of profanity iii coiunioreial circles. ■"''■' '" '■'■ '.'.-' ,' " : ;

Whoev'er'the; correspondent niay - be, an'dil'is,npt ditfiQiiitto desigiiate hiiu, it.is quite evident tbat'he is one of those akles-de-camps of Mr Eeuall ; who for some time past have been busily engaged in-; getting up an insurance -scare for the amusement of their chief. ,_ We, regret;to see a well-coiiducted journal like the Evening Press giving! circulation 1 to'such aii 'extremely one-Bided statement. : In'catalofuiiig'tlie-'Courioil as being mostly' composed - of farmers and , ffhaftcivtters 'and.;a, butcher why are lbs piller,' his ally, the sawmiller HfrM mM 'wMjip.a^iilleft: ; out. Wliy sliflij a'juwneiira'jihaf • cutter, jnu a butcher be less fitted'to look after tho ; interests of the town than the" flour miller,tlie sawmiller, and the sewing it not possible that the millers three may be every whit as obstinate and wrongheaded as the farmer, and tho pliajl'-jjuttji; .and.the .'butoheri'j jßow-. ever, a great' g'lijf is .apparently fixed.betweeri Dives, tlib biiwhep, and that'very funny Lazarus, the flour miller,, and the'reasoii'is: liot hard'to djscow!!. We as,t,o how |lie';l|fe';'unjfalr'aiit] unex■pected rise hi : ihsuSiio.ei : |)'w/l).ee|i brought about; / ii)fprme , ofe';of. jli"|enali j s tos-gotup: ! a,' sowe; in; «Wugtotfftibei}gs|' tto I Jiißitrance y a»entsi • -I'nyato ,'iet{e|s i'.^.vtf'\W^T^.VS.'.'.

represeiitiiig ;Hbe ■ at pii vatis letters have (Ibiie' rill tlie niis- ( chief.;:. We-trust 'at^tbe,:-meeting wliiob is-convened for ; Monday:hext ftii-offort .wili.be made to; : obtaiiv'the uariio of the writer of tlie cdrrespoii.donee to which wo refer. -it is disgraceful that a heavy penalty should be iniposed on this community siinply because air individual who is responsible perhaps to Mi- Renall alone should spread - uutriitbs broadcast in' Wpllingtoii iri ian; anonymous: and imde'rhand manner. 'Assuming that obstinacy on the part .of the Council lias prevented a, satisfactory water supply 'being;, established we asserl without hesitation that this obstinacy, must.be directly sheated .home to. Mr Renall ]iimself. : For more ■. than a year past every municipal councillor has been favorable to running water through the tawil from' Mr Eenall's lead.. All .that they asked for was'/that';'Mr ltouall .should submit soniokind of agreement to be ratified by the Council on a busiuess : basis/, They did not.dictate to him what, the agreement should be; they only contended;that for the sake ■of the iuterests they were pledged 10. protect, tborq should be some slia'dow of a reasonable contract, .something to satisfy theh'/cbnsciences as public 1 men in a . of responsibility. Everybody i-Mr fteuall absolutely vefused;tb gjye.anv;guar. antee, or.; even : &- written proposal', aud:that.itiWasentirely-through .his own,.obstinacy:.that : -the projected water -supply> has^been- 'withheld, 5 , The last mow hi Mr Eenall's game appears tb'.bav'e'beeii to wh'ip.up l the Insuranco agents to pressure: on the Masterton; ' We 'taken if' the' the dictation, the Insurance will hot treatowners of (own to place their msuraflHHpPP' of aonio Insurance Company 'outside' the .Wellington ring,; which .appears fpr'.tiie;tim'e. being to be controlled by. Mr Eenall, Those property owners can ; readily subscribe a fund that will make it worth the while". of some other, office—say in .Melbourne or, Sydney—to. send over 1 au.'agent;.' t6 this towirto arrange risks.. Thisis a matter that reqniresV.aotion' rather than talk. An" ultimatum should bo sent to the Wellington .Insurance agents',.calling upon Hhein ' to Avitli," draw their new .tariff; and'.jf this fails, then'residents in Masterton can quietly make arrangements' '&' break down- the, .Wellington monopoly. That the Wellington 'insurance agents havo been lnisled-.iis.a matter '< of notoriety, ■ We'. would ask this syndicate if they are aware that Mr, Mall's water ■ supply is inadequate 'even to'turn-.his'own' mill,-and iliatViyheii the'. mill runs shortiaiot a single drop can he spared, '• However, if, as they adhere to the decisiou at-wbicT ithey have'arrived, the; business' me'if of. Masterton :' iiiust arrange, not iir public meeting, but'in private con-; ference, some 'plari. r b'y .'which 'tlieir power to.injure the town may be broken. -'.;,-;,-.. ; ,u :/./>;;