Correspondence.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3198, 7 May 1889, Page 2

Correspondence.

The Town Lands Trust Bills.

■• • (Tothe Editor). ; Sir.—lt seemsthereis everyproba- - bility of two Bills being•intMuced: ;/ during the ensuing session oiPailia- foment for. .■ the management of-.the" jtf! Masterton Town Lands Trust. 'it is'. W" ■ not so very long ago when there was considerable' discussion ; over themeasure which had been approved of by the Town Lands Trustees, There : wasa-publio meeting, atwhiohthe clauses were goue through seriatim, and passed after several amendments had been made, It must be fresh in' the memory of all who take the least interest in the matter that Mr A, W.' Renall took a very active part in the . proceedings-,, and that lie approved of * -• tho Bill as it was returned to the Trustees. Now, I learn. that Mr Renall has gone in for a novel sort of opposition, he and Mr 0. %, Carter having joined in partnership for the purpose of drafting another Bill ou the same, subject. It must, be a matter ot'some difficulty for Mr ' Renall to reconcile bis action in giving his assistance jn the prepara-. tion of an opposition measure after tho active part he took in setting the first one right. There are only two possible explanations which he oan . give, Ono is that he has found some good reason to change his'mirid, and'.T ~. the other, that be is proceeding upon >-4(L a principle which frequently aotuates him, namely, that of doing something ti - : -no matter, what-for the sake. of;.|diV opposition. If the former be right, . then Mr Eenall is hardly treating his colleagues in the Town Lands ' Trust with the amount of courtesy wbich they have a right'to expect fromliim, If he discovered serious faults jn the first Bill after it passed the public meeting, it was plainly his duty to tho inhabitants of the Masterton Small Farm distriot to ....' point them out to his colleagues, '" ; and to consult with them as to the best means to remedy them. To. concern himself with the drafting of another Bill would, under the circumstances, clearly not be' ono of the duties of any man who had been elected to represent the people upon the Trust. ]f Mr Eonall is acting in a spirit of wanton opposition, he proves himself most beautifully inconsistent, for lie is simply opposing himself, It is hard to Miy what Mr : Carter's reasons are likely to be for ' concerning himself with the matter Mr Carter las an intimate knowledge, , of the early history of tlie Masterton Jk; and Grey town Trusts, but he can only know their later doings in. a superficial manner. He' is, no doubt,'well qualified to draft a measure on the subject, but we were hardly prepared to see him ready to say that the settlers within the .'.*•. Masterton. small farm', distriot, and '■ 4 , the Trustees elected by thorn, are not " fit to look after their own business; iAs regards the'chances.of Messrs Eenall and Carter's bantling passing either hranoh of tho .Legislature, 1 think they are -very slender indeed. It will be tho simple duty of tho member who has charge of the legitimate measure to explain the origin of both, and it would be a • funny thing indeed if that did.ndt- : ' [ prove sufficient to starve the illegitimate one. ' . .'.. : ; '., ' lam,-Ac, •.•:...,.. SETTLER.