The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1891
FIKST EDITION.
Lord Onslow's conduct during the present crisis confirms the impression we Lave entertained for some time past that he belongs to the order of ornamental governors. At a time when changes of Ministry are pending, he should be the man at the wheel, and not amusing himself with pleasure tours. His absence from Wellington impresses people with the belief that he is indifferent as to who goes out or comes in, that our interests are not his interests, and that the sooner his holiday excur sion to New Zealand is over, and he returns to take up the serious business of his life in London, the better it will be both for him and for the Colony,
Mr Eenall's rill, like Tennyson's brook, appears likely to flow on for ever in the debates of our Borough Council, and it is questionable whether even the tact of the Mayor will be equal to arranging the agreement he is trying to bring about. We would have been glad if His Worship could have seen his way to make a contract with Mr Eenall without a flagrant evasion of the spirit of the Municipal Act. The substitution of Mr Kenall's son's name for his father's enables the letter of the law to be complied with, but is a flagrant violation of its spirit. We consider a citizen holding the position of a Mayor should respect the spirit as well as the letter, and while admiring his ingenuity in defeating the former we are afraid he is setting a bad example by showing how easily and readily the plain meaning and intention of an Act of Parliament can be defied.
The anglers of Masterton say that dynamiters periodically and systematically poach in their streams, that their names are known, that the receiving houses for the trout they gteal are also known, and that a regula* export trade is carried on in defiance of the. law. Tkis seems strange, and as soma geyenty persons pay licenses for fishing in this neighborhood, one would think they were strong enough to put down this sort of thing. Perhaps the reason & tfiat the management of our streams is xeleg&tpd to Wellington, and there is no local body in the district to protect anglers fro'ni poachers. Cf coursa the fish ponds here are more a Colonial than a local enterprise, and there can be no
objection to their being controlled by a Wellington Committee.but streams b'ke tbe Waipoua and Ruamabunga are purely local, and ought to be controlled by a Committee representing the seventy anglers who fish in them, If, however, the seventy individuals who pay licenses are contented with the protection given by the Wellington Society they should not complain, as they are complaining, but if they are discontented they should insist upon a local committee of management being appointed.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3717, 23 January 1891, Page 2
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