RIVERTON MUNICIPALITY.

Western Star, Issue 4, 6 December 1873, Page 5

RIVERTON MUNICIPALITY.

TO THE EDITOR. , , ~ ' Sir, —I claim no right to trespass upon your space ;. but it is said (by a wise man) that “ a situation without example, nccessit^^^g^^^^' retrospective view of the Southland, and this distiu^ii:j'- v vious to its re-union with ask—Are we not bound iriSffetlcb gratefully to remember and acknowledge the strenuous and successful exertions that have been made by the ! present —as well as a former—Provincial Executive to benefit this district,, and in some measui’e to atone for the long season of oppression and misrule under which we had previously; suffered; s' and that small neglects, attributable to the action of opposing forces ratuer than ■ previously beefi-' made available at even less cost than one freight from and to the Storm Bird or Wanganui at the rate mentioned in your columns ; and had the work been done either by the Corporation authorities, " < or the merchants themselves; the Government would doubtless have • recouped the amount, - they may not so readily pay for freight pCfc I presume, sir, in your A>wii will find that your en- ■ be met with candour and pn the part of your readers to ; be as : to > cavil and * find f stur, hSI you can. do will hot satisfy them ; " p?- with such a determination, selves. Why, then, sholtlMwe "W'WffcfitlPtiji. ’ ll gineer, under precisely similar be successful. A few men whose mostly spent at a desk or behind a their hastily-forwarded opinions in opposition*'to the practical knowledge, study, and matured experience of a gentleman, who has worked up oud wou his position as Provincial Engineer j of this great province of Otago. Rashly they • j now see the folly of their interference; though. i they may be slow even to own it. But, be .i it may, the.blame, if any, should rest, shoulders of those who most dißerve^;3BM|^. well remember who first created ah&fp minted ]. division between those who had : gross of the dis'trict. j 2|ijr^pj^^pMe§tß , S J: inany bitter words such as continued or the ungenerous and check every - movement with or. serve their own “ They hare their reward,” but If men are ambitious to obtain a them show that they are worthy of they seek: that the welfare of is their aim ; that the interests of district.ai’e safe in their hands; courts of action izu- . trammelled assuredly rise, too. Ot}.•; <i'.i their levels, and lloat I ’/AS■ i |P\\v fl j.' of time. If we Jiave business that mm present moment, Ajj.' 1 heartless sel ii si nif’vd J > A v v ; ."i* 'V-'dyP c;^ ■ instances, what s®.'/ •h• /h ” V* - situation, and J" 't-’f-C’P»V^l and why 'V A-V/h * A J’ noyed by i V'l l destroyed covered their o. * of men injJß ‘Equally end to profit ensmfl