COUNTY COUNCIL TRUSTEES.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 751, 10 April 1877, Page 3

COUNTY COUNCIL TRUSTEES.

Sir,— lriyour paper of a few issues ago, in Bpeakingof the Waikato Couuty Council, you. make use of the word smaH, and draw a comparison between the Councils ; of the two Counties. Some people may take the terui-aa a: compliment, aad .others the./ reverse,. • jußt as it may be iuttrpreted. . In . this ; ; case, it was in .to the packet- licens9i and if thtsy obtain it f torn packets running in thiee other counties, it m-i> be considered no comphmeut, because . they would ha .pbtaiuiug inpre.than ph«ir rights by tbis smartnees and injuring their neighbours. Bat if a man geia his e»va without loss to any one, he may be called smart v\ ith- . out offence. If the. Council in question can strike a rate of on o shilling in the pouud m r .K,angaMri, aud collect it, and theii "get the General Gpvernmeat to, maiutain the main roads of the district,, th^t . may, be conaiderecl smart ; aud if, thie isum'e couucil ; tiau.enforco f .t|io fees ohai-ged under the Slaughter,. House bylawa as published in youis of the stb,: without' injustice and op^reaeion that will: be' i smart also. Let them, i or their own' inf oi m ation, if they do not kuow it already, ask any farmer in the district if be can afford to give to the Couuty Council fivo pounds (£5) out of the proceeds of each hundred sheep- sold ? Are times so pros erous in the Waikato ? In passing such a toAe, of fees I feel confident the Council is ill-advised. It is not far across the river, and the Waipa is a free country. Sir, as the fees and regulation of the Waikato Council uuder the Slaughter-house Act are likely to be to the consumer as well as producer, I have . takeu the liberty of drawing your attention to it, with your own motto ir— . . , "Here, shall the Press the People's right maintain, ; Una wed by influence and unbiibed by gain." —l am, &0., Waipa. ..-.'■..