Correspondence.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 831, 13 October 1877, Page 2

Correspondence.

p>rtta ly opftM all*ffisfajgofpubli o mteral uje^nnot be "idmUUUJ witl the opiniontMreiit ezpritwd ;-. ■ BiE,--^l was: passing througii th* 'Owngbi^of KjhTkihi y^iterday mo-umg, * "* w l Vßi rt y !^ a !»»\«t»6diDg iv a <roup aud M^hoflffff, diseasing some subi^cc man aflgVy tO fi« of i«e, wo«u 1 approached a little closer I conll tb« u hear ■ hem poaring down malediction' on the devrtcd heads of the tfa^tees of the Kialkihi Town B >«rd, lor iu«ir in«oci«.i aud utt.er »^leot towards th- incr«atg of the ratepayer*. From wha, inform tfei.m 1 cold gather trojji the p^rtie-. prvbeut, eht. pftrtioul4r««»f their gnpyeuce is as follow*: -It appaarg th*t a m joiity of cue present Board #«c also w mbcra of liwt year's Beard, and that toey were • lec^d at that tip* for tue purpose of putting up a pablio pouad, and g-^ttug it open, for Ude immtMUactgy ; alao to do Cher important and tieeetaary works m the towuihip. Toey collected the ra'e last year, at«o pMtnra^e fee , and ga a Government subsidy of £30 t o btt pule. mept the rateir They have not speut this money m doing any improveujeiiis m the towuship up to thio time, with the bzouptida of putting up tho pound, with a board notifying the pouudag< f-.ies, ue riy t welve months sg •, and left tnere rott.ng all this time w tbout get i g it open for the «<e bt tne dthtrict ' At the lastanuuaJuiee.6ipg.whMn cho iru-.|;e. s weie b.oughc to Aoeount tor th ir i.exiebc, they apologised it, a way by sayiu* ihe. met wl h 6O.na unavoidable diffioalte*, which pr« rented tuem from carrying ou- the wuhes of the ratepay.ro, but tnat now tney were m a fair *ay to *et thebe tin. gs done satisfactorily. W*U, i v . steal of fu illing thtiir pr»miae io tie ■ ■•aiisf action ot the ratepayers, they have •i ,t met oitce since their annual nuetiiy, WulCtt ib no«r.oTer two months ag--. l'jiis tuat matter* will tw » 8 bad this year as they we>e last, when tne Uusteei .mily mcc. tnree tiaia dvi ing the year. Cue partie* m «a«iciou also bcrieve v it tnrough the iuttueno* of a few of t.-e oruate s^ who hajru several head of o "»ti c running at large about the to Ana .i|i, th>t ia (he cause ot the ouud uo> being opene.i. ihry said they -Af-re gto have a meeting ot the ratepayers tor tne pupoa», us thty termed it, oi g.vuig tne trusses a proper »iggiug. At thu» part of the conversation tuey s enna to fc ec ujore nc.ted, so I thought i.. pm ieus to proceed on my way, anu 1 wouli uot ! c <*o all Burpna^d, the t uexs c oj« we be.r tioui the Kthikiai Town &>*rd it will ue from thespiritm>rl<i,,jMiMUL.n tue agency «t come tranoe me,iium, as ih.ir laic now ieeuia to bd s<?al«d- .No doobo th ratepayers will have thtsm blo.vn >o aUws r. um the bin gu«» of pub.ic spimou. — I »m, &0 , &TTMPATHV. » OCvootr, 3,d. .