THE WAIPA COUNTY AND THE ACT.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 964, 27 August 1878, Page 2

THE WAIPA COUNTY AND THE ACT.

Sis,—ln yourissue -of ili'e/-24th instant appears' a ;letter,.,: sigqetl -i" A Correspondent," which- w#uld7npi,c ; att'for any 'special remark: on,- my^jpa'ri; "were it not that it contains statements that are not strictly, in accordance,' vptjv.fact../ _ Your correspondentmakesit appear'th^tl was misled by communications received from Councillor. Mandeno. Now, this assertion is entirely'inco'rrecV for i never received a 'letter from Councillor Mandeno either on Council or any other "business. I am equally iir the dark as: regards correspondence with the Secretary of the Council. The Chairman acted as Secretary, and the only communications I ever had from him were in" his'official capacity,' l and Imerely intimations of meetings. Your pondent seems disposed'-to show that he is letting me down very gently in leading the electors to suppose that I was innocently to ; a'ct as I did through • what..turned.put to be misrepresentation ; f but, this very "soft handling I beg' to dis- ' perise' with; arid t0 ! assure •"- A. Correspondent ■', that .1= do .not for a moment think of shirking the responsibility'of my actiens either iri-this or any other transaction in which I may he concerned. The question of adopting the Counties Act was brought before the largest meeting of ratepayers •that has r ever been! and, after considerable discussujff, a formal motion was oarried in favor of bringing the Act into'f orce.' -.-.ln: bringing the subject before the meeting, I stated that I had.received a by Councillors Mandeno land. Grerjnann, to the Chairman, requesting him "to call a meeting of the Council for the purpose of adopting the Act. I was requested to sign that requisition, but, previous to doing so, consulted the ratepayers, by which act, I assert, J redeemed the pledge I made when elected. When I stated at the Newcastle meeting that all the Coun 'Ciliprs, (with the" exception, of myself, were in favor of adopting the Act, I had every reason for believing so; two of those, who. had previously opposed it, had signed the requisition,' and the Hamilton and Pukekura Councillors had each, on previous occasions, voted for it, but, contrary to expectation, at the, last meeting the Councillor for Pukekura vo£ecL against the Act—riot,' I y 'believe; -that-* 1 he was opposed to" it,'but simply to put it out of -the -power of the' Council taking any action, to-prevent the disruption of the wqs sought rfco be obtained. As to the,,yj,Qlent throes that we are led to believe are.., now . pending the political bosom of Waipa County/the symptoms felt in .this end of the district are very faint, indeed so much so as : to be scarcely perceptible.—l am, &c, E. Fttzpatrick. Newcastle, August 24,1878.