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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1140, 16 October 1879, Page 3

R IR) —Would you kindly inform me through your valuable paper how many cattle a man paying rates for one allotment is eutitlod to rm- m the Ngaruawahia Township. lso, is a man that pays no * '■fcates entitled to run five or six head, as ' there are people hire paying about two shilling-* and sixpenco a year running from sixteen to twenty head of horned objects. If the matter is not soon attended to, the spring will bo over and there will bo no feed for any cattlo, as tho run is now gioatly over-stocked. Our local Board seems to bo m a dilemma m the matter. There must bo a screw loose somewhere, as there ivas never any difficulty previous to this last two years. Sir, trusting that you will give this letter your attention, I am, &c, Enguimsb. [We can insert our correspondent's letter, but what are the laws of the Ngaruawahia Town Board we know not. —Ed. W.T.J

Sir, —Tho action of our Highway Board is a subject always open to public comment, and certainly tho motive for Mr Wlntake-r's recent vote would, perhaps, be the better if it were a little clearer. I will take a few points from Mr W.s text, during his candidature. Ist. Ho was a liberal, and liberal m the policy enunciated by the Grey Government. 2nd. He did not care a straw who was at the head of the liberal party. 3rd. He was Auckland born and bred, and would always be found voting with the majority of the Auckland Members. Here, we have the pith of Mr W _ speeches. Uould there be any doubt as to the meaning of his words. No. 1 is plain enough, and what could the words m No. 2 mean, if it were not that, whatever objection lie might have to the Liberal Leader, if the majority of avowed Liberals supported hi*_, then, so would he. Ne. 3 is, perhaps, tho most important, and upon which many of tlie electors chiefly relied. How has our M.H.R. fulfilled these pledges, or, rather, which of them has he fulfilled. With one other gentleman, we find him voting against the Auckland Members, even though thoy included Sheehan, whom our Member has quoted, and almost sworn by, ever since he commenced electioneering. Does not this recall that patriotic pair, m past times, Messrs Cox and Howe, and I dare say that the most of us still remember the warm reception that each received, upon hia retu"n borne. Something* of the same feeling is now felt throughout the Waipa, and although there is no doubt bat that, if the Hall Ministry continue iv office, we shall receive an immediate benefit m public works, &c, at what price will it have been bought? t the expense of the whde -\ uckland district, and at the expense of our Member's political honour. We shall have roads, but we shall havo no reason to be proud of them, and it augurs ill foe the future greatness of New Zealand, that our rising politicians and future statesmen commemorate their advent into political life, by casting aside the promises and pledges made to their constituents, and, m their newly found knowledge and experience, voting against the unanimous wi_b of their representative neighbours. Fortunately for the North, we have still Sheehan, O'Rorke and others, who have made their way up, by clearly stating, and faithfully adhering to their political. ■ hese are the kind of men wo want, men who gradual! take the highest ofiice, by reason of political honour and ability, and no,t by a political shuiHc—l am, &c, E. O. 8., Whatawhata. y[Wu cannot sec how tho inemlo'* for "Waipa has broken any pledge.**.. H•* said he would vote for tke'A'V'tslattd uwm'jsr*

yUMI. I H— p— ■ -i . — m tim interests of Aucklaud, but the proceedings of that party, with which tho majority of llio •■tuck land members are joined, "arc manifestly unfair to this provincial dUtrict. This opinion is-*-, wo have reason to know, shared by many of the Auckland members now at Wellington, and no real parties, indeed, now exist, and for Auckland members to follow Macandrew is simply suicidal. In tho event of his being Premier, all Otago men Avould probably follow him, and the result would bo the robbery of *• uoklaud. "We have seen what tho lato Ministry would do m their promise to carry out the Grey Valloy ailway, simply for the purchase of six Grey Valloy votes, at a coyt to tho colony of a million sterling. While, too, this railway would cost so much, it has been shown, by Mr Blair, the Engiuoer, to be almost impracticable. If such things were done with an -» uckland man, as Premier, what might wo not expecb under tlie leadership of the Otago premier, Macandrew. — Ed. W.T ] — «