SYDNEY SQUARE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1538, 13 May 1882, Page 3

SYDNEY SQUARE.

. ,T0 THE EDITOR. Sir, — Mr T. G. Sandes, in his letter in your; last issue, makes a statement that " Messia, J&obort Han-is, W dimming, and. another owe me some £10 (more or less), moneys earned under contract from those gentlemen." This, as far as lam concerned, is perfectly untrue. The only way I am .connected with the levelling of Sydney .Square •is being a subscriber to the fund for that purpose, and as one of the works committee, East side, in conjunction with' Councillor Dawson, seeing that sufficient work was done before the Borough Council paid the money voted in aid of that object, as will be seen from the following extract from the minutes of the Borough Council : — ''That Mr Cumming's letter, requesting the authoiity of the council to proceed with levelling, Sydney Square,' be acceded to, and that the works , committee of this council be authorised to, undertake the management of the affair at once, in conjuction with the committee appointed at a public meeting." Works committee (East side) — Ci'9. Harris, Beale, and Dawson. — I am, etc., Robt. Harris.

' TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — In you ■.' last issue an effusion lappears over the signatue of Mr T. G. Sandes, re Sydney Square, easting reflections on t the committee, (including this unit) who wereappoin bed to superintend the levelling of the Square, aforesaid. If Mr T. 6. S. had any gratitude in his compo&iture lie ought to be at least dumb about Sydnej' Square. If the committee had insisted on the Square being finished according to ,plans furnished by the contractor (T. G. S) somebody would have been nearer £100 out of pocket, instead of, nomuiullii, £10 10s. Several settlers proinUed a team of horses for so many days, instead of coin ; for which the contractor agreed (verbally) to allow at the rate of ton shillings per day for each pair of horses. ~ If those were taken into account it is hard to say on which side I 'the 'balance would lay. Almost everybody knows that the work could not have been doneaccording to planfordouble the money. The committee were perhaps to blame, but believing that enough work had been done for the money (paid) let it pass. I do not profess to know anything, about the borough levels, but T. G. S. was certainly a ,loug way out on the Square. — I am, &c, AVm. Cumming.

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