THE LITTLE GRAVEL GAME.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1760, 16 October 1883, Page 2

THE LITTLE GRAVEL GAME.

TO TIIK KDH'OR. ftm, — Tt would now appear that the mensmenient of tho gia\ ol by older of the m.iyoi, and the e\posmo of tlio action of tho ( Jravel Inquiry Committee declining to allow the Piess to bi> piesent at their meeting, ha\e caused them to think twice befoie they send in the report they pi opared List w eok. Public opinion is too much foi them, and they must bow to it. What the bmges.sea wants to know is not whether there has been too much gia\ el laid upon the pathway, but who h«is benefited by the diffcienee between 43^, loads actually supplied, and 61 . loads actually paid for? Who got this money '! Who sh.ued it 1 Again, they want to know whether the statement is tine that the f oi einan of woiks, when the bill for the gravel was piesented to the Woiks Committee without hi.s .signatme to it, as evidence of its coircctness, .signed it by order of tho channian of tho Works Committee, ha\ ing fir.st told the cliaii man that he had been woiking in another paitof theboiough when the gravel was laid, and knew nothing consequently about the quantity. All this the burgesses want to know, and more. They want to know whether this little game, exposed by accident, is a sample of how the boi ough lias been made to pay for giavel it has never recened for months or even yeais past. It is lumouied that this is the case. If so, I think the post of gravel conti actor to the boiough is not the only one that should be put up to auction, so that we bhould all ha\e a chance of sharing in the good things going. — I am, itc. Kick. October loth, ISS3.