PROPOSAL TO MAKE CAMBRIDGE DOMAIN BOARD ELECTIVE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1916, 16 October 1884, Page 3

PROPOSAL TO MAKE CAMBRIDGE DOMAIN BOARD ELECTIVE.

It will be lemcmbered that a few weeks ano a, petition was signed uj the C'ciinbiulge distiict, asking tlie (Jovcinimnt thaL the Camlni-lge Doiii.iiu IJoaid be made an elective body, Tiic petition was foi vv aided id due couisc to Wellington. The Cambndge Town Boaid shoitly aitd icceived a lcttei fiom the Ciown Lands Olhec, to tlie eil'eet lli.it as the Uo\ eminent consideied it debit able, as iai as possible, to place pubho domains under the eontiol of county councils, 01 olli'M local bodies, in teims of section 12 of The Public Domains Act, 18S1, would the boaid, in the e\ent of the pieoent domain l'Oc'id consenting, be willing, in conjunction with the I'ukckuia Highway Bond (which body is al&o inteiestedj, to liold the (.loveinoi's delegated poweis? At the meetipg of the domain boaid on Sa.hu day, the matter was bi ought foiwaid foi consideration. — The Chanman (Mr Wells) lcfeiied to the above eommu nication, and said that the cliaitman of the town boaid had icplied to Hie effect that the boaid was unanimously of opinion that it would be a gioss injustice to the piesent domain boaid to have its poweis delegated to the local body, and that the gieatei poition of tlie inhabitants would bear them out in their opinion. The board had also much pleasuie in testifying to the amount of good woik the domain boaid had done to the domain pmperty since they took oifico, and at the piu&cut tune the}' weie expending a Luge sum of money in the beautifying ot Lake Te Koufcu, which w lit n completed would be an ornament and a cudit to the township. It it were uiircnt!) iiCci^s.uy that some local body .should take o\ei the domain the town boaid would accept tlie tiust — The town boaid hail ulso wiittcn to Mr J. B. \N In te, intot miiig him that it would be a gicat injustice to the piesent domain Im.ud to lu\c any alteiation made in the dekgitul poweis of that body, and testifying to the woik whieli tlie bond was can j mq out. — Mi Whyte had wiittcn to Mi W L. C Williams on leccipt of the petition above leieiicd to, to the riled that the mayor of the petition was likely to be gi\en e fleet to. Mi Williams thewupon wiote to the town board enclosing a copy of Mi Whjto's lottei and stating that though he should like to have the domain boaid a sepai ate elective body he had the honoiu to tequist that the town boaid would accept the oiler of the Colonial Seeietaiy. Should they decide not to accept the trust, lie should then feel it his duty to move that the domain lands lie vested in some other local elective body, say the Ca.nbudge Road IWid, which had an equally good claim to them, or the count) council. — Mi Wells said the boaid had now the w hole niattci befoie it. Pel son illy, he had no dcbiie foi the oilice, but ho eonbideied that the change would nut be at all fair to them It looked as it they had abused their ti ust. Aftei they had done all the dindgeiy — got fie lands delegated, got the snney done ax, then own pei'-oi'al nsk, initiated the giand woik ot lmpiovunent which wis now being can ied on, find then to have their powois w lthdiaw n, it looked as if they had lone something vei) wiong indeed He li.nl diafted tlie following leply to the Undei Seeietaiy of Ciown Linds, which he hoped would meet with the appioxal of the board :—: — Domain Board Office, Can budge, 11th Octnbei, ISB4. H. J. If. lilliott, Esq., Undoi-Secietaiy Ciown Lands, Wellington. ■Sir, — \<>m lettci of 23id ult. was considered by the domain boaid to-day, ivhen 1 v\as du.'cted to send jou the following ie]ily: — Tlie boaid is unanimously of oinnion that the change suggested is undesuable, and would not be conducive to the public inteiest, especially in the doveloplnenL of the scheme of nnpiovcnients luaugmatcd by the piesent boaid, and which am l>\ en no\/ showing good ie^ult->. In this view they aie sunpoited by the newly elected town boaid, who, wntuig on the subiect, .say: "It (the cbinge) would be a gieat injustice to the domain boaid." Al-o. " The gi cater poition of the inhabitant-, will beai us out in our opinion." Again, "They aie beautifying Lake Te Koutu, wh'ch, when completed, will be an ornament and a credit to out town.'' The boaid i-i fm thoi assiiicrt that if the town weie canvassed by petition as to whether the domain should be adnnnistcied by the piesent boaid, oi by the town boaid, or any othei body, it would be almost unanimously signed in favour of the present adniinistiation. — I have, fee., Thos. Wi:lls, Chanman C.IX Bomd. Mr Knkwood fully endorsed the reply as submitted by the chaiiman Without taking any kudos to themselves, he would say that the domain ttust and the m oiks and impio\ements in connection with it could not be in better hands, ceitainly not if Mr Wells weie out of the boaid. With the draft letter befoie the meeting, he thought they would be content to allow tlie mattei to ic&t in Mr \\ h) tes hands. The tow u board had got quite enough to do to look after its own woiks. The domain now consisted of a vauet) of talent, and of a class suitable foi domain work not to be found in the personnel of the town board. Personally, he had no desiie to retain office, but in the interest of the community, and as one who had the proper carrying out of the domain improvements at heart he did not think the trust could be in bettei hands. He had much pleasure in moving that the d l aft letter be adopted. — The letter wa& accordingly adopted. We have heaid since the above was wiitten that information has been recened from Wellington, in reply to the communion tion from the town board, to the effect that no change is to take place for the present.

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