CAMBRIDGE WEST DRAINAGE

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2063, 26 September 1885, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE WEST DRAINAGE

TO THK KDIIOK. Sin, — lii answer to " Pukekura \s '" letter in your Thursday's issue, I would state that it li 4 mass of iiiisst.ilcmcntt) from beginning to end. Fir-t, ho says the engineer's ieport to the Wai pa County Council is a false one, and it is a strange thing that three engineers should be sent to report on the matter, and all thtee come to the same decision, and then Mr Aimstiong should be nu-<lcadiug them. I think Mr Armstrong irt not the man to give in a false report to Hint either one paity or the other, but perhaps "Pukekura" vv.mld like to give him a little advice how to act in the future ; aKo, it in tine that the Pukekura Ko.id Bonid lm\eh.id a ditch dug which brings more water on to my property than before. Secondly, he says that Lot 278 was fenced by a settlor, and the Pukekura Road Board thought it would bo better to bring the w ater <]o\\ n by the road instead of going across hisacie. I mint say it was thoughtful of them. Xow, Sir. why should they .spend poor ratepayers' money w hen there wan a course without it ? Perhaps " Puke kura " will tell us. Thirdly, ho says I stoppad the course on ground that did not belong to me, and flooded my poor biothei-in-law. Xow, Sir, he is a gentleman, for I stopped it only on my own ground, and I do not think he will grumble, for ho said that it was the manure from his brother's stockyard that made the oats grow so well, and lie will .see that I was not selfish, and Wanted it every year. Fourthly, ho says I had Lot 312 put up by auction, and stopped the course on Lot 313. Now, Sir, it is a lie, and he knows it, for I ne\cr knew that it was put up for hale till Mr Fitzgerald told me. Neither did T stop it on Lot 313 Fifthly, he .says the public of this district do not think that poor ratepayers' money ought to be spent on draining Lot 312. Now, Su, I would like to know who the public are, and who hasjever askod them to do it. I never did. I would like to ask him if the money spent on the ditch alongside lots 278 and 270, and putting the culverts three feet deep was poor latepayeis' money. Now, Sir, I am prepared to prove tint it ne\er was a course till Keeley's made it one to drain their land on to private property. Sixthly, hr says I petitioned the County Council, for damage-*. Now, Sir, it in a— well it is not the tiuth, as I only asked them to take away as much water a« they bi ought there. Seventhly, he would like to know how I got lot 312 so chenp. Now, Sir, I would like to know if that is his business or mine. 1 expect it was because I was the highest bidder, and I did not get a M. H.K. to pay the deposit, and then not meet the lomamder and lose both acie and money what I had paid, but if he would like to know any more about buying acres cheap, I would ask him to come over and I will give him all tho advice I am able. — I am, Sir, obediently youm, ■T. Jahkkit. Cambridge West, September 2 1th, 1885.

Ihe liravy draught horse Earl ot Mar will travel in Waikato this season. Yound Prince Charle and'Lowdcn Tarn will travel the Watkato district this season as usual. An person found cutting timber or trespassing on fatua West or Whangnmata (tho property of Missn> Gnre and Moon) will be prosecuted. MrJ. S. I'dgecumbe has at Ins disposal a large mm of money for investment in Minis of not less than £000, on good freehold security. The Stud Company's sires Antero-t, Cap-a-pie, and Young Melbourne will stand m Watkato this season. See advertisement. Ihe annual meeting of the shareholders of the KihiLihi I'oun Hall Company will beheld in the hall on Ihur<da>, the Ist October. Mr Wilde, of Auckland, will conduct the ser\ires in connection with the Church of Christ at LeQuesne's Hall, Hamilton, to-morrow. Members of Orange Lodge, Sons of T'Nter, are requested to meet at the Lodge, \ ictoria Hall, Hamilton, on Monday evening. ISusincss important. '1 he attention of the ladies of Hamilton and the neighbourhood is dirci ted to the advertisement of Messrs Scott and Dixon, next th« Hamilton Auction Mart, who ndM'rtise a cheap sale of £500 worth of drapery.