Meeting at Cambridge West.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2159, 11 May 1886, Page 2

Meeting at Cambridge West.

Mr Lake addressed a meeting at Cambridge mi Thursday night. There were fully 50 pics^nt from all parts of the district. Mr Jtilin Fi-hcr was voted to the chair. Mr Like spoke for over an hour. His speech was practically a repetition of that delivered at Ohaupo, except that on the education question he was more explicit, referring more to secondary and higher class education. At the conclusion he was greeted with npplau>e. The chairman then invited the elector-, present to ask any questions. Mr C. Jarrett asked if Mr Lake would mippnrt any bill that would dispense with county councils, or merge road boards into counties, as at present they had to pay rates to both, and it came very hard on tho settleis. Mr Tucker and others spoke on the name subject. They thought it hard that tho ratepayers of Pukekura, who taxed themsalves heavily for .several years in &uccesMon, and had made a hr-t clnss main road, j should be called upon to pay for u.uking roids at Newcastle and other places. This district paid to tho council about £jOQ la-.t year, and received little benefit in return. Their own road \va-> getting in many p'.aces into quagmire*. At this stage, as the subject was becoming more a question of road boards v, councils, the chairman asked tlioin to refer the matter to their representatives in the council. Mr Lake said he was in favour of larger counties and thought that the council had done a great deal of good in opening and making roads which enabled settlers to get out of their own district to another, a« witness the state of the road for years between Fleming's Corner and Ohanpo. . Mr \y. C. Cudwoith a-ked if Mr Lake did not tflink it his duty to support Mr Vaile's .scheme of railway reform. r Mr Lake replied that pnp«oqa}ly tie did not 'agree with Mr VaileV " scheme}' but would support any feasible fcchema that Woujd reduce' faras and freights/ j t > It' 'was proposed by Mr Tucker, and seconded by Mr Richard Kcynold*, " That a hearty vote of thanks be given to Mr Like for the very able and exhaustive' manner in which he had gone over the principal points of last session, and also a vote of confidence in hiin'as our'meinber." The Chairman put tho motion to the mooting, and it was carried unanimously. _ Mr Lake thanked tho-se present for inch: patient hearing and for their vote of confi'denco, and 'hoped when at Wellington he would be able to look after what was to tho interest of the district. He then proposad a rote of thanks to tho chairman, and the meeting closed at 0.30 p.m.