NEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2663, 6 August 1889, Page 3

NEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD.

till!,—l ii"tieo in your issue of the 2-) th inat., that Mr rtntbwcll has returned to the subject of tho broken down culvert by his farm somewhat in the form of a retractiuit. In his explanation to extricate himself from blame it is evident his memory h is betrayed him. or he would not have so adroitly stepped into a trap of his own preparing! Kuteniiiß to how the culvert, got ! dniii.-iKcd, Mr Rothwell says, "I was not within a uiilo of the place at the tune, and cmsiquontly could neither have been done by me or my orders, Mr Dmsdale had charpe of the online when cmipht," and then proceeds with a manifesto of bombastic warning to tho Board. Surely Mr liotliwell must havo been seizod with a udden fit of forgotfullnes.s, or ho would not have made such a rush and contradictory statement. li> 'i letter written by Mr Ri.thwrll, dated June 20th, in TriK W.U--KAToTI.MKS, refonine; to the same culvert, he says, "also a culvert on tho road towards Whatawhato, which was torn tip three months ago by an ending and threshing machine attempting to pss-s over it. We had to chuck it out." Mere Mr Kothwril admits he was present, and that he aud others chucked the culvert out. One statement contradicts the other : Mr Rothwell is the author of both, which will he now accept as the correct one ? Some time before the culveit pot damaged, members of the Board examined, and reported it was in good condition for ordinary traffic, but beiuf, on one side of tho road it was decided to put a new one in a more central position when a favourable opportunity was olfered. According to Mr RolhweU's account, the culvert was damaged throe months before the 20th June last, aud although Mr Rothwell was then a member, he neither attended a mietinj* or reported the damage. Is this what Mr Rothwell calls procrastination. Now that the matter has been taken up by the Board, it would appear sumo one is willinET to come forward sis (Jivjimi's evidence, which may implicate Mr Dinsdale and others in the sad affair.— Your.-, &c, A Mk.MISKK Of TIIK ]'O.\Rl>. July 2<), 1880.