FEILDING.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 14, 5 December 1877, Page 2

FEILDING.

[Fbom oub own -Cobbespondent]. Having intimated m my last letter that I entertained some dbttbt as to the wish of tho Beilding Athletic Club to hare their proceedings reported m the newspapers; I received an intimation thatit was not only their wish, but that they fully expected, to see a full report m your paper of the lneetih^ mentioned m my last. On the Occasion of that meeting the large, commercial room of the Denbigh^ Hotel was soon crowded, and Dr. Johnston; voted to the chair. Before the business of the evening was entered upon, a question was raised byr MrT. Vvißrowh-as to whether the meeting was a meeting of the\Athletic Club 'of 'last yGar, and he wanted to know why he had not received a circular" notice Ito attend the meeting as others had done f Mr Hector Booth, who convened the meeting, gave it as his reason that it was thought the publicans would be ;so much engaged that they could.not attend to the business of the Club, v ,Mr Brown iwas not satisfied with this explanation, and Mr Thomas Bradly, then explained that ?thbse who took steps, to^convene that meeting were resolved not .to permit any publican to have,anything:to do with t neir Athletic Club at Peilding,; and "that they did hot want any assistance from either of the publicans, as :they cpiild^ manage without them he'adingtheip subscription list. This being a ,'fulTajicL'i open statement of the reason why neither'of the publicans were invited attend the fjmeetihgj seemed to.b^ '(Spite satisfactory to Mr Brown,swho/;I believe, afterwards subscribed totrayds'ttiefuiids. There was a committee of fifteen elected, with power to add' to their number ; and a subscription list Was ppenld m the room, when over*£|L7j was subscribed by those present.,; gave great promise of beifig' conducted to a successfukissue. •{'• , : ' . , J! made Va, statemept^in. my lasfc to show the ; firianciji;l; position of JN"o-.l Ward at the time ol- Mr Maysmbr's rosignationy?but as Jhfe figures I. gave include both* the uiicaid subsidy and the uncdllec'ted rates that .were.only expected to be reoeiyed sometime or other bef ore^ttfite \ • 31st Jfft^ck it .will makei^caSarQr if kl submit^o youJonly the^actttaVreyenue received on laccount of -'Nxm. I'JT^ard during' the.! .(triple* time that -iMr Maysmor : was iHts "Warden, which? stras ; £325 2s j, the expenditure vW^is £439- : 3|te 6d, showing that^Mr Maysmor squired^^for his Ward an ad^'ce of £li4 v T 13s lid from the other, WarHs of tlfe'district^, : • . i r m^ntiohed ifliiiy last.that Mr Brown lodged a protest with the^ Beturning pfficer agaittst the return, of Mr Bartholomew as Wardenl Thc^ 1 protest haying be'en duly forwarded by the Eeturning Officer to the Chairman of the Board;- who happened to be m Wellirig--ton at the-time ■;■ and I am, permitted to copy the: Chairman 'of- ths^Board's letter to the B^iurning Officer^ which is as •follows V^ " Wellingt^ Club, N.Z., 28th Koyentber, 1877^ iMt E. G. Dow-. iiiNCf, Feilding..— Deajr- Sir,— l received . to-day your let^rjannouncing %Welection of Mt ; Peter BarthoibmeW^ 'as Wardenfor:JNViWardyManc^ ways District, and I handed the letter in /to : -the tinder-Secretary at theCplonial Secretary's officej with the ptbtestsfrpin Mr E. H,, Wright and- Mr T; V. Brown. I am informed by the Under- Secretary .that the; election wjllbe gazetted: Mr Brown's protest against .the election is useless, as the. election byi open voting dsfperfectly legal, the ballot system prbvided for by *' The- Eegulatibn of Local •Elections Act, 1876," requiring to be adopted hj^vthe^ ratepayers themselves by ; petition to the G-bvernment. It is Mib'jheld -tli&t the- Assessment ;E6ll is the : only _ t ahd : indisputable; guide 'jjtii the Eetuining Officer ks-to the p^ttalificatibn ;,pf the-;^pters, andj. while. "any name re-, : mains 09 .the 8011, rib question can be ,raised as , to ; his right to vote, even though hpnlay, gave .parted with the qualification. : Moreover, as Mr Bartholomew had: so large a majority^ the result could: -be m., no way effected by ; the withdrawal of those votes, even if 'Messrs Maysmor and Belk were held to beidisqualified;-— I remain, yours,; <&c., A. Follet Haicombe, Chairman Manchester Highways Board.