LOOK ON THAT PICTURE AND ON THIS.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 122, 5 March 1881, Page 2

LOOK ON THAT PICTURE AND ON THIS.

Tn a recent issue we srave two extract with regard to the West Coast Railway, which although written by the one hand and emanating from the same brain, were inconsistently contradictory and diametrically opposed to each other. We notice a certain paper, which assumes to have a great interest m Feilding, has lately been devoting a large amount of piper and ink to the question of the proposed municipality for FeiHing. We do not presume to arrogate to ourselves the position of a West Oast organ, and we will show that thosp writers who attempt to claim such a privilege, only end m placing themselves ma very invidi ms position. Tnthe Ttangitiliei Advocate of June sth, 1879, the editor tnti* publishes his dictum upon the Feilding Borough question: — We have been requested by one or two of th»» prominent residents of Feildinsrtournre its being cons iruted a mu r >i / *.iQalitv. We think the time hat arrived for gvr.7), be'mff done At. present, it is evident that Feiloing is not making the progress as a town which it asumlly > r ouH do. if its loral nffiirp were differently administered. Tnrre have been complaints of a display of pa tiali'y m certain official quarters, which is not calculated to engender unanimity of action. Th"re shonld be no difficulty whatever m Feil 'ing obtaining th? 6ov rnor's sanction t > the proposed chiinge. With enunorlors representing the different wards of the town, eaoh wo'M receive a fair share of attention w!:ich hitherto do/^s not appear tn have b"ei she Mse. Th». -treet forma'ion is nofc ynt complete, except, m oeitain favored localitie 0 . Wi-re P'-iiding ooi«tUnted mnnicipnlitv. the imer-a 1 administration of its affairs would b-< much mow equable, oonsistff'it anl proerf c» ; vp than h'rnt'»fore. We BHggeat the QonsiUeratiion of tb«> mftiitw

o the inhabitant, and hops that early icMon will be taken with regard to th • preliminary steps required to be an angel before anything definite can be c?one. " A change has, however, come o'er the scene," and the municipality question is now viewed by the scribe through the other end of the telescope. Although eighteen months a-.ro it was his opinion that the time had arrived, he now coolly announces that the scheme is premature. It does not require any m«ss of verbiage to show up the sincerity of the writer. We have given cm« extr >ct, and we now give another emanating from the same master mind, but apnearinu: m the local evening paper, and we would ask our Feilding readers to ' look upon that picture and th- n on this," and admire the consistency : — We maintain that the s^V-me is preina< tnre and on all ground* unadvi^aWe and bns not the re-nmmen^afion of disin'eres^edne'S on t.h«» part of Hip promoter*. The constitution of a mu ici-nlit • ie not m 'ended as a means to h n fit -papula ors or to Holsfer up a rotten s atn of 'bin -s ; and itwoud b> a denlorabln -na'tti'-, both as record th prcieot and fun j re. tha' such should b- it-. <>bj -ct or eff ct. If people have over-«ppß dated, it w 'iild ne mos* unfair to ask the rarepnvers to pay h -avy tnxps m order to hring about a short term of fictitious pro-peity. durins >vbi-hthe spec «ulatorß sho-i d g-t rid of their s-ctims at fancy prices. Tf we could sue that a municipality wa« to ben- fit Feilding, we should advocate it byevrv means m our pover. <ut we are thoroughly convinced to ttie oontra y. One more remark and we are done. The critic assert-d m the article from which the last extract has been mide that it is necessary to have the signatures of 250 ratepave r s to the petition, and that although 259 were obtained m Feilding, at least thirty were informal. Our friend is sadly at fault when he makes such an assertion, the Act requires no such thing. The Act requires that there shall be 250 houses within the boundaries of the proposed borough. b Y it the signatures of 100 householders is quite sufficient, so that even at his own showinar — granting the alleged informality of the thirty - there were 129 signature" m excess of the required amount. " A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."