THE NEWTOWN GRIEVANCE.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 547, 27 June 1879, Page 2

THE NEWTOWN GRIEVANCE.

If ever a deputation had a genuine grievance to complain of, the body of Newtown residents, I Who waited on the Council last night to complain of the state of the Adelaide Road and Kiddiford-street, were in that position, and we can well understand their feeling strongly on the subject. Tenants are leaving the neighborhood, tradespeople refuse to bring round supplies to the nnnappy householders who are unable to get away, and residents returning to their homes at night stand almost as mnch risk of being lost in a quagmire as if they dwelt among the bogs of Ireland. It is a fact, also, that in some instances the heads of families whose avocations keep them employed late at night in Wellington have been obliged to abandon their wives and families and take lodgings in town, until the veritable " Slough of Despond" in the Adelaide Road shall have become at any rate a little less hazardous than it is at present. We also learn that in order to get supplies to the Newtown Hotel a circuitous route of at least 'four times the distance by the ordinary road has to be taken by vehicles. No doubt tbe contractor has been placed at a great disadvantage by the unfavorable weather which has prevailed^ but still there is no doubt that the fact of the road having been allowed to get into its present' state is a disgrace to all concerned. Half of the road might have been done at a time, or in some other way the inconvenience to the

residents might have been very materially reduced. The only thing that remains now is to make the best of a bad job, and adopt every , means, at whatever sacrifice, to complete tbe work as soon as possible. If the contractor cannot obtain sufficient carts let the Council allow him to hire some of the Corporation carts for the service.