TRAMWAYS TO SOUTH DUNEDIN.

Evening Star, Issue 4952, 16 January 1879, Page 4

TRAMWAYS TO SOUTH DUNEDIN.

-was held last tojicooapjwa thp,.-tramway 'question'/ • ,Mr Thomas Eason occupied J . thd chair. /Hr Mor<os>w abated that,- with Mr Glass, he Fad that day gone to the municipal office to xelative to the closing-ofthe tramway, it-appeared that the, tramway agreement had been referred the ordinary miebt-ii I JlTie committee nt once met, Mid, tlie'Tßaybr’ being' ohb of them, they had called a special meeting for Friday, decided to been signed on Saturday. ‘Twodays’/notice! required to be given- of a special meet* r *hc«ifottyhe,j held ' that the meetitfg way to overthrow the at,'brio withhold thn^rryihg''out L of the agreeiMpt be consulted, tttfjfcplggpiph lhftmieffas. iqUbws;:~T f ‘t^fchi©»nb&a;£toqspil : bftrb aigned-tram-way contract .tewrondfoot; inioppositipn ■:to «na|ority of ratepayers; -Publicmeeting on qug'Stibti «H6pe GbvemoriS'&inotion be 0 is (Loud iltirc J th»i if.oo a TfosKSii'iJfTs '’m\'nxvr .saima a :xmrnrd .eaiiaio

the Governor were petitioned as suggested, -Bo wpaid _put a" stop to the contract being carrifed out, especially considering the nonsuccess of the tramway' system in Wellington, find seeing also that the special meetling jwas informal. ;Ho proposed “That the Mayor and Councillors of South Dunedin haying', ih direct' opposition to the |\yi3h;pf the majority of the ratepayers, en•tcred Into and sighed a contract with Mr for the construction of ■ the’ ; borcrngh, a" committee . appointed ‘to ’obtain signatures to a petition, to be presented .to .his Excellency the Governor*, requesting that the, said agree 7 menij bo-disallowed. The. resolution was seconded by Mr Glass and carried, Mr J. .TlihiiaoN then moved : “.That-this meeting .express their indignation at the action of tae, JMayoT- and councillors in defiantly signing away tlie control of the streets of this jhorough for tramway purpose*, to the detriment of the interest of the inhabitants ; and that the Mayor and councillors be called upon; tq resign their office forthwith,’,’ which .' wa f t . yisp carried,.a.committee being appointed to’cxmvaes tbe, borough for signatures to the petition, the chairman being .authorised to telegraph the resolutions to the Premier.