THE PERMANENT LEVELS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5521, 25 October 1879, Page 2

THE PERMANENT LEVELS.

■'Wh'^w- it beeame^apparenfr evert ~sd~ the" 1 unwilling understandings of .our Mttiticiipal Councillors that, hi adopting the high 'levels they had done an unwise thing,, they -magnairim6i\sly[pjs.''ij; . tif the plifilrcvote. At the Sitme 1 'fenVe'-' tlicy talked largely ajkjjit aligning. , in .^kodyaf ti the decision of the ratepayers -.w.ere opposed to their iiceiiliar views., Tlia-t decision was adverse, but oil? jpoi^cll^Jr's, had in the mean.' UK6' iconic tb'-tho conclusion 'that iV Would be a silly thnTg~to resign. So they haVo - remained.? ' office'. '* [Whether they did • the < %ise'st ll tliing'"ih :< putting the! question to the ratepayers is- a point open to discussion.; but/ oiieo having doncthis,. "there can ; t>ev no' 'two' opinion's" ; as ' to' the -course they should 5 r rio\v -a'dbpt. They ought cither to abide -loyally, by the verdict of thorfdtepAye^s'bi'rdsitfH: 'their scats. J?Uti, ; i|;. all.. that wo hear be true, they intend to do neither. They will remain in office, but they do not intend to carry out Mr Bell's levels. In secret conclave they have agreed — or at least a majority has, agreed, for we believe they were : 'not' xinanimous— 'to treat v the 'public will, so unequivocally s.hown at the" recent poll, '. With I ' c.b^tb;nVp.t; ,;:To. go Oh;w.itii' their origmopclicmQ wqulcV, h6weycr,' be beyond the assurance, even of our Councillors, so they, have . agreed to strike a -medium, course, and ,to try Mr Pcppercorne's lovolsi The fact that :tho public gave fewer votes for this scheme than any other exercises ho influence -upon them. Foiled in their own plan's, they have decided not to carry out the plan in which the ratepayers have expressed their confidence. It is UoW cvidcilt that the Council as at present constituted is "opposed to the public will/ and the : members should adopt the sound 'constitutional practice of 1 resigning their trust!" It is simply monstrous that afterthe result "of the poll, "recently taken they should calmly ignpro the unmistakable wish of the public. ..