The Hutt News THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1930. WAIWHETU'S NEEDS.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 13, 21 August 1930, Page 7

The Hutt News THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1930. WAIWHETU'S NEEDS.

The news published in ®ur last r issue that the petition from there■sidents of the Waiwhetu district received courteous attention and treatment at the hands of the • members-of the Lower Hutt.Bor-

ough Council h>is I ctn the source of much satisfaction and pleasure to the .signatories. The announcement that the Council was seejv- j ing further ■information' through the Works Committee on the subject, and that a deputation would be. received at the next meeting of the Council is also very gratifying to aIL interested. It is claimed that, if the Works Committee, visits the area affected, and also* makes enquiries as to the amount of revenue reeoivod and the amount expended on this locality i during the past three or four years, and investigates the statements inaiVe in the petition as to fift 1 needs for road sealing- and for footpaths, there, can be no reasonable doubt that, this Committee will recommend that justice be done to an area which is revenue producing-, and which .is in sore, need of improvements. We learn that the petitioners arc also gratified at the decision of the Council to receive in open meeting1 the deputation;' and t j hear the views of their spokesmen this course | being- more • desirable in the pub-, lie interest than the practice sometimes adopted of meetings with deputations .by a Works ■or other committees. With th<' majqrity of the ratepayers w<>. are convinced thatthe Council endeavours to do its utmost in the ! best interests of all sections of the community, and would not know- j ingly countenance, an injustice being- done to any of the districts under its'charge, and an interview such as is contemplated may, j and probably will, be prbductjye of a better understandiri^ between th' 1 parties. It is to be hoped h^ w ever that th c leaders of the deputation will recognise- that the Council is beset with iriany financial difficulties, and that their requests may be in keeping with the' ability of the Council in the mat-j ter of expenditure.Rome was not built in a day, nor can it be rea- j sonably expected that all .the I

works of which this particular area stands in need can be carried out in the immediate present. White the residents have every reason to expect equally fair treatment with the burgesses residing in other pa7'ts of the Borough, they will be well advised iiot't^) •expect undue preference. If tliey receive an assurance of a definite nature that their wants will receive attention by reasonable instalments during the approaching season and that the most urgent works will be proceeded with at once, and the less urgent matters deferred till subsequent years, the main object of the petition and the deputation should be achieved.: We feel assured that our Waiwhetu friends and neighbours are in the main reasonable people, and if they can see that the Council intends doing as much as is at present in its power, and will continue to do in the future everything financially possible for their benefit, they will leave the Council Chamber well pleased with the re suit of their friendly interview, with our City Fathers.