BOROUGH MATTERS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 568, 17 May 1913, Page 2

BOROUGH MATTERS.

The Editor. Sir,—At the Te Kuiti Borough Council meeting on the Bth inst. the borough and electrical engineers both neglected to bring forward their re ppective monthly reports of expenditure and work done under their supervision. Was it prearranged or only a coincidence that both should neglect this duty at the same time. (Unity is strength). The reason given was, viz: We considered it being the first meeting of the newly-elected council, and that the councillors would have a lot of other business matters before them requiring attention and that they knew they (the counciloro were desirous of getting done early ; we have therefore not brought forward our due monthly reports. Fancy the favour and obligation conferred by the employees neglecting their duties so as to enable those (the councillors) in authority over them, to get tnrough with their responsibilities with greater despatch. Is this customaiy at all newly-elected councils? These reports should not be neglected to be sent in. The monthly expenditure and progress of works in hand under the various officials, at all timee, needs the usual careful and businesslike supervision and attention cn such periodical dates. Again, let us on to another subject.—The atmosphere has been electrically charged with it. At the election speeches for councillorship of the most successful candidates we heard it, again it rang out with startling suddenness during the opening remarks of one of the prominent members on the opening night of the new council. It was "the greatest good to the greatest number." Now, I think four more short words would be a great improve ment to this magic phrase, making it read thuß: "The greatest good to the greatest number with justice to all.' The borough is installing a larger stone crushing plant in the Te Kumi quarry, but why has the smaller crusher which has been working in the borough all this summer, been dismantled before th« other is put in working order, and the progress of putting the broken metal or to the roads delayed for the last two weeks or more, with every appearance of it being practically a month before fresh stone is broken. I should think it would have been far more bene6cial to progress that the existing plant while in working order had been kept going, and the men in connection with it until the other was ready.—l am, etc., J. F. LEVER. Te Kuiti, May 13th, 1913.