Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1884. A BOROUGH WEIGHBRIDGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 272, 14 October 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1884. A BOROUGH WEIGHBRIDGE.

Some time ago the Mayor spoke of tbe necessity which existed for the early constrnction of a Borough weighbridge. We notice that m the Wanganui Borough Council Cr Murray has also tabled a similar motion. Our contemporary the Wanganui Herald alludes to the motion as one of those practical, common sense propositions, which always emanate from men of his stamp, as it is one which should recommend itself to every sensible man m the Borough. The following remarks apply, with equal force to the Borough of Palmerston, and therefore, we reproduce them. "At the present time, if a farmer has a load of produce to sell, he must be satisfied with the weights as given by the buyer, as there is no public weighbridge for him to weigh his produce over. Buyers are no better off than settlers m this respect^ as they have to be satisfied with the weights charged by the sellers, who may be honest enough and give full weight m every case, but have every opportunity of not doing so at present, owing to the absence of a public weighbridge, attended to by a competent and disinterested party. The ordinary human being is naturally suspicious of every one he buys or sells with, and always has a lurking suspicion that he has not got his prope^ weight ; doubtless he is mostly wrong m this suspicion ; but equally so, he is frequently right. No honest trader would be offended by being asked to buy or sell on the certified ticket of a public weighbridge, and those who preferred such a course of procedure, would then have their mind' set at rest as to the correctness of the weight of any load of produce or other bulky articles they had occasion to buy or sell. A Borough weighbridge is one of those things every place of the size of Wanganui ought to possess, and the only wonder is that such a public convenience has not been secured to the people doing business m the Borough long ago. We trust Cr Murray's motion will bevcarried unanimously, as no right minded person can object to the matter of it." Speaking for Palmerston we can endorse all ;that is said above, and trust that before long a public weighbridge established and controlled by the Borough Council will supply; a want which traders, farmers, and the residents generally have heretofore had so frequently cause to complain.