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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 69, 16 June 1877, Page 3

. -■ . ;.-i';.r.i •■,■ \i..u~ .;..:v .<./ } .•■■•.• ■ .•-■; ■, -.- ■■;■•■' TO; THE EDITOB. ."■• ; V Sib,— lt sefems very naturaLfpr ybfir fcorrespondent "A Natural " to think lie ■ understands, the. motives that move other • people to action, and although, there is Verjr little good in his. letter, yet I. think ;it might lead some of the people that-:idohit;,-know..any betted, }tp vthink that '^hat he states about Mr Thyrine offering to perform the duties gratuitously, in prderhpt to be beaten by Etalcbmbe, is true. : Sb f ar frbm you* correspondent being in 'apbsitipntojudge of the motives .vthat prompted Mr Thynne, he does not -, |mPWr;what;was done, or how it canle to : be' done. Mir Thynne was selected by a ;maiority of the' members of the Council before the £rst meeting of the Council toofe^fcte to be ; the Chairman;; arid so far ./nll^ offering to dp the duties gratuitously he actually insisted on being; paid to perform the duties arid therefore the majority that secured his election" is bound to sfee a salary attached to the pfliee of chairman while jMir Thynne.bccupies the -position. -The 'object of the majority being to secure for Foxton the "position; of county town, it has succeeded in' carrying its policy into a successful "ijssue^ and whejti • : in^rsfoii-tecjomes aßprbUgb., andiFoild-\ ing -sep^ra^ed,"vs'pxtph . .will tlien-be in secure ; 6i the much coveted ..r?pM?e.;bf'' /being theoseat rpi ■ a 'Gpunty iGrOvernment, : which will be secured to.it i^byj vtfee/ separation .^of _ i^Balmerstbn fand V^pO'iMlpung ; trbin' theTDountyv ■ / V;-: > "';.^.Tae>;/m|i^nla^f;ialbbuTed and , has a^^ti^iittJe'mbuse.-^-iamr '?&c.s> ;■;■;."- V.-^V^'' Content: '