County Matters.

Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 21, 2 January 1907, Page 7

County Matters.

T 0 TnE EI)IT0I> ‘- T'mbr your heading of dated !><*< < iulm i- 11 tli, h:is taken m» tin 1 gamitM Tli('iiiiis ami says the imids been better. Granted : 1-ut bo u lot better if tin- money on the roads of the (’minty inunsurvcyed and through that is made. Vaihopo says arc unjustifiable. I will my remarks arc quite justifiI have done and that Mr. is not Waihopo, so please do to leadjme astray. And WaipapaKktni is not seeking work just now, hut he Kps seen the time when he could earn B<day and do all Waihopo could ■do in eight hours after Waipapakauri had Bftl his tea. So came out of your shell, Bfl, Waihopo, and no stabs in the dark, as Mr. Thomas says. JOSEPH EVANS. Sir,—l see in your issue of December 18th, under the heading of “ County Matters ” “ Waiharera ” is taking part with Councillor Thomas. A a* “Waibarera’’ knows nothing about tnK grant it would be as well for him to withdraw gracefully, taking no part with anyone until he has facts and figures before him as I have now, as he knows nothing about where the Government road is or the amount of grant for said road. Warharera ” says the late member was ■•epeatedly asked to have the footpath ■jbrmed. The late member formed the ■road -at his own expense/md also kept it RjNlipnii and it never cost the Council Rue penny, but the ditches were filling up ■pud it was part of the Waiharera works asking for the grant. “ Mr. Waiharura ” certainly knows nothing about roads or he would not say it is an unsuryeyed road. On the south side there is Une chain reserve, on the north side it iB jfnore than tliat and runs to the road surveyed by Mr. O’Neill through Mr. Shines’ property. He again says the residents congratulate the Biding Member on his departure from previous methods and spent within the district the whole amount of money granted. Your late member was on the Council many years — 15 I think —and when he first Sven t on eno bridges or culverts and the t did not know there was any and the most money I ever

got was £SO. I have bridged every creek from Waipapakauri to Kaimaiunau and kept the roads in very fair order and I defy “ Mr. Waiharera ” to give one instance where I have'diverted the money to any other road. I will allow I did not always call tenders as there are no men seeking contracts at competition prices; but I knew the value of works and always let them to men who could do a day’s work and earn a fair day’s pay. And now, “Mr. Waiharera,” to show you I am not writing at random about figures-—the amount granted is £IOO, the amount spent on the road from Waipapakauri (as per vouchers) to Kaimaimiau is as follows: £2O 1 -, yet “Waiharera” rushes into print to try and protect his partner. lam not firing my last shot here, but will reserve it for later on.— Yours, etc. JOSEPH EVANS. December 28, 190(5. TO THE EDITOR.