PROPOSED WATER SUPPLY FOR PAEROA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10012, 25 December 1895, Page 5

PROPOSED WATER SUPPLY FOR PAEROA.

fop. some time past efforts have been made to a water supply for tho rapidly township of Paeroa, and the ®cr«a«i:i(j prosperity which it is confidently Hpwtc-d that the opening of the railway l " 1 - the development of the neighbouring f-! i- will bring, is making the solution question more and more urgent. T-i' i v.jtor supply is necessary for the ,ecmf to be tho almost unanimous °pi'.i .ri <jf the residents, and that the want kn 1'" met is shown by tho fact that a any is said to bo prepared to underWit 'hi) work almost immediately if a p! actioable agreement can be arrived at, I ' >: j, however, is at pressnt in what '•]]'• ar- 1 i be—at lean ?o far as tho present 'i'-'ti -i) i.a concerned—in tho unfortunate n! forming but one portion of the p'Ui'.y Council. Jfc is neither a town J »r! nor a borough. Tho council COnr'f three members representing Paeroa i: J -ix representatives of the gold fields distr!"'a - The.«e latter very naturally object '■'> trold duties being utilised for providi:, ~' I V'i on with a water supply! They urge *''■1 considerable force that their districts *'•' get little or no benefit from such a |ciittr.», and that each of tho other centres in t'ie county has as much right to be supil'"-'! with water at the Council's exUnder such circumstances it hopeless to expect the Council to in this matter. It is therefore king strongly advocated just now in -Jtfi i-_nin.l quarters that permission should to a company, which it is proposed ! ' form, to carry out the work, provided >Ut tlifir profits do nor. exceed 10 per cent. " 'n'. her effect will be given to this suggesti-,!' not, it is certain that a good water "■'Pi'ly would be invaluable to this rising '"'Wnship alike from a sanitary and ft com-'-"crci.il point of view. Mr. Cadman has a ,""'iy -trued in tho plainest terms that ''''Government cannot givo any assistance 1:1 'liii matter.