ONE TREE HILL BOROUGH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20111, 23 November 1928, Page 16

ONE TREE HILL BOROUGH.

•Sir.—l have read some letters written by ratepayers of One Tree Hill complaining of some of their members deferring the proposition of forming a borough for that district. lam not a ratepayer, nor a resident, but 1 would like to give them a little advice " gratis," viz., keep out of a borough as long as you possibly can. Your £IOOO that you seem so anxious to secure Mould be a very small amount in comparison to the extra expenses you would be called upon to meet. I have had a very great experience as a borough councillor, and also as a road board member, and should know a little about it. Another great evil would be the household voto and the possibility of non-rate-payers becoming councillors. A voto of ratepayers would probably have saved Epsom from joining the city and having to pay double, and, in some cases, even more. I suggested at <n«- time that Epsom and One Trco Hill should amalgamate and form an extended road board. If that had boon done it would have made a good reduction in rates, which aro very oppressive at the present time. I have always considered One Tree Hill quite a model, well-managed by some of the best men in (lie district. That would all pass away when it was farmed into a borough. lirsoM.