The Evening Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURISTS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 857, 14 January 1879, Page 2

The Evening Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURISTS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1879.

, v i,o my vatoM, ami f.luwo w!u> do not.itb I - ■ Vn'!a!if.i=yf Un-U to-rys/htu when the v.;i:vr.v(.H'!« nuc»tion will fovm thu subject ~f in. s»muU unuitmH of w wtr ttiv yrmtsly mistaken. A* is tilrsiutj well

known, (!h<» object of to-night:** meeting t* d, ohfcua thw authority of the ratepayers Co a fuceht>r tnttfn of £*», WO f»r the purpose "f snmpfctirft!? t\w wsterworka. If popnfar (.•orvv>r:»afit«n raw b<? viewed, as an i.'l'Ui-u.Cion nt what th»? tone »>f tonight':* Duration b likuty to l>w r we may expect that there wiß 1» conajdexable opposition nkuA T)J some to the feorfowmg of oaf further aom at all, whilst fathers will demand f«U l«r-----iuctitar* fmnt the very inception of f.he. scheme before sdvtriK their consent. We, have no sympathy with tho first et.is* of por«ou*. Suluctent tu ■•f\<ry to complete f.ht> works must ami wilt Vr borrowed, despite, their npp'wvtifiß. 9«rvnt* though it may be. Nt> nne who had embarked in ntv that hn tho-i-xht v.-..ttM cost Kim only LK"» r *!W> woutd abandon it &* u.wti'ss twjan-iij wfwft he had ?pottt th»' E.oiS.OOO ht« fiiund it tvmtM t'"H «imthc;f.nn.OOO to sucvpwcutty ijornpl.jf'.- it. N»>must ttw waturworfc« s»;nrtuo hr a'o.'ndorwd. TTu> idem U so- ridi-u!,»u.i that it cannot b-; cntt'tupbted with *' ; tJ>u3:r"V.. But we cannot hetp thinking that th.v *'ourn:it h;i3 ur«atcd its t>pp<-tiettta by its imrwiwunal'dß seorysy. Att mattery con-ni'-i'ti-d with tht' watwrworfcs have tn'tuv smothered within the n)«>ws dC the t'ouruul as though th-y would not, stand chp ttu'tit of day, yet v,u liavi- nwu to hopvr thtu-e U nothing so divadful :uioiit tlu'iu u'oty may jtul-e fruw what has transpwd up to, tfif prt-Sftvt momrnt. It is, h-w«rpr, said that .Mr. ,\t-!\;:oD csttmatwt tF«- total f.st of tlio wnvk* at l.tv-.tlOO. IV-ph' who :i.n- Koulidcit that hy did 5« natwralty want to kw>w how it is that that amount witt ta in bringing the? wat,-v into, tf'.o ri'servoir. and' that it U iu'-i'ssary to l>orv"-.v .v.othtT sum of ri"">.WHn oi'dur to bring it i»t" tho town. Ahhou:d'v th" aitthority to I'oiTo.-,- must b.. :;-ivt'n thy Conner! it is iu> titrhc m.iti.erfor tfi- JEuniripatity to render u MI f'T a sum of £'.|o.fi*)O in addition to that already fiorrowrd. tua'atig a total- of ovi-T £ M)O.*H)O. Ratepayers i'siin..t Ui-i-'-for-- !>.-• Idauvd for being carofut aboni. th,> ulather. ;uid if they s[ ; ..;.M to- j tii.;!.r. d.-.:ide r. • i- ['le-.t that tiv meeang be adjom-u-'d iu order t-< aiford the «J.emeiC a fei-Tlitu' opportrndty of clearing away auy ivi.-.e irn.:n"eisio-i! chit u-ny oxist ai fe'.,'ai';t-i Clio iiiuouu-t of Jfr. >f'l,Knt>-'son-.'inat i-stt-ma.te. the t'niHwiU posifi'-.i-v in ivhittoti to the lato i:ontnn:toi-s, au-t the nature of tiie wn-k so far as it lias K>yn far-ri.-'d out, they will not ae-t unreasotiabte. We aitvocatyd thy other day that a tonsuiting engineer should bo appointed, and siiu-o then we- have become cosdkiuyd in nur opinion- that this should he done. Mr. H'Lttoo may have performed his Work | as well as it is po-?slb!-> fori any man to d-o it: fmf there exists aj lurking suspicion in the minds of i the ratepayers tfiat his ori-inat esti- ; mate w;« D'.">,<-)00 ; and It is i t!is,t this can- ho removed by any other ! evidence tllau that of the \w*l s'thstantiat ! character, which it is irt the power of the I t'orporation to supplv. ; !