THE DOMAIN BOARD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11195, 18 August 1898, Page 7

THE DOMAIN BOARD.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Now that the Domain Board have decided to'recomineud Mr Petre's scheme for I the improvement of St; Clair, it might be wise I "to' consider Mf Cargill's'action in '.lending hiß '''.'assistance."'' ■> ■■'-. '■■' ' .-..-■ . ■■ '■■■<■: I"■ The cpujmon practice of applicants for public I"favour's is'to enlist the bo-ojmration of their I friends who'are friends with .member* of public ! bodies, and then'foUows the button-holey inter- ' view on the backstairs, &c, ad nauseam. When Libia usual method ij' departed from and a straightforward and publicly-avowed claim is I inr.de by a geotleman like Mr Cargill, whose public spirit is beyond praise, we find him confronted by a few offended strategists who seem ! willing to barter public interests for-private purposes. ■: ~ . ,■ '■ " ' : ■■■'■' Mr Petre's name and fame will live or die with the proposed sea wall, the cost of which is within the meaes of the'public bodies; while j the costly schemes of Messrs Reynolds and | Hotchefion would almost to a certainty be I.rejected on the score of cost by discerning j ratepayers. ■«>.■..' Neither'Mr Cargill nor Mr Petre has ever at any time spoken to me, and. my judgment of the board's proceedings and methods is obtained from the common source.—Lam, &c, Caversham, August 16. '■'..,... Divv Jones.