THE NEW CORPORATION.
(From the I>aii,y Times, August 5 ) Now that the Municipal Elections are over and the new Corporation is inaugurated, a judgment may be fairly formed of the use the ratepayers have made of the franchise with which they are entrusted. The election was an important one, not merely on account of the civic interests involved, but because from the character given to the Corporation at its commencement, it may be fairly inferred what its futivre
Municipal Corporation to require close attention for some time to come.
It is therefore fortunate that tho3e who have been chosen are reputedly fully equal to the task entrusted to them. The establishment of Civic Corporations has always been regarded as an advanced step in civilisation. They take from the Central Government a great portion of the influence that would otherwise accrue to it, Hy giving to the ratepayers the power, through their local representatives, of expending the City rates. And thus the Municipal system is one of decentralisation, and ought to be prized as the most valuable privilege that can be conferred upon a City. In this light, it is sincerely to be hoped that the City Councillors viewit. They meet for the first time to-day. The eyes of the citizens of Dunedin are upon them, and though they have difficulties of no small magnitude to overcome, it is fervently to be desired that the future may not belie the hopes with which the advent of the new Corporation is regarded.
THE NEW CORPORATION.
Otago Witness, Issue 715, 12 August 1865, Page 1
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