WYNDHAM.
•November 26.— A number.pf ,the business people. oLWiyndham bad a meeting recently, and. decided, to close on .Wednesday afternoon f however, several - declined tjo fall in jwith the' movement, so,I hear the promoters have i decided to take no further action. At the same meeting there was shown a considerable divergence of opiniori'as to .what should bedone'with the few shillings collected to defray any, expenses that might le incurred. , '*<;-• ' ' Merging.— This is a question ,tl;at pas been of some local interest of late. A large majority *of the ratepayers In the.South. Wyndhanrßosjid Board;have come .to the .conclusion (that ,it is' high', time that, there should only be one rating bodyin ,the district,, . -in other words,, that the, South Wyndham Bpad Board should be merged into county, council. , T>"e step iB no doubt a wise one, so fat as every rater , payer is concerned, except, the. derk't Road boards , ' have done a certain amount of, good in the past, and when times were more prosperous there were; very, few ratepayers who begrudged their few pounds in ,rateßto, enable epine half -dozen ftlopming financiers to have the honour of ( a (jeat'at'th'e/roid board, an<J disburse, their remittances'; but oh a^aountot ]p,w } prices and 'redfrceS lvalues, a change h' wt,,wnie O^T( tl^eir $avJinasoji?|*iP d tU^yi^ave Mi e iS°? a ';1; 1
elusion that it ia high time to ask another authoiity tb administer theirwants at a less cost, and have tho rates more' equitably ' distributed; In 'connection with this particular board, there is no outsider who can shut his eyes to the notorious expenditure of the principal part of the income for the benefit .of a small minority of ratepayers. The smaller ratepayers are now endeavouring to induce the council to abolish the board; and they have my sympathy, if that is of any use. ' • . • •
Daibt Factoby.— We were all pleased to hear that the directors of the local factory have sold their cheese at the very natisfactory price of 5d per Ib. Both shareholders and producers have Buffered long enough, and now, thanks >to the misfortune of our Australian cousins owing to the drought, speculation in the cheese market has- resulted in our local directors securing the price that' they have. Although cheese has risen in price since they sold, the course adopted was a wise one.
WYNDHAM.
Otago Witness, Issue 1932, 30 November 1888, Page 17
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