The Pahiatua Star. (Published Tuesdays and Fridays.) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1888.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 174, 21 February 1888, Page 2

The Pahiatua Star. (Published Tuesdays and Fridays.) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1888.

i in. I en . ; election in over, and Mr t r. \ o i in ii serenely happy hy the party. Tbiaistbe result w. )• mil when wo warned ratepayers to Ih wise in their gener.ition an<l study the interests of the di«»ri<t t \\ ■ .i ■« not C"tisi«lir the Committee a good leete n in any sense of the word, notwithstanding tlint there may lie t!i - ■ i.iii' ng*t the nuiubcr we have . v grtotMt peratmol reepeet for. 1 ;.i and mi In ul, a:i lif they do not V al.e a cMii'.ilenblo hash of things • • rally it will he no fault of theirs. The •• i.> licen t move" of Mr Crewe’s I;. sue. eded remarkably well, and ll . |.r. ini of ehituncys for this one to badd ui:d furniture for that one to i t havi apparently curru.ilconviction with them. It i a wonderful world we live in. when men are so easily gulled oy pro-Hi -. Has it lieen forgotten • ••v. Mr Crewe served the ratepayers i t last loan poll, because lie did p.t u license? No, certainly in t ; hut. hs in the case of the \ iila heotltr-, l e has upphed plenty of sei; - ap. hi -ketl up by promises, ar.il as u con-c-pieiiee Ims secured i return of the live candidates his heart was-et up. n. We have heard it remarked that Mr Crewe is a fine • t-rah Tln-re is no do-aht about it ; thin* are ft w who can equal him. One of Mr Crewe's promisee wus that -o -.Htii as the Con,niilU-e were elected he would commence to build an extensive hotel, a plan of which he has had . n baud for a long time. We want to je ti e edifice started ; there should be

no h. silaUon now on his part, for as far as We can see lie himself is the Lict n-n.•; Committee. Whilst we nre do ay s willing to give Mr Crewe praise I for worthy actions, we do not like his small tricks ; and it will be our duty * to watch the newly elected Committee I verv carefully.

Since the above wa« in type the !!. .urnir.g Officer has made a discovery r« • irduig the election, which has indue. i him to call for fresh nominations. 't he discovery made is that Li a110w..! plural instead of single • tlu r contrary to the l.iccr-mg Act. In the face of this di-euvery the Uetuniing Officer could not declare the jh.ll. end therefore gives notice elsewhere of a fresh election.] ,\ia. docl»t ui to whi-th- r the County t ouneil can hand over the control of the main road to the Kotvd and Town Ih arils is let a-ide hy the following cl. . is from “ The Fublic Works Act YuwnJu . -it, liH?" •• The Council of any C. mty may ,by sjh cual order, i- ■ lur< that all or any jsirt of any district road shall, from and after a date to Is- fixed therein, l>« ui. lcr the exclusive control of such local authority within tl.u County as shall be ineu- - ...il in such s [hi* is I order, and may, by the sii.ne .-{. ~d order. direct that the cost of constructing and niaintainmg anv such road or |>ait of a mad shall lie Lome eitlicr by llie local authority t<> wlucli the exclusive control

tl creof is Ki'eii. or a proportion of such cost to b> nxc<l in and by such special’ order shall be 1 sin to by any other local authority or auUmriliu*. and the local

authority to which such exclusive control shall be granted may recover from ■ h other Ih-.il authority or autho ritsi s t e share so fixed of any n.i- .liable expenditure incurred in oon-.ructing mid maintaining any -•-.icli road or purl of a mud as afore--•iid in any Court of competent juris«lscti n. Any County Council may in like manner and with lik - effect decline that any part of a County road within a town district shall be under li i control of the Town Aoard." So fur as the above clause is concerned, it only refers to the Council s power to hn .id over thw control of the main road to the Town Hoard; but further on, in ano-her clause, we find that -‘the C*• inty Council may. with the consent i f the ll< ad Board within whose jurisdiction the -am.- -hall lie. declare any county road to Ih- a district road." No ik ibt tin -e clauses are the outcome of an agitation last year, especially amongst the Town Hoards of the colony, to have an alteration made in the law regarding main roads through Uiwn districts. The application of the Palliatua Town Hoard for control of the main road running through the town district will be considered »t the next meeting of the Council, and uotwiihstanding nil the drawbacks connected with a ibri-e cliain road, we think it would l e to the advantage of the town if the Hoard is appointed sole care-laki-r. Provided always (this is legal phraseology , that the Council ceases to collect rau-.s. as we presume it would.