STRATFORD NEWS,
(^ROM'bTm^&EpJjN/r 4'^Slfi 1 .) unacceptable to every-shade of opinibn^msuch matters , 7 rj^WindjW rain,: aunsh}ne,,,.thwnde)r, I>j aii > d lighfo, iing have alidad tiieir turn?;. , The BorbtfglT^Counal * J aF Tuesday night's meeting tO'OJT the unusual course bit:- refu^ing>qi ;- h'eWmg' 1 stb* - a •deputation, the ground for the refusal beingjjthjn trivial; .nature uof -the mktter to be dealt with. It was aquestion of _ mending a^footpafch, and" should have been brought before the Wprks Committeeithrough 4he-^nedi-um of thi^stJoffi^As^cSil4ors trji^- ; i:qmarkQ4iitheirejfite*«noftHfj busine^Tt^^i^^ ioii^iitalSi without hearing . deputations on ! small matters jj^jdetaiL \The-3doputa-all the same. The.Co,un<?il»guanted .a subsidy c.ofi £^0 for the year to the free library and readinff roem on, <ondit,ion the. reiaditts roomiwas 6peiied\onV3Vhda^ evenings. A plea was rafe«d that the chuiTsh,,attendan.cjaj, > wJQuJd suffer;] but. the idea, ffia&seouted. , v t . in charge hopes to have all ready' 'in a, month. • r .'''%i v> sj-"i:. p .-T3 .. The legaljiositiqn of the streets in Stratford lEAtensibh ' is becoming in-i tek-esttng.-'-They are only, streets by courtesy at present^ ja.isohe~;Co:uncii; lias- vdeciddd ( M^m W op &ion "*{ Mi- J. }i>. ifortin on-tho subject. Noyeisbef , .aCrrTKCJ &a%tfg% jioß' a co-operative dairy iactory was fined to-day thft.iiew Inspoction of Machirieky^ActC'loy ru^nMgSy<%oiSr of over .15 h.p.^ withoutl c bei»«cWhe of an engineers ee»ttlcate s defence 'showed th^ti «Je bolter' had-be'en • iHirclM^ Wl4 ; h:iC wk' Hie defendaAtJsJ^S>rfiunawai'e'-^bf the triue cftpaeiQr of the boiler, and/"of» tJhoC alteration in... the law»^an.<i. that when informed a week or-twcWby irie indpe^t^rj hef^j#he;hii^Mbp^ to find a ceK-Wicated,, man to take charge. Under ' the' circumstances the action, of the Department .-in dragging the man to Oquyts' was !va»*bitrary in the extreme, "wd one can imagine the.^Hft <rf go] on among* tfce * factory/ 'kuppliers round the Receiving stag©-thtS'mdrh-ing. As a rule, Government inspectors do their sptrlfctag: gently, and are careful not to arouse tjiat .latent* anta.go.ntem to rules and regulations • that exists in -the average human,, but this particular department seems to be a thinff-of chilled >' steel and gun metal without any of that give and. take, , elasticity that is, necessary in dealing with so delicate a material as the patience of the farming community: > There is ' growling enough already at the thousand and tone regulations that beset 7th.o. indi-.. vidual in all the transactions of his daily life without ,*^nar to-., thegrowing 'irri^^on by admlmstering' the 1 -laws; Itf- -an- unnettessarily harsh aud'T^romptory ■manner:'^ --r—~-- •—>?■«
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11820, 18 November 1901, Page 2
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386STRATFORD NEWS, Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11820, 18 November 1901, Page 2
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