BOROUGH EXTENSION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13666, 7 August 1908, Page 4

BOROUGH EXTENSION.

As we suspected when, we read ...the comliients arid the' -resolution of .thu Levels County Council upon the -present'.-move-ment- for the extension of the • borough of Timaru, the Borough Council has had no more to d'o with the business than the County Council, itself; • The statement made ■' by the Town Clerk in our issue to-day should disabuse tho minds of tha County Councillors of. any idea that, tho borough is. -attempting to interfere- with existing' boundaries wil-hont: consulting-the neighbouring authority. jWe confess that we are rather in the dai-k about what' is being done, and it is only natural that country members of the County-. Council

who may have derived their information on the »übjeel, from what, lias appeared in •rt,e Press should bo equally hazy. Mr Virtue's statement, however, makes it clear that, whoever has promoted the petitions for the detachment of the suburbs from tha county,' has been acting on his own initiative. Since the Mayor was unsuccessful in the attempt he made ;Soma years ago to get the suburbs to to amalgamation, the Borough Council hns> not, renewed the quest for' more territory, and it has been left, for suburban residents who desire • inclusion to rriak& advances to the Council. It'' is very probable, therefore, that the Borough Council Anil -riot--be in a position to accede to l the County Council's , request for specifio information about) the proposed boundaries of the enlarged borough. It might, jupt as reasonably be asked for a definition of Mr Mahojiy's proposed new borough, lor it is no more responsible for. the one suggestion -than for the other. , However, if those who are working tip the movement, for the inclusion of the suburbs are successful in their efforts, and if they come to Jhe ; Borough Council with. ia request, for inclusion, it will of course be necessary for the Borough Council, to discuss boundaries ancl so forth with the County Council,' but in the meantime the application of the latter body is premature. .' 1