GREYTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 701, 24 February 1881, Page 2

GREYTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A special meeting of- the Council wa held on Tuesday evening, for the purpos of considering the proposal of the Go» eminent to appoint a special coiißtable fo the district. ■ -, •

Present—His Worship the. Mayor, aw Crsßailhe, Thompson, Wakelin, flaigl aed Gray. -'■■>,.:' . ;Mr W. 6. Beard attended on behalf o the deputation, and reported what ha transpired between the deputation and to Hon Major Atkiiison; and submitted' telegram received, to the effect that "ill Government had decided to appoint Bpecial constable at £l pit week—a r« pectable resident would bo chosen on th recomniondation of tlio Borough Com cil. Ho would ho amenable to the polk authorities, though -'his duties would t very light, <teo." In' placing this in tt hands of the Council, Mr Beard said tb the proposal did' not meet with hi approval in anyway.- Ho thought the were entitled to a proper station—thopn sent amn!!ameiitß being very unsatisfai tory, and their treatmont by the Goyert ment very -unfair. Ahnnyanceß i residents wera .constantly occurring whicli could be prevented by the t appointment of a constable, And it t, the duty of the Government, to whom tl ratepayers to protect tt interests of the settlors.' Mr Beard co: eluded by placing the matter in the ham of the Oouncfl. '

Or Gray said he fully concurred in i that had fallen from Mr Beard. £ thought the Government were treatji them very shabbily, He did.not belie in the half loaf system, and would: raoi —That this Council caunot entertain il proposal of the Government to appoint special constable at£l per week, and th they be communicated with to that effei Or Baillie, in-seconding the reaolutio said that it was only to-day that ti cases had been brought under his noli which might have-been'- obviated had policeman been resident'in the distrii One was a settler having to call his son assist him m turning a man off his In (perhaps he was sparrow-catching—-didn't know—but it was a fact, nevertn less) The othnr was, a man entered dwelling and demanded food; the t< vants were frightened and gave it to hii No provision was made for a lock-up, ai if a constable was wanted between & o'clock in the evening, and nine in I morning ho could not be telegraphed fo Ora Thompson and Haigh supported t views expressed, and Or Wakelin, in tl course of his remarks, said he thought t looal. Press was greatly to blame for tl mannor in which they had criticised I matter. Had itbeenprominentlyergu on its proper and important merits —li the Branch railway for instance, believed th'e policeman would never ha been removed. His Worship' then put Cr Gray's rei lution, wliich was carried unanamioiis .Cr Haigh proposed a voto of thanks His Worship, the Mayor, and the otl members of the deputation, for tho act) part they, had taken. '

Mr Beard thanked the Council on \ half, of the .deputation, and expressed I willingness 'to render any further ass tance if required, The meeting then adjourned