BEING one of the best municipal politicians we have ever had here, the Chairman of the Council will no doubt present this afternoon a very convincing case for the acquisition of powers to purchase the Waterworks undertaking. We are given to understand that on the part of the Directors of the Waterworks there is no intention to present the other side of the matter at the meeting, and that being so it is the more urgent on our part to mention one or two points which ought to be borne in mind by the ratepayers. It will, naturally, be agreed on all hands that water, being the most vital article in the life of the community, should be fully under the control of the
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