LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 222, 27 December 1860, Page 3

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

-• -,,Sir. ——!A -memorial, almost' nrianiriimisly signed by\the : people riii the left bank of the Wanganui; was forwarded -last -spring to bis f llonhr the Superintendent, requesting that the •public ’reserve on ‘ the left ' bank; opposite the . town;: might he^ripened- up for ‘the accommoda- . tion of: the public. - : -//believe his i Hferior was favourable t¥ tli* measure, and had even taken steps to carry it ’into execrition,-but again abandoned it'oh receiving irprotest against the sale; signed by a number iof.-.the .inhabitants' of the town:' •/ 4.S tlie inhabitants of the town are thus pre- " venting parties from obtaining sites, who wish to erect stores «and other 'houses necessary to the carrying tin ;of a fe\V trades; such as blacksmiths, wheelwrights, <^/absolut^ cby: the-settlerS: ort that -side - of-the river,' and .are thus inflicting upon them an intolerable grievance, perhaps-you-vs ill be kind enough to allow me a small space in your paper for the purpose of'elucidating- tlie witter; I would fain hope that those that have done so have been led-astray by the clap-trap cry of a few ffesignihg, selfish 1 men, who would unhesitatingly; put us- to the Unnecessary expense of a crown if they can thereby sometimes grasp a - sixpence;'' vl= should’ be" sorry to. believe that -;'th‘i Ji iribabitants ■6f'^e.' f tbyfi'''tehewHy; << 'wUli *kii<W?l2(l|fe' aFniC'thdugiitf.NV'otild be so unjust. a use 'bf is, that the reserve ‘ h Was made foir the town ! arid that we must let ! it sJc descend''intact to our posterity! Most F believe, know, that the- reserve was the suggestion of a Mr.'Bell, residing on the left bank, for the accommodation of the -people whd might 1 settle • on that ' side of the ifivCC; hncbif; the opening :: of vyill be beiieficial 'fo them, and it is now required for - I should have supposed Aliat v thfef opening of it up would have been s ful for Which it was reserved. -•Afso/fifit will be beneficial to the present intlie opening of it up will be equally their posterity. I can see no ne-"feesslty-for-tolerating a grievance wliich benefits nobody, udless perhaps a few would-be morio/polistsp V ;-V "to SThat tlie people oh the left, or feast side, of 'the f river require the selling or leasing of at -‘ffeast'jVairt/of the reserve allow me to illustrate «by h ,: fe^ n examples, which are unfortunately almosf every day. -t one 'finds that his hone has lost ' Insfshfee J for the want of a site for a black i! smithy'he' mhst ; bring the. blafekSriiith across the -•rivef, paying the ferry " both ways f6r. himself : and the blacksmith, or four femes in all; or * r ef§fe take'the 1 horse.’aerdss the rijffeil to the paying a ferry both ways; feritailing ah expence of from fifty to one hundred "per cent; bn the shoeing of the horse, besides causing a very great loss of. time. : - : f Or again, say some rather heavy implement ■ requires repairs; two men roust be sent with it to assist at the ferry; and a cart, sometimes difficult to be got, must be found in town to take it where it requires to go, arid also, back again, whilst, the cart that brought it to the .ferfy remains idle at the ‘‘.other; side of tlie river. A great deal of time 'is.always lost at the ferry, but more especially when there is a press Of business, which : nfivi; often happens. 'Those who-come;from- a'distance-Jiaye often to take two days; when f drie;Worild otherwise be stiificierit,; arid provide’ ’ men, their horses; Or during all the . time; ■J'he 'expenfee tlius 'arising often amounts to from 1 five to ten times 'mqre ’•than there is any occasion for. Or again, in the case of grain, wool, or other produce ! which unseasonable weather is liable to injure, the case is still wrirse; .is although the day-may look well at starting; it 'is liable to' change to wet, and ’ should it rain ; heavy or blow hard when the produce arrives at thfe ferry, so that it cannot be taken across, you can easily picture to'yourself what a state it must be in for want of store accommodation on the left bank of the river. All these articles too, if intferided for shipment; have to ; pay for a ferriage which is altogether unnecessary.l Besides, in almost every case an addi•tidnal hand has to be seat with the goods to ' assist at the ferry. / ‘ ■ ; The%arit of a store; too; in which to-collect the necessaries required from town, is nearly as great a grievance as any of the above enumerated. They cannot be sent across the • river over night so as to. start, the firsMhingfin 1 the morning, as there is no place iri; which, w.e "can dispose of them; If; o»“ the 1 other hand, /’We- take our goods over With/Us’in the mornp ing,fin .order. to start as early as the circumstances will allow, we sometimes find that'our ~ bullocks have made their escape during the . night; cannot go: after them, as our goods are lying, exposed to every-pilferer. We must . first re-ferry our goods >.aad secure- them before

we ..^ u go uifter ~^urs; lutHocks j; mi<l t having -found tbeiri/(;SoiTi i etim mi.«.tfer) arid :broiight /; tbei^,3l>ack,*{ionr > ,g > )(><|s / imuk receive anotlier ferriugq;before- >ve can start; , ... Now, the most,-1 believe, ,X may .say .the whole, of these, and .a hundred other similar evils, would, disappear, if the .reserve,,or even a part of it, were sold or even leased, so that sites might be obtained for; erecting stores; and other bouses, for the' necessary trades required by the. settlers in tlie district. . .S ufely-, trori ojierii ne up of the* reserve must have been got up by people . who have imot d uly /icprisitfefed-:- thequestion. I cannot comceive that any one would be so unjust, asirfo,. endeavour to grind us down with the ' present - intolerable burden; Surely, in leasing 11/rid ' one can say that we are robbing our posterity, asmot; only the.la¥d, but also .the;4mprqY£merits which •wbuld ;be made pn;;.iti-would descend; to;;them., Surely, its having been made a public reserye -'will not prevent itTronTi beingladaptfed/tfetwliat the public requtres. /Surely, our acts are not to he like the -** laws? of the Medes and Persians,” never to be altered, however, injurious or unjust. Surely, the people of tlto town can never intend Id keep unless reserve that which they never 1 either or require, but the use of which ' is • riiost' urgferit!y;reqUif v by; tlie public -on * the v 'lfeft ; *barik rif , the’ rivfer.. Surely, no one can dlfeam df'-converting into a promenade the most suitable ptaefe .tq l be’ found on the river for arid unsliippihg cargo/ftli'e -river'' there to'tlife very ; bariic/^affil; riot jiavirig varied in the- slightest-for the ■ lasi twenty 1 yeritSi merely befeauSe it cb'aricedfat-qhe toliave been’laid off as a public'"reserve, > ;I;i wbuld be just abont al sensible as bldckheid bid the surveying -Of ‘Wellingtoriv and liav:ing laid Off as a public Reserve all'the laiid all rbund the •hWrbo¥rli'ftlf--a : 'Viriile‘'fi’bm Eigli ; water mark, the people- should : insist that ' it 1 muSt 'fer eVer remain SOjdiowever much the use of it might be required for Other purposes for their benefit. • :"Hopmg/howOver;uKat^'the';pedplfei' ? not be W-impracticable; '’’ ".;. ’ ; ,- ' / : remain/4'c. ; - James 1 Allison./

Warrengate; Dec. 24, I 860. Sir,— With reference to the account'of-tHe Wanganui Races, which appeared in your last week’s' Chronicle, I feel called upon/thougb most reluctantly, to ; make some remarks. I would draw attention to so far--as'Connected with the/jpare attached to' the 7 Produce -Stakes' and :; fp&Wghliiii Stakes/ as; furnished you by the ,s ri ; iifeFs Of those.remarks’/ -i «fb sea-y-i In the-first of these races 1 Annie is; staled .to have won by half a lehgtb-^-by 1 half;a distance would" haVe’ been"rieafer the truth. : / ’ In- theWangariui 'Stakes this gratuitous iriformatiori is afforded,- 1 —“ had it been wanted she''- (Sybil) could have distanced Arime.” It was generally remarked that the justly admired Winner of this race was more’distressed than the little mare she had beaten,¥ud which was apparent a quarter ; of an hour .after the race Was concluded: - - H ' / v -'; ' • 1 ‘.. • t . ; From these, flagraniiesit' is evident ; that those persons have fiiriii|lied you with comments on the two : dayi’ : racefe which I^'regret to say are palpably 'arid uriiriwtakably false. / HENriit’SHiiFxq Harrison; ; 3 ffELLINGTON.

/From our dwn Correspondent.) 'filfondayv Z)ec. 24, 1860. ! Mr;:Braridoti will betliis day declared duly elected for the country districts; his opponent; Sims the waggoner, was only able to poll some half dozen votes*;—quite a farce. /Mr. Park has written a very silly letter to the Wellirigton electbrs, attributing his defeat to the ab-. sence Of tlie ballot, &c. Why, your late meriiber, Mr.; Fox, did introduce a .bill for vote by ballot, but was thwarted by Mr. Park’s newly acquired friends. H.M.S. Pelorris sailed for Auckland on the 20th, much to the regret of the inhabitarits,/the yo/ficers being much liked. ; jb§re,j..jH,|d.S f^i Uaw4 has. arrived, and takes her place. The Supreme. iCourt has been sitting last week, arid Mr. Fox resumed his gown in case' qf^'WcDonaUl y*Xuxford, : which he'conducted with more than his usual ability, gaining a triumph for his client, thfe plaintiff. The Oft! conteslid trial of Bird v. Hickson occupied the whole of Saturday, and will be resumed .again filiis; day. 1 /life Aouis and Miriam is in from Sydney with a genenU cargo*; no tidings offitl'ie uuforturiate JFilliam arid Alfred/riow : oiit : river'fnrifeTy dayp/ i? v!The English mail is houHy/ioSked forT : '"’the Sri perinterident arid Coriricil fef'Gariterßury liave petitioned the Governor "to 1 dissolve.’the Provincial Counci); owing to’’ a ; rijiisuriderstandirig on the subject of the railway; the; operatiofas of which are to be susperfded in tbe iritferini. Sir William Martin has -published an admirable pamphlet on the Taranaki war, intended for circulation among/meriiberS 1 of the/; Imperial Parliament and members of the General Assembly. I hear that both ;the Independent and Spectator will publish ‘ the ■ entire para- 1 phlet. As time passes away the cunning schemes and unclean tricks rif the Stafford ministry are bne riy one brought r to light. You will remember how mrich the cfeinrannity were taken by surprise here, when the writs were sent down in: the skme steamer which brought our late riienibers' from Auckland ;; well/that was part first'of the wanted-to-be Sir Edward AVilliam Stafford’s grand scheme for getting* a majority to sustain his tottering ministferial throne;. and so: confident were the ministers —sso. says the confidential on dit— that they counted noses. “ Five,” says the" Illustrious minister,;“ by tlie beard of my ancestor that jis, to be,vArchie Aiisori,, shall w.e liriye in 7Pel-

lingtoii strife, and twh thff fend, of Ludlam.” Wmil. /so gftfes "tiief Cliffj'fdY place, arivK'.’"StqWqrVi ? bity ; but—how ar r aristocratic Stafford is heggih^/lris/old coh stituents to elect him, and poor ' /Feld is opposed by friends and foes in the district he lias neglected so much.

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