Waikopiro Mock.

Bush Advocate, Issue 356, 21 August 1890, Page 2

Waikopiro Mock.

i'V^HEi* will, our paternal,,,Q-oYQm-inieht'isbfar'ttouDlo i&emaelyeis as :to further the wish of the inhabitants, of the brm6ndvitlQ-Makotuku i district -by ;hurrjingon :the legal : processes ef opening vp 1 the Waikopiro;Bloeki. Great harm is : being done to the district by its delay, ■ and,tt»6ney is being removed out of 1 the province by would-be bonajide settlers, who are anxious to take vp i. land, and who find every inducement to invest their capital and make, their homos here, but are precluded from doing sO, not beoause the land; is Lot suitable, but because the powers who rule , will it . so. In acquiring the land sight has. been lost of a most potent factor in all dealings with aboriginals, . namelj r , time. Every object that tends to protract settlement of a question of value Jiks tho present enhances the property in the eyes of tho Nativo vendors. The land itself is of fair quality and eminently suitable for both grazing and agricultural purposes, and those who have been over the Block can testify as. to the description of timber obtainable, and that it will soon be the only bush in the immediate district where the mills will have to get their logs, from, as the bushes in between the Block and the railway av'o pretty well worked out. At the present time the Ormond- ; vi,Uo-Mako{;u.ku district is not in a sufficiently advanced state to support itself, as the land is not cleared enough to cultivate The opening up of the Waikopiro Block would cause a certain amount of money to be spent in the district. More land would be cleared and put under, cultivation, and .the product of the jplough would support the older settlements, and provide food for tho ' wage-earning , cla3s, who. would be at work on the Block. We sincerely trust that tho Government will set about the work of acquiring and opening this Block : iu earnest. They have been shillyshallying over the matter for years to the disgust of the ' settlers and ■^lejnjury pf tho surrounding district, aid ifc 5$ time some of the many promises niade ,to Mr Smith

were redeemed. Unless something is done soon we shall advise the settlers to publicly agitate' again. Perseverance in this direction must ultimately gain success.