The Fielding Star. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2,1892. Good Resolutions

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 79, 2 January 1892, Page 2

The Fielding Star. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2,1892. Good Resolutions

Witi^ the 'commencement oi a New Year people are apt to make a lot of good cesolutions^ which, as a rule, they find ; ver^ f hard' to carry out. We do jnotTintend to indicate that the good "people of Feilding are likely to prove exceptions to this rule which has stood the test of -ages, but we would like to make a few suggestions and point out a few things which they might at least attempt to 'dip during the coming twelve months. -The/ first is : Providing a suitable municipal building commensurate with the rising importance of the place; then I " the improvement of Manchester Square^ tn © SU P" ply of artesian water ;■ the making of footpaths- on the most thickly populated streets ; the erection of more street lamps ; the improvement of the Public Library and Free Reading Room ; the granting of the Wedneshalf holiday to employe's ; and last, but not least, the establishment of a cottage hospital. There is not one of these objects which cannot be attained, more especially as we have now a Mayor and Councillors who are one and all, deeply and personally interested in the furtherance of the best interests of the Borough. Wei believe that in all they attempt, whether in the direction of any of the objects we have ventured to indicate, or any others which, at this time of writing, have escaped us, we can assure them that they will hare ;the cordial sup-i port of the' ratepayers/ 'The present Council is, without exception, held in higher respect and esteem than any; which has gone before it, and there-i fore more is expected from its mem-; bers. To make the town what it ought to be, the residents should keep steadily in mind that . they have only, themselves to depend ! Upon j but they, should also remember that whatever they do expend'in the way of improvements will be returned to them a hundred fold. Of course -we know what; difficulty is always ■ experienced in getting, people to " pull together " in even the largest towns, but still we have a ; lively hope that where so much is to be gained by unanimity even self interest or personal feeling (if; such should unhappily, exist) will be sunk- where the common good is ; to be promoted. : The greatest aid to success in this life is self-reli-ance, whether in a man or a nation. And when to that is added a spirit of ( charity, combined with a desire to make mutual concessions, the most happy results may be achieved.