Ashurst Notes

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 81, 7 January 1892, Page 2

Ashurst Notes

[FJROM OUB OWN COKBESPOKDEITT. J The topic of the hour is Small Farm Associations. The Secretary has lately receiyed instructions from iftte SuryeyorGenaral to forward iOs^.from each member as a registration iee.' This is the only cash the . Qtjyernment. ask from settlers till the expiry of two years. The applications' for land are oonpidfired complete till this deposit has been paid. The Delaware Small 1 Farm Association of .3000' acres has complied with,tbe requireinente so they are; "nxedl'i |ij®re jwas a well attended, meeting of the Salisbury Small Farm Association' at Ashurst, on Saturday, for the purpose of seeing that the Secretary had all [the mimes correctly spelt, and to - receiye-th> 10s registration fee and;a ? levy ; oi~ss per member, the committee had imposed to pay the Secretary for his arduous duties. Fifty •three of the members paid their calls— two only did not come, to the front. There are no end of applicants for one vacant space, so they had better look sharp. There was a very good resolution passed at the meeting, to the effect that each member would pledgehimfielf (before drawing for his section) to assist the other members on the block in obtaining loans for roadmaking. It has been noticed in other places that those who drew front secbons-yduring the time of polling , f or a loan—aid not interest themselves, as they ' already had a road. People will tell yon that is human nature. Let the back ones get out as best they can. The Salisbury propose to try and alter this, and share equally. Another resolution was passediby,vWhiqEj^firesent agreed to fell a chain .wide, on their road frontage, and half the. road; When that is done oh both sides 4here will be 3 chains wide of bush felled , on the road lines which will give a fair chance of burning. It is expected that the Pohangina Small Farm Association will pay up their registration fee on Saturday next, if so there will be 20,000 acres settled. The Government surveyors are now on the block. There are 16,000 acres allotted to ~ the Association on. the. north of, the Qroua river occupying the attention r ofthe-pro-moters. . " ' : . "-