The Settlers' Association.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 111, 5 April 1884, Page 2

The Settlers' Association.

[Waiparapj. Observer. ;:' ; It ivS interesting and instructive to note the efforts m the direction of progress which our fellow colonists aye making m some of the : -newer* settle ments. The. young ' .settleuidnt of Woodville ; is at present making its first step m that direction. } The enterprising and energetic l people of that district hayo become alive to their more immediate and 'pressing publip wants and grievances, 'and have therefore formed" A Settlers' Association^' the leading .objects 6f which are to have the former supplied, and the lattejr remedied. The organisation m question is not, like a similarly named Association a'(i Masterton — -a mere gathering of foolish and conceited persons who meet together to discuss political rreconomyj andrhow to make -jam° and . fiddles— but a body of sensible,. earnest 'men, banded; together to 's/ecVreFsuteh practicitl : obje6ts : as are of importance to their own personal interests, "and those of tlio disfeiittt 'ib which they hme cast their lot. The programme of the Association has been carefully framed.: The; ::Abso"fcsatioji lias al&o appointed ten- delegates, wtiosje d4ty it will >ibe.:"< to : watch closely: a)l proposed legislation, and to ! suggest, gncn reforms m existing legislation as,, .shall be best fitted to remove causes .cif just coraplaiut; and to advance the interests of the colony ; and its settlers]" Already the members of thisi'i&ssocij-i-, tion have done -good practical work. ! They have cal led <attentionr >6f tl je GrdVernn «ent ' bo 1 the •< ; fact that the - sec-r . tions m some Blocks of unsold^ Gl-owji lands fronting the proposed railway line are absurdly small j a^nd their upset price exceptionally -high for poor rough 'land, They bave also shown'; up the '<■ egregious bMdder miide^by t'he. -surveyors m cutting ihe boitndary lines of I he^ff' Sections. -All' this agitation will'feftproiductiveOfgbod fruit. , By persistently 4rt"giagi upon 1 the attention of the Government their requirements aas gVfevanc6s,the;Je Woodville settlers will be certain, m the long run, to get pretty nearly all.they want. We have commented upon this subject because ;frl(e (example of; the , Woodyille P^oplf jis one which mig/it with advantage WfolJt lowied. by, .th,ose residenjts InjoWfii; settlements,, IJerej m jßartprtpn, . for instance,?, the settlers hay^^thei'r l( . wants c and ; grievances. . j , "Why .shpu^d thtey not form an .Association^ ; the objects of I , w.hicli -w;ouid[ be jto: , Wv s e j^hose "wants sqppljed, ai^d those, gvicYaiices repiiediedj Ot course the progr'iunme ofj%uch .an : , Association m a comparatiVely old settlement 'like Carterton, .would, be somewhat different from that 1 m the case of a nsW;one; Still, m every settle- . ment th«re are certain desirable objects w)iic^.wpivld,bß well that" the .settlers should band themselves tpgeth^er. -t<>' attain. By all means, theretoie, ; -Jejt:ußi take alpaf out of the book of the Wood, jville settlers^ _,.',., . - t K .,y\