FEILDING.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 68, 13 June 1877, Page 3

FEILDING.

■; ; ";,:;./ ! io^in\Qnir'6wn-Poweßpoiid6nf-.)... .■;■ The weather is 1 such an influential jfftctpirjin more especfc v mly;4tt'9*ieh k<me as 6urs, majority of the people are engaged m out •door laoor, that 1 may be excused for igiying it the premier place m my present letter; itt^has^b^fen io wet, 'lately that., it has very much interfered with nearly ; all operations m the district, and as . fiiany'of -the OFeilding workmen ate eiiga^ed at bush work at a distance, from [their homea, the severe weather we hare %a(d lately has been y.ery trying to theiri,. &nd has retarded their work iri prdpbrv 'turn ta^its severity. . The Kimtooltpn -]R«ad4Bbg the mkin line of road that iSn&ie future open tip the bacTc "Country tn'the^irectib^ tend beyond it communicate with Feil■dirig and the railway ; any work on it is 'of to the whole district.. I 'Thirline of road> commencmg at Awahuri, leaves the Paliherstbn and!Rangi'tikei roadjat right - arigles u with/it, continuing m the same general direction through .Fe^dSngi, crossing the relilwiy^ jlirie it is carried steaight to the Eawitea Blbck, which cbmmeribes I think seyen ; or eightvntfles^frtm and asithis road is intended to open up tfie_feaek country, in' 'that d^eWonyiany progress ; that may be made m the. continuation of it'is' of considerablie lnVporta&ca tb^Feild lirigVasjwellas;tb/the country opened up;^ by'i^aM I have td; nofe Jthat for some time past the EJ and C. Aid Corporation has been felling and- this road- j ?about seven or eight miies from Feild- : irigv tAs the road goeS » it will; soon be ((cleared ;andrt*ily for f ormingaW fa? as i the i«ommencement of the Eiwitea :t-Blockv rAiid as it is. intended by the promoterspf thepetition for thVriew county of Kiwitea to give especial attention to 4 *the bpening of the back cbuntry^.by thisi; v: !lme : M^a^lili'6§e' : settl|Brs > that recently bought Mtid: froim the Gbveimment m that' locality /are particularly interested m the successful issue ; of their petition' for a separation from' the -Manatratu County; Aijjd I may also say thatinanyf r of 'our fesidents' here thmk that both f Sections of the county would be bi&nefitted by separatibni as the Mahawatu^ County Couacil could 5 then be ■ ablsspt'. ,jj^^^ra^#itli^lißtKM:auawfttu 'Itign^ ways' Board, so as to save a large pirt. taf their present heavy working expenses. After tbe Palmerstori Board becomes a municipal- council and the 3iiiaittclies|»r and Eawitea Ridings iiave separated from the rest^of ■ iJie 'County, it will then'be found that the iriterestsdf the Mariawatu County arid , Highway s. district will be r s6 riruch ;in J • r?l \iriiso:n; : &afcvfo mi'se their expSiiditure by^b;pp^ratiiig, and assisting 'each other to r # iriuch greater extent than is at present pos- . 'sible.^T-his' ■.is :a ~Feildirig ;view of the p^sitibnv — '-" :i ■'■-'■"■ '■■•"■■ ? ; - -Y--^-- ■ ' • ''-'■'■ - Ybur^V V&# Svthat the County/; Council at* its last meeting passed' a f e¥piutioh hand^g" over to the : Manchester Highways Board the Govern^ placed at its disposal; - for bpeiiing up access to the Kiwitea Block, by way of Mackie's contract dnd the Markino road,^recommended by the Ppiihiy. Engineer, &$ beiiig mbre readily exec^ite^^ preseni;^(iian access by the jjmbolton road. ;.; - ■'U': 1 -•;. ; I iparn that the Stanctießte > r7 High- : WaJ^Bbaf d todk sttch prompt action jii getting^ a rb'ad> bpfened lip to^the' new .Settlement ttt Eiwitea, that m less than a week from the time the ManSw^tu I 'passed its r resolution}* a" large .partpf tW.T^ork tb be done v was under ""^executibii' m ' small; sectionsf by coh= tractors. The work being let a> fast as ffie^Engiiieer cbu^d^liqrufc biit: It is a great jafy tliat'there was so' muck deKy. m getting .this; ,dbne as.; the bad : np^ very} mdch interferes ■ ■ f itS;jexecuiatphL ; ;-' : ' ' v f;-' : f ..;'?■■ '.-.' ■ ' --;' report 6f the railway accident last week, I; have only to^rema'rk that the' matter ought to be such & cautiph tb the Mil-" way as to c^use to be epi forced some effeetiT(s *egti]atiohi faifce)- --: tent any repetitidn o|? a)baWcident.noM a similar cause. It i» found^l belidf c'; .intftei experience of raUway manage;^t'^pnsp^;;.fttteiitic>ii to working .#her^y a train is shifted from; one me [*m- to another is .vQf aH others required to be most strictly eh; cl^c^sysa^ttuchsoV tKat any mistake .jbQaae^y a pointsman either frpm^aht ':'r:of : 'att|raitioii:*or-by confusion of ideas',- Pr '^a^^otcctoliiess,- is. followed by instant dißmisßfilv because it is felt thstt no' pile should be enstrusted with the duty of a P^mtsmiiii . : #Blo^ isliibl€i to be wanting and presenc'eof mind at^his . jwl^ is weilfLs steady fittentipAtojit alt ittll ;times. But, who was tpblame'fcir s the . late accident ? was respbnsiWe f^therppsitibttof;^ tlye resjpbnsibilitV will be felt toi rest "mth some one, there Will bVntt griara'n^ tee of the duty being prbperly attended tb| arid yhatever excuse" naay : be made f or ?tlite railway department m this; first accident f rbm ai mistake 7 about points, there-jhbtfld be no e x<^se for ; a' repetition of it m any part oithe colony riftei* such 'a' .caution as this narrow 1 e'seape frOm serious. eensequenees ought , to* be' to all concefrned. f liattstnbtice in passing that^^ while

the member representing this district m parliament,isco!ntent to remain pefsonaUy to^cquainted with the changes .that had been ejected 'here since he : was elected. "WeThave been favored with visits from ■ the fwo members representing .^anganui, and also by & vislt^duixiig lkst'>*eek from^ the mem- : bey .for . -Eangitikei^ but as: it is; neitner of thps_e .members, but Mr .Walter, Jphiisferi,tfott will -be consulted \ by the, ;GrOTeriiinen.t pn any matter ; affecting the intefest bx the mstiict he; represented "iiywbuld be weH if he also j came ~ cfaietlyt> thxxnjgh: the i. district, sb , that he cb\ild,see with, his own. eyes and hear the general jopinibri. of tis constituents with his pwn oars, instead of altpgether trusting- to. may. betoldpy sucVaiiiitereyted Tself-upppinted' depujtetibn;as J .is^aid to have gone" last;' yeii-r from Fbx^n to secure for tnat end tit '^Cbdnty ''it. pfepondgifeting Weight: ; iAllie ponnty jGpunoil..^ efOect they succeeded i§ Qofy Well' known. ; ' al- ' though i^thel endlit.may be. JbLefeter for aU parts of the County that by theirsuc- ' ' ; cess a split vshb^ldlhSyei^t'akeri 'place ; earlier m i the Coilnty it btherwise. would h&v<? dbsuei . „v , ; .'■; • ; i; . You' will recollect that, |tfr Pox was • Were lately |ivihg at the mVitatidn df tt^ -FeyidmgiTemper-, ; ance Society, I have been -enc[uiring •what that is /doing latelyi,: and ; learn that it has^pen resting very mnch bri its oafs sinfte Mr Fox's TateVisit> an*d the feeling^jthat t he enlisted by his eloquence i inl^lavor of;; ? tis earnest: opimpns-rsepms jto^haveVt'in; a great ■ measure evapptated since ihe:Q. ,The?e ; aye a few, earnest adypcates, of his~principles here, ;bufi;cannpt help thinking that they ; must ifiiid the ; atjathy of >the - ; cbmmmttnity .generally: -like a wet blanket thrown over > their disinterested labbrs for the benefit bf^the^i but as l - I remarked on; a^fprmerrOcdasion, it is ; well to have a few earnest disinterested advocates; of- any^.J social^reformation m the cominunitiy evjen.although they may .np^; succ^e^in^secu^^ : aim%ili yet- they ij«ria:-tp^ elevate* the, ; general tone .of ii^ ? eommunity By their well meait efforts io^uaa^rpve society.