THE FEILDING CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, OCT, 4, 1879. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 80, 4 October 1879, Page 2

THE FEILDING CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, OCT, 4, 1879. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

W» are glad to see that the, people, of Halcomfee are fully alive to thebenefifcsresulting .from, Local self-government, and that, at a numerb^sly-atterided meeting of ratepayefsii; held on Wed-: nesday, they resblyed to form a LocaV BoardV It cannot' be demed that, the Corporation hav^e done much for Hftl- ■ comb©,, and that portion of the district, by tapping &c country with good metalled roads and placing the townships m direct communication with the agricultural district of Eangitikei. The inhabitant?^ however, tnink that the tinje has arrived when they should take ! the management of the affairs of the toMfriship into their own hands. /HohiingXsuch opinions, they h'a,v,e. a perfect right to avail ;themselTOs of^ tbie legal machineiry m such cases made and provided.. No, doubt the ratepayers have j thought; the. matter ;yye_H oitfer} for an iynportant step li^;e this is seldom taken w^thou^t >dx^e deliberation,.; We.^pnld : vfidture, hdweter, to remind them Jthat. i t^ej^i|»^nihip is. b^ np. meai^s a com- ] pact one :\ ijt is» m, fact, <juite\ the re- ! -Terse; and posses v ses t >mpreoverj inherent . difficulties m the way of street formation, o^inff tjp, ihgt najtural con^nguration' of tj^ ground, on which iV. stands. Such be^gtb^e case, it will require, great ca^eftuness an^' vigilance i on. theijc l . 1 pa^fe 'yp&xmt the introduction into their,'i»ietist ' of. feids and jealousies'!- , MUjCh. of the, su,cc(fss of i the.BJe^ rhffm^y^ii depeud upon.tlie.ir : choice of the commissioners; w^P shall constitute their Loc^al Boards '; { and it behoves the ratepayers, Set week ; the present time and the election^ to; lbok t ! about and select good men ana tcue to/re-^ .present them at. the Board. :" '.-'■'. ' '