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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 254, 31 December 1866, Page 2

The 'following is from the Wesiporfc Times : — As is usual, and possibly, right, the Maori reserve contains tbe. best, .portion of ihe available land for. building purposes' in Westport. The consequence lias heen tbat seetion'hol'dcrs have heen driven further afield, and have taken up ground that is almost a swamp',. As ..a 'natural consequence, many sections are,ina<'cessii>ie, and tbe Government cannot too ojiickly make them approachable. At. tlie same time, the authorities' are entitled to all. credit, for. in two streets drums have already been commenced, .and only the absence of Mr. Kynnersley. prevents more work being set about At tlie some time, it is not altogether -fair to expect the Government to do the AA^hole Avork, and tlie same system that has prevailed "in" Hokitika might- avuli, great propriety be adopted here.' In tliat place in' its earlier elays^he inhabitants taxed themselves, ..and' 'contributed by these means one half <*-t' the sum requisite to effect tlie necessary improvements, the Government supplementing ihe balance... By- such a course the Avorst streets were made passable, and the holders of ground have repaid themselves fifty times over since that .time. ' It piny not be generally .known, says tbe Westport Times, that tbe Government have .determined on removing 'from ' Cobden, -'and 'making 'this part of the coast th-3 Kelson headquarters. ' It. is .stated positively that VYes'port is te'ne the seat of local govem- - merit, though tlie large population that has gathered round Fox's and -till at the Pakibi. keep our wardens frilly employed, and we cannot, get a sight.pf i.liem. At Fox's the 'people' are decreasing fast, but stiil there are eiio'ugli likely to stay to justify the appointment of ,a. warden foi- "that place 'only, and we are toki that. 'the. now olficcr.it' not already chosen, will he gazetted immediately. In the meanwhile -misrule reigns in Wcstpiirf, and the. sooner Ave get hold of one ,oi' our peripatetic magistrates* the better. The Hobart Town alercurv states— The hist of the male aboriginal natives 'called'a'ftheoffice'.aneTniforrned us that he avjis leaving the colony.' and going " home" ;<)J2iig!a'n;liiV'tlie'slup''tUiU. iiis iiiu'nc is Wi.liahiiLanney^aged about 29 years. He' says he was bora ut Launcestou.