TOI TOIS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1156, 24 January 1874, Page 15

TOI TOIS.

The works of the utmost importance to the district, and which should be commenced without delay, should be the cutting and formation of a main district road ; a jetty at the Porb ; a building to answer the two-fold purpose of a School and a Church ;'also the repairs of bridges, culverts, &c. There is just one little bit of red-tapism I should like to see untied, which is, the non-surveying of the d fferent sections applied for tinder the deferred payment system. There are about twenty applicants, some of whom have paid two instalments of six-monthly fees or rent, also thpir survey fees ; yet no survey has been made. None of them know their boundaries, \>\\t yet ara actually putting up their homesteads, ploughing 1 , fencing, &c, probably only to find their land lies a little move this or that way. Ouq of them asks the other, "Does the Government care for anything else than our money ?" Echo answers, "No." A

We, like other parts of the Province, have been suffering from a scarcity of hands, but the shearing is now well through. I have heard of some, employera giving W muoh q.9 3la pr- burred..

Generally, the district is beginning to assume a more inhabited appearance. We now only need combination and universal fellowship to advance the Toi Tois. On the 15th the following gentlemen were elected Wardens for the ensuing year :— Messrs C. Brunton, H. Cardwell, and F. Bichardson.