NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 120, 7 March 1894, Page 3

NEWS.

1 Corrnpoild«OV) J . ..akun. “ The rotr.m*. sports claim all attention, •oil eagerneas i- nbovn to aee tl>« result Of the h»i)il:c>ppi| lfc . Mrs«r« Spring and •* nt to I’ahiatua to effect this ohj«- t Mr lvrown the other man Phantom forms clad id the ahadowieet atv’e a«e *° »t evening training for coming The ground is all but ready, aud 'olj needs the hotelling touch. A meet •Of was held on the Bcd to transact bust and to make the final arrsugemenls No pronnoa *u made for a pawl ion on the ground of want of f 4 « M: IB| M H K . waa incited to be present, and *Ne becretar \ wa* instructed to write to ihe Trustees re charge for use of the ground. Several settler* « Hefortn Specie! / Seiilemeot passed t„. . gh on their wat 10 *ee their aectious General indignation is fell by village settlers at the barefaced attempt of the I.and l>epertinent to de prive them of the unit nght of lease in perpetuity aa allowed bv the Act and to other tenure-holder*. There ia something ■ nry rotten in the administration of our W lands and perhaps the Hon. Minister of Lands will see where the hitch comet in a and give it his attention, i.e.. if he has any spare time after attending to the South »erae*wintbe matter of Cheviot. Pcina haka \r At present things are not on a good foundation, and it seems impossible either to get a reply to correspondence or im answer to any petition that is sent in. Tbs petition a«kmg for a reduction of the absurdly high prices charged for Crown Lands hers is being numerously signed, and settlers feel sore at being railed npvr time after time to get up petition on petition for the same object. vVhat with heaty and harassing County rates, charged, and a rack renting Land IVpartiuent. and with bad burns and none at all it i« perplexing to know what one is to do. House*, however, arc being bnilt. and Messrs Flay, Newman. Simp son. Freeman. Hovden. and others bate their s in course of erection. Mr Keener has started hit survey ramp to proceed with the W oodv ille Makun road, which is to be made into the usual t»ft mud canal. Truly Government semi 1 r*-ver 10 grasp the point of true economy. The Mak'iri Aohanga road still remains a 1 idle track though dozens rf settlers are felling their bush on the eastern Puketois an I petitions galore Lave been sent in to widen this road into a bridle track, they are pigeon holed and nothing further is heard of them. It is to be hoped ihnt the mei.'bera of the Land Hoard will when they pay their visit here bnng with them *overnni«mt map* giving the description nd prices of tbs various b'oeks of land | from Pah is* :« ont. It will then be proved that the further awav land is fiom rail way communication and the higher up the altitude the greater the price for it. Thia the Government s own pisiik will incon tesr.nb v prove, and the members of the Land Hoard, some of whom are practica s«ulres themseUra. will svmpathise. I trust, with thoae srtlVrs who can make out a fair and reasonab'e esse and not allow the fear and bogey of eveivone wanting a reduction debar them from doing their dut\ in cates calling tor their attention. "Be just and fear not ” may well be their motto. The eo-operative sheep dip being built on Mr Running's laud is nearly finished.