HELP TO THE OUT-DISTRICTS.
I :• •( f l .- •••• - f; I 1.-.J •[ < VJVW' (To .tho. Editor of. Thames t , Ab v/miiSEB.) V- Sir,—Why are Thames people,-alwiiya bemoaning want of trade?. Dothey malco full use' of the resources Naturo' liaß flo 'bountifully spread around thbili; ?'■ ■ Why aVo they 'sb chary in helping nro :! strivrog.' to'.'turn a' Waste' "Of ([of wliicli tliere are at lca'Bt v into ricli pasture land ? If Tlmmps'pcoplo :wOTld. assist, ~the. pioneer,, spttlpr?, of irbarring their 'efforts, eniiling, |itposteads' would result,"insteadiof !• stagnation. A little' ready helpi.in energy and/capital would enable" tlicso meti tohnako valueless waste's into "'fixed 1 national>'w 7 klth, Tlie'lwa'mps could be made largo' mn6u)it'','of; labour,';,dirc(!lly arfd l iblis well as .pay high jro IfttMho ■public (fund,;" C^istcliurch' I ,}^supplied by.,, agricultural,■anct. Pjistori)) 1 .Jijaustries soiply., ,■ : Its, produce,,. carried.,,ovc'r..j(iil to the' ships''.side, supports three thousand • people., v. 1n,,. the Thames Valley we have', a district \ equal v to, any, in i Canterbury,, when,, brought-,■ to! til?, samo perfection by roads and ...fdi'tn,, improyo : tnentsthe latter .mqst^follpWiroads,, apd being made will develop the resources of the - country.' ' Your -borough —mil advance — busy merchants, and well-employed labour existing, , there-1 will bp, - a r/nBO jin' tho'valuo of 1 town property. 1 Tloads will spbedtly' raise the'rdteablo' value of farming and'trbJdo will improvo at a corresponding! rate/;: Neglect this, as lierejpfore ,m the case Alloy, Elliott, Edwards, and .many .otlior njen wlio liavo opened 'up the wilderness, .by rifusing_ to make, for,jhprn the; and K ', other ! 7Vohds, 1 .ji-liW:: 11 wofild tap'' a' ! inino : or and the .whole community existing in. tho td\vns 'will Suffor.' . { ,'lt,is with sure J,see/ ijie,^local.^prbss 1 advpenting a more J -justj adininjMptibii;', jput' local fiincls, arid beginning of our;asspts and their coat, '...ThoJiietQry of tho Harbour Board' is'no't 'very cheering, but experience may|,)ead;io,bottqr results. I think the County Council should set their house in order 0r0,,-called ,to, give an account of their; stewardehip. ~ As -j iY tlw Hdrl).our ; Board case so is it. m;tlie>|ponnty affairs. When .settlors open,, up waste lands/dothey hasto'.to needed help No. Ohinemurilias' called loudly for help. - The first settlers in a back place like • Messrs Bowler, Edwards. Strange, McCormick—meu who ,hayp faqea rough pionoer life, for i three years, havo had but littlo >enoouragpraent,. from the County' Council..' Tlioy are' id an unenviable''jiosltion ,'at. the',fAK, County. In'MifEdwftMs' eaeo tlip'B.prougli 'treat hiaappeal :yith\®^ settlers would bd considered''gro?B. insult. The, ; C,ounty r by bad. of its funds, fail,';to, carry i.otit' voluntary compact.ro ..the Bqrougli'iiJitylowment, road. , Minersmust. to got to theiiviudustry, and by forcoof numbers get attention, but is it politic to neglect their brother labourers -for so long without roads ?j;lTliis road'Avill open up a wide and productive district, and moreover bring! the' vast plains bf" ;WAitoii,lPiako, and Lower Aroha into near communication with their prppdr ccntro mart, the Thames goldfield. The road starts 12 miles by river from the Arolih, 12..fr0m the Junction, and about seven ; itt'. lino to Paeroa. Afterwards it orpsso¥lho Wnitoa, eight miles below' tho upper,'roadrand joins tho road. made Vby : : tlio Auckland Association,'| meets | tlft ji;-AVai jcato road aboitf three miles this Vid6 : villo, giving, if madq; ; - a';dird6tVroad from ]Pftoroa\to Waikatoj of, aliout. 84 milos in longtli. winch would savo tlie Bottlore rbuethird in freiglit. : -Iv ask when may wo look for it being dono.r I am, &c., Anxious Settler.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 4197, 31 March 1882, Page 3
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550HELP TO THE OUT-DISTRICTS. Thames Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 4197, 31 March 1882, Page 3
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