INVERCARGELL.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1515, 19 April 1861, Page 5

INVERCARGELL.

[From the " Southern Ne\vs."J fII WfIAT WE ARE, AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE. In our first number we drew a contrast, be-

• twfifiri wHat this tovVn was add is* ..It Ims bdert ! suggested hf more than' ode reader that «a.;::V" L should dlsd say a few words upon what is ■_ ■■- : needed to make our town something- more like what it ought to he. To this task me address , ourselves. " " " ' '"' '' -■* <: In the first. 'place,, we wanta Town Board, with powels id li^ht, drain^ and watch our streets, and tv provide ii?eansiof extingiiisjnng . fires. At present, there are actually itfo lamps I in the town— those of the two $of els*? * Nature .has done a great deal for us-i«U.tM way ot I drainage ; • but* (W Very means b|, which, any i excess of rain is* so soon carried on^nairiely, tlie substratum of sand and gravel^alsb renders our wells liable to pollution from;, neighbouring cesspools: hence the necessity for the co » B .t ruc * tion of proper drains f6r our housed aSiwefl as along- our streets. We have hitherto been upon tl.e whole an orderly and peaceful commnity ; but, as our population increases, ;and that in u<> small measure by importations from the Australas an colonies where our own "T.-.8.V-.; would _ be looked upon as lambs, it ; isc!ear ? tbat two policemen, however efficient they are,;'cannot be expected to be in every place their services « may be required in town, or some thirty'pr forty miles up tlie ountry. .. ' ■ ' —s l^^ Then we want a public library \riot- newsroom, where can seen all the !New ZJsilani),. Aasti.ili.tir and English paper*/ anil "s6 Keep ourselves " up" in all the news of the day, and take out for our families the best ; WM'ks of science, travels, and general lUeraUn'e.-rrJSO keeping: us from danger of mental stagnation.. We also want, as w> have; beforeVaid; ia town cli clc or town bell, so that we mny know how to keep our business engagements, atvd at what time ou^churqhes opcji.,,.; V-. We want a public reservoir, for there can be -p no denying the fact that *c are ideficieutuKour..;: water-supply : 'we are:- a city of aimber^of : timber, too, which is easily .. igoit ible,— our-^ houses are being built very plose to each^her,— and we have already had- more t!ian:onc narrow escape from a bush conflagration; : ; .-'y Our postal arrangeme .ts requivea thorough revision and ext nuon. S-ttlemenls aiid*t wn ships are .springing iuto existence on eve)ry side, and wit'iin a few miles of the chief town of the Pro\incu, yet »ye have no.r.nal: post!, ; There. is a fortni^ht'y oveilaud mail betweei). .here and Diineflin, asul when this mail arrives, , then we ; are permitted to have communication with ■Riverton • the up-mail also enables us to have occasional postal cotnmunicalion willi the Mataura, Molyneux, and some of the intervening places; but we otherwise are quite. as/ueaKto Melbourne or Auckland as weare,m thelroatter. '■■',■■ of post »1 facilities, . to Long ,Bvish,'J|eawaird Bush, jnd New River. , ■.:.=" „.- . We want- a. good road between J^Vercargill and the Bluff. It is commence;^ b.n.t drags its slow lengih along, there is hardly^. any part of the colony whore the country affords such facilities for tfife easy and economical formation of a road. :•;=...-.; A?ain, we want proper, buildings for our Banks. It is not seemly that tlie business of two such wealthy money .corporations' as the Union and Oriental, should be. carried on in lodgings;— we doubt whether the, proprietor? of the two hotels where these Banks, have their ~ agencies are very anxious to keep, their tenants. ; The Oriental is about to build ;: the; Union, V which has secured three of the best-sections in Tay-street, as yet makes no sign, but seems : disposed to give the Oriental every chance of . carrying ofl' the lion's share of the banking r business of this district. .. ■ ■ | .: We want a new Post Office . and : pustora House. - The present building where tli^ese two , impoitant departments of General .Government : ; business are carried on is a disgrace ; tp t ;the district, to the colonyj and to the CoJoniatGoveri^ -tj ment ; and we trust the Ppstmastet-Generaraiid • . ; ; .ColpiaiaV.'JCieagwter will lay their li*sadMQ£Gtheia2^ and, acting on. the gentle hint we hpre giv^v X t'lem, take immediate steps for the erection of ■ offices really suitable for the business which lias /: to be transacted therein. _ • .. ; And lastly, for the. present, we want' special 3 places of public worship for both the Church of Scotlaud and the Church of England. We name the Scotch Church first because it has the advantage in point of age here. But it is not creditable to either not to have a building of its own — to be holding its services one Sim* ; day in the. Court-house, and the, next in the Land Office, or Immigration' Barracks, or ; Stfhool-house ; and in no case to have proper v accommodation for the cungregatioi). Th% . : i town is now four years old — funds have long ; since begun to be raised for the ; erection of churches, and we hope soon to see tenders for . the building of a Scotch Ch nidi advertised for a3 well as for an English Episcopalian Church. ';'••• :