THE VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS IN THE NORTH

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1636, 15 August 1887, Page 3

THE VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS IN THE NORTH

A correspondent of tho Auckland ■" Herald " thus describes the village settlemonta m that district . —

A great deal Las been Baid about these settlements by people who don't know anything about them, and tho general purport of their letters seems to be to have one smack at the settlement! and two at Mr John London. I am not a great adecirer of that gentleman, nor am I a village settler, but m justioe to him and to tbia system of settlement, I must say that co far they are a success. At Rawene I saw as gord a sample of esrly potatoes ob evor I saw m Auckland at the November shows, and this is only the 2&th of July.

On looking over the Matuparaka block, I find the nameß of two ladles, Annie Beagley and Margaret Danaher, as holders of sections. If these are ' the maiden ladies referred to by Sir Goo'ga Grey m his denouncement of this system of settlement, he is a very long way out of his reckoning, for they are married ladies with families, and they are as far ahead with their improvements as any one on the block. Messrs Halliwell and Archibald, io the Narrows, hava been doing wonders s'nee they went on their seotions, and seem quite aa contented as IE they held freeholds. I may say that the beet «<ction, the pick of the block, No. 11, ia held on the deferred payment system, and as yet there haa been nothing dono to it, a state of things that could not happed if it were held on the

village settlement terms. I may add that the Government need not trouble about theae settlors after this year, for they will have tho gumfielda to fall back on, and if they staivo it will be their own fan t, I ana going op to Taheke next week, and will ace how thiu part of the settlement is getting on. , . . I am not a bit

afraid of the eikoss of theae eettlemects, for I am nuro nfter nhit I saw to-day tint In a abort tiuin wo will be anpply n? Auckland and the South with early fruit and vegetables.

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