PAPAROA SETTELMENT.

Albertland Gazette, Issue 9, 3 February 1864, Page 2

PAPAROA SETTELMENT.

The Chapel^Arrarigemerife" are"riGwl in | progress for the erectioii of a Wesieyan Cha- j pelito;b.e used, as .occasion may arise, by lother; denominations of Christians. Mr. Gittos,who' has kindly interpsted himself in this nja,tter f :

has it is under^^d^cjoll^teSlaisprn of about ■'!'i&:\5.. ,:/-",f'h.e seiecfionnoTaJ'sifie^l^iß Proved a Im^ttefof^nie'd^ va.;nieetitft wastlield to.!de(%rmiue the qiicslioii when a piece of land, on tfte' Manga wai road, and near the post .office, was chosen by alurge .■'majority. A rninorily bciii^iiiuchdisfatisficd with this decision have"since determined .to render no assiaf a":.:ce' in the erection. In "connection with the Chapelqiiosfion, ifc maybe stated-that £20 wns subscribed in England for the J\ Paparoa Chapel," under, the 1 supposition that (lie immigrants by the Annie Wilson and the Ty'wrmaw.ouh] s. itie.on this •block;, there not being sunricieut-unaiipropri-ated laud herp, the adjoining Waiiau block was taken up, and coiiscqueiitiylhe friends settling there expected that the money would be expended upon a building for their use; the gentleman to whom the money was entrusted having- determined for the present not to make any use of his land on "the Wairau, has; it is repbrte'd, resolved to erect with i his money a place of-worship'in some part of (ho Oruawhafo block, where he is at present residing. ■ It is Uioped this report •may prove unfounded and-thatnosuch -misappropriation will be attempted. Tlie Wairau sttiers express themselves very strongly on,the subject. Gaudenivg.—Our gardens are now showing what the soil and climate of, New. Zealand lis capable of. The farthest settler oil tho Paparoa river, James Hook, formerly a gardener in England, commenceflfali'iug'.itrMarch last, burning' as he proceeded by m.aus oflog fires; he then cleared and brought undercultivation about an acre. The bush is rather heavy, the.soil a sandy loam abou t 10 ft. deep, cabbage, cailiflower, broccoiies, kalo. and Other ;,pjants-raised* while squatfing.on the ' tpwnship'la'ud were put in; carrots,parsnips beet arid, turnips were sown, which are now seeding. The 'blight On the cabbages, &c , proves very injurious, and-accounts doubtlessfor the.h'igli price of seed in the colony. The:abo\'e mentioned Vegetables have a'gnin been sown successfully, as well as a great variety;ofdther_garden products iisua'ly. found only in well-kept gardens in England,among these may be lrienttioned 1G different s>rls of peas, (12 all true to riameiu tended for saleas seeds,) some are .now 10 feet hi;h, and ha.ye not yet reached their full ihei^lit TothVrs 'are much shorter and the'seeel nearly ripe ; asparagus and; sea-kale have proved very productive, several thousands of these plants being now read\; for sale. , .; ; ! The clearing is now. greatly enlarged with the intention of producing garden >:eeds in great variety arid of good quality, as we 1 as the various fruits and fruit trees,(&;c. adapted , to the climate. Paparoa and ORUAWHARo.-r-Ah arti.le in the January'number.of the Gazette has rather surprisedrthe settlers here. ;A paragraph in ..the -Paparoa -report -seems to -have-been strangely' misunderstood, the -intent ion being merely toi maintain on b ( ehalf of this sev.tle-/ merit, an equaT "right to a^part of the iibrary books^a.denl?*llo^ haying just been^niade upon Mr Haines for the bobks in hiVpos^esHion with the yiew^of depositing the whole;at Port Albert! 1' even oH'the*par of.a "fe.wi''th'e writer ■ believes rib 'such'feeling exists." Irideed believirigas'the Paparoa settlers db,i tKat' their /land(i3.,iup6njthe whole better than that of the-Oruawharo, such a. jfeeJing:-\KOoWibj3/.m.ps^unaac'OMritable 'Ili&y may .same^moa^smile., at^^h^tthey^corisider tHe &{gii-so^ (!!! ) for a town,only,, in^a state jPfembryoyvespecially \vhlin" tKey J*re;in.eniber "tKafc tooiher aaid

yerv different namV was fixed upon in England, but as tO any unkind or ungenerous feeling- towards their fellow settlers, it does not exist On fhe question of including Paparoa under the prener,il name—\lbortland, the confusion atid delay caused by its use in our postal communications may be deemed a sufficient o'MPftiini. The rejection of the name does not imply any want of respect or kind feeling toward* thosp whose land it may conveniently dtsijrnnte O\* N>\v YrAß's Day a mpe'mr of the settlors took plnce nt INfr J. Hook?', whero a very exccllrnt toaiwas nrovided. Some of the'nowsetMersnn the Waira.-i were present and the opportunity,thus aftord.ed for a little social converse seeded to be highly appreciated by all present. , - ' . . ■ Q