FEILDING-PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 12

FEILDING-PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE

Ll j THIRTY-SIX YEARS OF GROWTH; f - "- t /'/ •.'' BRIGHT PROSPECTS OF CONTINUED^ P . ' v PROSPERITY.

teS^yjThirty-six -^ea'rs;' ago;tHe'.' present'Vprbs-; p^ij'pMpas^Peilding' 1 district //wpstv a//; buiih' te|V/;»ftdbpess;/;inhabi^ millhf&j;j,Kpns;^ Vnbw/ "smiling/farnl' homesteads f^ji/j^Vpiantatibns;/^ pK; t f':..ioni-.fore^ f^Jg&^/bush^rM^ H;S£J present;itownVarea,;and;'pigebnßVworo;;shot KpSiop^tKb/bTapclips/pf■■■the /trees, wlijphslater for ;< tbe'v gqußrp,l:.^e:; post/ p-^^fe 6 '??*?-;^ ai;ea;nqfccoT?re(i |K||;' ! Eaodsomß ■■ teWC-buildings;/;; Feilding'- in; |i§i^P^^ly c HEeyentiea.; was [a trash, jimiqlet;--i' bxieibnre;;; jri/miich 'Hlio: fSj=S;jßiJpa; manner■: 'as:wel see"'settleriients'.'gbirig' K;ipl>rpugli .jibfc^ pfVf!v*** in ' '.Tppk ThereKwas•'!this/ , diu"eren'ce; fij^p^prth^and; :tbp vjbJd//WairarnpaV tqwnsV/ pioneers ■'jippbarcd'';' to' 'V have'.'- fewer 1 of'■.'. the;: silver:/ lining, ,7is {g/vVvWhoV may' go the'-.back-blocks: onf?0?> V/ ■'■.S'-'-i'-' .:/;;- V;; : ' 'S':.?»i.l<!!n(f Vf 0 " l^V/V'^-V l^-ijPwni"with''fine-roads arid streets; modern ISy^Ras^/^water.-.'/arid:•sewerage'' .service's,/-; an £ "-and' •'.Pastoral;:'Association/. Vg-»/v'prograssiTe ; ' Chamber:? of .'■Commerce.-'-'and-M^Jta^;vqnbV. >^Techaicd-i :Schooi; ; ;.;few"ji': baths;'-.telephohe.vV'bxchange,: almost ; Vevery ' convenience: fe^',»^>«ated twentieth.century,:town;' : *^Mng"is/geographically.a '-big:farm w 4' »™[; (*>ck centre,-/ It,controlsVfifteen'daily number, ¥v s '':V,aaa: ; -representing;\weeklyV/iyv; distapcb:: of flts.rbgularV sheep .'bales theiWellihgterivPrptM&tyfa.gilJiao 'sheep Vhavirig/VbcenVperihed' while V the .'.weekly'; average' K#lS^--, 10 - nB S i .tb>;'salbi : is':"set % dowii;at.pver : S'iV»';.?™?. : . s beep;r!v'lnfract, 1 -thbv'djstribt ■;■ claims 1 fe?S™fsneep/pppi^ation?at:oyer::ona s million: ftv:S*nimabK,>,one,jpfv;its'/residsnts;: ; Mr. E. te{4TO*'has:alw ; V^St?^TO;'"ne/pi. : l ife';factories;:Cheltenharri; p ! « champion-: P&sst}?-i?9& s 9 m^;;3r ?iW'?flf.'; 1 - 'if:: '-x\ ' :A~'■'; -;'; feM?^ s ;w : - ? the^.toirn''and :district-wnreii colonised:; 1 by; tei^sWWv'!aftOT.waro^V,General , }-Feildiiig;-. , a «ii^i>W ne t<Muneto.AnstTalMia':in':iß7l,asvre-! fp!«'l^ ; pa^diin^eilding,-and;;wasj known the: PB#*an<*&ster. V Corpbratipn/V.,,,The:; 15s; V per -acre- ■ fe^/ParaientiWas/miMleVby:; bills at 5 :pervcent;,: $.:'«,' twenty; -miles" longIjfe/and/sabputt ejght;.ra»les; wide.';;; Abduti roads -.'and Vie-'' pSSte w E^£^i'P°rP9 i 'WiPninhdertboK; to■ fe;&.P^ ; iWW:j»rr;tnm;/9nsthe;.roau^'%d ? 'KSffiJM^^-:^-Bi)arantbed : ;tb: : p : y-lcla^pi^lapOTr;tt,^:x^' : arrived ;int\Veliin:fo Ws£SgsߣB}k Mail,l-Eifterpe/ pf;Vpepplo/arriyingv-in tthat|g:t!^ar;; KS^i^^?S M^e Wl childrbriy; fe^^i^ny^rnmfJppmfprtable^WEngliSh'* fei^^^^K^^haped^eatherbbard: ■teM^fe^^^heyvpdd^VV^ M^fe™^t; la ?^ o^:^'^o W'bec a Jcooid *nva' l?PS^^jef«'tne'plac«/%fep^nS ; ksSfl : WW4;^v^dpne,6a;v-In;the;majority^^ ■;,theu;i.oxisten(»-<-in;V the Vfirst .Howeve^ NMfelS^^^ttevdifficultiei^AvUol'. K-;-v^ v y **BSc|C__: tuCffl.'-'..V.,-'?-; {.'• \. : : '-'.' i \~' : '■•■ .■-■■: ■• ■■■ 1 '■ H «J«>niTje./:the' ; ; sirporation fo3« Bnt.:-fndvreprpducedVinvthe'present.in-psß?^^^pn\;MK;T/Lindsay: Buiok's |M¥.gfr;/opk;back;. BpmeV'threb: mbnthi'when fc£*stwp>;or;,\three;/sufveyprs'f tents'; we're : - tho Ks?'iWy?:«™ence pf "Wb Ri : M^^ n ?j;^?ip^ I; WPden;:hpis:es':aW: |f;'!:^ d ?A r »;;o«t::oMhe;.nax,;aud:,grass;M^Si? 1 ?? 1 -. : .bnsy;lmmiofvhuman'voiges;' {■?i^Wfte?.« d ;.Wtk,-.tlja; cares'-of ■;ljfft '■■ '■-Xhe Kfrf'Wj* e :-" e 'i the ■■'echis-,p|vtKo hammer", sbund ; cracks:ofVthe' fe; ; i,-iMd;bullock,drays.tpilirig:albng.th« rough t^^Uriggagb; r br:pepploVpr c'stbrbs,vor;).!H.jt^er,^rygrayel:;:for:ythbvVnewly T madb pi ■jjiToads, rAya- notice.a, cloud -of ■ steam from Wki thb"ajready "-brickTkiln^-thb.Earnest. J*9»i?f-', fpturb :hemely;firbsides;Vl)ens(!;lvolumes s ' i .?l.':'^ o^*-;'tt t.;i';oing:madej''or,ithe thin:spiral columns rise; t clusteV;pfVtents, : ;teiling!pf :family; K:Bt;jeyeVis.-:oaught'.-byV ; the;':-long 'vistas -newly! &?,■'■} cntgthrpughVjthb^virginVforest, ■.and':%e' fK'is'liPtb-thbVthin'deubleVlinb pf rails r bn ; the (g/fSf reshly-turn'ed-; e»rth'ii;the Jcbmmencemcht pij;;} of: the's'nake-likp'prbgresb;which; ends" only.' the ;ptter '■ destruction: of ■ the' beauts f S Bjf ul/forest;v as' :phe:: stately 'tree' after Tdn-tgvv-othbr'-is.brought'down and -sabinitted" to g;;; mighty power represented by, the huge. t! : 'i-V'(Ttnshapely.';bbilbrV,whkh;.flies'-' ; ■ i ■:: V' p'J,vi : A ''-Mr;-': Halcombb-!theii assumes' the --pro-' iSr'.'.'PMHO' mantle,.- arid :'■ pictures, this: infant #S;, ; town/ 'Vown:;intp :a/.vig'orpus...manhpbd, t:*(v-V'withVbells v ringing' the;-:little "one; Vfunp:fM/willnigly;;;to; sclippl,' : - : with.' tne whistle 'of Ks.-'-r:the;locpmbtiye'. arid'the; huni: of' factories, : andbnsy.fbbtpaths, l : with |';.v\i;lept'-.roads;..with:;houses < far'.,and. near t,*-v*ii'e3tling amerigst.a yonnger race 'nf trees; |J"ft, Burrounde'd';by.-.weeping;.willows,':tho cyi the pine:in; bright, contrast.to p;.M j each:: ether,'.and' flanked; by.; apple ; , and sK'oPPbchTloaded* orchards,'.; with' y a %steeplb |g£/ibrd:'and <- there.^snggesting" : somel.degreb f,:':J;/ r :bf.'\thankfulness:'for'; soV.bmiritifuli a -re.' for! easySlabour ;■'- while. far .back pS^Jihe: landscape "the", dark: rich- ihclanoholy if?; : : forest: will ;be: dimly- seen,Vwaiti ng; i to'. turn %y'i::fpr, r ; destruction;: and; sbflming to shtipkfor K'*,4prptection:..to.:the: ithe; distant ?£??■?snbw-clad 1 ; range.",, '-Tlie .•fo.re'boing.Vrend'l new'than' ; theyV'did in ;the' i^' ! :.'-*-:e^rly'.-' I Mventies.;.:tb '". the',: r 'Kbrd-w6rking |i*/pipneers;v;; ; .;; 9-};^;::^ :■";?3?'• ; ;'S.'■