GENERAL PROGESS.

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

GENERAL PROGESS.

The general progressiveness of Feilding, and the,manner: in which it manages to keep its name well before the:pubjic of New. Zealand, 1 -has beec. a matter for general comment for-sotai time now-in many parts of .'. the Dominion. For in-

stance, last year,' when.there was much controversy in'certain, quarters as to" the manner in which New Zealand was going to- celebrate- its .first' anniversary A', as ; a Bominion, a Press Association .rhessage appeared in the newspapers announcing that :'T?eilding ;was caun over the business. The. message acted as an antidote to public excitement, and. Feilding earned fame as,'the home 'of ;a remaxkabry-,clear-headed; population; v; -When A ; the. ■ Main Trxink. express .was inaugurated, Feildirigwas not included,as a- stoppingplace, but .this' act: of forgetfulness.ou

the part of the railways administration': was' partially: rectified, imainly fthrbugh ■ the';vigorous' manner- in which. Feilding. asserted;its : Vrighte.'i: Jri, : theAnekt : - timetable, the, Minister Aj'hasv -promised; that FeildirigA'shali,.;,' appear: '..ion;'- the,' - exr spress; service; as.'.a stopping-place; ■; When :theL':Empiro' Chambor::.ofA Coramerce're-: preseritative's: reached' New,, Zealand, Feilding.. iriyited; the. delegates to - its;Adistrict,'

carried' them ,- all over the country, in motdivcars, and - treated theni right royally. -~.•-..'■ ■'■'■'■ :--\'-'.-i'--.■,'-.*. '.■:•"■.''/■■•: .'■'"'■,■ ' "Nice-tasting, ; . fragrant. afternoon.' 'tea"-' and other * delicacies. will be..'procurable, for :6how/visitors at'..the- Excelsior Tea' Rooms;-, near. the/Manohester Hotel. '■'. IV : :,.Twp'.speoiai'B , eildi&g -farms) 1 'selected from-a list (of orer: five, hundred propertiesiiare" advertised for sale*in this issue by .'Messrs.. H.-H. Atkinson and Company, Feilding. l .-V ': ■■■/., ,;■;:;■'..:':'.; •-.•'■■■:-.. '..