A LONG-PROMISED BRIDGE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 737, 9 February 1910, Page 6

A LONG-PROMISED BRIDGE.

• ; 'Sir,—Your ■ 'correspondent '"Indignant^ , is, quite- right in what he 'says., about the bridge across the. Ongarhue'. . There, are a number of settlers who have, according to. the-law; to go and reside.on the sections drawn 'at the 'ballot in October. ■last.', •: 'The'-Government•< .not ■■'■'■■ only' promised the bridge,'but settlers"■ paying the "reat ■ for first 'half-year had : three months' in. ;additi6n' : to pay.. Would any private company' be allowed. to >do this? ■It. is certainly, time, that; the Government'kept to their promises, ■ and anyhow "when Opposition members like Mr. Herries 'can, obtain, what -he. has Vf or his constituents, it' *■ is:',tim'e;. that -we 'also pnt in. an Opposition member.—l am; , * "v' ANOTHER■jINDIGNANT ONE. . -Tauraarunui, February 5. ... ■ •■;■

WANGANUI 'CHURCH PROPERTY. Sir,—l'he'discussion on the. motion moved by- the Kev. .Archdeticon Jacobs, re the granting of. power' to the leasing of the allotment in Victoria; Avenue, \Vanganui, for ■' leasehold purposes, has been anxiously looked forward' to 'by churchmen,' and the decision of the Synod is extreme in ! the severity of the sanction they have • imposed. ' -To; ask Church of England members ; to,; find .the sum of three thousand pounds, besides the cost of all;, legal expenses, "isdemand-. ing a, strain upon the sect, .that our,, .fellowrtownsmen of the, Roman-Catholic persuasion-were'not called upon, to enter into by the governing .bodies' that' ad- ■ minister their property;' More advantageous" terms govern, their • powers, of leasing without; any 'qualification, as imposed: by the Synod.) -It is apparent to any Wanganui'- person that the present position of the Church (even suppose the town', increases to .the wirtfiy : position of a cathedral) never' can command a central position for the; inhabitants of, the town," who may., desire tc be associated . with the parent Church; of the district. It is regrettable. that members ; of the Synod from other districts,-not-ably Christchurch, should, by tlie expressions of .< disapproval,-.-',endeavour, , , and partially successfully, to baulk tho wishes ( of. this parish,;, by expressing'. opinions ,-that' are purely sentimental, on . their part, and therefore 'have no , weight when considered. -Churchmen;of- Wanganiii. desire, that -those, who have- had their last resting-place •: in the, .'grounds of- the Church should be sacred and .honoured, but, all-ithese. honours.can be carried out with'respect, to those who are opr. past gone heroes; and at the same time to the living,' and■' advancement of the town and the-. Church. Wangacui has suffered in .many ways, ; and allow me to-shortly state the .During troublesome , times, war and retrograde rule was our lot, we ; suffered, as a community, being the seat of action, as much,'if not more, than.any'.-other part of the colony. state.brought stagnation'in many things. When we had shaken off.- the desp depression,' caused by war, we found that the trustees. of our endowments, who ..had been snugly, ensconced in Wellington, had, "cooked the potato, , " and up to the present keep the "potato" cooked, : 'and, therefore, political and ecclesiastical cooks are always cooking our potatoes according to their several recipes. But Wanganui will wake up and demand that' the dish .of' sustenance will be cooked according to hoi requirements.—l am, etc., , ; ... - '~ '."•; cMiiCHiiEN..