THE PROVINCE FORTY YEARS AGO

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2196, 8 July 1914, Page 12

THE PROVINCE FORTY YEARS AGO

A BIRD'S-EYE Vβ

STRIKING PICTURES Of THE COUNTRY SIDE

THE OLD COACHING SA!E

The conference meeting in Wellington to-dav is to tho future, developmont of tho province it is interesting to pausu i moment and gl.inco at what has b-cen achieved in the past. Colonisation began in Wellington in 1810, was much hampered by tho Maori wars of the 'sixties, and throve mightily on tho inception of the public works policy in tho 'seventies. In thn old "Official Handbook of Now Zealand," edited by Mr. Vogel (afterwards. Sir Julius Vogel), and published in London in 1875, thero is an excellent account of New Zealand as it was in those days. The introduction to tho book is dated May, 1874, and the description is therefore of the province exactly forty years ago, and the narrative depicts tho results of thirty-five years' colonising work. The New Zealand we seo around us today is the outcome of a furthor forty years. Wellington City was in those days a town of about 15,000 inhabitants. It was then "no uncommon thing to sco tbreo or four English'ships, of from 8(X) to 1500 tons register, alongside the wharf at ouo time, besides inter-colonial and intorprovincial steamers, sailins; colliers—chiefly barquos of 300 to 500 tons—and a number of small sailing coasters." . The land on which tli? Government Buildings now stand in Lanibton Quay was just about to bo reclaimed from ' tho sea, tho City Council was talking of building new municipal offices, and tho city water works had just been completed.' Final-

ly it niny b<? added that the citizens were recovering siilficiciit'ly from tho scare of tho big earthquake, to talk of building in concrete. .Medsrs. Biogden had built the railway as far as tho Lower Hutt. Alons tho Old Coach Route Tinning from town to country tho reader will imagine himself jogging along in one of Cobb mid Co.'s old coat'lies, iKiiiml for the Manawatu, and this is what will meet his eyes;— "The journey from tho City of Wellington to ihe West Coast can bo miiilo by Cobb and Co.'s coaches, which run twice a week to Patea, a distance of IGU miles. The road skirts tho shores of the harbour for three miles, running parallel with the Hutt railway lino, find then stiikes inland up a wooded ravino called Xj;ahaiirani;a, on emerging from which the village of Johnsonvillc is leached. Further on is Tawa Flat. . . . Tip land" is chiefly pastoral, and much of it lias been originally forest, which is nowiiiearly all cleared, the whole district being occupied by settlers whose houses and farms occupy both sides of the line of road. 'IVelvo miles from Wellington, Porirua Harbour k reached, which is ehielly used by finall coasting vessels. Skirtini; tho shores of the harbour the road winds along through pretty scenery toward* I'ahailt'aiiui, a' pie'turesqup village s-itu-ated at the foot of a steep hill, on tho summit of which once stood a Maori war pa, or fortification, the >ite now being occupied by a clmreh. There is a lit t lo cleared land, but the country immediately adjoining is bush, in tho midst of which a small farm settlement has been formed. A road through the bush in an easterly direction leads to the open land of the'Hutt Valley. Looking seawards the flat-topped island of Mann, on which a lighthouse has been built, can bo fiecn. Still travelling onwards, tho Horokiwi Valley is next passed through. This valley was originally covered with hush, but a 'enniider.iblo amount of the laud" has been cleared by settlers, and is now used'■ chiefly for gi-nzinn purposes. After passing the hotel (lll.nekloOi whieh, is about twentv-fonr miles fioin Wellington, the aseelit of the I'ai kukiiriki Hill commences.' 'The decent of the I'aikakariki Hill is hv a sidi'-i'ut'iing, in soini> parts nearly 1000 feet above the level of the sea. Cobb's coache;;. however, travel over this road almost dailv in ncrfert safety. . . . Friuii tin-'foot "<>l the hill nn to within a y.linrt. distanei! of the Wiiikanae Hivcr, nine miles north, the land, which is flat and undulating, being mostly pastoral country, has nearly all been bought by the Crown from tho Natives, ami vild to settler.-,. Then , are two or tlirrc >ettlcrs who nrcupy ilfor anil gia;> ing'pui'pi'sps. The bnd ilo.o to \V;iikanao still belongs to the.Natives. Thcio ,

is a small null 1 ationnnuclit •jii hoiiso at Puikakiiriki ind auotiiii .it WuKiiiai,. . . IS\ tho time t'i> sj nai,<s are piiblisliod marl\ tho whole <1 tin. lino district tix,m Uaikina" to the Muiun itu liner, riLliidniK an nroa of 33U,00U a<re; will nmi l, tC u pureliused In tho Criin.i, and t!ius n dered avail ible foi octupaiion and wt tlenient." 'Iho writer pror-ci's tj sutfl thnt tho road from W .iikmi c< to Otilu is f.t first by the &oi b ich tic , liim strikes inland to tho iillauo, whuli i« about two miles from tin. sea l'n > > ill i<;o contains a church niid sehool-hoiiso a hotel, and one or two slorts Wc\ fei Kuropoans rciilo t'nto m>l tho N'ati\o population is fast dun,; out thrnuh epidemic and other <iib"i c cs The Natives prepare Has, nnc' is al«o iiicnufactiirud. Foxton In the 'So;onslC3. "It is, liono\cr, aftor tho Manavvatu Il»?r mid rnihiu;: loiton,' the "Haml'xiol " conti i IPs, ' thut 4 hi> Kreat resource of tho I'rovniit t> a iield for sittlcmo.it Mid tho progress already mado in that I'li-^c tion b-ciino fully evident loxto.i, tho ■shippiiig port of tlio M .niiiitu district, is situated four miles fron tho noutli of the river and closo to its Link It contains about si\t\ houses, including a Piosbyterian i h.rrcli, (•o\fiiiiincnt sclioolhotisf, two hotels, ind soieial stores. There is a wharf for tho accommodation of stPmiTs, ind « lame storn at tho tjJinnaj tcrinimia Jor tho.

reception of timber ?nd other produce bioiiiilit from tin liituio: 'Ilie i.ul. .1111 rinlit down to 'he uhu.i ki tlu convenience of ship] in,; tlos>> niitdiils The .Maiiiiwiiti' n natiuibli by small sti imeis, two of \ Inch tndo ii'Hiilnrly bLtwec'i 1 o-tton am , V« < lim, in addi'ion tn wluili iho I'oi ';anro, from AYannaiiM, and so.ne snull «.i>ilnt, vessels mal.o )<"iiodiial \isits to tho port. . . ..ho district piodiiros llax (Phormiiim in prent ibuudniieo, ami >;i era' mills f i its tion h.ive been til! iecoiit'\ in actno operatfnn. Tho ioh pneo imlhik for ;ln= inateiial, howc\"i, iiniioi! it" minnfacturo to b? toirpoitrih di ooi'l lined "A woodon tra nwa\ r iaiH drnii from Koxton to Pnlii'ers'oii, a towi Inp twenty-five nn'ce c'lstint in tho \or> centre of tho Until coiutn Tiw tutuway inns for about twol\o nnlos t'noiiuli open level lo.intn, coiimslm' of flat, liearinu ami i Ijnd '-nl lhe t ol tlio line passis thro uh bush 'I hi tramway is a work of print lmpiiirmii to tho district, js pr.inus to its ron strnction the. tiirk ll tlic bush was almost iinpissihli for <!i iw in winter. Alreuh rno n\poil of tot in railway slipper , ; m<l p'l"* foi iiri>Ucs has comment , id I om I oxion i,u hi mi roiintry nn tin ti it.ii a\ "in • ni'iiiu n>o, rnnio distaiiK hi foro n tin Own Uridyl? and <iiii(niii<e foi tliwicni nilcs until Palnurston is nwhcd Palmorston Two Yrzis Old. "The tov n of is sitmttd on a naliinl loml iliumc of iluiiit 100(1 acres m ->\toi t si|irnnni|<d In i very extensive Hut ImOi lonntrv ih» town, whii'h it of lit + If more thin two yeai.s' growth < in'mi ibnnt lortv houses, inclu liuj *»n bntiU tuo sti sfliofllhouso, polito ••till in m<l { mil house. "Tho distinco frim Pnlmi rstop in tho Manavratii (nri,o is fiftc• n imiis 'n a road pus.qin.' tl rotiuh tho (nr<st country, ciinttinin; ,u llmcl im v haiistiblfl suppl\ of >h< must viiutblo sawiii" tinibi i \ rout h. s liecii cut through the bu-.| fiom I'llimi'-tnn to the lowti- I'in o r the or i mirl nil nl'i]]): it on boih m i\ l> oiii in dilations .of the nnnl pnj.j.l l " but' made in m It' , mint IV-,iif i si\mill on the iijit a litHi tli tllif hick , on thi' <i| |)' il< ''iili is -ill it r<l Ihi' I:': , oh I .iililinivi n r iMi nil lit ami ill,, nllo'iiu i> I ik. Nt l> l>, llμ nni) l.lmiir. i- U>. sf sittl , i' ills <iu< funnel by 111 ( iuiil '"Uiiiuiiit ■ 11 I tin; system of -i Til • ti> > nil itvi:iii iinmui nil I suli us <if 'i'ni' LV tn-IDncic 'In |>T\ni(ll 'oi nl -', I'Xlolllloil l> , < I I pi II 1 ( HI M II Tlic rii.nl lib urn m ('iioslN ' i I.I,), had L'llvK-n n< n us ,i 11 Mon in sriliiOH'liiit siliili il loin s ' "UHmiil Hi' i itllr m in-, ii 'in |ri is cituntcd the poitiou uf the blct« I

' IHnAa.tott by Oisloiiul J?\--.i'{-c!fWK fw tiwv I J ii. ■ i<t m>l (o'liiin- \id ( irpon i tun lln IjloiK, «lihli Mima n<. IiIO.OOU j iirc , - tint 11, «l tin lii» »t iiii'liili'ui > , I'M tit hud, "it , itill i inlui>' in in . I*-. till} dilution t<) .In HuilmiL It u ,;i I ii,i v Ii is Y Sxiilil >i:c d< tiro fii id liim! li)iii tin' sit( lit tin Siiiiliua\i n s< llldi'l'l to Its own licuudary now tliu ' I'ljll It I CI " I \llii ilisciibnii; Uio load to tlic 3Jt launtil liin I'lliJ thiDiiJi tlip t'Jf r 'O j —tho null "hiiLc in t.io itscli | w .s Hi it ii on irso of coiHtriutiun- i tl « ' Iliiijilliool' proceeds !t mai bo i stated lion? tlini ilii wotk <)f tonniii). I the mi t \.lt_tl l') id ll inujlli till Snri, L \-, Mill U'ls'i to oi noi t the Hist to ist ! mill t'ic Amrarjpi <as ripi 11 1) ' pii hod oil .it i!k (lit )'I wntl tills, I pnil tint now loach's h«m Mnnganu iml I , an i. in wrll if lioni Napier, \\,umi ipa n<l W llngtoii l" , ' bj >va\ of tlie thus establishm;; com- ' inium moil throughout pi in part of I tlip Wellington I'rowrro 'ho roidj fr< m thii coi :o ts Xtmci is non nerr-' coiiiploud '' Through the Rangltltiei. lloturnii f; to l'almersion is \ etu' <ii<* point, nil follow li'K tlio rord to-i-tH Uilißitikei , jtit nio% of boirn miles throti_,h Iw-di leid to th l Oroiu Hupr icross winch .i hridßc Ins 'jooii i lun-trmtid The bi ■•Ii land up to tho j hnci"o Ii s hoc" sir ojed 'nlc secvics, I rtlucli an 'o , silo on c'cfer r cd jwxj - ment , .ml rru jcnij, gradual!" t-i!>er up I , ip hurt \- of cii client qtnlitv, and sutt'en , homes, with Uicir cl narlnns arc tj bo found at inter, tls alonn t!io roid 1 licit is .ill liotci a.ul tlic irsinimiK* of /r snnll tou.is.u,) wiled \wiliun, tlio hud n. tho immediate mcuhu I emu Naiuc. po'tions of which hi\n cither Ijcmi It ise'i or .old to Fii.c--poanl. Oil crossinr the ,i.'Oi tho roiint.\ becomes open, ind presents to iho mow ■<■ i""go unuuhtin/ pluu wiiiod with on>> o: tve low-ivnfr, lulls 'Hns dist-ict inrluiV >< ! the MitswU'i tiiu Prmjitifco'-Mnnaivntu block" , , \ Inch tilviMi topet! cr \utli •Iμ Ptiinerston birlt counts, r , ompri<i-> "jTC.OOO acres or} tho most \ .limbic land ir me Proviic. , , all of \\h eh f aihptod t o support a 'arf,n popuntioi 'Iho road runs ir n nortli-wpsterl dircctio.i I through tiind o f oxcfJlcnt mialit., j orcd with fon ind Un-toi, am . Mutable for oithc- Kraoiiin; or acmilcur. i pi'rIKiso! \lwir crossing J'ouiit fttowart, th" loid ,-. «;ies thoiifh tho blcck o f opor. land vhicl &as set apnrt for vAc on defcr-od pa>rr«iin, an 1 t'io liloec of tho Hull ?mall Firn As■jocnticn, I o*h hemp, <■ ttr.t n d in tho Sindon r.iid Ci'na- on distrf t' 'A <;inall township li-.pied Sinsor has loon foriiod oil ths Hint smrll farm block, the load ppssing thiough it.

while in *lig virinftj aro tho houses ind fuicid-in IfiriiH of tin , letMers who though oiii) ice-ulj i.i occupition of the i ml, no ileiiiiit; oil tun iml >oiii'B English A roud ii mado lnm J ovton to bin nn, a dist .1 co ot thirtoen miles whi-li will own up a la.go district ol coiintr) fjr tloinent "A'tor loavtig f-insoti, tlio next "cntio of (Wpulalioii >s JJnlls 'iha '• ric'go ft tlio ltaugitiku ltucr is a 'ino strj"tuxo rctcii.U rect'd at .. lobt ot I'JOJO Hulls is tho iov,nship ' I tho Middle lia'igitikci district, and (M iisrtj oi aboi t fyitj l'ousos, >,it]udniL, liotnl l store*, fclioolhi use, coi'rthouse, .nil publu hall Tliuc, s i !ar<;o siwnu'l ard fou. iliMndls n »ho viciiiil;, b t the laHer a"c not at p-t----sciit 11 o.X'ratioii '1 lie coin tr> in tho iicinit) of tins cci tio ol popi latum lias all Lccn taken up "iid i-. hielK loi n>id purpo.ej ' Marlon a Mctie! Village. I'ho icHiiihip ol Mu<l.oll so caikd .iftoi tlio Ij.itliiilaci' ol <'ipi 11, Ccul., [»i. si ills a , I tin thiiKuionstit ol .1 I inoilel till i,;o. 'Iho an11 bum ami t, Kuillv 'iniilicil, tho ilnmlii,! iit.sii.'. , - loiisiui 1 bio jiictcnI hums to u< mil(.null nt. uit\ whilo lie Iwitclb ,11c tin] mo , -1 coiiuiiulioik ond I comtou.i i'i to b>. toiitid in j.'o of tin 1 minti d I.l< ts ot ilio pioiimo 'i In 1 to in proper lOiitnniE abo> i eighty 1 h<ll ses me l tlio lull k-,, immediiulv 1 surioiiiidi i,; is ocoyuci tlii"ilv bv t,Mnll 1 uiiieis, with holihunii liom IJ(t I to bill/ a as I he public )uildiu o a 111tlul( (uiiithuiiM., o'hte, ti I st ition, i' , ill ilkd and town iiali, l>l i t'dei winch llie JriLMiOj wciotiis ron 't mplik pilttin; up toiJo of I tin ii ')»iv I ilio l!on loi hUh x'niniii 1 ol Ncn /eilaiid, wh (/ itsiJcb it MlO (listnct !ia-> laid out a new *o>. nslnp c ilicd Crol'nii, tuo links ami a lull , irmii Miiu.i, ind buili t iuloli a Hici Lito I , all Ciolioii ib to lit 1 tecto .il toiMis'np, thi founilir pn!>cntiii t ; i.nvoiio Willi a lull am -.iction «lio 1 will bull I 1 Mnall house thoKOi. wilhm 'a liimiid m noil, tl.o coiuuuun ol the 'dud 01 >;ilt bun, u> everv c lit, ♦11. t 1 n<, mtoMiaiMi; lw[iior is on to be aulil 1 ,m the V German l < ttkiiu i.t !i aNo ibui 1 < link tiuni 1 '\1 \ito 1 I rn ,i', iiu'iHliioii' iinl cm-j I into tn so fici.nii's n Ac idmrabli , ,s ttnn \u 1 iln>i 'in "I holding tili j 11 uh n« iii n hlv "lUn Kid lnl<ls .mil 1 I pi, tt liirni 1 u- yl< ismt iniIho ro<.d noli \'iiton to 'Jm>kuu lio-, thi'iii n li iiiii'iilitni r opui loiiniiv. 1 ( uitli on 1 mini li>w I Mill, lulls ill' i. lid j 1 11 r ,i|| i 1 nn ' <| tilli\ mid ill o<l II,)l (I 1111 !l mi is a lorti'shlii ol hl'lii , <~ilg Hi 11 M 11.01 , I nt Uio liitn ' 11 . v 1 "1 1 m<lo pidlj 1* i>. oi.iomlhi I (tiallor iflan Jlarlou, coutaUiUj abuut I

I U>tw h<i<-t*fx, with two ■eltiitt.-fo"!, one Kildiilhiu n , turn hot Is, and itvu j fcu it Hit. I mil is ol m rj supunor , «| • intv nost ot tlii. lnUin o s bi.ni,; . . 111,», M4th i '"« mil l iint.i; ■> iici~ I In l>k ihittlnl of tl i loimln Oetwem ! i'ii- In ik.ii jiul iti\«.i<- is thll in tin lui iK ot tlio Nitiu-. bin i m<4 ol it Ii is Urn k-sid to Luro I [i ii , wli) i nn estJilibh d sluon u< 1 'utUo btat'oiia liiiun 'I J'lo toUilf) J Urn,, bitn in ihi V, 111,,,-nhu mil ni,miii Uiurs form , , tint W.inuama ■ Lit iclv Jjii rholooi this blo<k Irs been Bold h) thr ( ionn to stttleis ifid the I I mil i, .ill oi'iipic<l ll<? blot t> 'i wlli oj rmd m> b\ ii .ds, ,ind thi, nuc erons j nitli tlinn woll-ktiud ,;ms, 'nun ai'd loinloii i 111 — I Ii nil iiouics .iffci l I'liiiu'int imlieat ins ot tii .ifll-Join,; and priiiftritj ol tho bcitkrs " I Old Wanganui. I ' .No\t tj tho Cit\ of Wellingto.i, j in p i» tho largest and nu»t ' imno'taiit town in tho prOMii ,, ! , It is bin I r, en a ilat oi •In n^ it b.uiK of tin "i\ Hut, i'ioui thico iiil'is tio'ii its njutb 'ih( town ltioli ontTiii" about lliao hurdred houses, ai ] iti> popi'Liinn s istlnnted nt itOO \\ iiii'iaui'i is i boroiul , po'-seiiin,, nnuii-ipil instiiutioiis, its j ( il .if.ir- hoi i n ' tiiid'i tho man £Cmint ol a. Mr.jor jik! "oum.il Tlio mpi Mi- s,)inmd b\ a splendid iron bridge, tlu larß st \luclt Ins \ct bcp'i built in tho -No th isliiid, bi til l'.a i-p 'iroa<.hc3 io.rl\ OtXilt ioiy. Tuc chops and mercham stores in mMuiln some lnmhoiiio ami coiimodious buililTgi,, the <lnU business oe'iif; tituatcu in 'i'aupo Qu-> a,id Victoria A\e'.uo I.iero are so\oral «iiino3, tho la-gcst bong thit ieloii(?ing to thi Corpor.mon, w'icli vith its roo<ls trai &it is bituntco ii httli otlo'i tho bridto, in closo i>roxi>niU to ilio Customliouso a'.Q clcani g bhwl Tiicro is a and "n-.ndEonio court-lioii'-c, 'iiclud.'if! ofJiCa'S for tho ltceidcnt M Mio Co-poratioi, ind other dopirtmoiits This building J "s sit'iatcd on tho M/rket Square, ir I fio i-ontro of wh'ch i r tho Mouton u oiiunuiit On tho sa'dhills ovcrlooking tho town aro situated tho HutL>nu anil York stockades, tho fotmer hon<K "s«l as i ,;aol, and tho ht'ir as i station to repeat tlit" from tho Ikads lhero i" an Uddl.'llows' Hill, four churches, a pubhr hospital, unci he\c r .il acncols in the town, \lulo tlio pinato hojscs .n----dudu ir,an\ haiidsoino \illa ro«idciccs ' The )" n 'nr rucr, tho depth of wa f cr ran(;iiis from 9ft to ltil fho bir ci.i b-> cros t<l at hish n n t'r b\ btca-i ers, seior\l of which trade iri\ between tho port auJ otlic" ;mt3 o F tho oloin hilo of late ilay, ? \<ssil oj iuO tons 'midoii j.as con o out direct from hnqiind to riio nort A nrojeet is contemph.et. for <keptii'ii« anu «tclcmiic tho ru n i froni tho Heads l)) to tip U-wii, and also re njowun f ho "%hi I , oL'truct tho na.igition 'flio nvor 'b na\if;-<blo fer ■•.eveiit, ni'ci b\ canons, and Btoainvrs of a le\ foot drat'ght ha\o hcri, up fortocd niilo© I Tfcs i/rJrarspa flojte. 'Tiiliinr .he L\ij vi Will'iKlon if? 1 1 "1 as y itirtuig IN.IIII, tl'o «e\ 4 illusion of tho prouueo to bo dcs"iibod is the \>l ki of \ie llutt Tho HuU \ *>\e\ ,i iinrtird' trem Wellington b\ a w<d skir'i.i;. tho Inrbour, pira'lel null fie r.iUn) lino now conp!(t«l l\.«n j; Iho \i'luj<.s cf ii d I .iuran t ',a, at tho latter of which tlio roid b'li hes off to *iio Wcu Co"st ( i few miles f'l-the-i on 'lie liutt uriurje is iiaih".!, ttlm'i, tojvthor utl- a tilhtse, is situa'od it tho love part ot Mm villoj. A lew inlet further up aio two \i , ojH-hI tho laiti and Cpj/T llutt, tlu latloi iWE'iLSSiu,; c\Uusi\o bf i. nil's ' Aite- lo\Miif! tlio Uppr Ilntt, tho it t 1 o no\t point roa<l'ct , , oa nisMii;; w'icli tho sscopt of tho Ki><n't iko Hill, ? spil' of tho Tnrani i Hangc, I (.ommcrn.es Hit tc-uiship of I cathenI ton i) fcituited at 'ho ba-o of t]>e lull, and the lo.ier end of tlio • all-n 'l"ho township is fmill, o r o'il\ a fe\, b:attciad houses, l'.L tho jsi'al courtloio , i>ost <-fiicc, ic'egraph station, jiid hotels T'io nliolo oi tho surroi diit. ct consists of pietTal •and, tho cou itr. being open nun a httlo bus 1 in (.omo plnces ' Jht ie"t to«ns>hip is d-cvtonu, 7 mile s from IVit'ieistoii l'«n«- na prosporous tov nslnp, < out ,, < iiik about I'JD nouses, the population hour; e r i.iinitod at> 150 Its chief st r oet crntai'is umi i-os-ous hvidioine shops, hokls, and pnv itc ho ises, 't po sessos Muoe clii'rchrs n |Go\cmnient frio i cliojl, and a pr.\ats< i opo \ lth cuuiihpuso and othei | nblic buildings Th"io aro besides u litenn n&Mtit ,, , tt.Ji hrpn roadn p loom and I hbrarj , also a pubic hal! \ newspipcr puolished in Gn\tovn 'ias z. consirloraolo circuhtion tho \ al'oj Tnere is a'ot' uhiicu of mood jiwiig bush in tin , district and li\i> stoam sii\ a ills \ h'tli cnninlU turn jni n It-ro of ti.rhir )■ ronsidorable portioi ucmj: c ent to | ton and ecu to tlio Mm Ho I-hnd 1 H\ is al r o .nrnu F ?<.tiirpd, and wool 'irt,ih so th"t a ve o"tteii>nc cir \- ing trade concernwl hi tie cuminnco ol ilpso staple prodec'ioVs to V'el'iiigto.i M'ist r ftCß's Early Days. "Be ond GrejtoHii tin 'old lies foi sonio httio \\\\ Luih, but tho list ot the unitrj in tlio diiiciion ot C r.xrtuit and .Masterton, tlio iitt't b<.jig uc\en miles litm Or \town <s j open Ttal'o 'mi., i jjocd Ji. 1 ol ulnci. ] is pl'i<d uiidei nip Iho il^strip^ion ol Giijtowu applies Rencialh tj the •ownship of .Miotcitoi, except thit t'io litter lit s lesi qiodnction <f timber, but on tho other hii d o"ii u't'iro i>. m< re o\toa-.i\o!, 1 pursued Cirtonon s a s nller tniiislnp, Mt lited botieiii I Grf\towi and Misiiiton 'Iho trade ninl I ))io u ;x;it\ ot Urp.'t'nn sie in a lar'o i iiiMMiro pro'notoil b- the Ciiston ol *no stcckoiwim ai>d stitoi. hirds rf tho Lou-r ViHiv and in tho ca i> ot Mn->-11< I, tin the innie s tf tfio Pjnki Plain I arc , foul d 'ib r<.) bu ors at thn storo*-, I while t'io ('Oi mui'iit e\p<ndi'iiro in opoiiin,! -\ mil tf'rou.'h thiv Sc\ci tj >ldo liu-.li giini -cni^'a , ment to the tjianc'inmim 1 boi'iois, -,]io oht'in ilidr jU()iihos fin,n M i< lohiislm)) lwr c'opois h u \,t Leon ostnli'ishtd for tho ruipl oi> of vMi.iijrants one iti'ejtiitrbtoti mid the other at Grej'own "111" , township ( c M is'i rlon i-> the I'ntie or a floMKlunc: is'n iM-fann div tlnl ind the lil'd boi i; ol PMel'c'it i|iilit\ tho softl'r-. those sniii; hoire--ii ids in* n> be seen n mn direction Tl pl»s|l '<IM, 11I<1 Vf II li'liy I "liofiiro 'I , i. bin? tlo comiti v ]y-\ twoon M stiitoii and tlic it i>n\ l,i miUil tlul is tho fciiintioi )f ii 'n\ uiif ,nile Oi distuct rcidi is' ii nl \ni I mi , , the whole of i!)r> blrxk-; <it unsold Ciov.li in tho Wnnnpi m<l last loist itistiuts \ i!S tl'tis lie imilerel ■w iilible for purdnsp, Tccupatlon "ml -i ttloino it 1 l»o pr lpiisprl toid lino i om to Alf.c'ton Hill p-ss _'iiod baish lountri n nis> tic ltii Kitunmr Hj-ii[e ->ntl lluki tin mi, Ii i il"iriii' on th<> \\ iii.iiln R'ipi liltimitoli loadini; n.ti a. 'niiti'ul nnil intili )\c\, nine in les | hiiiu In (hric qii iteis of a imlo brnid ih 'mill lion • i' thr \ei\ Tain. \nother nitiuil"! mill from M.ir Iton I to Ci-itlpii nut II open up i lir'c ti i t I ol >ouu , r\ while -\ ilnn! line w II < Root the 'ini" jhjeri n the ot thi ops n linds Km' tin If i t'e o -.lorii slope of l)m I'ul 11 n iliiitfe In In jof it iiia\ 'ii <=( I'd 'hi' J >\ tho < m<l of \*", tbe \ 1 < Ii of Mi ir u "in iiid I'isl (( ift lisInct, w 11 br> opour/I no In i network <>f j udi iitinu »s f I'diMn in tlir limn ' in. I. ilni' f> ...I Visv.r'ni ',» th. (,ir i> in 1 \\i,' Oii.t, mil ilm. In l \ i|in i on Ih ' st 'in will ml match '»■ tin unit 11>011 !>\ til" tinu , j nl v i\ liih' whidi Will tivirso tln> \\'\ i .1 ipi run ll inm,ii tin c mh(\ Mi'o lln- 1 o tin (i'<ti,i nil tli no i»or< nl ii]• il' iniil l)\ i iv iif ,\iini,i ii ii t<i I i< n i' find \nrkl >mI Th« B"«ih ni-trlcts. ' iho i t<l Ii "t f r< m M.si«tton thiouga iho ijetcnt; MUo Bush bi» b.cu

a'ri ~il\ oppni (1 Hi) IJr>m .1 t J u> Sad {ii , , .1 p.iiiit fro'h .MaoHTiO!!. 1 tliero is .v Higc o\tfiit ot le\el land jot supei'o! (|M.il't\, 'vtending to Uio I tnirgc 1 [h> (i Miii of this coimtn htis hem until lattlv 111 ihu hinds ol ilie -\ tin- , tin , C >»ioiunit lit hawn;r only nicntlj purrimtud <t. 'Hit nud tioi'-ij . 'lirv u«ir the junctioi , ot tin. ] 'lirauniM and Min.iw.itu ltiior ,. Very J little '!> ki.oiMi about i'io Tiroumea I \n)le\, litit judgi'iu lrom the '.lfoniwj turn gntlicietl fro\i Nntue> it is evident I that then ii a (.oncmcr.ibb extfit of Ilc if>l country ahidi ii t'lta'lv M"k'iov,n I io Kiiro]x?aiis and cifii to ni."ii\ of tho MiTiij thenisphco 'tho road tlirougl , tho lii'ih opons tip ilout !WJ,I/00 irres 01 j,ood rountj-i In tho -<>iitrf of t"'io Imisli the load skirts tuo clearing, , To Havera inj TnaeUara TOl Hwn eo uanw abcjut '200 acres ef flat grassy land, and f'ltaok.irj about 400 acres "ILiMtir, thus re.iil'yl tho Manawatu GoiKo lrom tho castsrn Fide, a: has already bwn done frein the ueiUrii, tho general dosorption of tlio Wellington Pio\mico i> iioiv umplek , " Tho Genesis of Feiidlns. The '«Ve,\ Zealand Uandoook" concludes its reueii of condition!, in \\'a\iMUton Prounco in 1&75 tilth a special art nit on tho Minchester ?i>ttlcment. It 6..\!> — Leaung tin Mananata Gorßo, and poiny nvstnird tl'G projected main raihv.i, , I'Pb to tho Ri?ngitikei Jliver, tl'e tiavoller p-usei for tuenty I'i'les throp.n'i a stretch of rich, level land, k'-.own as tl.o 'Manchester' block. Thi>- block is: twenty miles in length, and about e-ght miles in Width, with an area of 106,000 acres "In December, 1?71, tho Hon. Coloiiel FeiMniß, is represeiitativo of an Fiif;lish comna'l7, presided over by tho Duko of Jlanchester, a"d called 'The emigrant and Colonists' A.id Corporat.on/ visited New Zealand after going through the Australia: tolonies 1113 cb'pct being to find a fie'd for the commonccmeiit of colomsT.g operat-ons. Firiding in N'cw Zeiland & "limato emmctith suited lo the English constit ,, - tiou, s soil abundaiitly fertile, internal ccnmuiiication" fairh developed alroadv, and rapidly progressive, and, abo\e a! 1, a Goiernmont anxious to fo?it arv reasei i'jlo schemo for th" settleneu* of people on its unoccupied territory, Colonel Fcilding had littlo di.Toul*\ ii soloctinp a fa\ourab|e site, and making i> ith the Colonial and Pro* men! Governments . . "Ncßotntions resulted in. tbo purehnsp rf this Hock at Ijs. per acre, paid f or bv bhls bearing interest at o per cent., anJ maturing at difirrcn* inxersaU o\or ten years. Tho Corporation Piidertooir to iPtroducc to tho Colony, and to settle oit the hi d 2000 people with'i six vcars Tho Gccmw-nt uis, on the oth«..r linnci. to proiidc free pci-ianes for 'iie-a people from England, and 10 find vork, in the formation of the raiiwaj lino throueh the property, or on otlier public wcki 1.1 the neighbourhood, for 1 current number of '200 labuirirs TTo Pro , inclal Government i"ado a roiiJuional agrciment to expend .1 eurp net raceeding £2000 iior anniiiii for f ,i 'o \cirs, to assist fn forming by-Tads "Tho Fett'e-nert is at p'esnt in its infancy, the fi-st pi r iv of immigrants having .irrnod 111 th< Colon) early this \onr. Bu: i" within tno mo:itlis llicro wee 2")0 people on Mm ground, tho town of Feiiuing, which is tho crr.tral •(in of tl'o block, on ti'o projected i&i!n»T lii.e, and tl.e base cf the <ornpany's operations, has bcoor.io a busy frene '•