The Fielding Star. THURSDAY, 26, 1883. Outside Opinion of Fending.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 96, 26 April 1883, Page 2

The Fielding Star. THURSDAY, 26, 1883. Outside Opinion of Fending.

Tt is sometimes gratifying; -to be able to realise the wish -which many besides the p^et BiMiNS lu.ve often -<xpressed, viz . '" to see ourselves as j others see us,"' osp< cial'y when tin 1 sight administers to that pride which everyone feels in his well-earned rewards or honorable success. It is therefore pleasant for us to peruse the account given of .Feilding by the, " travelling reporter" of the Yeoman in the last issue of that excellent j weekly journal.- The report commences thus : — " It has been said of late that FeiUling ! ss going "back, and not even maintaining the ground as a business township, which it held some time ago. This is scarcely true, and it seems to be getting into a sounder condition, having in great roeasxire cot rid of that fluctuation which was for some time apparent. Settlement goes on apace around Feilding. and the forest is bee ming studded with thriving homesteads, while the timber-covered land is becoming rapidly cleared for the grazing and agricultural pursuits. The sale of the Manchester Block on favorable terms will do much for the town ship, as sections of it are always being taken up. Feilding has a great advantage in that many of the townsmen are inclined to be progressive, and anxious to see the town and district rapidly going ahead." Speaking of Lhe proposal to borrow £6,000 to expend on works, our contemporary says " there seems little doubt thut this proposal will be agrord to. The township is so extensive i>; area, how ever, that doubts are expressed as to tbe efficiency of the proposed loan to carry out the proposed works, and many ratepayers favor the original proposal (£10,000) iD consequence. The seftJemenc of the Otamakapua Block is looked forward to with interest by the business people of Feilding) and surveyors are now on >he ground cutting it ; up for sale, 'lhe land is said to consist of excellent pasture country, and will act as an important feeder to Feilding." After giving a description of some of tbe principal business houses of the town, the writer refers to the proposed dairy factory, and says; "There is every prospect of a company being floated without delay* for the establishment of th ; s industry " ReFreriitig to a period five years back — ** The change within that time has been marvellous- - /': fn concluding his notes on the set tiemen ci he Writer says: '"As the bush is cleared away, and more land brought tinder cultivation, there need be liitjle doubt-fas to the, future of j Feilding, especially if settlers continue to disp'ay so strong a tendency towards the establishment of] local industries as they do at .the-pcesent (.'ine. Even spoken of, fort Mr* nkfMrTe propWetf schemes are" "rendered.' practicable.' (and there is no reasba "why tney should not be) Eeiltiin'ghas a 'grand fntureniin prospect ;! and, .although! Palmerston is meantime rapidly going ahead, Feilding may • ere ' lp'ng' bid fair to become a formidable .rival, in point of importance, tothe latter town*, although it is now somewhat its superior:" It would hardly have been inst to the Yeoman to have curtailed lhe above quotations, both the length and the aptness, of ;which supercede the necessity of any comments of our own on the subjec.t ; treated 'by the article ■