The Birmingham Settlement

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 115, 28 April 1888, Page 2

The Birmingham Settlement

Two weUikdowa' business men of mmgham BinaU,;Farm at -this .rgeelq and^ wqrtr?9««ftsidprab^^Btonish«l atj the ! substantial progress whioh ha& been made., iv the locality. Tlje weather proving very wet/-, spent tjie night at Cheltenham j'lwiMi^^liere early next morning and rebeTring a hearty weljtiheir ar^^alat^^aitaatt^aceq^io, dation] house. /The, ho^erttopJl^B-they-state, as nice; a»*ny?in»NeW Zealand, L thei arrangementsr. 'idr * 4tf tirfcH and ace mttodatiou &diix&p'>*rf demand the premises feeing^ wett-f urt&sil &tf aud •|e^in^^ae^ ; T|^ T^la^les 7 pr6irad^d; w«£e VlT^f ffprWf&a^pi|o and quality. ; Among other de^ca^e* were green; peas/and, a^rawbenaes^nd ; cream. ; The soil in thVtowasbjpv js a : friable loamiwith bo* st driest anfr freiy nmilar to thatdn ?the locality otflttatford. Everything 1 in I the gardens is vigbroi<Bly, ! ' an*T'£o '3R^ / the settlers have^beeo, able to'-'gro^any-The viaxtorßMW_no game during their journey, owing no ggubt to the in■clenSency of the^^i^r, tfs they were The^ i^wr^pm the settle'm^et^'is^gbcd.onbf^etalled «11 3 ffie r wa^ and -fo^j^^^^isi^Mr Lowes premises/, For three-quarters mcd, and fron^U^eju^^ a bridle track leads for a distance, of fifteen miles to -$hrn Harbor/ $oc>h s3!%e grade is easyjall theywayifrom FeUd% ing. The road through the settle* » ment run* along the top of 'the rarfte from which a *apital vi«vr «f the $arxounding f c\^%can t be 1 obtidnetl. it. consists of fine undulatinff* counter mum wi/m^ySI^BSWK and in course of time, will support .a k'S^^PKWpn, >T At , ihe present timei good deal 6f genuine settleHave been Wile uong this main na& f ftfoefced aown tm«, winter. The scenery along the road is very beautitSi; J rbadt'uns through sLil^^n^io that between Mauriceville^ana^^e^ihuna, and a frwiTscene of beauty bursts on tfreSrftwWthe traveller at dear of settlement i^Tni^rest.^id«all Tfei^efeSl^S fi aiid-4»n their completjo!n ttf the journey felt