As Others See Us

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 122, 20 April 1889, Page 2

As Others See Us

Tne following interesting article sp* * penred in the Auckland Weekly News of the 6th instant ;— During the past few* weeks •* your own" has traversed the district, and the more he sees of it the more convinced be is that Feilding has before it a great future. The whole of the land — mostly of excellent quality— tbafc lie* north of the town, between the Bangitikei and Oroua Bivers, stretching for upwards of thirty miles r is- .gomt Bated that the settlers mast obtain their goods from or via Feilding, and their wool and . other produce must be despatched from the railway station here. It is said that the amount of wool sent away" froa Fe ldine this- year exceeds tbat embarked at Palmerston, If. such is the case now in a couple of years the output of wool r &c, from this district will far exceed thai of its rival, and the town of Feildiafg 1* bound. to progress accordingly. "Wellington is of course the port for this part of the country, and it n the opinion of many here that Feildins:, and not Pal* merston, ought to be the terminus for the daily trains to and from that city. At the present time, if passengers wish to> arrive in Wellington- at midday; they must leave PalmerstQu, at 7 a.m. j Why should not the early, morning train leave Feilding about 6 a.m. ? Fellow-towns-men and fellow-settlers, rouse yourselvesand collect statistics to show the new railway commissioners that it would pay to run the daily trains, from Feilding to Wellington, and from Wellington to DVilding. Palmerston would not be in* jured, and you would be benefited." 1 " Commercial men inform me that this i» She M soundest" place on the coaot. Orders can be obtained fairly well, and the payment of accounts is, «s a rule, prompt." "There are no gas or waterworks to pay for, and it seems to an out* 3ider that the town is determined to earn the money before spending it, and not te> imit:.te the reckless borrowing policy ini~ tated by Sir amet Yogel in reference to- ' colonial finances ; consequently the town lacks the spick and span appearance of some of her rivals, who will some day find that the heavy rates imposed on the people by the town authorities- will have* the same effect on the prosperity of the place as too much sunshine has on mushrooms." ■■