Outside View of Feilding

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 77, 16 December 1890, Page 4

Outside View of Feilding

*^if*^Tl^BUV^'Ti»ues*^Tiavellinjf^6dr» ' ; n'spoadent,! .. .. v : A :' 'tp^tf-lid riicetfbur.se ■'■' adjoins the tuvvu, ani the stewards Irav.? 't-recled' a larfef «nd eoturinkJious firand ■tKhct caj aiile v ?>f filling *X» people. The .Mddiiiijc.pttudocka, an I appurteumces are.ot the b'esbkin.l, an! a new ploughed traininii track adds to the advantriges <>t, the' r..i?w»»»rse. Tin.in habitant* are' .Y?ry_7>r-.u.ij of iliis grouml, >nd c-n-'idn-, that B»ii iown r.-iifs will, in a vyryj <«hott-Xuuc. i>e 'he i^emier "meeting t»r: ►thjy >\V.«i Coast, ns indt-ed. they, at p c | -».etu. bid fa;r tv be. To the jfiiwi,. ot >Fci}dinsi. soint* tnt-nty mil« : s inland. ,^| "H.Tiei'i-'in/town <f IJirininuhani. DawV 1 -Boya .Vlnil n uch makes a daily trip' lo', this; seen ded t«»A» nsliip. ciirryjnj; ])»> aeng^rs an.laifc Is. I . had { tried >eVeriii s tiiaevto inusier up. courfi^ej fo^ .face \,!it j jouraej, but ua'i weather put a'st'oppei ' o=i it Ou.< b iuht an L->u,!sU .ay in mi ig '1 «r 'a M e*d lii) ' DtVs Mtofe*; iibi/Ui 4 ' coach inn ' ; and remarked 'in ». «a^Ual 'tiny' that " I: ; *a»'a fin •inioni'ing," *' Yes but ii •« U rain 'bi4o.-eiiuijln,"' re ( j j«Hmd-l4i»» -Feildinjj- baronut -r, and .•rioußbiraintit did. j M raiiied in • torrental . r i-.jnd j.no surrender.; q I nii^htj mention here Mr .Daw v wg ..jiiprl.yrj, to rneuuiut/in" a nd'Vn'en people wisti to, >;the/prqb»lntitirs. r of-' ram tixpyt *mi^rr.'DaW. und if? he reaches for ThellinMwni ,'thejr f.»rtli>iith provide; Tth'eni^lfes^ ! "iHth . Trittyr- Spoofs, '"'-Unfd'r J foV^uie he felt %ie pains 'wliiclij even St Jacobs 0.1-cod'ld ■•'■iidc- ! *cbri<J«ifcr f j - -ftn^l~the "day T prpred r ,anj|thin^ Jbut. fine.j . • ; TlHs^riiw*ot v th'e co'itcii v furned y but t<»fbej Goasfeiy biie i who- liad "--• ijol«iirilaiii a; leamrtb the 'digKiri s "| s»nd -w.ho.fjralj.,quire' fatnilihir [irith Itlw* kt»sod» of4h«- Canterbury plains. He iirifaaittlifc ? bo»*i :^-iPrHh(i lef t^lAnd.- and •J^aS j<b^it»i n be tmBS forj the c ;g^Wfjr.j j nlJ . j»u;.-ac<iidentilrti>j»t-iis]oni .the_uj«cix._*wiiere. are... you? but- if- ai icoac^jjtof pleji \oyf r, iniiyi| tli'er.e jrou are !j Ooa.d^n|eu p « lujtic is; always f e ihis' / flr\Fer "(Efurjje^his name.) ;| ■is 'g J p'i^asant "and iHteiiifceht l cl-m^antonj! aajd kycai^ful/aud painstaking siTTant. '..TherVoadpFor '. ilie . yrjiole. I [ wenty miles is an wij graiie'i vtet} metan'ect; and awfully it^ii^iiaid^lrearyV r :Thfe vihoU '^f Hie 'bu»§ B ffa^e»i* : HSe' : ha« u beefi ; f el ieel atid -tic htnd-is now .coriei^d ;Briih a crQp,of *ric& .jfreeA -gfasii { - Tliiousands ~ j of- acres liaviobiemi-eclaimeJ,' andthousuudsunore ! kfre iaow-! ; i,»ii?.pr«iC!v'ssj at being [cltiareil. i Seven miles out we call at Cheltenham, -w-ki«li-consisfcc-of-airi7otel and srhool. "TkW »oSI lo^tl»fe r; fan*bus f \Kriwjtea block foaeclieueoffit.&err-, and.':<the- well beaten .trajekrguggeAtSjiigiarge, papula tiotfin; the "Back blocks." iS umbers of jouna ' English-gentlemen have taken up land itecejiimi are in^krn^r bush farming pay. . I d^'l^pp-; ihojs; ; it is. -but I ha ye met mprg''; c pTa9foral, students" here then in - any ottVr part of, New,. Zealand. „T hese •young fellow's are not to be confounded irithtj;hr|Temittance^/nian cadeHb^at used -to. be so proniinent "and unenviable a ie'ature iii, co iiuiry townships a few years ago I .' are ' quite; aV'ft ifEerent , clabs, full^f grit and iikrd' Work, pluck and -•■energy, »f any evidence of that were Kckiug, r/ the« very "homesteads would _: jpro^b this' 'assertion. '. 'A L 4 soon as they . nrHre tLey ' Isbw^'tiie balance of = '(itei*iwiia"oais— if : lheyr ;! hidve brought - any from Home— and '• '• settle' down in the 'ush-irith- some friend until they see a - fchttfloeof HcqmTing a faihi on tKeir own . . BCcounti'l'hey have then Enough colonial experience to jog aldng for themselres, . I r th€rfe .were.,more.:.of, these Feild* : . -J^.}witea : students, . - r in, ' the . country. Tir^ye^milps j: fu^therV q^^we, halt at tbe - - : terminus'—^BiVmingnanir the v Pride of .the Baß.|i:!*-_ Tbree)!y ears! ago there was :. T no vestige of a building h^re, but noW a • « well keDt-hotel, engineered bu S/Lt Lowes, V iattfgf "iras'terton, . greets the tired and, lii my caW^ wet' traveller. fS meone may - »sk Iwlfj'l1 wlfj' l did hot get inside the coach. 5o E did; but it leaked like a setve, and _j[ didinbt like io mention' it to the driver : :f or-fear it jmijjht ,hurt his feelings.) butcher'g and blacksmith's £ vsftops, Jite-fiie road, and standing a few i MxwHSijfd 1 jMi^ back is seen the Town , 'Hafi. country is settled for some twenty miJes further inland, bat the [ road^ uot,qnieta[led here., The «oil is still' extremely fertile, but great ■ • difficulty is eiperiencea in getting hands' . i!>ne shilling per hour, ! • Ma tMe'd to'temjpt men from the city: to • <es&lhicj& wages ; in- the countiry. Fur- ! : ther back -in: the busbris :one of Mr '. ißaib^ioels) special settlements composed j! ' #$ W»e^ntulßetders,,who are all doing j *£H>i-"} a & f r?it* 'f-W^'du.ber.^heir own! ffufi otherwise. There ia] - another seluejneut or paper township mi t Hlihis^ueiJAUtfca^th/^prbuk Swindle" • of jrhich 1 * ill have sonVeihing to say in! - kaSbbM'feOir. "•Tli^ :^rin i eipal ;! stbre is! .. al^henfocai Post Office* and is «rell| r^UpdUwjlih »all ithe hundred and one | . *W*clr* isiiai- tend to, i cheer' -busli life, j . JAmongsi vt,je;t;th.iw-'i*.:.a, I _.larrt« «iass j ► v The ran^e'of, literary: iuarber .i,. • large, aud^aried; " How I • •Sf/At^ii.o'n.W^'rlie Pilgrim's Pror 'gresS,'" tiy'Ufblm/Jiiunjon; stand side by bMP^M -\Mh& : e J q^Uy } ''A;eriaiiiin«J . *€K>kS. \i&V juAVbroiijjlit the j :!atekt tfaiiplj*U)!]!iheo(iJaAte^btiry Timos,| • iiniißS eudk-iHisuman or r settler tiaiihed | reading his letteri jih'el gj-abbfed tor his! Tiuiej;. mm for the tune bi-ing scejued to i f have^fpuniLfhi» pi»ly thinrf ihnt. r weut to: iaakc:;iife .haa-py.^'ij'.hWe is one tliiag, ■'AdYy ue.ct.iep,'l%«e,i.and!; ihiit is^ teleph- n c , "codiliftinicaiiiiii' wf K 'Feifdihg. At t Ji e ' of'b-nd;ria-i ing and dreary «v ting to bend to Feili*h% aAfge^a iej/ r f ;o'ahy toWumnicalion. •Surely the Govcrinti>'nt J c()nJd !) 3jyaT«» a ; few p^uiidiirui^'iiia'ke Hh'is liiif, e»pi'cially! .^rl»eo[ i|; f.JK/"«»o- <.iiud!j£ net-dedv '.{ I have: bet'n a.^ked by several of (lie residents toj ■biiitgrtiis/ui ,£'tft $ortva£ I,' kuti V titi^ui vrilliitgiy. Ii in a in a irr (hat nerd>» noi ! '.jifCG^iU : uiotuh.l as. to its, <• ' ■ . -"Slfontdj .*^n,y ,a^ci^ei»!. h:>}j).en. in the bus . — sndj ..*ati£is\£,jiri.' n ti!.i t ut)fi q.. r. ivia.k" t pfj 'the paiii . wui ',Biiff.rii liv1 iv i- '_'»!•• ■ ndured'b'yi jjOorjiniVi'lunjit'f 'oi'fVVre »i doctor cnh'lie 'nfmtn'ou'd.. .iiuib r is. rh ap . and| and j .ihi* vos of r c iu^ v te •'-' r y\nii{i i{ Vnh i WnWii Uf iiothin.' compared'; ho tUb iVSfi u''ihat 'wdiild -iwconterTe 1 on! liifße •ifni2enfl f of i 't-he< bushi I fi re bi; \ {ic»re/;imaisaiar ;fieei!B-riMin«h»m t'mtv ihej n>' sA )Va.ve ? ,.i.a.ke^; h;> .iniiirr. inj liand— 'n member fh t "\ue lections are: jiandy A f/i^(l fiarl ss,y ask,, iiot to- a litvour, v v for a ri^lji. \