Ashurst Notes

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 144, 2 June 1892, Page 2

Ashurst Notes

': %~ » [ FROM OIJB OWN COKRESPONDENT. | Therevisa.goodvdeal of sickness in our young town sumong the olivebranches. It is just possible people are paying the penalty of thinking too lightly of sanitary matter. Doctors trace many illnesses to defective drainage and the emptying of small things close to backdoors. Mr Walker, of the Feilding road, lost a tittle boy last week — this mysterious throat disease— go sudden —so fatal. Mr James' tent making venture in Ashurst, has succeeded very welf— ; " doing good business. The petition lately sent to the JGor* , vernment from Pohangina ) having) rproved of no use, another meeting might be called to authorise a deputation to wait on the Minister, and state the absolute necessity there is for)the r main roads to be opened, through the, Pohangina valley, in readiness for thesmall farm settlers, who are bound by their agreement to live on their s sec- K tions within two years from settle- I ment. ' * Two hundred and fifty families air- . riving all at once, will want a : considerable provision made for them in the matter of roads. This is the first time we have had to meet their new Hue of compulsory residence face to, face. It appears to be a big under-,, taking — rather bigger thaii a local ' ; ';,. road board can undertake unaided! - Naturally, i£ the small farm settlers ' , are compelled to carry out the residence clause in its entirety, they ought J ' to have some surety that they will be J \. able to get to and form civilised partis without ploughing through mud for ; some years. : ■..'?.' „ >V As they are to carry but a new Ministerial policy they should com- ■ ' bine and have a .quid pro quo on ttieir side and ascertain whether the, prpposal to borrow, money to opea the roads in land set apart- for special „ settlement, is likely to becpnie. lawy before they move their families up.' A combined petition or deputation would probably; rejfresh i the Ministerial^ mind, and show that' the small MrMirs/ know what they want, Le., the main roads formed. The new Pohangina Road Board, will, no doubt, be an energetic road :bbja,rd, bui 'howje&eir energetic it may be, it can't W expected to road a whole country side unaided. , „,... „