NELSON CREEK

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1884, 20 August 1874, Page 2

NELSON CREEK

,:, A deal- of- fusi has ..been raised, lately about the Leasing 1 "iiegulaiioins in msposingj,of grpundj - which v ! nob^djP ; will ever want or look at" unless it is given on lease. The question is, asked Mw_it. is the promoters of these so-called demonstrations can find time, if they^arei.so hardly worked^ "to devote their energies to ihe : public service. . The r , alarm, raised by a few individuals among .themselves, against leasing, because, it would lead to rmonopoly., would be quite 'laughable if, the erroneous statements 'they ; make were not likely to injure the district if allowed to pass, uncpntradicted. They say "tha coitntry-iis being ; rapidly jtaken mpj and monopolised:. by the leasers, whereas, in reality oniyj2s acres of land have yet .been applied for in the whole Nelson Creek district proper. : It would seem as if these public-spirited individuals were trying to create the worst ' kind of monopoly themselves, . namely ■$. ;:.'. mpnoply of laziness, for most assuredly' none of those. who .thrust themselves. forward in this matterjr.wilL ever work the-gronnd themselves. It is lying jfor years.' useless, and they have not been known" to 'touch it, and now they would if they could prevent others < from making a profitable use of it, by a systematMSnd proper means of working.. However, all the leases-yet applied for are granted, so that the efforts of these cfew .; persons' to, ; inflict a;las,ting and serious injury* on themselves, and what is of greater consequence in the district, have been perfectly harmless, and care will be taken that they: -are equally powerless for harm in future.