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Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1922, Page 2

Tin: Okuru district may be regarded as the outpost of this outpost of Westland. It is our most distant settlement, and reading the other evening of the movement in that quarter to start the dairying industry, it is not i,ureas: liable to expect a measure of support will be forthcoming hereabouts io help in the establishment and equip- i moilt of a factory 'way down south. ; The settlers are taking their courage in j both hands and going about the project j in a definite manner. They are providing the herds and finding half the I capital for the plant required. Such j an enterprise might well have financial support- from this quarter. The ter south settlement shouid make a success- j fill dairying centre. It has the land, j and the settlers are displaying the on- ; terprising spirit expected of those who go into tlio distant parts.and are not afraid of helping themselves. Record- ; ing to the report supplied to the press j there is to lie an appeal for help from hero, and we have no hesitation in com- i mending the project to the good graces of the community. The earnest effort about to be made by the settlers means a great deal to them individually. They ; are going into the venture whole-hoar- ; tedlv and the spirit they are showing deserves practical encouragement. Out. I post as it is. it will he good to have a flourishing settlement in the locality and success ill that quarter will oneourage similar action on the part of | th„ settlers in regions in between. | With n great flourish of trumpets on the eve of a general election not so j long ago. the Government promised to do a great deal for land settlement in the Bruce Bay district. But- the election fever passed away, and the promise has been forgotten. The proposition is “till available, and perhaps if the Okuru dairying proposal comes to pass, we will next have Bruce Bay settlers moving in a like direction It will be quite worth wliilu to help the district south to dovolopc.

Footii.U.i, holds such sway in the Do- ? minion that it is rightly regarded as the national game. Each distiicl takes I .its football very seriously, and the ] right to prowess in the .competitions is i regarded as something to bo well and <■ diligently sought after. The competi- f tion for the Seddon Shield is a ease j in point. The shield io competed for lie- j tween th,. Marlborough, Nelson, Boiler j and West Coast Rugby Unions, and up j to this season, Marlborough lias had a 1 monopoly of the honor of bolding the f shield, defying successfully all at- j tempts to take tlio trophy from Bleu- j heim. Nelson, however, was successful i in the present season, and the victory 1 was taken to heart as seriously by tlio :• Nelson people, ns Nelson of old might have regarded one of his sea triumphs! The success of tho Nelson players has j excited flip rivalry of the West Coast 1

Union, which in times past made descents’<m Mitriborougli with only negative results. The Const is organising for iv fresh attack, for the authorities have taken stock of the available resources, and it is believed the representative team could give a good account of ifself. The Greymouth public think likewise, and are coming forward re .d----jly with the necessary finance to render ttie tour possible, ft is suggested this district should finance its own representatives, which is not unreasonable, and which under the cirPumxtatifces, might he considered a privilege. No doubt the Sub-Union if it makes a local appeal along the lines indicated will find a good response from local sports who will lie keen to see so important a trophy in Rugby football captured for the Coast. It would appear that the Rugby Union is out to do its best to capture the Seddoti Shield, and the public- encouragement now being giien indicates liow earnestly after all the public enjoy their' popular sport and the assistance they are prepared to lend in promoting the success of the national game.