Small Farm Association.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1472, 5 October 1885, Page 2

Small Farm Association.

. There was a committee meeting of the Palmerstbn ' Wk'itapu ' SniaU'"Farm -Assiociation on Satnrday evening. The question of the temporary hitch at present existing between ,thg ,Associ.atipn ; and the Government re progress .payments 'for survey .work done was discussed. We are glad to hear* that thereislnowaprospecfc 6t Ithe. imatter beipg'iadjijstedj on a satisfactory basis,., and of the' survey operations; being, pushed yigjorpusly^for■;warfl. Correspondence is now 'taking place with th'e Gove'rnm&mV anid certain representations and explanations-^ ; a» b'eing'tnade; the- !: result : '• of> whioli'St is hoped and expected will tend .to -the. satisfactory xenaovaL of the teinporary^J[iffi. culty referred to by us m a recent issue. The members will be pleased to hear that such is the caseT^as, a. number of them are anxiousftp get;bn; the with as I little delay s as;poss]ble, but *while survey operations were being retarded irom any cause, the prbspectror doing so was not encouragjag. '■■% Certiiin of the business trausacted at Saturclay's meeting it is not considered "expedientjto - make public just at present, as-uffdesirable complications might possibly thereby be brought About. . .- . r - r . .., .^^ , ..