The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1886. COMMUNICATION WITH PAHIATUA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1691, 22 April 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1886. COMMUNICATION WITH PAHIATUA.

. At the last meetine: of the Pahiatua Road. Board among, the correspondence letters were read, from Mr Armstrong, Engineer of the'Slanawatu Boad Board, and from Mr Snelson, Chairman of the same Board, re proposed' rbVd? over the.. Tararua ranges. The Chairman said it was a very important matter for the district to have direct communication with the Manawatu side. It would make more difference to the outside districts than to the township, but it, would. he a gqod thing fpr the whole district,, as it would open a market for stock; If the Board could ' not see its way to help with money, it could assist by making representation to the Government. 5 He did -not know where - the road would run, but no doubt Mr Armstrong would be able to give them all -information irequired. Mr Avery suggested that iit wonld. be as well if .the ehairinan of the Board met Mr Armstrong and get information from him. The Chairman said he did not suppose Mr Armstrong- would know exactly where the road would run. Mr Crewe thought it would be as well if a7full*meeting,of the Board were called _for next Saturday night, to hear what was done and what was likely to tbe done. - He moved a resolutions to that t effect. Mr Ayery secohded ihejmotion, 1 which was caVried. " We' sirfeerely trust the Pahiatua Road Board will co-operate to tb^ utmost of ite ability m the prosecution of this most important work, I which cannot fail to benefit |he extensive and "fertile districts on Both sides; of the' Tararua Ranges. : ; :

'=:• An, "Old Settler" writing to the Dunedin Evening Herald on the above says :—?*i I [will .with your piermtssion, give ydiir readers ,an idea how we -bould cbmrjlete bur railways and other ! important works without resorting: to borrowing. Let the Government of New I Zialand issue £l,ooo,ooo\>f notes-of the .value of £1, ; £siand £10, to payable three yearg after date, £250,000 at each of the following places" :—ln--1 vercargill, Lawrence, Dunedin, Timaru, Christchurch, 'Wellington, Auckland, Neli son, Napier.- and New Plymouth. Pay^ all wagesin these notes after they have been made a legal tende?. The second issue, July ist; third issue, October lgt; fourthMssuei January Ist, -;i887. Wliile these notes were running the^iines would j sootf get. finished, and no interest would haye v to be paid oh monejr,. When the , time" approached for meeting the first £250,000 the. several, post othces could be made the places at which the notes qpiild •■- Be 1 « cashed if ; presented"^ or that purpose/- •■/The" probability ' is^ that veny few would;be presented. ; Such would be the prevailing prosperity that no one would ever thinks of it, but the nptes get so spread over the Colony "that it would be impossible' to make a rush at any particular, place «except it were done by the banks, and m that case ;; they:woijld show; their hand^,; as many , notes would be destroyed arid - others "Would have found their way to other

, Mr Labouchw©, m lruth x thus comments upon the employed question >at •Home :-^- v That there- are a great many unemployed men m London who wonld ; .willingly, wjork fo^a day's pay is pertain. Belief works are 'proposed? There is, however, this . difficulty m regard to them ; r- they cannot go on, for eyer. What then, is to occur -when they are stopped ? Would the, men find employe rnent 'else?- I doubt it: Relief wofds are only legitimate when the absence! of work is merely temporary. Even m this case they ought not to be undertaken m a metrqpolis,. but far awaj. Employ all now m London who are out of work, and m a fortnight they wonld be replaced by others from the country. I am a Radical, but I will never consent to the doctriDe that the State must find work all m want of it. The State! cannot do this. I would meet distress by outdoor relief . No man and no man's family ought to be allowed to starve, or to perish from cold or exposure. If a man has a roof to cover him, clothes to wear, blankets and a lire to warm him, and a pufneency of oatmeal to produce flesh and bones, he receives all that he is entitled to from the State, and he ought only to receive this if he can show that j he is unable to earn it by his labour." j