FEILDING.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 80, 25 July 1877, Page 2

FEILDING.

- [From , our own Correspondent] . 'My last communication was taken up chiefly with the separation; question, and 1 gave an estimate showing that the two ridings, seeking separation contributed nearly £1,700/ to the County revenue, land only received about one-" third of that amount back. This statement was challenged by the ChairmaD of the County . Council m his monthly statement;; and he submitted another estimate showing that the amount vn T justly taken, "frpm the proposed new , county was less than 'half of my estimate ; and as he is an- unwilling witness -^-forced : to "acknowledge that : a sum of £551hasbeentaken by the majority from the : minbrijby-TTthe Chairman has ; again done more than anyone else to promote ; the cause of separation ; for the simple reason that m attempting to reduce the sum to one-third pi the^ revenue," he charges the Kiwitearidiiig with as large a share of the County expenditure as either the .Paimerstonpr the Foxton ridings, whichare .each represented by two members m ike County Council, and bavea larger share 'of "tpe County ..expenditure as they are entitled to. But the Chairman of the County was driven to this method of charging expenditure— an equal amount for each riding—whatever share of representatipii it might have? m the Gpuncil pr m cpntributing revenue or amount of ■ expenditure for lts. : bonefi|i-'-:- : " ; r J-- : :--'" : :-;v .'■■/•'■'•'■'.■■ "'■- :: : ■■ ;: ' In addition to^ iias, we are charged

with three County roads outside of our 1 district— l. Awahuri to Feilding ; 2. Palmerston to Bulls ; 3. Palmerston to Stoney .Creek-^-and it w.as too bad of the Chairman qi the County to insert Stoney Creek m place of Palmerston, when the Engineer's report' which he subsequently submitted to the Council had Palmerston inserted m the place that Stoney CreeHoccujpied. m the Chairs man's statement ; and which reduced the amount shown to be abstracted from the County, and with the addition of the cost of maintaining the lower ferry* and maintaining the Gorge road to Stoney Creek, would only reduce the amount m my estimate by about £140 at the outside, which leaves more than £900 m round numbers taken from here, with -the expenditure as shown ; m the Chairman of the -County Councils, estimate. But as it is the opinioni ofieyery one.here that all parts" of the -County will benefit by separation, and as it i must come to that/the less feeling that our./ Foxton friends, will show m the matter the better for all parties m the future ; . for they ,. may .depend on .it that the more relations the pOrt of Foxton ;-' leaders will ijuittyate with the inland towns the better for thjem m the jpompetition-they wilPhave to meet as soon as the second-string to 'our bow will be Opened to -^gnganui, as we are already expecting tbi^ a' large timber: export trade from liere, as well as &ie Palmerston mills. > . ~ •-. • However the matter will end/ the pe--tition of the' settlers of ;this, district .will soon be before Parliament to -deal it, and it remains to be seen if we are to. have local self-government -or not conceded tq us at, the unanimous request of the settlers. ; /-^ ";. ./ -V- : ; The Eesident Magistrate's Court was ' held iat Feilding Ton Friday, ■the/20th ihst., before R. Ward, Esq., E.M^and A. F: Halcombe, Esq., J.P.y I make il a point not to report these cases when they are simply of the ordinary character of debt cases, <fcc,,-but learning that there were some 'ease's to be ! heardthat 'attracted more r than! ordinary lQcaluWtergsit, I attended the sittiiigs, and found the courthouse well filled-, --a- large pro-' portion of thbse^ present being ~6f the fair sex; and what drew them, there was the rumour -that : : some ; women r ,iiad got out summonses for using bad andl threatening language to each other,, and oi : course a. number went,-to.heartheiun-loosening of women's tongues. vrl>tregretted very much . to find that unneighbpur|y^fee]ings should jfaw? te&yfospecfcable working men's wives to forget ' what was due to" their sejt- m thus" coming into a *court with- thieiryinutual : quarrels . In . one • case, the defendant M&s i fined one^ pound (£1) and cost's, or 14 /days' imprisonment, : with a strong caution that ; the ' Bench .would put/that rsort,of thing down m the district with a strong hand if any such cases, came up again ; and m the other case, as the :-eyi i.--dence was very contradictory, the Bench dismissed the; complaint, -each.- f party paying their o\vn costs. -, . v .., • | There was another <rase which attracted; a good deal of , ! attention, =m fYf hich the sterner sex^ was^fepresented; The plaintiff m this case^charged the ■ defendant with haying usfed foul and abusive langnage, to him on the 26th June last. The defendant admitted the use of the language with which he was charged, and the Bench, m summing up, considered the charge fully proved, and regretted the prevalence of such cases. Defendant was fined 20? and costs. The ether cases were of an uninteresting character, ■_-:_ •>': - ;