CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 44, 13 March 1878, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

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". SETTLER^ ?J TAKEN, TO^TASKi TO THE; EDITOR. Sir, ~We wpuld .apologise .fpr .agajn tf oublfng you; .only we fear, if: v& offei* an apology wje may be told it is bla rney , as it appears thaj; apythiug. not savour-, ing of bombast, is' b^rnuy with "A pettier on the Gorgelioad,"" Hf>vv,pvpr we ven ture to ask 4 . youj* permi.^sipn, to say a few v wpvds A mpve to .his last Iptter. ' Well;. Mr ". S?ttl $r . on . the Gprge Road," a,single p?rspij, only w.^ote the letters sighed /'Settlers of Fitzherbert.' 1 It would be absurd.t^thmk.. tliaj; six. or seven could j write. on^ letter ancL majce it intelligible, as too , many coo% spoil t^ie broth, buj; i(; was written a| the request of every on^. holding, property between Jhe Mjanawat^ Bridge and" tlie landing at tlie back qf- Mr M^rispn's, prqpert^y. J If there never. w.as any attempt to impede the. forming of? a. road* on our >yde of the river, f mm. whence canio the letter signed, '■-Se'tllpiv on 4 tiic,"Gorge Road," published m oiirlpcal paper on jreb, T ; ha(; lvtter wiis most certainly intended to counteract the resoljitions pasi-cd by the County Council

and Highways Board or (m other words) to smother the only voice ever raised m our behalf (except " the Manawatu Times), although we have been anxiously waiting- over two years fpr half a bridle track. Is that blarney 9 Most certainly keep the niain road to. Napier (so far as we are concerned), foe all the benefit it will ever b,e tq you or us will not fatten us. -Blarney means flattery. Thomas Parkes paddled, his wife across the river a short time ago to sell her butter. After, she sold it, she^ bought a b,ag of flour, she and her boy carrying it a]ternaMy to the river-. . In the afternoon (we ought to have told you tljat Parkes returned to his wor.k after-he put her across), when they got tq the river., it haxl overflowed its panics, therefore he could only, make signs to ncr to go back and remain m Palmerston for. the night. Oome now, Mr. Settler, on the Gorge Road,' 1 was that a very blaruified or flattering position for. a family to be m ? Is it blarney ? L,et the dead rest, We are sorry Jfor evefc having disturbed them, but don't think that the brothers and sisters of- the unfortunate men drowned \n crossing on a log wili be very flattered: a,t it !■ Is it blarney? Well, if the public things so, , we bpw to : your august decision. ' The whole thing, resolves itself into tkik. We TV'-a.nt np. advantage over, our ; neighbours, but we n\ost certainly want | to, b,e put on an equality with them, and ! you. have raised your voice, and endea- ! vojukred to. get others to, raise, theirs ajgainstit, .-■''.: " i We want a road to our., homesteads, , not to. the. G.orge, a,nd w/j are u,nfortu- ! njately. located on a. part of this dreaded : dcorge; road, — more, blarney. A? to ' whether is or not necessary to. open 1 th.c whole, of/ that road, the cho.sen stewards .of; the, people are fittest to decide. I ' And now, Mt. Settler, we will, with • your permissions clpse this, (to us), un- ' p'leasan.t argument. Had your letter of 'the '23rd Fe"b. been more liberal, there. would have been no, occasion- for- our abusing a, respectable; settler through the Press, and- for anything, offensive ■ w,e i may s ,have written on, the subject, we b.eg. your pardop, and tliank you for giving : us a. chance of ventilating, our ' grieyance. You $re looking, to. yourpwrn interests.. Sp are we, and> we le aye tlje.nTi%tt^r as i,fc, stajids now ; in the hands : of an injtelHgjent public a^ijd the County authorities 1 (6r.^BpSxds>. May you, get your coveted bridge and- iiye long to enjoy it ; but we shall not reply to any- • thing further, on, this, matter. ; To. you, Mr. Editor, tender our •grateful tßanks for your courtesy and j forbearance m allowing us to, ventilate •our grievance, m yoqr coluinns.^-We , are,^ &fi. X I ' '*_" S^BTTIiERS OP.FITZaERBERT, WITH- : '"• OJJf EVEN A BiiIDLE-TBACK. : Fitzherbert, 7th March, 1878.