A VOICE FROM FEILDING.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 74, 26 June 1878, Page 3

A VOICE FROM FEILDING.

10 THB BDITOB. Siß,-^Perhapgvyou will, allow me to ask of the proper authorities a few questions affectang the interests of this town. Why is there not increased accommodation provided for children m "the jmbUo -school P Since the "free school "era we hear daily complaints from parents that their children are sent home for want of room m the school.- The JFeilding people wish to know whit their School Board has done m the matter? ' A query of a -similar character may be . asked, respecting the Wesleyan Chapel here. Some months ago we were informed, on good authority, that the money was deposited m a local bank for the improvement of this pro- ' perty/ Up, to the present, however, no sighs are seen of such . much-needed improvement. A good many friends of the society here would be glad tq attend the Wesleyan service, if regularly conducted m. place of worBhip. We-hope the responsible parties will bestfr themselves, and show more eeaMn the discharge of their duties. Again, oar cemetery w kept— or more correctly, left— in a very disgraceful condltionr If the care a people take of Ihe^abodes of. their dead is a sign of their civilisation, certainly, then, we must take a back seat. . A few acres set , apart- p. the middle of a man's farm, over-runcpntdnually by his cattle, &c, witkout ahyprptecting fence, is hardly the way to treat the silent abodes of our friendi. Perhaps you will conclude that no important people have their relations buried there. Not so, howeveV—tiie* most respectable people m the district have friends interred there/ Another complaint !— Several ladies, passen^enl from Fozton to Feilding, complained of unlimited smoking being allowed m the only carriage of either class open -to the; public, yon/ Sir; 1 deserve the, thanks of the community for your able advocacy of their interests m tne matter of travelling and traffic »ccommodation.--I am, &c., n ( Tblbphoihi.