HALF A LOAF BETTER THAN NO BREAD.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 55, 9 July 1879, Page 2

HALF A LOAF BETTER THAN NO BREAD.

Our Feilding representative -has very pro-. f pbrly l ,di i aw;n;.attenti6n_, to the great los^ anrl ..inconvenience- eipel'ience'd from the;- want .of ;;a .bi'idge .'oyer the; Manaw;a^u ; at the Lpyrer .Feri'y.'jAillJiough' the * arguments. adduced are sound- and tenable; arid,] what ii§''^orfl, vJ tUe ; -:pivipiJse^ x %ork-'Mmß''no^ r 6nly. been 'muoh but long promisecl, still-wefear tlio pWspe : st of it: being- carried; out sinee 1 the obolition of Provincialism is at the be?.t but gloomy. UnFortunatpiy , f^ thefulfillmeHt pf the promiso, suohi structiN^ftye ftp w ii), tb!e keeping pf the County

Council, and the erection of a bridge involving an oiitlay of some £3Oop or £10,000 by that body is simply of the. question. Certainly the work m question has pecuIkr claims 'the Government, for m tlie afilunce of the*railwtty lirie^ wei*e the.Mana-watu-bridged at that .ptirticSilar^pbi.nt, . a ■high-road j owotfld; be formed between : Hawkes Bay.and Manawatu. We trhorpughly thei efforts beihg : madeito Snouce kthe .Q^o^cerninerit-ibp keep.Taith^yrich se^tj/lera, ; but a» m any case considerable time -musi; elapse before- through communication is established m the manner. . proposed, , ,w.e. have a suggeition to make which would— certainly m a small degreo—^obriate. one oi the-, drawbacks experienced. -Diiring.^the. wet and rainy season the river is very often swollen to such a degree as to render the passage of the mails, an impossibility, and the consequence -has been that iriail communication has often delayed for a week together.^gAlfchpugh the: ; country on the south side of the Manawatu is certainly not of the very best, we see no rea3on why: at least a- bridle tract could not be cut f rom tbe?Ferry ; to*the Palmerstpn .Bridge., The matter has been suggested to*us by one ofthe settlers m that district, who intimated that property owners along the route would gladly lend all the assistance m their power, and. as the. bridge .cannot be obtained, upon-.] the principle that ".half a" loaf^is better than« no bread," we think the suggestion a good ,ons and. weUw.orth., being acted upon. . \i\.fUi KM -H ■■:-/* . f. W .■ ■: