GREYTOWN.
(i'ROil OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) September 15. The committee .appointed to gather all the information necessary to lay before the Government on the subject of constructing .a branch railway to Greytown have furnished themselves, principally through the exertions of their excellent secretary, with most valuable 9 data, which will enable the case to be put ‘ clearly and forcibly before the Ministry. The earnest appeal addressed by Mr. Richard Wakelin, the secretary, to the Hon. Mr. Macaudrew, and which so well illustrated the just claims of this township, appeared in full in an editorial of last Tuesday’s Standard* and gained general approval. It has been admitted by high authorities that our case is a cruelly hard one, and that had strong united action been taken at the proper juncture we would in all likelihood have been included in the chain of railway communication already under progress. And indeed ours is a singular instance of unfulfilled pledges, quite out of the common. The deputation, to form which Messrs. R. J, Duncan, Hutchison, and Caselberg have been added, will wait upon Mr. Macandrew on Friday next, and will go so fully into the matter with him that I feel assured he will give au encouraging reception to them. Ido not hesitate to say that to place Greytown in railway connection with the main line will not only be hailed by that township itself as its siunnuun honum, but will give satisfaction to the rest of the Wairarapa Valley as well. You will perhaps recollect that iu dealing with certain unsatisfactory matters relative to the state of the Greytown school and the personnel of its teaching staff, the local committee recommended the Board to give the assistant master another appointment. The Board referred again to the committee, asking whether it would not be advisable to remove both the head and assistant masters. At its meeting of Wednesday last, the committee decided to adhere to their previous recommendation, as they saw' no grounds upon which to inflict a removal upon the principal teacher. The head master has found himself obliged to ask the committee’s sanction to go into other quarters, as his present residence (?) is no longer fit to be inhabited with comfort.
For some time back the Lower Valley breeders have had iu contemplation the erection of extensive saley’ards iu some convenient locality. The completion of the railway to this side of the Rimutaka enabled them to give practical effect to the scheme, which has now taken shape in a strong joint-stock company being formed for the purpose iu view. Mr. Claude Revans, who was appointed secretary to the company, was very active in canvassing the V alley for support, and that very successfully. The capital of .the company is £2OOO, of whioli more than halt has been subscribed. The yards will be erected at Featherston, and will bo conducted on the same. principle as similar ones in Canterbury, which confer great advantages on breeders of every description of stock, as well as on buyers from the city and elsewhere.
The Working Men’s Club, which has now been in full swing for a fortnight, can be pronounced a decided success. It numbers up to the present time one hundred and ten members, whilst from a pecuniary point of view expectation has even been exceeded.
We are now enj >ying charming weather, being, I trust, spring coming to us iu earnest at last. Farming operations are progressing, and lambing, its far as I can judge, will show a large percentage this year. lam surprised to find people possessing capital land doing so little cultivation, in the /ace of what should be a strong inducement to crop largely, both iu roots and cereals. Potatoes, fur instance, which have been in great demand at £7 per ton, are rising considerably; oats and wheat cannot be bought under seven shillings a bushel, aud ma r.s at frqm six to seven shillings. Surely, at such prices, farming ought to be remunerative.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5452, 17 September 1878, Page 2
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662GREYTOWN. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5452, 17 September 1878, Page 2
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