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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 51, 3 December 1886, Page 3

There was a terrific thunderstorm at Napier on Monday afternoon, with very heavy rain. Many business premises were floo<li <l,nnd the lightning struck tlie chimney of a house in Milton-mad, occupied by Mr Humphreys. The chimney f«*ll into tin* house, doing considerable damage, but no one was '

Says the Wairarapa Daily:—When the recent deputation withdrew from the Hon. the Minister for Public Works and tlie Hon. the Minister for Lands, the other day, a member of it said emphatically, “ No candidate who supports this Government will have a chance at the next general election,” The Ministry are falling in the estimation of settlers in the bush districts. The men who have sought to make homes for themselves there under the auspices of the Minister of Lauds are now quietly advised “ to erect toll gates.” They begin to realise that they will f»e about the most heavily taxed individuals in the community. They must have expensive roads and the Government declares they must pay for them out of their own pockets. Hven the village settlements are showing signs of degeneration. In many instances the Village settler obtains credit for his stores, and when he draws money lor his improvements from the Government, spends it on a mild “ hurst.” Mr Jhillance's settlement schemes in our hush districts are beginning to indicate unmistakeablc symptoms of failure.