ONEWHERO.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 469, 3 October 1919, Page 3

ONEWHERO.

FORGING AHEAD (Contributed) During a short fide through the One whom district, lately, I was greatly struck, considering the hard winter, with the good condition of the pastures and stock. Onewher*, with its high dry soil, seems to respond to spring growth earlier than less favoured distiicts. This, with the neat, well painted houses, substantial outbuildings, and good fences (with gates in eveiy gateway), must appeal to visitors, a* there is a keen demand for land, and many properties are changing hands.

THE PIONEERS One misses the faces of many of the pioneers who have sold out and retired to enjoy the fruits of th>*ir arduous labours. The latest to leave is Mr S. H. Ciawford, and I should say that the Crawford family would be a great loss to the district, as they were always to the fore in both private and public entertainments. The exceptionally good roads in the district are a monument to the painstaking serivce of Mr Crawford, who has been County Councillor for nearly 12 years. After nine years' continuous service, business exigencies compelled him to refuse nomination as a candidate for the pending election, and for the following election he received such a largely signed requisition that he consented to nomination, and was gratified by a record majority. I understand that the price, given for Mr Crawford's farm on tinKlondike road was about ill per acre, anl ihaf for the homestead was about £SO.

OBLIGATIONS OR PRIYILEU*? When in the Post Office [ r. a<l a notice "Orewhero tubscrilied H'.hi'.i tn the war loan What is die going to do for the Victory loan" On en (juiriea f.oiu tho postmaster, I was surprised to hear that only about £4OO had been subscribed, " Istaten bread so soon forgotten ?'' When we were in dangor we willingly i>ut our hands in our pockets to keep our protectors at the battle front. Now the danger is over, should we not be ready to do something as a slight return to those who bore the brunt of the struggle ? When I meet the tired-eyed M>ber looking man, some minus a limb, it is hard to recognise them as the euro less, jolly b ys of 19 or 20 that I knew a few years ago. and I think that if the New Zealand public realized what these young men have done for them they would consider a tubscription to the Victory Loan as a privilege—not as an obligation ?