MORRINSVILLE.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43083, 23 April 1907, Page 2

MORRINSVILLE.

[To the Editor.]

Sir, —I have waited in the hope that some abler pen than mine would write and reveal something of what is contained in that one word “ Morrinsville.” I ; think it time that we shook off our

apathy and woke up to the responsibilities, as well as the privileges of residents. And believing as I do, in the tremendous possibilities of our township, I am writing this with the object, I hope,

of making others believe in them too. Every additional settler, and eveiy additional resident means pounds in our pocket whether we are in business or not, so Ion" as we have vested interests in the

place. ~ . , , We are situate*! \vrt inn easy reach ot Auckland and at what is destined to be

on ll of the largest railway junctions m TTieuTlonv, and on a railway line winch in a few years will tap the trade of the whole East Coast of this Island. We are surrounded by fertile land which, in the

opinion of expert southern farmers has been enormously under-estimated, as one said to me not long ago “ The land about here is all right, but so far the surface of it has only been tickled: when it gets ploughed and worked up for a few ' ears

it will hold its own with a lot ot the Taranaki land.” And what about the Maori land? There are thousands of

acres lying right up to our township, merely growing noxious weeds and breeding rabbits, and remember only two

short years run before the lease of this land expires. What are we going to do about it ? Are we going to sit down and see the lease renewed and things continue as they have done in the past, or are we going to petition and do our utmost to get this land cut up for settle-

ment, and instead of idle waste, see smiling fertility ? Look at the big advance it will give our town. But it is chiefly as a manufacturing and distribu ting centre that I believe our town is "oing ahead. Here, within a mile, are several streams of water that could with

very little expense be b3.rnessect tor motive power, and being the centre of this end of our island railway, would

distribution easy.. We also want a system of drainage for the town; every year’s delay means increased cost. We want footpaths forming and our side

streets seen to, and a few street lamps provided. We should not, however, only look after the town but the whole district. The winter months aro coming on, and

already I fancy I can hear the wail of the Lockerbie settler as he takes his milk through mud and water. Let us help him, for in helping him we help our. solves. How can this be done? Lot us

make a start and get someone in authority to call a meeting and form a strong forward committee, restricted solely to those who have vested interests in the district. This is what other towns are doing: shall we be behind? No! a

thousand times no ! And if we all put onr shoulder to the wheel we shall live to see iliis town become tlie Chicago of the North Island. —I am, etc,,

AjAx.

[To the Editor ] Sir,—-S -me evil disposed person or persons have circulated by word of mouth about the town a report that I know something about the tobacco thet was stolen from Mr Berghofer’s store after the recent fire. It is a pity that such bounders should be allowed to live amongst us and try to bring others

, down to their own level by circulating j lying statements in a mean and under- > hand way. These persons are not men enough to make their accusations r publicly, to give a man a chance to ’ defend himself. —I am, etc., ; Tiios. J. Stanley.