DISTRICT NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 242, 18 November 1909, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS

,\ TIkORAXfU. (From Our Own Correspondent.) i The policy of Sir Josepn mini, as I foreshauowed in his financial sia.c...nu, 1 u without doubt a masterpiece ol dip.o 1 liiacy, and will iiave the elieci ol ciis- -' arming to a great extent opposition to - the OoviTiiuicni. U'ss hem aim more drill, less racing and more lreeliolil, is i iTlainly in itie interests oi the do ' minion. But why the propi,-al lor lie- ' Crown lo ucquiii' and men Ui„pos,. u i the freehold ol townships now held un - tier Native base is not extended to f rural lands is dillicitll to explain, unless it is dial townspeople can and do make ' their power fell. As a mailer of fact - there is greater cause for the acqaisil lion by tlie Crown of rural lands Held I under Native lease than for town lands, - and lor this reason. In the latter case the improved and unimproved values .' most cases ihc imprnvciiii'iils coiisis. I Solely of buildings, tin value of which I can be accurately arrived at, whilst in - rural lamU the improvements such as '. manuring, draining, uiltivaliuu. clearine i laud plantation* are s„ varied ami ill- :■ j verse, that 1" arrive at their proper 1 .value is obviouslv impossible. ,i I The solution oi tlie Waitara bri.lnc dilliciilly is again hung up, ibis lime owing lo the parochial proclivities ol members of Hie Clifton Countv Count il. . 11, appuars that the rock on whicii luev s split, was the qtli-lioli oi how the pro - po.-ed contribution of J.TUO should he I charged to the various riding, t ,„„] .■ |cillor>. after wrcs-lling with tin- liuaucial i problem for a verv considerable time. - failed to agree. Now Ihc remarkable : thing is lhat seven busy gentleme.i - should sit and arg.te wilii grave solem nity on a que.il ion which Ihey must oi • should know is absolutely of no moinen. 1 whatever, nor will it make the slighi i est dill'erellce lo a sinj.||. ratepayer, ro, . riding accounts are .simply a myth -,,„,; a delusion as far as treating ridings a.separate eiililies'are co.icerued. ami inc. are only used as a sort of bogey to ward oil' the impomiiiilics of some 'persistent deputations. The decision of (he Clifton Count., Council to deal with -lock roiimini; at large about the roads is a step in the right direclion, ami il is to he hoped that the inordinate greed of some people for ji bit of cheap 'grazing will receive a salutary check. .Mr. Pciiersen, of the Dairy Department was out to-day, and the new pasfurisin:; plant installed at the local factory wa's under his .supervision satisfactorily worked. The milk supply is steadily growing, and the increase f or October over the corresponding month last vear was 123,61uib5. The average test 'wu--3.83.