MR. RENALL'S MEETING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 804, 27 June 1881, Page 2

MR. RENALL'S MEETING.

Tire public meeting:convened by Mr Renall was held on Saturday evening last, the Hall belli" crowded both on the floor and in the aallery. Messrs PAUKER.and Collins, solicitors, attended'!!) their pi-'o-i fessional capacity, at the request of the convener. , MrDAupi'Lß.toolt the cliair, "at the ■ instance of Mr Eena'u, who' explained • that the privilege of selecting, a chairman i rested with the convener; of n' public i meeting. The Chaikman, at the request of Mr ' Re'nall, read, tho regulations of the.' i Small Farm Association, i Mr Renall, addressing the meeting, I regretted the absence uf Mr Gawith, hut ' thought Mr■■ Collins and Mr Parkbu '< would do all they wanted and as much as he would be able to ■ pay for—(A laugh),' In tho regulations read they had ! beeri . very careful to distinguish the purchasers | of tho hind from those who-purchased t from them. In those days Masterton [ was a mere embryo, and they therefore [ wished to got lands, not only in the town r hut around it, in as small blocks-as posr sibls, suitable for tl|o working, people, , They engaged'Mr Corbett, father of, the f present proprietor of the Empire Hotel, ', to survey .the town. His instructions , w'ere to lay off: 100; town sections, and 100 suburban sections, but he found it necessary to lay off 120 town acres, thus giving twenty surplus acres, These acres were subsequently promised to the five who formed the Association, to coverlhe; expenses they, incurred, Mr Renall then described how they had been coiii- ; pelled to survey the suburban sections, and the ways and means to which they 1 resorted to carry : through (his work, They sold tlie town acres for 25s each,' 10s for the Government, 10s for the survey ; and they expended the balance ; to extricate themselves from a mess they got into, At that time—lßs3—Borne of thorn had been fourteen years in the colony without owning a foot of land, They were therefore somewhat elated with their new possessions,- and gave a dinner to t Sir George Grey at-Barratt's Hotel, Tlie furnishing of this table nearly ruined them.. It wfiß difficult'to sell the land in thosedays,'artdat lapttheywereobliged, instead of selling::to,the working settlers, to dispose:of it.to Wellington merchants, After three years their power ceased, and the unsold blocks reverted 1 to the Crown Lands Office./Mr J...V. Smith bought then the blockhe now.held, less 40acres which the Association .had sold to Mr Butch, Before selling-the town lands, they marked off 20 sections, with a view to provide for future streets. These sections now [formed;,a, large part of, tho town. The next step'theAssqciation.took was to give atitle to the purchasers of the town lands,;- The number of! those who settled on the; town acres' was but 16 or 18. When ; he came: up to Masterton in 1860 there wereV but.twelve- or fourteen settlers there; - After a time the members of the Association became better off,; and decided to reserve the surplus acres for a school in the townships.; They sl.et them for that purpose, and the late Mr Charles Dixon, paid them .the firaf half-crown for the rental of one of them... The town had now got 19' ( biit' of tho : 20l : • The : 'cele- : ;brated 42 still, Mr! Ebnaii .then.lshbw.ed .how. the Association had kept faith with every .purchaser,'.and : dohV bo''he 'claimed that they .had done wit.Hhej.ur; chasers! "''They appointed Mr.'Oh'eesemah 1 ' to draw up all the.transfers and advertised for the purchasers' tu get 'thera. The 'purchasers wereslow in coming, andjMr Chee_sema'pawned;J;W^ Buhuy, : : and ( Mr Oheesemainn to pay Mr|Bunny over.; one, but< :he took the;deh.t'.^u^6fiMi>^bee > ißbnian in ■ legal }U: ! ' v -^i : :p^Bmbj^ilO^j9BLT)ihlptp-; portidii fter Mwo^or' ■ i ■.-A» m n.Am„tti,lii«Ki.-niitai>thflni rllw'mtoM

brated;4B':acre reserye',Sltijwa??!ntehded ; ; tb be 40 acres, but- again"! it turned elation paid for it and considered it asf®hi|hei nf&i .any other land they bought|| The|Pro|'inc'ial ' Council.. Biibße^ this reserve; was a joint purchase it should ; be divided equally between Greytown and Mastertoni' -He was then a representative ' neutral in the matter lest his motives might be misconstrued. (Applause.) He ;_t.hen;;de3cfibed-S^«Mwwiuoi»^^ ' ONE OF HIS JODRNEYS ' "1 in those days,- which he made with Kemp-i ton and Garter. They went from Ma'ster- ; .twi.tp Greytoiyifijlirpiigh the old line by and Papawai. There was a heavy southeaster blowing, and it "was rafiiing'hard. On the Taratahi some Jarge'.object loomed up before them. I said, " It is the 01d_Fellow hiinsel.f." As wo.g6)''neirer,y(ernpton\ said he slw the cloven.foot.- iWiideredVliethdr the old gentlcm.an.liad.come tor all'three of us. .It'swiwdposed' that I should go- on first, as I had never done anything to offend his t majesty.i',; E .de'cli iledJ i Oaf ter .waa shaking on his horse beside me; We lost sight of ;thp "apparition ,fpr a while-aid. !wentjo'n ; oir.roaitogether,, but jult hill it.reappeared, and what do you think it'was'i 'My old friend Henry Beutley, .with an .old.bull.and adray, with his piccanniniea in.it—(laughter and applause). At suppec that night we had some tough meat, and Carter complained..that Jhat 'thiinderiiig/old Bqntleyih'ad jahhk'enout three pf.tiis beat '■•■' •-• i _ ' y ;_ TJiB GENEKAI., ASSEMBLY,; "' The Provincial Acts had to be ratified • '^Sd^eUjuade •the'-first'' Bill ' l by'^p i u'tt(i)g| ; ;Wairarapa '•' \Yest I .' into J Jit J." and /1 he 1 / iiex t session a' .'Btill. 1 worse I ;'oae iiyas,- passed, in',' 1870,'.Carter-'.wrote Jtp.hini,;saying 'thatjie had.asked .Fox'as.a.pfirsonalfavor to bring iii the Bill, 'and requested the ..speaker to : dp: all;he ; could:-to';'get" the yexpi.ques.tipn'.: settled. • ,Fox,-:however, went'over the Red Sea to Gallilee;'a'nd with a good deal of trouble he got Mr Sewell to bring in another Bill. In its aero:42 did not appear, but •acres 106 'and .111,' aiid Ward s section were in it;' As, however, the 24th clause of the Act only confirmed the number of acres embodied in the former Bill the insertion..of]acre<...42,iif '-it,-had• been included would have been inoperative. If any gentleman in the room bought a block of land, cut it up, and sold portions of it would not the unsold parts belong to him. Theyliiid.jusL the three acres, and if the five purchasers 'had this claim, what right had he to take away their interest, or the interest of their heira/ and transfer them to the town of , Mastertdii.j[; (Applause),''. (A...1 ;, ~ The. C'uAiitMAN'then at the request of Mr Kenall read the Crown Grant, which ' gavetoC'R; Carter 120 acres.more-or less'.upon, trust, to cpuyey\the; : sanve, to the purchasers from the Association;' This was' signeiby;Governor Browne, in.1858. , Mr Renah resumed his address by indicating Mr Hare ns the author of ietters ..to the.Press. .BUjiied.old.'sottler. Hare and , McCardle were the puppets ;who pulled; the strings, If the letters had borne on thein the impress of truth lie would have answered them. . Ho asserted that the . omission of town acre 42 from the schedule was unintentional.. ;Mr Haro said the speaker hud the document containinglhe number of:that acre.-There was the d'ocu-'' incut,- (produced), and it was not in it. When he wont to England; lie handed the three acres to the Town Trustees, also Ward's section, which; they.had not tho sense ;to :keep,.'but let u a'man liko Lancely jump it. . They ought to be drummed out of the country, lie had kept - 'it' himself for .17;. years, i (Applause.') Ward,-when he 'veii't away asked liini to" lpok.after.it. Did he after giving them the 40 acres, want a paltry t acre?. He had,never .•been •ayaiicious; pandas for wanting the -acre-confound" 1 their silly souls! (Laughter.) He would willingly bury them in it, Mr J. V. Smith was mainly responsible for the loss of Ward's acre. It was pajnfu! aftpr laboring piaiiy years for his fellow creatures to find some • jackanapes' coming in and undoing his work, Ho,had thbught\of utilising the acre with a granito pillar, with Sir George Grey,at the top, the founders of the small' farm' settlement on . one side, the early soUJors of the town'oft the other, and the /date of the'settlement .recorded below.. Mr Carter, as trustee, had objected to the Tpiyn Jjand Trust fencing andJetljng the,three acres, and had.requested the sneaker to prevent any illegal interference with them. He had ■ also expressed his willingness with the coiipgrreupa -of Jackson and i; hinißelf; to ;eiidow; the fire brigade with town acre 42- (Applause.) Tlj,e Town Trustees had put acre 42 in the Bill now before the House, butCwhen he, in accordance with his pledge to Mr Carter, opposed it, the Government dropped it out at once, arid all the Hares in creation ..could not rush it •in again'.— ; (Laughter), It had been painful to him to hear his colleagues on the Town Lands Trust malijjn such a man as Mr Carter. If the five purchasers possessed a legal title to the acres, their heirs had ono. Were there any in tho room who would seek to deprivo the descendants of Mr Masters of their legal rights) Because ihe had ruled an' attempt to do so by the -Trust out of order, was it not a poor mean act to ask him to leave the Chair and put in their -noble FeatusJ-If the' present .meeting, wished him .to leave the Chair he would do sol If not, no power ■on earth should make, him give it up.— (Applause). Ho complained thitt certain stonewalled Pei'py-.atreet and projections -They hadob.- ■■ sti'ucted Mr Woodroofe m laying "off a road near his own homestead, and Mr Woodroofe had retaliated by refusing to give up his projection .which he had previouslj been willing to resign..- Recurring, to the Chairmanship of the Town Trust, he said he was not to be,kicked,out, and, if the Trustees'did hot'return to their, duties and act:-for: the good of- the town', he would call another public meeting to ask 'them; to "resign,'"ln c'oiiclusibn; : h'e said it was only a question of time for the town to get the benefit of the three acres, Mr Renaiii then resumed his seat; ;■; . The Chairman complimented Mr Renaiilj on his lucid addresa, and invited, anyo'ne'presehtuyput questions tohim;-r The "• G'auery' ' called loudly for " WopDiiopi'E,"-Mr, Oaselbero iN rose; -The Gaiiery':' Gb' 'on' 1 the"platform.—Mr;, GASELBERoi-i.sat,., jdowu.'—. ; Mr' Renau offered,to speak,for Mr Oasolberg-^The 1 Gallery : ''Woodroofe; Woodroofe.'—A. voice in the distance:' "Now old boy."-The Chairman ; " It appears no one,wishes to; get ; .up."prMr, CAdELBERO rose again'.—The Galmry (faxtedly): "Go on the platform."-Mr Caselberosatdown.-^A-voiCE: '"Now Mr;Mcoardlel"-rA'ni:thetv6ice:' f> Ku'ri;puni IMr Russell,'don't be frightened!" '-Tho Chairman^::.(• as {here is no queßtion"-vtA. voiobj ;' Give w air'^tervaLMnVCHiißMiir invited sbme''one to t'o: v 'propps'rthat Mr B.eriall,.Bhould retain, or vacate the ,chair of the Trual^A'M&t tio otie' else to takelt;''—Mr RuesßLL'said' they had; Wghl|efliK; tjiat, not|make £ ' Mr /perßqn{foy;hbldrth.e i'lwp^ .Vpbsitibrj|| ;

iC&dfoirgi^^ !li|tnH)!|hich ;was; parried - : on .* the J y'bice'rffS. :.tPmultu|usiy;^ j rapi jig|for |ts hearty expresaipn of s«r^|£ tsyr||lai|iM' ;^ IrdiKMcS vWy;the attempt'; to --'oust #%< jffo^lfchair,; anuVhe>'; hoped? t : *;A j its■ opinion thejf'l Trustees?; would;-; return: : ; to : ;theirjduties>;;s>i 3o Atfole of'thlnkn to'the ohift'cjricfided ■ v : : the meeting. " v \ ■ ; *i> . ; - :S ;