MANAWATU.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 867, 7 September 1881, Page 2

MANAWATU.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PAMERBTON NORTH, Sept. 5. The weather during the last few weeks has been anything but pleasant, or exhilarating, and lug consequently tended to a depression in everything, but spring in all her beauty is fast n.aking her advent; the beautiful green fields of grass, and the budding trees, tell that hoary winter is fast making his retreat to the South, there to lie, and mature his plans of wreck, and desolation of the future. With the first day of spring we have the happiness of welcoming fine weather, those black clouds, piercingly cold winds, hail, and sleet, hare dispersed at the appearance of" Old Sol," in all hii power and glory, There is quite a little warfaro being waged here just now, between the Manawatu Highway Board, and the settler* of the Kivite* Block. The grievance it this, but to' make the matter clear, I must first explain that Kiwitea is a new Government Block, and not long opened up, it has something like 50 settlers in all; the area of the. block being about 14,000 acres. It is situated some 15 miles from Palmer.ton, (where the Legislative body sits, and is divided from the Highway Board's boundary, proper, 'by the VYanganui Harbor Boards endowment! Block. Siwitea is really part and parcel of/the Feilßing district, and ought, by g irr * b 1 Board.'"Well, thiJ'Manalvatuß.oaWhavl grow..' tired of attempting to legislate fop Kiwitea, for they"find that they' cannot doit wisely and well, so would rather have nothing to do with it, sonsequ'ently, they have intimated to the act, that they would prefer that they (theKiwrteans), shquld'forra a B*ard of its own %pe»ple of ]Hat district appear to think thppiselvps spmewh'at slighted, and hence the warfarp. To my own mj n d 1 think the Mapuwatu Board haß dpna rightly, and I think also that the Kiwiteaus would apt wisely were they'to at once constitute a Koad Board of their own, ln'order to protect their several interests in the matter of the expenditure of their rates As matter, stand, the Warden for Kiwitea seldom attends a meeting of the Manawatu Board to proteot his own interests or those of his cons ituents, consequently the Board art totally unable to legislate for the district. 1 wo new hotels have just been comP eted m the Palmerston di.trict-one, the Commercial, in the town, the other at a village named Awa Hun, eight miles distant. Both are large and handsomb bouses, and well appointed in every partiouJar ;. but the proprietor of the ComWalHey) has been served with, a writ for selling liquor without a license, and the case is likely to be a strong on « against him. ;A good story Sandon, which I -cannot emit to memi'on. lii thlit township resides a respectable gentleman, a ruuliolder, and an influential man in his town; lie is also % Wesleyan. local preaohar.i: Well, jiytu; readers>will say Msialsei hit if is'drily too true,; I can assure them' or jl : wpuld not be the man 4o'.write the.libel. This gent wanted some particular' books' tin law, and how do you think he procured them? i Why,-he' went to a lawyer's offiot ill Fsildmg and took them without

eavow license. v The« limb of the law"' traced bis books, au'rl has' arraigned tbo man of religion and'influence Mom the Bench and Bar, on a charge of stealing the book The Bonoh took a serious view of the caso, and the prisoner having made application for an adjournment in order to'procure counsel for his defence, « was granted, and the case is to be iieard and determined in Feildine in a few days I shall let you know the result of the trial.