MANAWATU.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 888, 1 October 1881, Page 2

MANAWATU.

. {jßOil OTO OTK OORRESPOroSNT.Jj v '.'.', SoYjjfc '' The very air is becoming thick ~' political talk just now in &. matter'whither one tfornt hij (itejp. hY may drep on little knots of gentlemen at gagedia tamest which, on passing them' (without any' attempt ai •-■>. listening), can bt diioovsred to.tn.the ( . one prevailing topic,' viz,'; "lh'e ; ''oßrain|, eleotioni, and who' are we to return to ;,.., Parliament this time l f B The.question ie it,. . not easily answered. -Many) nteai ire ; ,/ spoken of, but when their respective <,..... merits are fully discussed and considered. : , ■■■ it is found that every one of them are, at ; . it were, objectionable, and not fit.mea t«i return ai representative^|A 'teiegrim was last week forwarded to Mr Walter Johnston by' a member*of ~ society here, asking if he had .made up his mind t» contest the Manawatu, teat ... ; ■ again, and the reply was " and flliallbt returned,'V Of ouf;,members' own assurance I tay nothing, but let ii tptak for itself; at the sime time Iw'onld ! sive little for his chance if any ether l rm . ' ea> be brought forward, The peoili ' hare had enough of Johntten.' 'Hi'iai aoted with ua in a manner 'similar'tb'that ~•• of Mr Henry Bunny 'in.th'e u Waira'rj!pa, -;•; ■ and the people do not qui«]lyiiJek over tuoh eonduot on the part'of menwhora ~ they return to Parliament in their in-' -•-' tereits, , It is said that Mr G, W.Enssell, pro- . prietor and editor of the Foxtbn' Herald,' will itek the support of' the ;, pe'6ple, Well, he may do.to"/but the'matter will .... end there ;>the man has too much tanctity about him,' and a very, great deal too ' rauoh assurance. He'is toe young a .'. politioan-ht having only tiro and a half years relinquished the tt.udy of the Bible for that of an editor T to think e( soliciting the votes of the people. Mr G. M, Snelion it alio ipokin of, but he tea. hat hit shortcomings, although we will know that he it a man who'' would work hard and to the beat of his limited abilitiol, for the electorate. The'Meyo'* of Field- ~ ing, Mr Macarthur, hat been mentioned, and a good man he would make, but it it found that hit presHtitffiesj'M Mayof and Chairman, of the County Council, and E. and A. Corporation of Feilditsß will debar his going in fo>vParliamenti7 honors. Although beiet with all these difficulties in Eading: a suitable min'ai ...... representative, still our 1 peopleseen determined to ouit Mr Johnston, '

It is pleasing tb ! learn thai'a-sum *l £6OO has been placed upon the estimates for the construction of a main roW'from the Lower Gorge to the Fitzherbert town-

ship. This will fine country, and lead to Ui.jsrlT: lettV ment. Ever since the block was surveyed settlers hire ben debarred {rem getting to their leotioni beiausio ofjhve beinjj no roads, The opening up of this road, together with the bridging of the Manawati, • river it the lower] fen?, 'or which pbjecj.. , I am pleased to note the sum of 12,000 '. has been granted, willgiye intending ' settlers from the .Wairarajia district i;' ready access to. the b'lock, without havtog to travel the extra thirty miles or'io . . round through .Thedittriik maybe congratulated lipdn this latter piece ;v . of good liick—the outcome, of persistent, '.agitation of the Prsss, to whemjht jtublie of Manswatu and Wairaripa are-greaty irtdebted-orlwould say,'fb6hld , 'r"e.torn their thanks,-., ,-,■■. :^- f -. './: Considerable.aglUtlen'li going on here ';*' for the construction of in Pal v '. nerston, and in the sister towns thesani'e'' feeling exists, The County Council does 'not appear to recognize; the immediate Nranl of a Hospital ,'inHhe Obunty-*'" although there are'constantly occurring examples of the sheer necessity of having one, If a btuhraan or any,other -person meets with an accident, however, severe, he has t» be lerted'.fevermjinty'miles to Wanganui, and bsfer'e'even this taik ii undertaken»seareh hjutp be made for t> • County Councillor,' and an order for admission to the Hospital obtained from him, while, of course, it.is optional with that functionary whether hi signs, the, order or not,' This, because the eounti having no Hospital of itelowo, has to pay yearly a subsidy to the %nganqi Hcspital, and maintain-r-or pay'kii)( 'the 'maintenance of any. sick''or .aiimsd patient" admitted frets' the '^miwits) Cennty. - - -\. v:: '■'.■ f^- ; "■ -.