ALFREDTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1961, 10 April 1885, Page 2

ALFREDTON.

' from OVr own coraiEsrotiiMr,' ;• '. I do not think the Eketahuna settlers can either feel proud or pleased 4 )ho conduct of their deputation re the metalling on the Alfredton road to the County, Council. lam aware that some of, themare thoroughly ashamed of the conduct of the." eloquent" old man—Mr Anderson, Mr Anderson is-roporfced to have Bpoke as follows:—" The amount of the special loan was £2500; the amount expended on the Eketahuna end of the road was £220; the remainder being all expended on the Alfredton end, The metalling as proposed by Mr Macquarie would only benefit that gentleman and two or three neighbors. Of the nine miles formed, the Swamp was no worse than any other' part of the road. The Mangaone settlers have been most unfairly dealt with in the past, but we intend seeing that we have a fair share of the loans for the future." Mr Anderson must surely be a professional descendant of the'" Wizard of the North," and has been trying; his magic hand on the members of the East County Council; but he is a mere wizard, and made the attack at a special meeting, and in the absence of the members for the Riding, There is not an.-atom of truth, in Mr Anderson's statement; his figures are all absolutely wrong, and his assertion about Mr Macquarie, and the two or three neighbors, is a deliberate falsehood. Mr Anderson is. perfectly well aware that the metalling, as proposed by Mr Macquarie, would not on}y benefit that gentleman, but oyer 30 settlors, representing aboutWOOO acres. That the swamp is no worse tlian any other part of the road is equally untrue, I have heard the Alfredton mailman (Mr Yon Reden) state that the swamp wag •'! something terrible, and a disgrace to the Council." Let the bullock : <jriyera state where is the worst section, and, where do the carcasses pf' tljejr bijllocks lie. The " unfair dealing"' pn.lv exited in the imagination pf ijr Andersjgn and the disappointed ,l Wguld-be CQjincilJpr." This storm in a teapot jstp be traced to the County Engineer's " Unacquaintanoeß with the Nolghborhosd," & did not knew of tko motel mm Mbw totown SkotAtaiw and Alfrdtai, Why didn't Miqa' m MteS il wrt to '}!">'' Everybody \wn II i you w4 p ftlwa the ml without m\m It. Qf wmm loan the Albodlifliiggien tow mM aaraftlleJlwo, they, in a most «.!» manner, allowing tlw bulk of the money to expended beyond thorn for the bonefit qf those settlers who had- no road, Many flf'l-hq' settlers have : struggled Mirpigft fpi:"'a 9 f a century without .either roads flrtiridges r and now they are getting roads and bridges, and paying for them, Had the Alf reijtpn people to .depe'nd oh Mr Anderson and his spe'sial rgtes all I- should say is "God hehr'the'Atfre'dtortsjtflefs. The settlers in this distriot • never have, and never will deal unfairly by the : Mangaone gettlerg, tjieii'' interests-being the same,' but jve do tytiefi j&e ro'ad will be dealt with as a whole,'' amj h)« IweMing to Mr "Anderson's' by-sectjorif' .five bridges, on' 'fhV district read are now almosi cpnjnjete^.' ' " *%fr fiyerliden has. not I,os ra.ucjit.ime witj) lji.s contract. ' f Ije ' constraction of ' the piujgej" ajjfj tlie '" formation of eight miles of wag reflects much credit on those who have had charge of the expenditure of the loan, and still greater credit on tho settlers who had the pluck to go in for the loan,

Tl(js district has suffered much by the wet weatljer lately, and bad burns have been occasipiied.'" f lip"'quantity of feed, and the splendid condition pf stock, has, howeyei',fl.omewl}atmadeup.fprthis. '

I understand tfoepe jsa hjgyepjeiit on foot to secure ft school for thjs, 4|str}pt. This is a «top in the right snsm .# ought to meet with suouugs,