PAHIATUA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2543, 8 March 1887, Page 2

PAHIATUA.

[Faost QUE OIW OoBRESPOXDEIfT,]. ■ The question of <jue§tious here now is villa,' It was originally laid off to follow tlietnain road,'and on this understanding we bought land tod bail);' 'a town. Now the.Government announce they have a bete route some'miles westward, and we 'are up in arms. On Friday night V.public meeting was held, with Mr McCardle'in tlie chair, to Mr Knorpp's report, Mr iKnoirpp waa sejit jiy !?oyert].rh'ei]t to fiscer'tain Vhethqr tlie 0$ jir}9 ; down the main wad 'was worse; than the newly proposed line. His report is very unintelligible, The earlier por? tion deals with some imaginary flood* ing of ,'Pahiatua. vEveryone knows

this is merely a matter of levels. We- a are liiglv above a river, and if we are i flooded it is merely because of tern- i porary obstructions in small creeks,' ( which can be set-right whenever we i get our Town Board on its legs. The { ■meeting was--unanimous' and enthu-- 1 mastic, and about JBIT jm collected in' 1 the room to defray thecost of getting. ~j : an; intelligible report .froto a competent i engineer. The generally i regrettedJheir inability i Knorpp, and expressed to sub' ] 'rait to the decision of any engineer of < repute who would deal with the matter i in a straightforward common-sense t way.A strong committee was elepted, 1 which met later and appointed Mr Mc- ] Cardie chairman andMrHowlett aecre- i tary and treasurer. Any subscription of £1 or more sent to "Treaaurar Pahiatua j Railway ; Gommitteo" will" ontifclo. ; the j donor to booomo at onoe a member of. | the committee; while any smaller sum, ,| will .be thankfully acknowledged, not. i as., an-act of oharity, but as a graosfixl i expression of the interest rainy Mas- j tsrfcon folk take in Pahiafaa aud ita | troubles. The secretary will. «dso - gladly receive any information' which i supports the common idea, that a railway line was surveyed, Of.piwmw4.OD, or near the main road; : . , ;; . The'eoaohtiß between' Maag^aabos : (the new terminus), and.Woodvilie are far .■ from satisfactory. •; When Mr Majara had a monopoly the fares were monstrous. I have paid 6s fid from Pahiatna to Woodville. Then Mr Vile Parted an oppositiop .coach, and ycra could travel almost gratis. This.-was just as bad, as'tlieooaohes weije'rashed l by swaggers and Maories, • Ladieg had very bad times of it. Next one was Adamson, who started a daily coach . between Pahiatua and Woodville only. This roused Mr Macara's pride, and he started one at shilling fares. This knocked Adamson out of time i.n a few months, and Macara raisedhis ohargo to 3-. Now Maoara is reported to intend discontinuing this Bervice. He 1 i as vanquished his rival and is content. This capricious and wanton use of capital to vanqish legitimate trade .is one of the things that lead philosophic radicals to believe in some portion of the Socialist platform. It is Yanderbiltism in little. ■ I admire Maoara'a • ability, his . drivers ara,-universally r liked, his horsos are good, his stables I am told are well kopt, very different j -from Yile's disgraceful place at Eketahuna, but these American tactics -I ' don't like, and if there is anything libellous in the above ...I. am worthl powder and shot, and you can ditolosa 5 my name to any person who will-bind ' himself over to prosecute, j .OurTown'Board have, .receivei.a. ; piivate'offer of a loan, bnt I must ndt. go into particulars until the matter' ia more advanced. The'object of course : isto.-get the levels'taken, and "'form , enough streets to makeit possible for oarts to reach the mist of the dwelling -■house?. /.. ■ ■ The pressntiJl.H.R,, for this district Mrßeetham. has now a fear support, simply hecauM: psopla have . .got tired of'Mr .McCaidle. ■ Mr Bee'-' ham walks about with white men, is 9 solvent and consistent Que feels,that o he will go steadily on his ownlitie,-aa4 e that his actions spring from no other

■ motives tliaii iHoee lie op&nly states, i. With regard to Mr McCam <»« Ms •, ,that if be goes w ho will go" ik. cAcng 1 with'MrW..p. Smith siM.the like; i 'people frcitf whom m 6hM6 \rith a f repulsiot that is mora ths lose real, j 'beoaiuse.one cannot defend cr explain i it. "Is the radicalism of these people really,an sair'qf convifitioii ?, Do they I of Land legislature .here, in Amei-jca, ! in Europe, in Asia? Then putting ■ aside the question of evil companion- > ship, it has, until recently, been believed here, that Messrs MoGardlo and i Beeso wero the people who got the • railway shifted from the ,main road ' westward, .They deny it, I know; ■ but Mr McCardle's election will i depend, not on his denial, but on 3 the exteut'to whioh people believe it. 1 On the other hand, there 'is a very ! general'feeling that' Mr, MoCardle will i perhaps make a better" working memi bcr."" ' : I am inclined to think this will . get hira more votes than he oxpeCtS. 3 It is rather on the principle of'the s Negro, who offers up sacrifices to the 3 Devil only, explaining that God very

good man, he no hurt-iiio''any way," but there is no doubt that men like 'Mr Beetham find it very irksome to keop the run of every littlelooal trouble Their interosts are in a larger world; .and here their supporters (I myself prefer the Atkinson lot to: the Grey •party) find themselves in a dreadful hole, for about the "largerworld" •of politics they know no more than Mr McCavdle aud his Smithite friends 1 If any English politician reads: this, he will ask why I say nothing about the platform.of either. Wise Englishman ! Has either a platform ? If Mr Beetham can.show five or six instances 1 where' Mr McCardle and hj?_ p§r|y have acted wrongly i$ dsapita his (Mr Beatham's) advice, I «VH stars. Similiarly, if you ask Mr MoOardla what precise evil Mr Beetham and his party will do, I doubt if you will i get any answer. Both iides are much • alike as ..far as general, policy goes. ' There is one thing 'may'p McOardla in, and that is the turn popular fesling takes about land. Whei I'said man were tired of him, I meant in the sense ope may get tired of nalraon or .. ououmber, and turn to mutton with relish. Mr Beetham was a novelty; ho came aad roared very gently; we. were cordial. ■ At that time the 'Pahiatua Village Settlement was always called the Penal Settlement. Now Mr Beetham has' departed,' the Penai Settlement has developed, from oanvas to wood, iron, and brick; it is spoken of-with respect; one of the settlers there was seen last "week with •a£lo note; behold the transformation! She egg, whi<)h we ajj thought-adfjjqd, las hatched;'"the yQwig'biil isstfong'i and if MoCaydle did nbt' jay ii 'h'e cackled over it, and has some qjaiin |o a share of the glory;- Suppose another similar' success; imagines lot j)f settlers moving into-the to'wnships^f 'qf'land 'to I!$. unquestionably they will all vote for Mr McCardle. - It may be added. theft at the public meeting last night, Mr Eeese said Mr'Beetham was conspicuous by lus absence. I consider this

absurd; Mf Beothaffl is much more ' use to us at' Wellington; still the remark had its effect; and Mr McCardie, in the chair, was a' very pronounced success. His good-humoured , firmness,. and a certain air of honest bluntness, that always pleases Englishmen, atapsteflaced a favorable ■. impression some months ag'oH- : -thfe above 'wmaiks | note illnatured. Wlien i;l Bsetham nor McCardle' toWunuch of th& larg3 que3tioni';SlaMM' deal with, I say no more true of the rank and legia* lature. The'difference" is that Mr Beetham as a supporter of received' ideas has no need even, to pretend very ■wide knowledge; whereas Mr McCardle as a reformer must expect io he con;tinually':challfliiged/andn.aßkfld for reasons. Mr Eeese/fes 'Chairman of the great Organ Orgy, ia-oar most ooaapiouous publio maa, md my pen cannot do him justice. ;It seams—out the affaiiis-so-raodiled I can never get ' the* hang'of- it . that certain and ■ bought an «rgan aad elected Trnffteea to look after it. • Then m awful quarrel OOTSd .wHchrtt m all by'the ears. fresh The unfortunate gentk* man was soon in the-, 'position of owj. twlliag;;Bedlaf:." .Theobject and authority, and .validity, and .status, of the meeting .were challenged; resolutions and amendments' and riders were passed in quick succession just as ohildren give 'buns to an "elephant; the difference being that while Chtrny has ample storaae for,buns- Mr Reese has none for resolutions; had he put them where Ohuny put votive offerings he would have been reminded of the plaoft commonly said to be paved with them. I can only draw the'yeil here. Next morning my friend was seen promenading- witir his' usual air of plaoid serenity, so he must have got out of the fog somehow. Seriously I would urge him not to be bo cheap. He can speak impressively and well if ho knows what to say. His speech (I mean'the intelligible portion) at the railway meoting was admirable; but to go and be chairman of a meeting Buro to be rowdy is very bad policy. Again, to discuss gracefully and yet say nothing is a gift given to few; and a worthless talent at boat. Mrßeoae harnot got it, he need not regret the ; fact, but should on pablio-.occasions " restrict himself to, saying-what _he means and 'then stop." ■.