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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2693, 6 September 1887, Page 3

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" Qbrvf;spondent) 4 - ■ : .-' : >v^^ ;t / \;'"' P ":'.'..': Oist. oflljie catitlidatea 'for Lliis electorate (.'m'enWthe district turned out to meet' • :'ii?ij and to scarry- hoiue ; 'ii)g views ".to tejt;tiir tiled ion. time', .The cuntlirefer: to is Mr. Horace Baker, fflio, although an entire stranger here, appears to ha\o made many political friends during his short stay. Iho electors now avail a visit from llie QlbAandidates.. Mr McCa'rdle is exjiorod I hear, some of these days. aud tilt such-timu as wo aro placed in possession of bis political views it is impossible to give a forecast of bis -prospects beie, : My own opiuiou however in 'that. Sir Baker > first favorite, but the poll alouo caii tell. ■ 80 much for the politics, In what I call local polities, the .latest I hear is that .efforts are beiug made to induct) the Tivautuea settfevs *fo raise a, loan for the purpose of continuing the main road. To coustruct roads iu. any district is laudable, providing care is taken in. these times of dqproaaion that settlers''do' not over. burden themselves, unlesa by doing so a decided gam to all. those rated is cvidtttt and beyond question. To all who $$ a passable road, I would say, pause and well consider the, situation ■and the responsibilities before undertaking additional burdens, heavy burdens as they must in this case be. I am told, but ['hope I am misinformed, that it is proposed to include more •thai) one settler who cannot reap the smallest'benefit, all the proposed works being boyoiul them. Any loan now this road should unquestionably Mltifle, not only so much for metalling, but a considerable sura, for bridging on tbe Tiraumea river as well, and. the Lower Tiraumea settlers .have a right to insist on this before agreeing toany loan.. To raise any loan for expenditure beyond'. Mr Saunders 1 for instance, "must entail a ,'jeavy-, special rate,- which will eSectually prevent the ■ raising of auy more loans for bridging, ; 88; the settlers cannot afford, a: penny 1 .or even a larger .rate now (I cannot ' ® that a smaller will do any good) ' wi borrow at 6ome future, tioiu for ■■ ■bridging;' jMy..a.ivioe to■ settlers in ■ tbi;rdistriet'ia,'ftover forget that two bridges'are requiredon tbe Tiraumea ■ river, and must be erected'sooner, or later by themselves, and that these oust loom largejy' in .tho scheme for borrowing.' Cau auy of youi; readers inform-die and others what has been tbe fkto of the petition so numerously B'jpfpiavitjg the Council to. declare , this road "a district one-'f •: '...•'•:"•■. '■ . Thomnch looked for block of land ( iii this district,is now in the. market, with a small villago settlement included— tlit i'ihwlkr the belter. *