ALFREDTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2724, 13 October 1887, Page 3

ALFREDTON.

4 -— — (From our own corvcapondont.) Wb are still having very wet weather, ' the Winter, and what wc have had of Spring boats everything 011 record for straight down rain, From all accounts, . however, we are not worse off than our to the West, for we do sometimos boo the Sun, hut a gentleman from = the Forty-Mile lius-h maintains that he « ■ has not had that' pleasure for tho last three months. Now that the elections,'with the excitement,- thu agreeable, and disagreeable surprises, are over, settlers will bo ablo cainily to jt% of the wisdom of their voting, a3 far its Wootlville is concerned. That the Navvy voto carried . Jhj day here, is, 1 think, clear. Mr jpCardle's chances from the fir,it were ' very small, kit had ho' secured the Navvy vote, as it was generally supposed he would, Mr Baker would have been to-day,tho elected of Woodville. ..... Your roinavk lately on the necessity of a [change in tl'c present system of making up the .Electoral Holla is quite . in season, tho lbosoncss of the present <. system permits hundreds ol names to ; appcMjfi the Rolls, that' ought not to hay«ffl|n there, aiid this ol toil proves a cruel injustice to the bona-fide electors. I atffglad to hear that tho sale of Grown Lands in this district lias been largely . taken advantage of, nearly all the sections offered being already taken-up. It . is to be hoped that the whole of the Waste Lands'lyiug betwoen here and Masterton will be shortly opened up; Why this block of Rood country, should be kept locked up is a mystery which is Suite inexplicable. With tho ohange of rovernineut I trust that your worthy representative will see to this, as it will be very ratich to the interest of Master-, ton to haVe this country settled, Why is that we cannot even get three thousand ; acres surveyed without having a rcservo _ .ltuck-in the cuutre ? With our twnlvo ' thousand odd acres of reserve ■in Alfred- , ton,-we might.have been spared.the fur- : ther oruelty of adding another three.lnm- , dred acres, It is not stated what is 'the , latest addition is intended for, whether | for wild dogs, scabby sheep, or rabbits. ] . Talking of roperves,-there is a little [ matter 1 should like to refer to,,a meeting ' which was held at Eketahuualast. week of those interested In the sale of the N Forty Mile Bushßush road reaorve—the 8 chain width along the road, No doubt the |'moßt interested persons are tho owners of sections abutting the road and Jpurallv enough these persons will ' - support any Bill which .will give them tho ■■ option ot buying theresorvo.at the upset Erice of £l per acre,-but others are also iterested in their roads and reserves and Ido not think they are r x uitp so simple as to hlloff any such Bill to get a first read-

ing. I understand that sections in Eketahuna have been sold at the rate of £'<lo per acre, so that,' if this innocent littlo Bill is allowed to pass tlio country will ho making a present to the owners of sections of £3!) for every acre they purchased out of the reserve. If the County Council is quito satisfied that- their iowill never be required, soli it by all .means, -but at' tho market value.