PAHIATUA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2996, 6 September 1888, Page 2

PAHIATUA.

(From a Correspondent),

At last the Postal Department have decided to give the inhabitants here a daily morning mail to Woodville, and afternoon, return, This will be a boon to Pahiatua,

We are enjoying quite Spring weather here just now, and on the whole we are having a mild season, I noticed that the Wairarapa North County Council have caused another Road Board to come into existence within the Riding, viz,, the WoodvilleTiraumca. This was, I consider, very ill-advised, and not creditable to tho member for Pahiatua who supported it, knowing there was a feeling against it here. Now there is a new county tho object is to morge other Local Bodies into it and carry out all works under one head—the County Council, Under these conditions the Wairarapa North might, I think, with good grace have referred the matter to the new county ( However, I understand there is to be a petition to the Government protesting against Gazetting the new Boad District, and I understand this petition will eminate from owners of property in the new district.

The Hon, Mr Miller,. M.L.0., has been in this district for the past few days, visiting the Makura Block, shoftly to he opened for sale by the Grown, . This is a fine block of country, broken, but of . first class quality j the difficulty in connection with its settlement in any other than large blocks will be the want of roads —and even for large blocks the want of them will be detrimental to successful settlement, .. The contractors. for Mr Bridges bush felling are, I bear, getting on well; they have about fifty men on the ground working,