Eketahuna.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XL, Issue 3532, 10 June 1890, Page 2

Eketahuna.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) The weather still remains unsettled, rain evpry day this last week, and every appearance of it continuing for another week or two, ; ' ~ The town is now making a rapid forward movement, several new buildings being in the course of erection.' I heir that Mr T 0 Williams i 8 about erecting buildings on his sections, one I believe will be put up for a chemist's shop. The more the merrier, say I, BiisinessisimprovinginaHbrauclies, wi hdargeamount of traffic toandfrom the tow|i from tho outlying districts. Traffic, is increasing greatly between here and Pahiaiua, so muoh so that the Wairarap* County seems to think hat the Pahiatua people should contribute towards the maintenance of the road between hero and the luttor place. The Pahiatua County Council I am told are quite willing to contribute s sum of £4O or JJSO towards maintenance, hut that is thought not to be enough. Now if I understood, our councillor at tho last meeting held statud that the cost of maintenance of tho road from here to the Pahiatua County was about £IOO. If that is so, where can bo tho justice of the Wairarapa County's demand on thePahiutua County for the sum of £IQO for their use of the road. The few business people in Eketahuna have been doing their level best.for several years to make a town of it, It has been a desperate struggle up to now to make a living, to try ffnd improve tho top and make it something like a business qontre. They borrowed under, the Loansto the Local BorJleS Act £SOO, to make the road tbfotfgli the township. The road is' nW completed and a credit it is id iji'o' contractor, slr Kellilier, but some of op woolly headed governors sdcm io think that we are gettlug on too feist, so to bring us baok to our'former poverty, stricken state they are' about erecting a toll on the main road to stop traffic Could there bea more insane idea. The business people J&eare; quite indignant at the County and intend protesting against it, . ; For.that reason a public meeting will, be h'pl'd. jn. Parson's £a 1 on Fnday, June 18th, at , 7p,m,,when ,nb d,oubt' % sttbjeok wtl| b,e fglly

disoußsed, It seems to nio by th° I hear on nil sides that v lie toll is erecfcd.it will require to be well guarded.