BUSH RESERVES.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 607, 11 April 1876, Page 3

BUSH RESERVES.

Fn t - Touching the forthcoming m 1« of Waiktto lands, I obnorve with regret that among** otb.?r allotment* the bushes known aa Wilton • aad Hammond's are included. lam told that np>u more than one occasion theie buihei have b«su put up for sale Mid the ifttlers of Hamiltou ha»e t oneaca oooMion, petitioned the GoTeruwent to h»T« them rewired for «peoi»l purpose*, and the petitions hare been granted. Now, Sir, I cannot understand why the authorities pernst. in putting these bushes ap for «le tt the request of any indifidual, when they know that they »re referred for the good of the settleri. If the authorities have been informed that the bushee •re u»eleM because all ihe »awo umber baa bean *ot out, it would be an ea»y matter to communicate with the chairman of the highway board o. *he dirtrict in whioh the bwh ii •ituatcd, and it would h» hii dutj to call a meeting of the ratepayen, and the matter would be decided by a nijority at to whether the bmh ia of any further *ne to them or not. I think this rfould be the proper couwe to puwue, as the Government then get reliable information. If theie biubei are »old where are we to get firewood from ? " Use co»l," perhaps some one would say. "We must use ooal if this pieoe of injustice ia perpetrated, but it must be recollected that the W 8 N Co haTetho sole mnnagejient of the miaa *» well a* the freight m their hands, and it would be only a reasonable surmise that thej would make the beat use of it, and the coat of the ooal would then be found to be greater than firewood. Besidea, lam of opinion that ooal ■will aot suit our purpose so well as firewood, ©rares -will hare to be purchased, thimneyi altered, and nn outhouse builf for storage of the «o»l for winter Die, to prer«nt the action of the *«ather, or it will become slack t.nd looae a great jftrtvon of its heating properties. Under these «ircuinstaaces then it is the duty of the settlers interned to petition once and for all, that under i o conaid«r*uon whatsver should any hush in the dutrict be told without fir«t consulting the latepsyera, as sugg«tt«d abote. I truit, Sir, that he hints thrown in may be prodn«ti?« of tome aud that you will add any remarks you joo«y conwdttT will tend to prerent the sale of the .bushel mentioned.- I am, Ao., IUutFAIM. Hamilton, i.pril 9, 1876.