CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 42, 6 March 1878, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

. \OPS. cogPs?spp]tidence. cp^np^ being open, W< s^p^iibi^T cqp, lyp. a&&jsedt m respect to PPJWWA «P«aw4 by cpre^]J^eftts:j

- ; E9JTO*. - &rat,-= 3 have been, off opinion th.at a/ $eßideß,t Magistrate's Court should be % pla^ more oi justice than of- law, and TOpre pftrtvu^arly.ao m the abseifcce. ©£ %gsi&s}y>%eker&: However, this is not \h& ifl, s/wne districts,, as I aminiornied some, obtain an open judgment l^inki; a de|^Rd^n,t earning two guineas per; yeglc jprv a sum of £30 or £pQ, When^/oth^jfa sop. for a sum :of £18 or £2(\ wife of defendant appears, carries %: ppcketJi andk.«r.chAef X her eyes, smiles, a.nd states to. the Qou,rt that sliie: admits the^ debjb a^di fe wiping to, pa^.V instalments,. but. having a; large, she. is unable to pay more than £l ( ppmo»th... The Qourt a^s'^lai^t»ff if fee. w,ill accept per m^nth P ' ykintif&pfP^rl^ r.e^ses.Xnd stages his $easdns\ which are— %Bt,,'the. eliiipi ha^ Veen standing for,, over three year%, Iffijdt sje^jw% tj»at th.c UusbAnd pfjthi's Vom^A is earning £6 per week; ia efcrfc weat^er^ and $& Wge family, as stated Vy this woman, cbnsis.ts of two children, and twq^wown-.v(ip.dftugkters». the.; latter earning their lining as, dom,estijc serr vants aJlthijS, taking m lodger,B^ and in%ldrig;i^ a tptat of a,bjoit M> yer month.' Npijk-SJir,,. | th^n,k tou, will agree. Vith Wetha,t a , jqdgmjß^'fpr^? per month^ is an iriju.ry^ to pkihtiff;, and, ijnfajjr'^to. a.U commercial inen^ as su,ch jtvdg,ment& : 9nly give ODportu v nity ; for mak^inff u.s.e of; bankruptcy laws. j Tr#ti,ng ; R,.^.s^ wjjJA thinjQ o|- thp in-, of their districts,, a^wd. no more Biake fi>h o£bn.e. a,nd flesh of anoth^er-r= iam,«sfcp.,. E,^E-TriTHEBS,.

. Ojq, THE EJDITOBt. &^r^K- joUjV can, spare flip, thne a#d: apace, you, lyn/Uj: allow; me to in-. |orm thje.foW^er^or. pprhaps tlj^o. writer figning himself " Settlers " of; Fi.tzfc. Herbert;. ■ Tl\a,t thfre. never vras ajjy attempt made by any. sj^h^i f^ the (p^prge Koadj to p&pc an^ impeditn^it ':^^e v^^^:'tb^.(cop^qpts)a. of ft ifn the. Ktdierbprfc si.de. of t-h;o; riifer. the \^il,V ■ ffrloxg the s.ettlera.on, thi^side thyß right of tryi^ keep; TKh# tXojj noTj podges, <;».;' Vie rna^n road to the Gorge. Komnfl. 9n,thw;sjd«^nts a^jthipa mp^e, a^d no one Vijl sjjb <jpntettb w;itb. an^thj^g |es*. The ref,ere.n,ces made to. iwa,^e yards a^d bags of flpn,r, are simply W-orm "*™i fIr JU only be receded by pAbJic for. vhat they a,re wtoj^th. thing resolves itself ij^to, a very ainajl conq^asa,. a,nd u«ty bp ex- J pressed,, tlyi^.Tlip settlers- oj^ more. V-orrectly a, feijr pf, th<Ba?,ps,'tlie. south jjideseem to thjnk tha,t thj?y wij^ get a, great advaßtageoyei: their neiglibpu^s by Raising the cry that the road can be »A4s msk Reaper thaj the Bridge,

quite forgetting that the promise to erect the bridge was held out to the ptvblic years before any of them thought of purchasing any of their land. We are only looking forward to the fulfilment of an old promise, which if kept, will m no way interfere with any vested interest of New Chums or any one else on the south side of the river— l am, &c., A S,£.TM,EB. ON THE GoB&E i EoAP.

TO THE EDITQB. Sih,t-As. it is nearly a week since you heard from us, we thought we ought to let you know how we were getting along, ' "■ ..- ; „... Well, Sir, we are doing great things here now considering i?e are so isolated. We have established telephonic commuhicatiou with Terrace End, and learn by telephone, dated 31st February, 1879, that the traffic on the Gorge Road has wonderfully increased during the past month, the summary being as follows : — Napier ooaoh eight timesi Mr- Peebles' dray twice, and four swagraen on foot. Only think of that, Mr Editor: ; four swagmpn being an increase of two on last month, We held a meeting a few nights ago, and decided on calling tenders for a. baltqbn; to be delivered oh our side of the creeks and gullies, that we may he a.ble during the coming winter to get access to the hricUe-traek now m CQurse of,, construction. Bye-the-bye, we forgot to teU you that the track is nearly obliterated,' a.s three or four head of cattle/ belonging to one of- the settlers on the; btlifer side of this gullies, took the Itherty of' walking on it: The owner wanted fo say they were ou[r cattle, but tha.t would not wash, Sir, as we drove one of our goats into one of the gullies, ftnd when he »aw th^ it could not get out, he admitted that the cattle must have been. Ms. .. r We are taking lessons m anatomy, and got so ft^r as to find that a settler * on the Goxge ! to«d is deaf of the ear i and blind of the eye on the justice: side of the head, but we find him more than [perfect on the "vested interests" side. We are^ Ac^ . 1 SeTTLBBS OF FITZHEBBBBTi Fiteherbert, 4th March, 1878.