RAGLAN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 262, 2 November 1907, Page 6

RAGLAN NEWS.

CFrom Our Own Correspondent.) The Government intend to lose no time in cutting up the newly-acquired portion of the To Akau block (known as Mangati) for closer settlement, Mr J. B. Thompson, surveyor, having reached Raglan by coach to carry out the necessary work. Sergeant-major Coleman paid a visit for the inspection of the Raglan Mounted Rifles at Te Mata on Saturday last. In the evening a school of instruction was held in the new musketry drill. It is proposed to hold a volunteer sports gathering on December 14 at Raglan. At a meeting held on Monday night last It was decided to form a minstrel club.

Mr Cornellie had the misfortune to have some £20 damage done among his flock of sheep on the Te Akau block through dogs getting amongst them. The monthly meeting of the Town Board was held on Tuesday. The secretary to the Treasury, Wellington, wrote that the protective works to prevent the erosion of the tide came under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, and that the maximum amount that could be advanced to a Town Board in any one financial year was £300, or £600 for two consecutive years. It was decided to leave the matter for a full meeting.

A copy of the Town Districts' Amendment Bill, now before Parliament, was received, from Mr Greenslade, M.H.R., making the qualifications of electors the same as those obtaining in municipalities. The clerk was inscructeS to write to the Inspector of Police, requesting that the local police officer be instructed to prevent persons riding, driving, or leading horses on the footpaths. It was decided to make application to the Government through Mr Greenslade, M.H.R., for a further grant for the completion of the road giving access to the Opotoru bridge, and point out that there are no rails to prevent cattle from displacing the limestone pitching of the approach. It was decided, with the concurrence of the representative of Karioi riding on the Raglan County Council, that notice should be given of the discontinuance of the Opotoru ferry service at the end of November. It was resolved, on the motion of the chairman, seconded by Commissioner Gilmouri that the Postmaster-General be written to urging the necessity for proceeding witn additions to the post office buildings, and urging whether the time has not arrived for making Raglan a telegraph station.