MANGAROA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 25, 12 April 1907, Page 3

MANGAROA.

The largest meeting of settlers ever held in this district took place at Mangaroa Town Hall on Wednesday night 3rd inst, when the medical association met to make final arrangements in|connection with the guarantee offered Dr Rowlands. A previous meeting had sanctioned his residence at Matiere, but as this was against the conditions of the guarautee, and sufficient notice had not been given to subscribers, it was deemed necessary to go further into the matter, and the meeting on Wednesday night was the result. Legal advice had been obtained on several points.'and it was found that a general meeting had no power to alter the conditions of the guarantee. The doctor is now to reside at Mangaroa, and Mr Hope's boarding-house, with two of the best building sites in the township, has been secured for two years with a purchasing clause. This arrangement has given great satisfaction to the majority, as Matiere is on the outskirts of settlement, and Mangaroa is right in the centre. The Medical association is to be congratulated on its final decision in the matter. A strong Committee has been formed to complete arrangements, and everything is expected to run smoothly from this out. As an evidence of the value of the Ohura as a fattening district, a nice little deal took place last week between Mr C. J. Ryan (buyer) and Mr D. Sullivan, af Mahorahora, Ohura. The former, having anticipated the sale at Matiere, succeeded in relieving Mr Sullivan of 121 head of three and three and a-half-year-old bullocks at the handsome price of £7 per head. The cattle in question were undoubtedly a fine lot, and should be a splendid advertisement for the district, and the Mahorahora in particular. Mangaroa Town Hall is to be officially opened on the 29th inst, when the local variety company give the first of a series of entertainments, extending throughout the winter. A ball is also to be held on opening night the proceeds to be devoted to the Hall funds. Metalling is still proceeding slowly ground Mangaroa. Unfortunately Hhe river keeps too high to permit of gravel being obtained from the bed, and material from Clarke's Hill is being put on instead. This undoubtedly is inferior to the river gravel.