OHURA VALLEY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 116, 17 December 1908, Page 5

OHURA VALLEY.

(Own Correspondent.)

The delegates from the different centres met in the Mangaroa Hall on the evening of the 4th, to consult with the country committee on the scheme of boundaries, as laid down by the committee. After a long discussion the boundaries were accepted with slight alterations. Much consideration was given to the position of the large area of at present unrateable land in the Northern portion of the county, the representatives of these ridings cbjecfng strongly to having to include them with the closely settled portions, and suggesting that the lands be for the present excluded from all ridings. It was finally decided® on the vote of the meeting that they form part of the present ridings, and when rateable oe formed into a separate riding. The proposed boundaries will be submitted to a general meeting of ratepayers for confirmation, and it is expected that they will meet the wishes of the settlers. From the number of candidates who are being suggested for councillors, the coming election should provide ample opportunity for the settlers to elect a capable number of councillors.

At a meeting held at Niho Niho, Mr M. J. Dunn was deputed to wait en the District Road Engineer re delay in forming Waikaka road, and if no satisfactory reason is given a deputation will be sent to Wellington to wait on the Minister for Roads, and request an inquiry into the delay. Owing to the present road being about three miles longer, and very rough, much damage is done to the cream by the jolting, and on hot days much of the cream is churned before reaching the factory. Mr Mclndoe, of Te Kuiti, has arranged to build the Doctor's residence at Mangaroa, and will have all available timber cut at Fleming and Co.'s sawmill, Waikaka road. AtToi Toi Mr Craven has finished the first up-to-date shearing shed for Mr Howie and partners, and shearing is now in full swing. The clip in the district is light, and the wool is greatly value by the presence of pine leaves. Many settlers have rimu trees unfelled, with the result that the fire kills the trees, and the .leaves falling on the ground are caught by the wool and retained. At Taumarunui on the Bth, before Mr Cutten, S.M., Joe the Hawker was fined £2O and costs for taking whisky into Ongarue not properly labelled. The Ohura Rifle Club wishing to treat their visitors from the Waikato on the evening of the rifle match a the openingof the range, arranged with Joe to bring a case of whisky from Auckland for their use. The captain, Mr Loveday, and the secretary, Mr Woof, and several members of the club gave evidence to that effect, and Mr C. J. Ryan, J. P., gave evidence to the respect that is held by the settlers for Joe. The offence being only a technical one, the fine was considered outrageous. Joe not being able to read or write English, asked a compatriot to label it for him, his friend labelling it "Luggage for private use" instead of "Liquor for private use", the mistake costing some £32. In the case of Brasch v. Coventry, for failure to supply the Matiere Factory with milk, the Magistrate gave a verdict for amount claimed, stating that unless it could be proved that the signature was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, the aggreement must stand.