Kawhia.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 265, 4 June 1910, Page 2

Kawhia.

The desperado, Karaka, was brought to Kawhia last week by Constable Murdock, from Auckland. A very large assemblage of people, particularly Maoris, congregated on the wharf on the arrival of the s.s. Waitangi from Onehunga, then formed a large procession from the wharf to the Courthouse to listen to the charges made. Messrs Mason and Cowan, J.P's., presided. On the first charge, that of stealing an amou-it of money from a Maori named Hunhia, Karaka was acquitted. On the second charge, cruelty to animals by riding a horse with a very sore back, he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. It will be remembered that Karaka bolted from our local constable on the Kawhia racecourse, and has since baffled the police, until given up at Huntly by a number of Maoris.

. The weather has been very boisterous for the last few days, and the s.s. Waitangi had a very rough trip from Onehunga to Raglan on Monday night, a tremendous sea running on the coast with heavy squalls. Our roads are now cut up pretty badly through the wet weather. We cannot thank the Public Works Department for a large programme of road construction in our district this year. It has been quite a big year. A very useful bridge has been lately constructed across the Marokopa river at Te Anga. It row requires another bridge across the same river at a point known as Carr's Crossing on the Mangapohue road. This road is being largely used as a stock road by settlers as far as Nukahakari. Mr Chas. Atkinson brought 250 three-year store bullocks over the above road the other day en route to Nukahakari. .We expect the Hon. R. McKenzie, Minister for Public Work 3, and Mr Jennings, our member, at Kawhia within a fortnight. The above gentlemen will be warmly welcomed to our district. I must say our district is greatly neglected in the matter of settlement of Native lands, and a vigorous road policy. Until the Native lands are settled Kawhia will always remain in a semi-stagnant state. Some good bags of pheasants have been secured lately. These birds are very plentiful this year, also ducks. Our enterprising settler, Mr C. Haylock, is now having erected a large ten-roomed house on hi 3 property in Marakopa Valley. Mr Haylock has a large consignment of cheese to ship away shortly. He has guaranteed one hundred cows for the butter factory, which is to start at Marokopa next season.