MAIHIIHI.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 565, 7 May 1913, Page 5

MAIHIIHI.

Own Correspondent

The ordinary monthly meeting of - the Maihiihi settlers waa held during > the week, when several matters of im- : portance to the district were dis- , cussed. The sercrptary was instructed i to prepare a petition to oe forwarded i to the member for the district, asking his assistance to get several small i pieces of road put in proper repair before the winter set in. The road from Otorohanga to Maihiihi is looked upon as one of the finest graded roads in the province, and for the last three years the settlers have had little to complain about as the road is kept in splendid order, both summer and winter, except two small fillings, which were never fascined, and naturally they are continually sinking. One in particular, about eight miles from Otorohanga, is very bad. The centre of the filling is about six inches below the pipes which were put in to carry off the flood water in the winter. Unless this filling is attended to immediately the place Weill be impassable in the winter. lam pleased to say the three bridges are about to be started. This is good news for the settlerß for in the early spring we anticipate a large quantity of cream will be carted to Otorohanga from this district, and should heavy rain set in we would be isolated for Beveral days, which would have no beneficial effect Upon the cream. Mr Young, member for the district, was through this way last week to open the Kio Kio new hall. The settlers took the opportunity of placing several matters before him. The first was the completion of the new road, which is a short cut to Kihikihi from Managoronga. This will be beneficial to hundreds of settlers, besides opening up a lot of new land. A petition was also handed to Mr Young, signed by the majority of the settlers in the district, asking the j Government to set aside a piece of , land situated behind Maihiihi as a , town site and a reserve. This is one of the finest moves made in the dis , trict for some time, for if the Go- , vernment opens up the native land at the east of this setilement, consisting j of about 12,000 acres of some of the , finest land in the King Country it | should settle between aitxy and . eighty families. The land is all prac- | tically level, and well watered by the , Maihiihi and Mangaorongo rivers. [ A town site will be necessary, for ( within the next few years Maihiihi j will be the centre of a net work of E roads. F

I am pleased to Bay the district is looking splendid,. Grass is abundant and for those who have milked this year the return has been above expectations. All the settlers seem very industrious, and very little fern and titree will be seen in a couple of years. Mr Cook and party are in the district surveying land for the Government,

1 believe the trout the Auckland Acclimatisation Society sent up for liberation in the Managoronga and Maihiihi rivers last season, are doing well. A party of anglers from Kihikihi -started fishing at the Managorongo pah and worked their way up towards Maihiihi The party had a good day's sport, catching fourteen at an average of two and three-quarter pounds. The rivers give plentj of feed, being shingle bottom and almost free from eels. The society is sending up four move cans this month. The settlers are applying to the Education Board tc have the school shifted from Mangaorongo to the education sice, Maihiihi. It is to be hoped the department will accede to their request for at the present most of the children come from M-'ihiihi and some of them have to waii; as many as four miles and over. During the month Rev. Piggot, Church fif England, Father Brennan, and Mr Gux, «::t_> 11 service in the settlement.