MAIHIIHI.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 638, 28 January 1914, Page 5

MAIHIIHI.

Own Correspondent. The monthly meeting of the Maibiihi Settlers' Association was held on tliß 23rd, and all the members were present. Letters were read from the Education Board, also the resident of the Maori Land Board. The secretary wds instructed to write to the assistant road engineer respecting the finger post at the junction of the Otorohanga and Kihikihi and the main road to Maihiihi; also respiting a finger post at the junction of Rangiatea road. It was decided to have the annual picnic about the middle of next month, and the secretary, was instructed tu write tu outlying settlers and convene a meeting for that purpose. A letter was also to be sent to the Chamber of Commerce. Otorohanga, asking for their assistance in again bringing under the notice of the Minister of Ksilwoys th 3 necessity of building a shelter shed at the Otorohanga station to shelter the cream cans from the sun. It was decided to write to Mr J. A. Young, member for the district, thanking him for his services during the past year, more especially for the energy he displayed in advising the Government to buy the land from the Maoris for the town site. Mr Wilson, Government surveyor, and his party are now out here cutting the town si'e itito sections, also laying off roads and other native and Crown lands, which he hopes to have ready for selection bv the middle of the year It was decid"d owing to the action of the secretary of thu Mangaorongo branch of the Farmers' Union towards several of the settlers of Maihiihi to resign in a body It was also pointed out that Managorongo being ouch a distance from Maihiihi, ov D r five miles, and settlers who lived four and five miles the other side of Mangaorongo voting on questions which concerned only Maihiihi was not in the best interests of the district.

I am plea ed to say grass is abundant, and the settlers are more than satisfied with the spring. It gives an idea of the quality of the soil and how grass grows when it is remembersd that it is just four years since this settlement was thrown open by the Government, and at the present there is more than one and a half tons of cream going away from here every week. Settlers have been very busy hay making and the weather was splendid for it. We are now looking for rain to bring on the swedes.

Although the bridges over the Mangaorongo and Maihiihi rivers were finished before Christmas we are as badly off as ever waiting for the Public Works Department to do tbe approaches. The telephone has now been in use two months and by the returns up to the present the Postal Department must feil gratified at the settlers making the application. There are also two mails coming in, and going out each week.

Owing to the quality of the land in Mahiihi and the prospects of the district, I am certain fancy prices will be paid for some of the land before long.

Trout in the rivers are abundant, but owing to the dry spell the streams are low, and the fish very shy, but for real sport and to show the art of fly fishing these small streams are the place to get both.