Te Rau-a-moa.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 208, 12 May 1905, Page 2

Te Rau-a-moa.

(fbom a uobbkspomdknt.) The weather bare lately has been what a good writer would call -‘ideal ’ brisk mornings (not too much frost; fol’owed by nice warm days —and our settlers are looking into the future hopefully. That everybody has not lost fiitb in this grand district is evidenced by the fact that some sections have recsnllj changed hands, the purchasers baing residents who have been am >ngst us some time who have never previously held land in the district. Mr Kai ” Randall, well known to m »st of your readers, has secured the sec tion lately owned by Mr Smith, and has decided to reside on it in a few month’s time. Mr Boesen, who has managed tbe factory here fur tbe p&st two seasons, has also purchased Messrs Edgecombe Bros.’ holding. There is no doubt that these two new landowners have confidence in this district, and the fact of their purchases should tend to restore trust io tbose who are inclined to view tbe future gloomily. I believe that one or two of the sec iions have been “ loaded ” with £5O each for cutting noxious weeds, and it is generally thought that they will eventually revert L..ck to the Government, which would doubtless prove a blessing in disguise.