HAMILTON.
(From a. correspondent.)
March 16! h. I thought vre should have heard something about the moa bones discovered at the Shepherd Ss-Hiit ; <as*i to how they -got there, and the time they-,have been there, or the cause of so. many-being together, but instead of that one would think,: it was some fairy tale,'or secret place that is not to be spoken of, only kept; in silence. -But I think ,the - real cause.is.,nobody. knows,-no, not evenJihpni ot sense, and everyyone; is k frightened sto ■ give an-opinion on the matter.' It reminds one of some ancient tomb to look at the grave of these once noble birds, and now tc see them.all' uncoffined as it were for some Coroner to hold an inquest to find the cause,of death, and bring in,a verdict of "accidental death," .or, else, maybe, to find some .Maori chief guilty of cruelty to animals, Ion:? before even the Coroners' Act came into force.
. Everything hero . is-looking well and' prosperous. ; Tiie township-has been-sur-veyed, and is now ready for men of business to build upon. Shares are on the rise in mining property —three or four changed hands lately at very high figures.' There are at present four stores for a population of fifty, and all appear to be making a good living, and there is some talk of a. fifth store being stored A If that is the case there wilt' I 'be one business-place for every ten people, besides the salo of bread-from Hyde. I beJieve bread can be got her« for lid., after being brought from Hyde, whilst-our own bakery can't turn it out under ]s. for the 4!b. loaf. .How that is I don't know, perhaps it could" be explained. If so, such explanation would greatly oblige a good mai.y here. The cartage is something about the same'for flour and coals here as to Hyde, and yet the Hyde baker can pack it over for a penny less the four pound loaf than we can buy it, baked at our own door.
Ihe wall around the cemetery is to be erected shortly, but -I-have no doubt you will get all the information from the Secretary ,of the Committee.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 263, 21 March 1874, Page 2
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363HAMILTON. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 263, 21 March 1874, Page 2
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