A Developing District.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 23, 14 August 1912, Page 3

A Developing District.

The cause of tho increase in the roll number at tho Aka Aka school is very apparent. It! is due entirely to the increase of settlement rendered inevitable by the immense productivity of the district, and the same cause will most assuredly operate to still further increase settlement. Not many years ago land in Aka Aka! was considered valueless, and could ty purchased for five shillings an acre. It was then a dreary dismal swamp. Since then, however, it has been drained, and the price per acre now is about £35 ; a lot of it could not be bought for that figure. | On every side we aee evidence of progress, prosperity and permanent improvement, and the district is not yet nearly at its greatest producing capacity. Our splendid new hall is by far the best in the district, and our creamery has completely eclipsed most, if not all our neighbours, in the amount of cream separated. What a splendid future seems in store for our district when it is thoroughly settled and brought to its best. It is quite safe to predict that no pther district in New Zealand will then! be able to beat Aim Aka as a dairying centre. That we have magnificent land here is well known; just ask the members of the Waikato River Drainage Board.