WAIKATO AND THE NORTH.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 14, 28 June 1901, Page 3

WAIKATO AND THE NORTH.

A CONTRAST.

In an article on "The Besoin-ccs of Xe^.v Zealand,'7 in the current number oil'tho TS'.'W A -;.land Illustrate:] Magazine. _\ir. G. K. Aldcrton nialcos tlio following com]. arison between th;>VV'ci'rutu and tlio North: — Tin: census it;- iut?resting aa rovt?aling t].,' ]ii'o;»'voks of tlio rotrogio=sion of diil'ri'ont ili^lri'-ts, and as inuicating th<"' t::i!ii oS r--itt '/iLf'iit. A. iiow yoars ago all eyes or- turvr."'(3. to\van]H t!\" groat "\Vailvato j'.'lains—l«; Hai-iilto.i' and Cni.vihridp;-'—-today the census tolls iv.s tali>: tl-.oso It^autiful o-jrongi^ Ly tlio no"i>l<> Waikato hf.vo c.v.%sed't;.> ottr^cti];o new sotticr; tlvo tide of s-lrto-mr.nt is flowing t >wa ;ids th;> lilvu- and ])ur|).!o Highlands of the "North. The \YiO)rA (..V,unt.y lir,s actnaTly Ic-.:t in ■|)(;puhiii#v;i. seven si.7ice the bst coiisiik. ITn.irn'l.to".i V-oroug!) hfs lost 38, vrhik; Can;:ii-i<]:;(> jhjro:igh has .gained V 2-). ■ aid the Vv'aikoto L'oimiy also shows an huTiKisu oi: o!^). 3i\!.t ];u 4t'i>s?; the Vv"aij.-.'i :«id V.'aikato Coiir.tlfs tngotnei•vitu the two h-'iouglis (-,i jTaii-.ilto'n and f'aniO/'idg;', -,np /i?id tire total x •.-•[;- ---lilati-ni hi tJiosp di-rrfyrs iV; <:,idy i'./J'.X'-. t,xul tlu* tohii. in'..-I'eof'.' if? shovrn o.s -.117, wi ■>■•■ the total vbpiilation oil tlio two prinein?!. Nortliern Counties, "Wlinn-lr-~-vi -"fj jlo! >on, is 12.R25, and tho : crt. ..so has been. 2,231. The 1 orcugli of Whangarei alone sho^s as ;',vr rat an ini.-veaso as. tlx*.1 combuied ■"Waikato counties, and it is also larger than either ox the "Wailip.to boroughs. These ■facts denionstrate very clea.ily that the Noi'tli is I'oig'ing ahead ra]>idly, -and

there is every reason to expect that ii will advance still more so during the current quinquennial period. The I\orth is a country of great and varied) resource?', unlike any other part of the; . provence, and for the matter of that J j unlike any otner district in the colony.' jlo has never been spoon-fed by thej 'Government; it cannot boast of rail-j \way communication with Audi land, j jbut it has nevertheless been Lounti-j 1 fully endowed hy Nature. i Hobson. County, for instance, has inj >* magnificent Northern Yv airoa River I [a great waterway, navigable iav large' jocoiui steamer:.* for over one hundred! miles, and this surpasses the railway j in cheapness and facility of transit.! The timber from the immense bushes' is floated dn-vn the Wairoa and its! many iributark.- to the mill atainere-j ly nominal cost, and the timber 'tr-ide,| so profitably conducted, gives employ-1 ment to a- large number of people, j These again create a market for thej settler's produce, and the local demand; for the products of the farm hr-s nat-i urally had the effect of encouraging | and advancing settlement. I Mr. Alder ton might have added thej Rodney. Otamatea and Mongonuij Counties, as each ha?, during that per-j iod, made a decided advance, the Rod-!, ney County's progress being shown j more particularly in its commercial! advancement. ■31R.--MALL-JONES AND HIS j COLLEAGUES. j There has been some unpleasantness I during the last few ehoys. between thej Minister for Public Works (Mr/ Hall-! Jones) and some of the other members! of the Ministry. It appears that the j Government were desirous of reserv-! ing the whole of one wing of Searle'sj Hotel for those members of the Royal i suite that could not be accommodated; at Government House. Mr. Hall-Jones ; however, together with his wife, oe-i oupied rooms in the middle of the'! wing which it was un-h rstood. had;' been taken for the suite, and it ap-;' pears'he would not shift. All entreat-! ies, even from Mr. Seddon and Sir J. I G. Ward, were in vain. The conse-j. quence' Avas that Sir John Anderson, j of the' Colonial Office, had to be ac-'j commodateeh in another part of the; building-. '"The,, contretemps is being; very freely commented upon here. i - ■ ' —- i r ■ 1 i Maungaturoto. } >|T do not^know whether the inhabit-! ants of Warkworth hive received aj visit from the Tasmanian Boronia' Company, If so they have my sincere \ sympathy. ' j The story rims thus:— { A few Aveeks ago a couple of gentle-j men (?) drove through our .settlement! celling- small packets of Floraline dust! fit (3d, per packet. I have a packet be- j VDre-'-me 1 as I ■write. The imeriptioiv on-; the outside reads: '-Floraline Dust"; under the patronage of his Excelleucyj the Governor. "Drawing room," "Ballj .Room" "From impure air Aye takej diseases," " Everlasting perfume," aj preventive against moths and silver-j fish. Universal admiration, (this last; quotation is a bitter pill to some of the! purchasers) and at the-top and bottom! the mystic Avords "to be kept closed."! The packets were distributed among-: st clothes and in Avardrobes, and noth-i ing Avas said for a time. Just lately: however a purchaser whose curiosity; overcame him (or her) disobeyed the! Company's orders and opened a packet, and to their disgust found—not a sub-j stance prepare?! from the most, delic-i ious and fragrant flowers, but an ouncej or so of common bran slightly scehtedi with a perfume akin to Brown Wind-! sor toilet soap. I have been told that! seA-eral ladies here have express] a wish to meet those gentlemen (?) again ' to gently point out "the error of : ".'•'■: Vfays" and also give them an intro-, ductibn to the nearest constable who! will convey them to a certain place! known by a favoured few, where theyi will no doubt receive, "universal admiration" and get a few months 'avd. 'Own Correspondent.) i _ ___ { Kaipara Flats. ! FARMERS' UNION MEETING, j A avcll attended meeting of the! above union assembled in the school-j house on Saturday tho 22nd, inst. The! meeting was a representative one,, most of the principal settlers being; presi'nt. Mr. A. Hood was elected! chairman, vice Mr. Josiah Hudson j wh.o reigned at the last meeting*. Mr. Ose-ar Fisher who succeeds Mr. 0-1 ass as organising secretary in the North, tub • rested the meeting, explainin"* a few o-! the planks of the Union, and the undoubted benefit of unity. By union, and uirion alone, can the Farmers hope to campeto with the large and. influontal organisations of the sections o? industry. Many questions of local and general interest Avere discussed, and measures introduced for present aud "atv.ro consideration, but the matter -ro^-iving tho deepest present cousldeinti'm was the railway oxtension northward. Now {hat another ,ession o!' Parliament is aoout to open lit is deemed advisebls to obtain a per-.man/Tit'st-.vvey Tbrnugh to MongMmi, 'awi more av'-o-'ly construction of the line-to this cud The chairman of the I Kaipara J bits Branch o.t the -Rarway iLeague ifHesired to forward a resolutlion p**-"'-d at th's mooting, to the Grove-'nnieii'o and also to ail the Nt'-th-em members of tho Houre '-of -Repre'.eentatives, to the übovo effect. The next meeting 0.-Hhe Union'is t< be held on 27th. July. (A Correspondent.)