Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 1905. MANGAITI.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42774, 5 September 1905, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 1905. MANGAITI.

lids above all—to thine own self be true, A nd it must follow as the night the day Thou cansi not then be false to any man Shakespeare.

But a few miles from Te Arolia is a station on the line known as Mangaiti. Comparatively few people have, perhaps, had occasion to alight there from the train, and for that reason, perhaps, but little is known about the place. But although slight mention has been made ol it, great progress has been making itself felt there. Its population has gradually increased, and now the fact that a school can no longer be dispensed with, has of late forced itself forward. Representations were made to the:Board of Education, as to the desirability of establishing a school at Mangaiti, and that body has very wisely marked the project with the stamp of their approval, and lost little time in putting their recommendations into force. A school building has very kindly been provided free of charge for twelve months, by a benevolont settler, but as we learn that the probable number of scholars will be 38, including 13 Maoris, and that the school building measures about i Oft by 18ft, the problem of how to find room for all the scholars is yet to be solved, and it is probable that before long the Education Department will recognise that it is their duty to build a school on the site so generously olfeied by Mr Chas Mace. The local flax mill is busy, the creamery has made a good start for the season, and there is little doubt that with a helping hand from the various authorities who have at their disposal the arranging of facilities which shall tend to develop the district, that a thriving and successful township may gradually be built up under their fostering care and watchful eyes. For with good soil, a railway, and a navigable river close at hand, there is every requisite for the growing of produce, and the speedy transmission of same by either land or water—advantages which many a settlement would count as yet beyond their wildest dreams. The number of settlers having risen considerably of late, they now begin to recognise that a similar proportionate increase in correspondence should warrant some arrangement being made to provide a regular postal service in the district and of course the most obvious and satisfactory plan is for the Government to sanction the establishment of a post office, and the organisation of a mail service. We feel sure that any representations re-' ceiving the earnest consideration of Parliament, will convince its members that this is a most necessary adj met to the district, and it is to be hoped that there will be little demur or delay in the granting of so reasonable a request.