WAITOA.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3222, 17 June 1879, Page 2

WAITOA.

(fbom a..cobei:spo.ndest.)

Service was held oa Sunday afternooti, 4 B<H inst., by the Bey. Mr Calder, of Hamiltoa. at Messrs Campbell Bros, barn, and tbia being the fist, lime there has been service on the east side of Waitoa the rodents mustered largely* Alter service Mr Calder referred to the necessity for a building for holding service and public purposes gsnerally, and as a considerable sum bad bee 1 promised? by the Betl;ler3 he thought the matter ou^ht'to bd taien up at once. Messrs Campb?ll offerad a site in the township of Waihou, aid a committee wri appointed to collect subsariptions and carry one the object in view. The committee consisting of M.'ssrn C. Gordcl, JH. Campbell.F. Strange/a Gol!sns,and B. ;Parr held a mtetiux'iuanaediat^ly ifterwardf, a^d subscription a to the amount 6f £40 were aot?ounc2tl ■ Mr Straoge offered '■16 bi'iDj^up the timbe.* Lee, eqairalill to a Ifubsciolion of £15. It is expectel th^t the building will be completed early in Spring. i A good hotel bai b?.en built by Mr Missen in *ie township, and Mr larery is now erscting a lubstanlial residence for Mr!C. sColUn«i ;■ \?J |_ • M-- ' 5-3?here ?r-is a co°d ?opening hferPffor a blacksmith, .and other,, trade! c wjll soon be^requiredl' ■■i-Mv McGedbanfiKas pnichased a.sectipn for. a buLcherj, shop, j 'The sdrr^yof the L Arohrbl6ißkv eo;n |ho westsdeof the W*ihoa, is now nWfly completed, Bid if the riiaiiv drains fare made by Governcccnfc,; a»M« tbera sh^tt?^be fi^catcotopoLition for the iectio*. Ihe ETPamp is not deep, and can be very easily drained, and the swamp land will gire quite as speedy, and a better retura r than ; ihe dryjanii. Tbe portion of swam!p adjoiningj drained and sown in grass will give an idea of the yalueand levtilityof jth4»selandit.H \}J. )t I The traffic on,the rirerhas^at las^t failen out of the ban3s of the' natives!j Mr Strange has bought the Eii-o Riro f:om them, «ndiha first result is a reduction cf freight through from Auckland to thirty shillings per ton, and no doubt the enterprising rettler who has made the veotue will find it as profitable as the sellers find" it iatis factory? " j