ALEXANDRA. By Our Travelling Reporter.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 371, 29 September 1874, Page 2

ALEXANDRA. By Our Travelling Reporter.

■\'3stp nativ^VareYbusy planjmng crops of potatoes !'-%hd^graiiJK Ti^- are gr<jpng feusually lnrge^ qu^itiesmis ylfr. TJie J^jgh p«©es realized l.abt se^h fo W ro S«P of\all kitidaJpß tempted them tdphis step* 'J^^r appeai^jjLjfcf^Wo be awaking to the fact that to cultivate their land and sell the produce they caniiot consume is much more condusive to their welfare than to travel from place to place discussing the possibility, which does not exist, of getting their land returned to tlftflijf or consylermg by what means they can best pfeVeilt the^ftclvance of civilization. Business is dull, as is always the } >jM^:&tmp of year,jbut is mqre jo jfclus ,B*ison ,-ftliaij, ti|iiJjii?conse(}uln«^.of flie3lfe\rnativcs i&out the township. Tl)is is far from being a matter for regret, as it portends mudn^greater activity after the crops are harvested. Several buildings are in process of erection, one among the number b^iog intended fora Mechanics' Institute. The site on which to erect it was the gift of the Government. We arc always ready to hail with pleasure the establishment of literary Institutions; but such an institution is less needed, perhaps, in this township than in any other, as the library of Mr Aubin, consisting of over]' 1000 volumes is at the disposal of the public at very trifling cost. Settlers in other districts can partial pate in its benefits at the same expense.