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Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 451, 8 April 1875, Page 2

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If any onedflsirns apleas-tntxsumrnpr'.s triplethimpav a vi->it to Northern K. dp iv<i. To Auckla riders it is comuirativrdy an- unknown laud, and \ r et it has h» mK<\s of sc'iierv that c rmot Vie snrp issed in New Zeilairl, and rpsourcs both in soil an I water comni'iioitiji t'nt >vill yet ssjira t) it a leili i% pj^i tion in thi -; Province. - ' The cause of its neglect by our men of wealth airl cornfort-lovi'ig touristy is m wt probibW to be found in the isthmus, of RiverJiPiiit — >nly twelve miles in length ; but bristling with terrors to the sensitive lalv or wpaklv gentlprnin. You ».) up in a cockle shell of a steam j h from "the wlnrt. You re.ic'i Riverhf'a'l, and cl-irib the hill to the hotel, such as it is.. Y >\i utdowu a bush dinner with a number of bushm^n ; and are in ii fever th' 1 who'e tirn° as to h >w y.)u will g^t your \ o "nna ite tv up the lull : for unless you bri'jor it u;i yours i lf, it in not \ r cr> likely any one else will. A:' whole mob now rushes Ji'oEfc^' anl* occupies cverv part of the coach ins"ide"and '^u.-ji {q. tf~^vy ir.m his in fie ni'yuw'lile b jb.i* d V fsitHff Ji\ k thp ronf— parts of the iiw mills that had been brought to Auoklaml to berpp urt'dj. and thus heavy and top heav^j yon, with Hve horses, start on a ro.^l abounding in ruts, hills and hollows. T'.ie heat within is'stifliijflf j and there sits the youn^ la'ly whj hhd' he§ii c to .yo'ir eire, tavmbling'eyjtiijtf the crpwj}. with whom every jolt brings fifer into closer contact; and subject to all impertir. nancies of (Icumlcpi m-n who are p'a> ing thpir antics by her si Ip. You hii«;#"st to the driver that thps> men should not. In -ilmitted i"ta ths coich. • Oh,' he tvplifs, '^it is ftv.n 'the^e that I jtetaujci^qnfy !' '• Tais is yunrtilitfcrttdiptortjfe Kaiba^. KexttUy ;

you Had you rs'e'i' .speeding your way either to the Waiioa, with all its busole and din of saw mills; or on a tour of inspection to a system of water wiiich for beauty, variety, and ex^^^^fi2LiW^SP^!^^ in New Zealand. gi> vfj^^T^"'" vi> Let the reader imagine affiE<itopus pta^ckuig °- u^ its imniensgfcwns, oilt^^bl)|g^t, twojeaEfoarT^Lwid two nortbfflfomuil tlßi .^iißisenditjgnp "fls** in every direct Hit aiijjji! \\||ihaveBoniKlea M^^ water* of the jjij-'anfl \V||t 'crowd* ™ fet *M*/ s will yet be N piHgHin jjrase^jpariclflas (or jjgf*'** they are callea^, convey The the produ^TJPcßose peniimnlas and of the inland Jfcse on which they resfejo; Helensville i , WE ■- .»Kuka ,aiiar(.i , ia , , tU. highaatUull J^hfiLdlSa^ We say ///// because there is>ea:iy-4io^noiaitainf& w of the high lands reaching above .Three pr lour hundred feet is the average htisrHxolTand above -riiß-lr^^iif-ijfig^mn-^^ ~w||h^n tjhj.t^mit^the Jaiid ig very uneven. It is covered with tives~~of every variety of foli»ige, and tfrn^ at 1 every turn of the steamer lfewarid beautiful .views break on the traveller. ' I - Sti^ tl eAgrip'iltui;ist will Have nmeh fault to find , in r theXatpar;; distrlc^t^n la^^ole.'^The sutf-f f r soil -,for^the«rnoftf*rt con«i«tft>oM loqse, tV^ablevaml"Htdne;wiftli - whkMiuiwtoue Jsiiiinnauy pja«es largely t i^ixed. This V^ of tenacity causes perpetual .'uudalipaj amf whel^VeV l wiit6v t ga t ( lei ' s afirt ,rl11?.?, rl11 ?.? ' Ihere in a sUfirt tinie will be a, .-deep gully.' * In," the ' saine*i»et r <il6o>^fmffSd a' vmson .fpv.the immense 1 ba\s and ldiig^lVei* in which t he Kaipava abounds* Ther/pis.no/powe^^.of lrwstahdft Ih' the soil; na hwy sancl\a«tfn <>«' WWai Vat ( to y The watei- has everything its own way. -There is therefore, very 'little level' 4and; andotWiiavitletS' are in gullits. But^jreara vmy, Jittle swamps at Hf lens vilie and, on tlie "Wairoa wMch 1 will yet give Inrge < it. ploy ment to the plough. . l&ii^Sfein^ 'purijd^efi the w hole district is without a parallel, -The soil is not bad, and cattl Ahn v(Av-eTf i^ori it^ Wlsereajff th? ffettlfi s fit th.e.sYai\vku,.WHikato, and Auckland districts feus- t taiued guat^fcigLefc of caitlelii the y w^»te<r, ' the rmiainjhe weresingiilnrly free from mortality, and saomep.fi heir "pMt|le oo.&inqHndetl the very tiist. jnicos - im^the- Auckiyiid nVai;ket. '* This may, no** doubt.- be largely aßcrfb^d jljinestone in. the fei^soil, ah'd;+o the peiti ct^sblation sif^plied V»y the livers^* Truit .tree's ti po*lit H^with most' wouderlul abundance. At Hnkai-u on the^^a&t, and atTapaloa oti the west, mayibe^see^ a]»ple frees, so heavily laden that 'multittuLuV props are required to sustain the branches. Vhe.vineaJso grows- well and* bears largely in. the' oj^fen airY Upwards of seven of the feelers o\ this gr< at. octopus find their termination inland in the rnorthward and eastward, and' stretching aciossthe t^treniitiesfiom Mungawai on | the east ta Matakohe on the west.. This belt may j be about 20 miles-long* by 10 dvep, and thus, wit'i the peninsulas foimed by the riveis, may give the Kaipara 400 square miles of land. Ihe settlers on these .blocks have only for the niost'pafrt: just commenced operations-. -The plough is seldom * seen. * The axe is the main operator,* Then the fire. Ttie.ii the grass seed. Their progress is therefore necessarily slow, and is retarded' by two other ca"use!s; scarcity of labour, and secondly, the diffioLli^ of communicating with Auckland. These difficmtie*, huwtver, will \anish in the next few months, and Eaipara will then, stand forward a very &>rmjdable rival in the market to the Waikato.' j£ m^y pot yield the same amount of flour and pota\»s;\ lut in shtep, cattle, iruit, colonial \unep,\ider, and tobacco, it is almost certain to take the' lea* — .Ainthe C /lurch Gazette.