KIHIKIHI.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 504, 12 August 1875, Page 2

KIHIKIHI.

( From an Occasional Correspondent.) . . August 9th Visiting this place after an absence of about eight yefli-d, I was pleased to see the prospsiity that has rewarded the struggles of tlio settlers in this township Eihikihi, one of the advance 1 frontier Settlements, may now be styled tuo garden of tho Waikato. The soil is rich, amply lvpayin* by luxuriant crops the labor bestowed by those thrifty gettler3 who hive stuck to the' ground al'otted to them for sei vices in the Waikato Mihtia. Singles have been mu.ie and diluVultiew overcome, speaking wHI for ih,' cli.n actor of those win remained ami faced tho diUl-ulheg of pioneer settlement. The neighbouring townships of To Awamutu.aud Ran^iawiihia, w,th the settlement of Orakau, are visible from the hill rise, aud form as pretty a pinoramic new as can be nut with in the Waikato. ICiil and cUle, mountain and valley are embraced in the picture, and on every side flourshing farms and s niii-ig home s cads meet the eye. Kihikiln boasts two hotels, the "Alpln," kept by W. Co. boy, and ihe " Kihikihi," by T. Anderson, a general store a'», by W. Corboy, two other stores, aschool-houseo telegraph and post ollice, and a small < l atholic chapel. A detachment of the Armed Constabulary under Sub-Inapector Smith, is aLo stationed here. Dtormy my vifeit, I liad the pleasure of witne-sing one of those friendly nil» contests wbL'h do much toward? connecting kindly feeling and fellow snip amongst the eett'eiM, at (he same tniK' promoting efficiency in the use of tho rifle, winch it is to be hop 0 d will not bo again turned againbt olu- Maori brethren.