RAGLAN

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 559, 18 December 1875, Page 2

RAGLAN

The Southern Cross Si earner which hat been running here fjr '.lie l*stt,welve month*, discontinues hei usual (rips from the 30.1) of la.«t month, it is to be hoped the owners ot the Cro-a-heal will think it woirh lhair while to call in here in her stead, the more so U 9 it would not tako them iiach out of their way. The certainty of a steamer calling in here once* mouth would be a great boon to the community. For some reason or another Raglan appears to be lost sight of, no assistance being renJe. Ed to her to en^hle her to keep pace with her sister settlements ia Wai I: at o. Let us hope the iuflax of the new settlers who are suppo&'d to be coining t> ue tie down here on their selections made in con» sequin ?e of lanl bein<» thrown o.ien under the HOfnerteaii icts, will he the forerunner of a change for the better, anl then the increase to the populatio i will be an inducement to the Go u- Head, or o her passiu^ steamer to call in regularly. Eten ion matt-ra are quiet, no signs of such an occuneu-o being on the tapis here, excfpt a notice posted at rhe post offloe, calling on the Eiertord \o vote for MeVfmn and the Wai pa Road, lth^s been raining heavily since yesterday afteruooa. — (From ova own CoaiiESpo> t dkkt.)