WHATA WHATA. April 21.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 612, 22 April 1876, Page 3

WHATA WHATA. April 21.

As public ©rila affect everybody, so the ' losses caused by the late flood seem to ■reach all the bettlei's, no matter how far from the river. In Whaln Whnta we feel this through the loss of our goods store on /the river bank, although only built oi palings, being originally put u;> to srore flax ?eady for shipment. It was «,he u>O£>t .uselul building in Wbata Whaia; everything 10 or from thy sieame* 1 was put into it, and ;io storage to pay. Since it has gone there is a great ris/* in getting goods up, for unless chey are iaLen away at once the goods arc at the mercy of pigs or bad -weather^ And again, whea there was a store all perishable were carried up the bank and put in, but now the goods from the sLeanier are landed, and bare to be left at the water's edge. Surely the Whata Whala settlers will not allow this to continue; a little energy would put a shed up suitable to btore goods in, and, no doubt, the W.S.N. Company would give something towards it. Their trad© Avitk Whata Whaia is increasing rapidly, and they should encourage it. We have a new building going up in the main strain (I forget th« name /Of the street at this moment). It is intended, I believe for a shoemakers shop. More power to the proprietor, and may he •ucoeed I We want some one to shoe our horses as well as ourselves, but I im afraid it would hwdly pay* blacksmith to star*here just yet < Mr Huge, the Waikato barber, might do a little trade here if he brough t a sack with him and took hair as payment. There is little doubt he would soon fill it, Everybody is putting in grass. There will be a good many acres laid down this autsmn ; one gentleman is putting in over 50 acre*. This looki lijk<j progrow,-~ CQJt&EXTQNDXJiI",