NGARUAWAHIA. August 14.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 662, 17 August 1876, Page 2

NGARUAWAHIA. August 14.

It mint, bo the last few days ot (ire woither and the anticipation of an rarh gpnu ' that Inn cm ed a certain amuum of no ivily in the 1 tnwmhip l.»t*ly. Carpent :r» huve b«on the first to botuHt, for iv iiddiiion to the now icliool house now oufcw tnlly completed, I huvo to chronic'e the otnmcncement of the building of I he Pres yteriaii Churc'i. Tim will be Tory iiiith the s'ze and style of the Roman Catliolio Church, and i* being erected on * rcry central and valuable site, « gift of Mr William Aitken. A new building on the aite of the old Pobt-ofllce is being rapidly pushed along. Mr (liiraour, our new sto-ekeeper, having puro'inted this lot from Mr Mi-Garry, and pu'poiai ihifti.ig from bis preient posi'ton. A baiter business site could not have bf«j cho ? ci), at it is in the line of all traffic through the townihip. The railway line, through the hoart of the towns'iip, hat altered the rnlue of much of the property ; many lota th»t in • tther d»js were looked upon a«tho choice •>nes, hive loit all their thluo •■ butin as itcs. Clilns for componaation on the<e 'rounds linre bern made, und mi^ht justly be cutertaincd. Few purchaser* would reckon upon such a contingency ai a

railwaj cutti'ig them off from the other parts of the towu, sad when taking into consideration the high price* pail for many of the lot* so h fleeted, it Hemi fair sornn return thould be made. — Own UOBUX9PONDBNT.