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WHATA WHATA. August 23.

It wm a difficult thing to make hncki -without straw, but, not more so than to Ijeep np a continual supply of news from TVba'a Wh« l i. This fact ha« Ix^n pr<»iing so heavily upon my spirits f>f lat that it is with melancholy pleasure I attention to the present state of ometerv. Same stepn must be taken, we bhiH he saved all further trouble, ; through the whole thing being washed away by the W»ipa R v-r. The oemetery was otrnsen npon ihe bank of the rir«r, and every fl. 0 1, or heavy fall of ram. talre* away a portion of th<i en--closure. There »e<*ms to • c only one remedy : to plant trees with binding roots, such as willow*, brier*. Ac, ar,d "this should fa* 'lone at one*. This rami to be the worst, though n t the only spot where the riv»r is steadily wnthing the bank a«r»y, and it is atran.e, fur moat of the ounrtery oc<mp>»rita were drowned in the Wai pa, and the river should be ■a ti tried. I hare also to record the death of an agei native warrior, and the rircumatanca are truly horrible. He w »* lit&ra'ly roasted todeith, not rigVit off, hut, by degree*. I>e c«» d seamed to Ihave taken possession of him, and he d'd not fol the hsit. though he was lurnt, scorched to d^ath. Of corns*, af c hit deah, enough food was eatm *■< wasted to have kept the old fellow alive and well for years to come. As a fitting addition to the above, 1 may add that lat>t S'lnrisy an old nitive worn <n fall from h*-r horse and brike her -<joll»-Sone. She waa able to orawl home, bnt, it in another argument ag%inst ladie* riding on horseback (fopeciilly on Sunday), 111 1 r, in addition N> ri-king th"ii ■rollarhone*, th'-y invariably ruin the hors**, enpeciaMy when borrowed. H»vins{ eas-d my fcling*, I will refer to brighter t<>p cs, and inform the pub 1 ' * that our locti carpenter han his bane'< full, and is tik»ly to have, for he has tw<\ it not three houses to build, and after tat another atore. It is to he on Vl9 co- >perativo prinoiole, the projectors naturally supposing thaf, as there are only two atorea to a population of about aixty, who import mo«t of their own gods, there won Id be lota of room for another on*. 'PHa more the merrier. What we want is, a few more dairy tn \ who would pay some atter.tion to the local wants. As >'t :s.: s. butter '" almost unknown in What* Whit a. Them are comparatively few dairymen, and their butter has cone, to Auckland, to swell the already lxrje amount of Wai - T bu'ter, which butter seems to find a ready ml* at 01 per lb. The result in, yocorrMpoi daot has been roaming alwm ■for the 'ast month, looking for a pound of butter, but, in v»in. Iteform ye dairymen or th* bachelors will form a protection leagne. and mak*> bnttsr them•elves.—Own Oohhiwtond'ewt.

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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 666, 26 August 1876, Page 3

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WHATA WHATA. August 23. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 666, 26 August 1876, Page 3

WHATA WHATA. August 23. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 666, 26 August 1876, Page 3

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