RAGLAN. September 2.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 671, 7 September 1876, Page 3

RAGLAN. September 2.

TS'J •tenrasr Gi-ahead h»a bfen aubai- ] duel to oiil hrtra onoe a month. The n«vnera are willing, it it aftid to make a bi monthly tri ., to aciommodate the ■«Uleri. It i« to be hovel thia vpiwl will receive tint amount of support which will enable her to continue iunniDg here in th«eT»nt of the present anhaidy being withdrawn. With ft regular Btenn aervi t, and ft few thouiand pounda apewt on the Waipa road, thu hitherto ueßttcted dtstiiot would become, in » fe*» ye»*»i one of the most flmrnhmg ftnd pictureique tpots in the Wukftto. Frul»y wm the anoftl R.M. Couctday. Ther* wm only on* ou* wliioh wm of may public interest, ta. : ft okioa by ft contractor ft^ftiOit the Whftingaroft Highway Board. It appeared, from the evidence, that ft cintr,ust h*d b»en let by the late Board, a * I the work ft uih«d during the. tuno it m\i in olfi:e; the contractor obtaining th« c^rtilic ite of on* of the menV>er», anpDVintj the nj«nueri« which tue w.»rk h«l been executed, and that «uoh (ertiftcatfl hvl h«n g-nerally deeme I nuffi leut by th« Sejrettry t» p»y the m-ney vrilhout the iignnture of the Chairman, a ,, 1 th«t thera were n» bye-lawa, or rrgnlitioni makia< it oompuliory for m >ro th»a one member to pMS worki of » niinilar n.itare. The new Bar.l, how- • ever, con iil"red ft imaU portion of the contract had n I been perform *d in nccordance with the spcificatioo*, and fethe contractor wm notified that he w<uld bo pud a* i.xin aa he hvl cami>l«tetl the w«rk, at require \. To thw, the oontraotor d»-mirred. cont«ndin^ that the work, hftvmj be-n pa«we I by the Iftto B <*r.l, th«ir «ncce««or« to oifice bad no right to refuse payment, lience the appeal to the Court. The judgment waa rei §er\ c I until tin next Court day. " Notioea o' th« auction to take place at tV« Okete FalU, uuder the ■uptrmteDyi«n;e of Mea<r« Hill and Wallace, are poited through >ut the dutrict. No doubt HU'hcient inducement will be offered by the residents of. the dutnot, in the khapn of a variom »nd l>ng Hat of articl^a lor dmpoaal, to eDtioe many of tho Waikato a«til«ra to alip ovtr the rao«e, and pa/.roniee Oiir Brat ftuot on, wh eh, it u t hnifd will turn out • aue >«•, an I be tht pr^ciimor of many Mich iftlea.— Ow* vCok«mfon»ii»t.