WHATA WHATA. Nov. 23 1876.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 695, 28 November 1876, Page 3

WHATA WHATA. Nov. 23 1876.

So tli© A.C. have gone at Just We have been in daily expectation of the Arrival of a roa'i party, but the removal of the wliol* of them to the T.iupo road haa effectually k locked that ou toe bey). It «eerus a pity that road parties could not have been kept upon the roads throughout the Waikato. They woul.i have opened up the country, and greatly ansinted the settlers. However, we may thank "Urrelvrt, for although large portions of the best roads in the Waikato have been made by the A.C fore, at a trifling cost, rarely, indeed, have they re-ct-ived emy credit, but quite the levers?, (i is to be hoped that the settlors iv faupo, if there are any, will have Letter hi nse. Iv « recent issue of the Times there was a letter from " One who assists ia supporting the Ranger," but, who evideutly does no unwillingly. Howover well his statements might have appli ' in th« past, they do out now. One ranger ia, and has been of late, very active, and has almost cleared the VVhata Whata run of surplus stock, so much so that our flat looks quite deserted. It will h*ve one good effect, that tin so wno paj the pastnrj^e fees will have something for their money, and uol h ive their stock etarved out by atook from other parts of the Waikato. Thin is becoming more important now that natives aud others are fencing in the best pieces of the grazing ground. We have another bouse going up in the township, And one settler at a little ili-tunce hat ' een, of late, talning mysteriously of doing likewise ; ploughx are going in various parts of Whata Wh*t», laying out of si^ht our natural enemy, the fern ; in fact, there is more progressive work going on at present than has ever bjen the case as vet. H' i net good main road, the district would soon tdvancn, l>u I mutt say no more, for on that subject I hive been guilty of repetition to an alarming extent. — Correspondent.