THE RAGLAN FAMINE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 847, 20 November 1877, Page 2

THE RAGLAN FAMINE.

Sir, —There it again famine in Raglan. ! For mora than thro = w&ekit nu flu nas ! been obtainable in (he village or D>trioc for money or lore, and it is uucsitatn when there will be ; certainly not n hile communication with Onehuaga is suspended »y the present Btoriny weather. Waikato, fertile as overfbwi.g with •uu.idanoe, is ouly a f«w miles distant, but the scat« of tot* oiroaitoos great track between Raglan and What awha'a mtkes it almost an impossibility to bring over flour on pick h\>ra«.\ far leas potatoes, which are almost valueless ia Waikato, bus not to be had here. You must be tired of writing on the su jeot of the much require.! Raglan road, the waafi of whici is duarvduai.le not only to G-overnmeut. but to ourselves, (hi residents of the ttsglan district, in the Waikato Times of July 4h, 1874/ yoa did me <he tavor of p-biiahiuit a letter, describing tbe niffcronc tracks between this and Waikat.), and, if jou oan find space, would you have toe kiud* noss to republish the letter! Waikato is nearly as much interested in the matter as Raglan. Some partß of Waikato are swampy, and not s ilubrions, whila R<glan is singularly hedtuy, m shown by the diatiatuM return of •leatus from the foundation of the settlement, wh<oh the kindness of the Registrar, Or H*iaanc, enabled me to pu 1 ati iu t le Auckland • Herald.' In (he future, will be tbe summer waiedng plac» of tie Waikato. iSot onl- have we our d*l g t« ful harbours, but the R.glan are easily acoessibe fioin tbe Nor hj Harbour. These springs ought to be better known. 1 way mention that an Told gentleman, a of mme, a martyr to rheumatio &out, visit* d he Springs last 'summer, aud rtmrued tuo oughly rejn euated. To return to the toad, Government bss Bent another sLrveyor to loi tor a practicable road, la addiiu n to " l odd'a line," and •• beaphy's line." We have Bow "Palmer's Una." U is part of th«

rollgion of oar New Z aland suiveydra noc Co tike a M=iori line ol road, so ail fhwo gatttle«bu r jefiked the Ko U/ai»gi track, described in my former letter* PaimVs line, t understand, -folio ■*» l T present up iheKirikin Valley, v wftb i«a nfteea bridg s(<vhei the fl odste&'ve them Bhindingj, and though it is supp y3 «d to go 10 WhuawniUa, makes at detour to the euuth of che present: -tt\»ck. ;>TJie ro»d v U9w\ iu aae being more and more oifviuiioua than; that of-1 yews ago, and notwithstanding all .the pubic eneetjiugs,;,petition-*, public correJpoudeuee, and letters in the newspaper, there is as little proapect as. aver of ,tihe' , Government, uiak.t.g ibe>oad. I am'ndt hasoy iu farm.ug tne doiidlasioh thai w!e shall ge».the road when we make u'b'iir-' solves, bat not before;, we, must put our 1 •houtdar to the 1 Twenty pbaads' wo ud o'tt? « poV'ec bridle p*to via Ko Uraugi ih -n theV.le track ndw.'iri use, ; add if "the VVAikvto Tiiitfs will' kindly undertake t>> receive saoaoriptious, I shall' bv. happy to l sabsoribo. Ta* Maoris kneW. very wed wuab, th.y were doing they offered to mike a oar road' from J&aglan to WhatawQattrfor £2OO, fiiougu those woo refused the offer snowed' ■ how muon wisd>m go sto. govern New Zealaud Kalian aud Wiikato are muo 1,1 iudebted to onr Member, Mr Cox, f»r hia exertions to more Governmeuc to moke thie ro*4, Oucaumehow ur.utfier Govern meat uas resolved V now not to ao»it«"—-.1 Sm. &0.. J C JOU BTONR. v Tj H » .o, N |l3th, 1877.