WHATAWHATA

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 858, 15 December 1877, Page 2

WHATAWHATA

s.isj«'hfi«;A December 12. Mr Salmancfaeldf ff sfervicatfiaf iitaf~schoolroom i'oq' (jliracfoy-i-; attei-aooa^. ? ; "over forty being jiresett^ The fine .^weather at the time Kasl^d^oubt, .58Otueih|.ng to do with it, but when we get,jthe, ii^r'soUoyl house, an<i services,. ,jnv>re , Irieqii&tttly, a large congregation will be the rale, and not the exception. Thenext service will be held" on ' Sunday, the 23 «1 vakt., m the *ftori&tttt j a Christening ger^ice^wiil^be held; by Mr Calder next Sunday. •'-, ;Mr Salmon does good m the district m more ways than one, for he is one of the tew who endeavour to keep the roads m their immediate vioiuity m good repair, , atii so Sir at his own expense; Some time ago Mr Salmon, assisted by Mr ft>thwell, bridged a creek on the road from , /Whatawhata to; Ha.urilton; which would have been otherwise utterly impassable, and for which the Highway Board informal them no lands, weve available, and Mr Salmon is at present repairing the broken bridge, to which reference was made m your columns last week, it would be only .fate* ! to allow settlers who show a public, spirit m this manner tfo T go rate free, at all events until they, bad received a fair value for their' work. Our Sports Clommittee are actively engaged banvassiiagi A good amount is already promised, aud should the weather- prove fide, the Whafcawhata sports wilT.be worth seeing. The c.jmroiitiee will also have the experierrc/jof pas: meetings to guide them ,> in dr.twiug . out the programme. . There, is one point upon which an improve, nout thi rht be made, that is, iiavin g some athletic games m wuich the yoiug men of the district, or uricr.uu.n.l men only, would b;3 ; c egibhv (Xul ss this is done, the prizjs wil be, as they were last year, al cirrl'd off by natives, ani one trailed athlete from Alexaiulra. The natives are always training, and any youuyf men going m agaihst them w tiioufc trainiiig^beforehand would hive no chance whatever. This is scai'cely fair. Tue yjung mea m « h<? disr rict subscriber liberally to the .sports, the natives give nothing. There is a probability of one of the VV.S.N^ Company's steamers coming up. from N"garuawahia on New VTeii.'^ Diy, the day of the spires', 'so. tmc i-ha people of that township"* will Live an op lortunity of n<*nn visiting Whatawbata, and pu'liaj/-* d.tneing on the villrtgegreea, as chey.Uid, I. r . believe, m days gone by. We shall be enlivened shortly by a wedding; a gentleiiMn from Ngaruawahia is to be the happy man, and he certainly sets the slovy bachelors of Wiiatawhata a good example, which they would do well to follow. — Correspondent,