WHATAWHATA.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1057, 3 April 1879, Page 2

WHATAWHATA.

The question afc present engaging fche attention ot this and the adjoining Newcastle district is, what is the nature of the title fco be given with fche land which is fco be sold by Messrs J. D. and K. Hill on the 19th April, by order of the Newcastle Highway Board. The Board, by selling this land to obtain the rates clue thereon, arc establishing a precedent, a d m the interests of settlers and others who may purchase, and m the interests of those who, ab present own fche land, all information that the Board can give as to the legality of the title, should be given publicly, and afc once. The land is, m some cases fair, and some good, bufc all of it would fetch a fair price, if a good and legal title is known to be given wibh it. whereas, if this i~ nob dono,

the laud will bo sacrificed for a few pounds, and sod, perhaps, to those who are bettor informed m the matter ; and, if a good title cannot be given, chose who purchase may, m » few yearj, find themselves plunged into litigation, to defend fche land which they bought and paid for, m good faith. *

Some time since, a letter appeared m your columns, signed, if I recollect rightly, by "W-dpa Elector," m which he took our M.H.R. to tasic for his vote upon Curtis's Education Bill, and further stated tha. Mr McMinn had faithfully promised to uphold the present system of education, against any denominational one. Aa I had tho honour of upholding Mr McMinn _ address to the electors m this district, I must, m justice to that gentleman, however much 1 object to his vote on fche ab_-ve Bill, state, that Mr McMinn, while speaking^ upon education, said, that he 45_s m favour of the present system of Secular Education, as being fche only one adopted for fche country, but, at the same time, he thought that when denominational schools had alread been established m large centres, the Government should grant them a certain amount of assistance, and this, if "Waipa Elector " is sufficiently curious, will be found m the report of Mr McMinn's speech at Whatawhata. We, m this, and fche Raglan district, aye to thank our M.H.R. for his cordial and energetic assistance iv having our roads opened, and local wants attended to. To this may be afctribufced fche speedy opening of the Raglan road, for considerable monetary difficulties had to be encountered, the road costing much more than was anticipated. Then, when our Member became aware that we should not get the _£I,_oo grant, to complete the section from Whatawhata to Hamilton, he waited upon fche Newcastle Board, and advised them to apply for, at all events, part of the money. This they did, through him, and obtained <£?00, which is being spent m opening up the main Waipa road, and will do us more practical good than all the railways which our former rulers have made m the South. — Correspondent.

An offer of £850,000 is said to have been recently made for the London < Telegraph,' and declined by its proprietors, Messrs Lawson, Lovy, aud Co. As tho 'Telegraph' is rated fourth m value among the London newspapers, ifc would would appear that the journalistic market is at least "firm" over there. Tho ' Times ' is roughly valued at £5,000,000, the ■ Standard ' at £2,000,000, and the 1 Daily JNews ' at £1,000,000. The price asked for the ' Telegraph ' is a round million. The circulation of these journals is given at 85,000 daily for the * Times,' 145,000 for the ' Standard,' 181,000 for the ' News,' and 9.00,000 for the «Telegraph.' In point of advertising patronage, the ' Times ' exceeds all three combined, the ' Standard ' surpasses both the * News ' and the ■ Telegraph,' and tho former leads the latter. The paper of least circulation has the most advertising patronage, and vice versa.

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