ROTO KAURI.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1096, 8 July 1879, Page 3

ROTO KAURI.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] As you have never to my knowledge received a communication from this thriving and populous neighborhood, I take the liberty of sending a few items of news for publication m the columns of your wide-spread journal. The weather has been decidedly unpropitious of late, putting a great many of our chief land holders m arrears with the season's work. The district is being opened up by roads m all directions, thanks to the foresight and unselfish policy of our re), resentative m the Highway Board. The thanks of thi3 populous community are m fact due to him for the way m which he has brought to light and devolved the vast resources of this and the remote district of Whatawhata, and that, too, m the face of the selfish and obstructive policy of a few " Bloated Aristocrats" afc the other end of the district. The chief work at present being carried on under his auspices, is the construction of a road and three or four bridges; at a cost of about £160, which, when completed, will open np a vast tract of country which has hitherto been almost inaccessible, without going round a mile. He's dead now": the dangers and vicissitudes of the journey so told on hia constitution that they brought him to an early grave.— R.l-P. This road when finished. — though nothing adequate to the requirements of the district, and no more than it ought to expect judging by thd lavish expenditure of public funds on private property (vide your Whatawhata correspondents letter) carried on elsewhere — will enable the hitherto isolated settlers here to vie with their more fortunate and unscrupolous neighbors, m taking their produce to market. The openly expressed fear given utterance to by some of, our leading men is, that what with the grand trunk roads leading to WhataAvhata, and elsewhere, the utility of the public works at present under way, the Thames, Waikato and ' Cambridge railways notably, will be seriously impaired for some time to come at least, as they flatter themselves this district will be able to meet most requirements m supplying the market.