WHATAWHATA.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1171, 30 December 1879, Page 2

WHATAWHATA.

December 2-1. Winter seems tp have overtaken us igaLi ; rain every day for .some time past. The roads a. e getting mndy and creeks are l-Mmr. 1 his wet is doing a great :l«al of clamn.are just iiow, for throughout ohe VVaipa districts the hay is cut, but; i\ot seemed. The root crops, however jin Whirtawhtita are shewing- what fl g'OOd '■i^ecfc summer rains have upon /thorn. ?o';utoos will lia mure plentiful than they iiave been during the past year, and no .loubi: much oho'iper. Just to show what the despised Wnipa r..nd con do in roots, is much/ as 16 tons of potatoes per aero has been taken oil some of ii-,, andAvithout u-.y iii;m.uie whatever being vised. » 'ur iisfcriufc is receiving some ol the attention wh'ich it po urgently nerds. First we lave the -Hamilton punt to us, and i'>w £iQOQ is granted for the Whatawhata •rid ire. If something is not soon done to : >ur miiin road our township will be comtk'tly '.>it oft" from the outer world. Ah it is, only a few feet is left of the oldi-oad •ii the river b>nk, and spot is fast crumbling away, while the new culvert higher ip the creek lies in an abandoned and ■ iunni.sh.etl state. The action of tlio -.•iistee-s lawfc yonr has indeed turned one bully for us. Formerly we always had a tow pounds to spare for necessary work, out? i.ow the htibilitics are such that the >ates and subsidies appear siuffJl^eside them. A large sum is still cb^Sj tho iontrnctora who took the roadworks, only 7s Gd hi tl«e £ having been paid them so fit i\ This has ' be?n rather a warm business for the contractor.-, some of them .vab-let the work, and have found themselves in tho position of having to pay the sub-contractors, and getting no money themselves, the l-ist letter of tho Tuhikarainea correspondent reveals the kind of wisdom which governed our Road rtoard last year. Ihe Grov*«»mient granted ÜBO odd to open up a new road, and as tho money came through tho Tuhikaramea Board, that body offered to make the road. Instead of thankfully accepting the offer, our local rulers preferred the £SO, and now we find that £50 more is ■requi'.ed to finish the road.