WHATAWHATA.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1251, 6 July 1880, Page 2

WHATAWHATA.

Mr Joiix Knox held a sale to day, of fruit ami fDrest tree"*, grown by Mason, of Hamilton, the plants, were well grown and in good condition but unlike his sale of last year, it was anything but a success, the wet weather, no doubt, tended to keep buyers away, but in any case young trees are not so scarce as they were, and like most other eomodities grown on land, a reduction has to be submitted to. The rainy seesn secmos to have commenced iv earnest, the Waipa is high, and the loads me fast becoming 1 heavy and muddy, } et, as usual in our district, road worhs are in full swing Our £Ki»s fliit^, of which AYhat iwhsita wn.s justly proud, is being cut up to form a road ldO feet -wide, this work ill probably be a future benefit, but for the present it is anything- but an improvement, some people, indeed, think that the money now being &pent upon this, would have been of more .service to the township, had it been laid out in improving the various cuttings close to Whatawhata, however, the Newcastle Highway Boa id is doubtless acling, to the best of then lights. The cxfraovdinaiy action taken by Mcssr*. B\rou and others, iv attempting to coerce the Hoard, to suit their own end-, has caused considerable f< din <* iv this part ot the district,. It \\illho-\\-ever have the efieet of opening the eyes ct ratr j p;i}ei>> to the motives which ha\e actuat"d our furnier Highway rulers, and .so far will do gool. The Board are quietly wry ing out their dctenninat'on to open up the shortest road between Whatawl.ata and Hamilton, and the Newcastle ratepayeis are unanimous iv .supporting them. The late meeting at Ngaruawahia, at which the preliminary steps were taken to abolish voting by proxy, was a step in the right direction. It has always been felt as an imustice, by resident 1 atepaj cm, that their Highway trustees ueie frequently elected by absentees, who, careless of local matters, give their proxies to anyone who a.ska for them, and the doing away with proxy voting will cause a greater interest to be taken in the annual ulectiong. The punt has arrived, ami been inspected by our members of the Wsiipa County Council. The manner in which the repairs have been executed is certainly a credit to the contractois, Mes-rs. Nichol and Skinner, of Ngaruawahia. — [Correspondent. ]