NGARUWAHIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1609, 26 October 1882, Page 2

NGARUWAHIA.

On the 13th inst.. the ohainuan of the Kinkiiiroaßo.ul Board and Mr Lovell, one of the tiustees, paid the suburbs of Newcastle Noith an official visit. They were accompanied by Captain Lindsay on then 1 tour' of inspection. Local impio\ements was, of course,' the business on haml. That there is plenty of room for works of that kind, the property owners arc free to admit. It is only fair to say that the matter icsts in good hands. The chairman has shown a desire to do wli.it is fair by this long-neg-lcoted end of the district. No doubt the fioverninoiib in keeping the land so long locked up aie in a great measure to blame for the present backwaid appearance of the place. Captain Lindsay, who owns a considerable amount of property close to the milway, joined the above-men-tioned gentlemen, and proposed to subsidise the board's expenditure at the rate of 2.1 %, pi o\ ided cci tain works were undertaken. 1 notice by your isbiic of tf.ituid.iy that tenders for works in this neighbourhood ha\c been called for. Mr Gioy, the manager of our local fellmongoiy, iepoit& having mot -with a reasonable amount of success during hisiecent trip tlirougli the district— business may now be considered as fairly staitcrl. It i-> guititymg to lc.irn that our near, and much esteemed neighbours at Taupui have awoke to the necessity of local industry. I smeeiely hope they will saeceed. If only a little more attention weio bnstowod by scientific men and the many capitalists tli.it adorn the city of Auckland, in developing the hidden minei.il and other wealth that undoubtedly abounds in Waikato, more paiticul.irly, I Mould say, in tlie distiict lying between Taupiri, Huntly, Ruigiiiti .uid the Thames Valley, m iniglit shoitly have a supply of immigrants to eat our surplus beef and mutton, and thus save the present necessity of pioviding for the exportation of that ill tide. All anxiously look forward to whit success has attended the sale of the foe//nig company's shares. Messrs Roche and (}onnann, the leading; spiiit.s in manipulating and fixing all the diilieult part of the business, were very sanguine of sueee&=. Should their phil.intlnopic elloits fail I fancy there will be a little dilliculty in getting others to tako the matter in hand, at least x\ lth present prospectus. Tile prevailing opinion here is that the huge meeting convened to take place at OhfUipo should have been at Hamilton, and that the provisional dircctois should also meet thoi'o. The method adopted ot putting the sh.nes in the maiket was an undoubted mistake— pi obably somo of the dircctoi s were of opinion that Pateraugi \\\\h close enough to Oh.iupo, and that Ohaupo meant the whole of the Waikato. I lemeinbcr that in the columns of Tun Waikaio Timj;s the director were cautioned against allowing anything like piejudice to creep into their actions. Now I ask anyone who has read the piospectus and attended the last public meeting at Ohanpo to say it that warning was attended to. Mi T ({oodMlow, in his letter has ably defended the pi meiples of the comp.uij, and pointed out the interests ot the setter. While " Equity," in his Jetter of to-day, ponits out the advantages of mixed fanning— and does so with great force and truth. Mr Lamb's fine hoi-c i& being ue.ll pat ionised. Rumour says that the W.S.N. Company will shoitly take up the coasting tiade in connection with the inei busiiie [ & I would adusetho le>>ee of our run, should he impound cattle and hoises at this end to keep watch all night.— (Own Correspon lent, Octol er 21th )