TUHIKARAMEA.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1662, 1 March 1883, Page 2

TUHIKARAMEA.

'The Weather. ' "' ' AtTKR such a prolonged spell of hot dry weather ! tlic gentle 'warm* fains f of the pust few days haye 1 been very acceptable, and the result ,qn pasture and^earjly so.wn turnips very beneficialj ( i(1 ; (()(|ii ( . • < The Library. .r > ;• , i • A communication was 1 received by out Library Committee last week' from Wellington, stating that the amount'acoriung to the local fund from the £6000 grant amounted to £lS 63. The distribution appears to have' been made on a different basis from that which was at first prepared,' /as !we were 1 led tb'believe /that the grant, , would , ,b,e ...equally di vided-, an\opg all applicants who had fulfilled conditions, , and { those who | had subscribed a small amount would receive as much as more wealthy' dis^iicts. However^ the sum granted 1 , us, together with tli'e amount collected in the district,' 1 will 'enable, us , to get a nice number of bopksjto start 'Vifih. 'the committee, 1 1, 1 p'elieye, will send to Auckland' at once. ' hi.'- / , in 1 „ The 'Proposed' Cheeise 1 Factory; ■ At a meeting on Monday, the 19th, the question 'of atarting'a cheese factory was discussed,' and although nothing' definite was decided/ a fair amount of support was promised. One. of the chief difficulties in Ventures of this kind ianthe location of .the building, each settler being naturally prone to consider himself I more tha.n'h'iajneighbbu'r, but' if^the difficulty of finding necessary capital can be overcome I hope, no petty* jealousy as;t© 1 sfte'wttlKtancl in thc"Way7 "Such"wouW not beth^'caso' if Call >\'O!,iWll6pk/^t it fairly, and consider the greatest good of the greater number, it was arranged that Mr Buttle should interview Captain Runciman and ask him to *kindly come over and give information gathered by him in America. ' " ''■ ' ' The Diamond Seekers. Horne 1 little excitement 'vr'as created la&t week by the appearance of the Messrs pourtney.in this district, in search of diamonds. ' A few are sceptical as to the likelihood of unearthing a'riylhirig nibre precious than potatoes', but 'others' 'l 'believe are more sanguine, and I am told that the prospectors (who left last Friday for Raglan), although they found no treasures, were^very'favtou'rably impressed by what they saw, and speak confidently of Jihe existence of { diamonds, garnets, and rubies in the"' vicinity if they ' ''conlft only find them. Mr Archibald Douglas, \\'.ho was for sometime schoolm.as l tei[<beive /f accompanied the prospectois, and judging from his outfit was quite prepared to pick up something worth' defending, as he carried a revolver in his belt, a source of some little amusement to some of his old time pupils^