INFORMATION WANTED. TO THE EDITOR.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1676, 3 April 1883, Page 3

INFORMATION WANTED. TO THE EDITOR.

Sirs, — Will you lend mo the invaluable assistance that publication in jour paper Mill aflbid to make known my want, nnrl find nn answer. Thcsettlois about here arc anxious to make themselves into a " dihtiict,'' and foini a, "road board," "butlimdly know how to set about it. Our land is nominally connected with a certain county council, but owing to distance away, of want of communication, practically we are unattached, for we have never sent a representative to said council, or have they levied on us a single rate of any kind* Now there must be road boards in the Waikato who originally found themselves in the same condition as we are, and have made their way out of their difficulties, and my petition is, that some of your subscribers, who are competent to give advice in the matter, will kindly come forward, and leave their names with you, when I Bhall write them, and at their convenience fix a place .and hour, for a personal interview. May I further ask that you will furnish me with the names of the most recently constituted road boards, the dates of their "Charters, and the names and addresses of th^^terks to such boards. When in Auo^Rtd I made enquiries about the matter in question, but was told that not one solicitor in twenty could give reliable information without spending a large amount of time in reading the question up, so J decided appeal to those who, having "gone through the mill," could speak from personal experience. — I am, &c, Lower Waikato. Churchill, March 31st, 18S3.

Mr Rice, tlie lately debased ,and i really business, member of , the' Rice "and Besant firnt in novel-writing, was a stiff/ bargainer with r publishers, and the 'chief, 'planrier, Mr^Betfaut' ha^ine the best ■ literary 1 execution. 1 Bath lie ' and his, 'partuei' held positions'that'paid thehl a good income aside fr:>nV'the'ir literary work. He -was a genial, good' jiatnrod man, with a' Jewish look, used to be fond r the turf, 4 iin<Lplayed,a dashii)^ game at 100. He died in consequenco of gangrene 'Jri^thßJjaw following the putting of a 1 /'wfadotft,' tooth • which occasioned Tdlooclpoiaon. • ."•- ,