TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1713, 28 June 1883, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU.

A meeting of the hall committee was held on the 22rcl hist., to receive tenders for the proposed alterations and improvements to the building, but us only one tender was received, the matter was allowed to stand over for a week or two, and in the meantime hesli tenders will be called for. The alterations, or, more correctly speaking, the improvements contemplated are a new stage, which is to bo a fixture, and lining and ceiling a portion of the building. As the acoustic properties of the hall are very poor, the Litter will be a great improvement. The Wai pa County Council arc at last repairing the main road ; not before it was needed, foi between here and Kihikihi it was in a deploiablc condition. The worst spots are being fascincd and gravelled, and there is now a reasonable prospect of traffic not being suspended during the winter. The inteicsts of this riding could not have been entrusted to better hands than Messrs Teasdale and R Bruce, our councillors. Since tiie 2Gth May the cheese factory has suspended opcidtioiis. Work will be resumed as early as possible in spring. I visited the factory last week, and was very much struck with the cleanliness and order of everything. I am indebted to the courteous manager. Mrßannatyne, — who, by the way, thoroughly understands his buiness— for the following information. The company ha\o on hand about SOO cheeses, GOO of which have bren tnndc by him, and 200 by Mr Wai pole. For the last two months the factory was woiking Mr Bannntyne averaged 1 Jib of cheese to the gillon of milk — can any belter nroof be icquircd of the suitability of the Waikato pastures for the pioduetion of cheese ? About thiee tons of clieese will be sent to the Auckland maiket in the course of a week, and fiom the appcaiamc of of the aitielo, I should say the highest pi ice will be obtained. As the supply of milk for next season will be fully double the amount supplied during the last, the directors pm pose enlarging the mnkingloom and mci casing the plant, by erecting now prca&cs and getting more vats. Next year they intend exporting cheese to England. A number of the company's pigs were sent to the Auckland maiket, the remainder, amounting to 38, have been killed, and made bacon of. Some of the farincis who supplied milk to the factoiy made as much as JUOfiom one cow, and that with milk at 3UI per gallon. The period of depression through which we have passed lias not been unpiodue duetivtj of good, for it has awakened the f.umeis to a hue sense of then position. The apathy which has hitlieito chaiacteiised them, and frustrated the efforts of those who endeavouied to piomote the welfaic of the distnct, has, in ,i gicat measure, been shaken off. Finding that fattening cattle has ceased to be a, souiee of profit, the farmers are going in more extensively for ciopping, tor which the soil of Waikato is well suited. The cheese factoiy having proved an unquali fied success, oilier districts are about to eiect factories also. A new er.v of piospeuty has dawned upon Waikato, and if the farmers are united, and will only work together to fo&ter those industries which have been established for their benefit, they will, in the course of two or tlneeyeais, laise themselves to a position of independence. Land, instead of being almost valueless, will have a lived value, and milk suppliers will be able to tell almost to a shilling what their yen's income will be. The establishment of these industries and the Auckland Fiee/ing Company has raised the hopes of the farmers, and, what is bettet' still, the price of land, foi many who weie a short time ago inclined to sell, aic not so anxious to do so now. J'uisuant to notice in youi paper, a meeting of creditots in thcestite of Mr W. Stew ail was held in Air (iralum's oflice on .Saturday last, the 23id. The cicditoi's tiustec, Mr Sloano, examined the debtoi , and his evidence prov ing satisfactory the meeting passed a iceolution, lccommeiuling him for his dischaige. A vote ot thanks to the chaiiman, Mr Kay, bi ought the pioccedings to o close. Te Kootiand about 30 followeis passed thiongh hero on the 21st en route to Ohiiiemuri. lie is a very mild looking individual, and has not that murderous look one would expect to see in a slayer of helpless women and children. Piofesbor Hctbei t will appear m the hall tins week. He is well wotth going to see, his sleight of hand tiieks are really veiy good. A very pleasant hour can be spent at his performance. — [.Own Correspondent, June 26th.]