NGARUAWAHIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1716, 5 July 1883, Page 2

NGARUAWAHIA.

Notwithstanding tlie numerous complaints made in reference to the daugeious atato of the ni.un io.nl between Hn%oloelv Hill and Soldier's Biidge, no nollee haa evor been taken hy the road boaid as to tlie danger to the public, (it oss neglect must be attubuted to the boaul in not looking after the safety ot tlie public. Now that we have a lepre sensitive fioiii that part of the distuct on the new board it is to be hoped he Mill use Im pursuasive powers Mith our popular chairman, and yet this standing ' disgiace done away with. Thoie should be no difficulty in accomplishing this most necessary piece of public woik, as the tiustec, I believp, is a suppoiter of the powers that be. Thus the representatives of Vinegar Hill and the Battle of the Boy ne will be seen to join hands foi the public veal (mention it not to Golcjie). Thp latesfc ru m, oil r touching the missing secietary is that ho had a successful prospect for diamonds, and has taken them to a foreign market. Mr Morley, a settler from Waiuku, on returning from Mr Firth's station, Matamata, met with an accident which might have proved of a very dangerous nature, resulting in broken bones, 01 pqssibly loss of life. On arriving near Havejoclj Hill his dray and team were capsj/L-d into a, large l}qle. One of the hoises' legs was slightly scratched, and the driver had a very narrow esc.ipp, the diay by mere chance escxping falling on him. — (Own Cotiespondeiit. )