TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1772, 13 November 1883, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU.

Tin: Pi nice of Wales' Birthday passed off \ cry quietly iiero. Many people went to AuckUncl to see tho .show, and except that the .stoics .iiicl hotels weio closed, no deitionsthition of .my kind took place. Some time ago a letter wntton by Mr Sloan i; .appealed m the columns of Tin: W.MK.vro TlMi>>, mgiug the .settleis to take some step-, towards lessening the numbei of 1 Imds. Some of tho farinei& who had w heat laid poison, but the ma-joiity weio too careless or too .ip.ithutic to tumble th'iin•selven about the matter. The spauow& and Luks me inci easing enormously each yeai. Nc>t only aie they destiuctive to giain crops, 1 nit g.irden.s .suffer from the ra\ages of the little pests. Cabbages are eaten as fast as planted, and peas are eaten as mioh as they show above the giound. I would suggest that next ycai tho highway boaids impose a small ta\, and employ men to lay poisoned giiim, as the fanneis seem to be utteily indiftereut m tile matter. Unl'^s l)oisoned gram is laid on all the farms in the distiict simultaneously, there will be no sensible diminution in the number of buds. The Pateiangi Cheese Rictoiy, which was to have l egun work on the 12tii, will not, T am souy to say, begin until the tilth, if indeed it amII bo leady by that tune. A man was sent fiom Auckland on Thuisdav last to complete the setting up of the plant, lie stayed at the factory that night, and because liis tools weie not on the spjt, he leturned by the train ne\t morning, saying that he could not waste time. This was only an excuse, as he passed the waggon containing his tools on his way to the station. Even if tho tools had been dehveicd the evening of his anival, he could not have completed the work, as the contiactors neglected to send a crank and flange which weie lcquucd. It is leally too bad that the company should be humbugged (I can gho it no more appropriate tei m) m this niauner. The factoiy here was delayed three weeks longer than contract time, ami appaiently the Paterangi factory -will be dehyed quite as long. I daresay the plant is erected in a woikinanlike manner, but the time occupied hi doing so is out of all proportion to tho amount of woik to be done. The supply of milk to the factory here is now over 1100 gallons. One of the Katikati settlers is working in it in oidei to learn the business. When he ha* had .sufficient experience he will take chaige of a factory on his return. He has certainly come to tho right place to learn, for Mr Bannatyne thoroughly understands his woik. A visit to the factory will repay anyone ; everything it> beautifully clean. A party of ladies and gentlemen left hcie on the !)th, and ascended Pirongw. The view was not particularly good, owing to tho hazy state of tho atmosphcie. The proper time to get a really good view from the mountain is during frosty weather.— (Own Correspondent.)