RAGLAN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1975, 5 March 1885, Page 2

RAGLAN.

Thk weather, w Inch has so long continued diy, has now changed, rain falling at intervals since noon. The gia»s, tin in pi and othor ciop-, v. i'l bo niiich benefited in consequence, though, if lißivy ram con tinut"-, tlio put it') ciop may bu mjuied. On the evening of l\st Fuday tin; long espocted and much talked of bill cum; oft. A laige number of ladie- and gentlemen weio in attendance fiom most parts of tho distnet. About a do/en of the A.C fiom Kiwln.i aimed on the Afternoon of tint d.iy, peiiin-sion having been kindly gi anted by M ijm Tuke. Tho l.idics iincl gentlemen who had thr arrangements in bind wero \ovy busy dining the .ifti'inii hi and evening, and gieat cicdit is due to out! and .ill for the Hi.iniii'i in winch tho looms weie decnatod. The supper tiblu w.l-.w .1-. most ti-tefully l.ud out, and uvi'ij thing dono to piomoto tho pleasino of the p.utv issoinbled. Dai'Ciii'* was contuii'ud until hi e.ik of day, and all present ht'cinud hi/hly stti«hVd' with tho bvll. Mi IJunnai acted as M.C. Ne\tdiy quite a large munber of those present nt tho d.ince with othri fuonds spentavoiy enjoyable picnic over the. water at Te Akau station, by the kind invitation of Mr Mitlnas. '1 ho romantic beauty of this spot, with it-* fantastic shaped limestone rocks and pleasant walks, make.s it a very good place for a picnic. Another dance, which was kept up until eleven, closed the fe^tivitii I*,1 *, all being not only satisfied, but highly pleased. On Monday moining Mes*.is Mitchell. Feiguson, 0. (Jilmour, Verne, and another settler were out on the noithcm slope of Kiiiioi ni os pec ting for iion oie, but although they saw large quantities of it scattered mer tho mirface and in the beds of the creek*, they could not find the lode. That large quantities of lion ntono are beneath tl>e s<nf.)«.e Booms almost ceit.un. If this could be found, with coal already found in tho district, thu manufacture of iron would soon follow. A communication has been received from pin ties in Auckland, stating that thcic is some chance of nn important indu*try in the iron trade being started here. The pcibon upon whose ground tho works would bo erected, and who has water power ecp-ial to neatly 100 horse power, intended going to Auckland las>t Tuesday to see into the nuttet. If carried out, iJinploynieiit wiU l>o found for a large number of hand*. The promoter of the industi y feeln cci tain that a good profit cm be made, and if carried out the requited capital will be foithcounng from gentleman in Auckland. And per ha|>-i <ii>vernmeiit mifjlit aUo .i»s,iot, a» it i^ tlieir interest to promote nil new industries. A Lugu nutr.bur of bush fires h,i\u been binning of late. A Hettlor li^ng tlnee miles fiom X iglan had a veiy nairow escijv of having his house and outbuilding buint down to-day. Having set fiio to his bu-h, neyeial chains fiom the Imilding, the light wind blowing suddenly changed after tho fire, hod boon burning some time, and the fire which was binning fiercely through the bush, went towards a »hud and stack of oaten hay. The settler's attention was diiectcd to that quarter, but the dense Miioke diiving him and his fticndtt away, they returned to the house, and on approaching it Haw Rinoke coming from underneath, and on going round to tho front saw that material under it had taken fire. At gteat risk they got tvt the burning mattei, and were nuccp^ful in throwing it out from underneath, and with thu n,ssi>tancc of a bucket of water, put out tho flames and removed all Hinnuldeiiug material. The settler's ritrht hand was burnt in so doing. Had tho fire buint a few minutes lohlc>'i without being discoxeied, nothing could have h.ucd the building fiom distinction. After heeing that the house was neeuie attention was paid to the tihed and htack, the latter being heveral times in flune«, also the fences in homo parts. Uut, with tho kind assistance rendered from the families of Messrs Savage and Mitchell, the outbuild'ngs were saved, Had not nil present united with a detei mined will, liousu and all outbuildings must havo gone ; indeed it neons tho greatest wonder they did not. The Bottler's son, who at times was siurounded by smoke, and his clothes were once on lire, is now \ery ill fiom the effects of tho same. — (Own Correspondent, March 4th.)

Tiifc groat cafe of Venice — Florian's, on the piaz/.a of St. Maik— lias nevoi been closed, night or d.iy, for one hundred and fifty year?, " Tn km rs fed to sheep make mutton tender," saya To\as Shifting^ ; on whi.-h Life remaiks, " lVihaps cabbage* fed to Iliwyeis would makn le^al tendei." Ninmlkn ni'M)KKU years ago there was a greit disturbance at Jeiusalem about the water supply, which was not sufficient, and the Itonnn go\emor who was anxious to get n pioprr supply to tlic city, proposed to bring it horn a distance of fitfy miles. The Jews lefused the money for thp purpose, whereupon tiw governor — Pontim Pilate — seized upon the sacred treasury, nnd made on nqueduct through the solid rock, thus carrying water to Jerusalem, and this exists to the present day Miss FuRTESOOT (says an exchange) made her u> nppenrarca at the fc-'avoy Thoatio, London, recently— not, however, as a pei former : she was the observed of all olvteneiß in a stage bus. Certain passiges in " I'lial by Jury" senned to have much ititoie>t forliei, as w. 11 as I foi rho-c of the uudioncn who wore aw.ii • i f liei piescMico H.id "-h ■ brin disposed to un la it addition il < Kti^t i.'i'ir in to Ilic In:-«U little pifcu (lie Solieifoi (i< iicml. who \\ is in ihe stalls, would <lo\ilxli>&s have l< nt lici hi* .ißsi^time \ffor " The Ninu u-i.' 1 \l »•« Foi t» si lie ni idi- n oil on • -DK 1 of I u old omiul b " hcliinU. '