RAGLAN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2046, 18 August 1885, Page 2

RAGLAN.

Thk splendid weather wo ln\o enjojed during the last few weeks, has now broken, and st'iimy winds fiom noith-west and south west h.ne pi (Mailed. This is ciit.iinly the finest winter on iccoid in this part of the colony. Settler* :11c now veiy busy in all put-, of the distnct, pio paring the land for the spnng ciop«. A l.ugo quantity (if land is being ploughed fi 11 oats and potitoes. Kulypotitoes .ue aheady planted and in some c.isca a good height fiom thogiound. Tho yoiniLj glass is looking well, and in the bush clonings excellent. Me-.-MJalvan, of Te M.it.i, have si\ty acres of bush fallen, and in othct parts of the district the i mcf of the bn->h-mnu's a\c is heaul ; «o that nc\t autumn a lai<je quantity of giass " ill be put di>\\ n. E\.tun.sivo addition lu\e been made to the station-house on the Te Aknu piopeity during the last few wivk-., as it i> iii lougoi to beat tho iiaiuo of " J'u-heloi's Hall." Mo-s>rs Mooic and Yeioop am now building a now lini'j kiln, and it is to bo hoped thcii now \cntnie will meet with t'very suecoss. As laige oidms keep coining; m foi mil excellent luno, all th.it isrequiied is a constant supply, and then a l.ujje tiaJo will no doubt be done. Tliat thpie 1^ a great futiiie for llaglan in thw mdustiy must be patent to all who take the tionble to look aiound thotn, as wo have liuiestone in e\oty diii'ction, and of a \oiy good kind. Let us " not despissc the d.M of small thijigs." Mi I'eiguson hus discovered what is said to be a good building stone, upon the pio p iv ity of .Mi Jiiuue. Samples aie being dieted, and it i^ intended to vend them to tin 1 Exhibition. \N"lnlst tho richer parts of tlm colony, Cniteibui y, to wit -are now complaining of the hnd time-, our voice is not heard. Xot because the " (Jovoinment cow h.us run diy," foi as fa i at this distiict is concerned, s'icno\ci was " in full milk," but bocaiiMwe think it wi>er to do what our hands dud to do than "ciy ovor <pilt milk. ' Tho olfoits to establish ,i meat tinning fuctoiy in Wiiikiito liiivo tho beaity i-ympa-thy of the hottleis of this distiict. Tlio stat(> of the loads (though ninth better this wintei) piLMontcd many lioin attending the public meeting litely held in Hamilton. As the committee then formed havo power to add to then number, it is to bo hoped they will hod fit to place upon it a fow JJaglan nampfi, as we don't like to be left out in tho cold. As co-opeiatiou is ceitainly the oidoi of tho day, tho bi-ttleis <>t this distnct should unite .uid foi in a itiiglau Agiicultm.il Socioty. That it would be of miinonse good to the settlon themsehos no one can deny. Lot them have an exhibition of stock, &c, one.) a-year, to be held in turn in \ariotis puts of tho (.•iKttict, and no doubt in many ways wo should feel the benefit. A \eiy «oiioum fire liapponed at Oketo on the night <if the 7th inst. The flax mill of Mr Thomas Wilson was bm nt to the ground. As the building was not insiued, Mr Wilson is a loser to the evtent of at least -tnO. A icwaid of £10 h:w been otteied foi the committal of anyone having sot the mill on fiie. When last ween by tho nienibeis of tho family it w;is all light; ne\t morning the building wa<» found to bo burnt down. About 10 o'clock the fame night a large firo was seen burning fiom Itaglau, a distance of iivo miles. And no doubt tliat wan the time tho mill was consumed, but in what manner no one can tell. (Jrcnt sympathy ia felt for Mr Wilson in his loss thioughout tho district. " Comparisons are odious " they say. Ono not them county tinder the Local Bodies Bill gets £500. Raglan i« to get £450. The former woiks thft Counties Act, and got tho last two yoarH £0000 each year. Ragjan hung tho act up, and gots next to nothing. Kurthei comment would bo thrown away. Tiuly, wo might just as well have had a good load to Waikatoas not. The bea is now very rough, and equinoctial weather htw net in. — (Own Correspondent.)