TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2052, 1 September 1885, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU.

Ir h with regiet that I announce tlic death of Mr Willi im Kloyd, eldest sun of Mr U. Floyd, nf Nspirotn. Tin 1 deceased, who was a fine promising young man of twenty three, was confined to his bed only twelve days. The cause of death was, I believe. fc enteric fi'\?r. As his was a lnemuer of the volunteer c\n ah y ho wan buned with military honour", the whole of tho ci\.ilry being present m niuforin. Tin bind, nuclei ls,inrlma«tei Hibley, met the piocossion just outside the town, and played the Dead M.irch in '"Saul." Thj u>u.d \olleys were fired by a filing paity of twelve of the cavalry. The funfr.il was the largest that lias evor boon Keen heie since the w.u, there being between tin eo and foin hundicd in tho pi oces-uon, besides a laige uuniber who were waiting nt the chuiehv.iul. The service wus read by the IJev. .Mi Hution ii\ tlio absence of Mr l'lnlhp-*. The most heartfelt sympathy is felt foi the beieaved family, mote especially as t>o\ie miMiibt rs of it sire now ill with thes.uir) complaint. Several persons ha\o been up to ->c • tin* hill tin otigh which the tunnel is tohoml. The object of the visit w. is to see the native of the coiintiy and to see what coit of road could be made. The result of the tup, -foi Home -will Imj that they will not tendei foi the carting of tho material, the intuits of theconntiyas well as the stringent tondi dilions impoxed fi i^hti-mn^ most people The country is \ery loii^'h inileed, and it will co<tt ii largo sum of money in lo.id making iilono bifoiu the caitmcr can l>e undeitaken. Jfc would h i»c born 1-ss e\ j)t-nsi\e to ha\e watted until the line wis hiiHlied either to th« tunin-1 or nun it. Ko harm would have been done by waitincr, for theie is no immediate neccsnity foi the line. At the piesent late of jjuinjc the n.tti\n land will be acnimed for Lurnpcaii Hi'ttle- | ni'-nt to\v.irdsthc clone of tho next centuiy; until that iaeffectcd there willbe no trnfHc on the linr, and wo nh.ill seethe spectacle of empty trains both ways, nnlevi the Xl Dorado or El iJurad >s t!iat we hear of occasionally, turn outtx beHomething more than mythical. Tho unknown always po-isesHcs great attractions for people. Ohmeumri, l'aeroa, and To Aroha, were supposed to contain mine.s of untold wevlth, but whon worked yio'ded very difft rent return* from what were expected. However, \ery few can Hay much as yet as towhothor Jtimgitoto and tho Tuhua aro auriferous or nc'i enough in other metalx to pay for workuv? it. It is .«aid hero that » party of Auckland men luve cot permiswon t<> pi ospect tho country. ThU would lead one to believe tho \Vangan::i men have prospected as much as they want, and that they h.uo given it up as lmpelr**, or th it a httlo quiet |M;gt;ing out has been going i»n. Let us hope tho latter. At any rate, it is c\ ident they have got all the information they want, and now pcnniH«iou lias goneroiwly been given to people at tins end to toy the country. At tho It M. Court last week a few debt cases were d sposed of. Tho c.lso against Mr ( J. Ximl f< r assault was dismissed. On the li")th a irnn named John O'l'rien \»a-< fined '.]< lor dinnkenuess, mid 20 « and coits for ir.ilie ons injury to a. window nud s ish, the pinperty of the (lovuinnient.— (Own C'orrmp<tu<l' (it.)