RAGLAN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2914, 19 March 1891, Page 2

RAGLAN.

S'lirr-ixi:.—l?!vid'--si.:uT..-nl.,i- tr.nl.T, the I Glenelg,. ■~,■,. haM- hi'! rimiiir:.: hrn: during | |,|,. urf.voiii.iir.lM, Czar Aftri-I ni.iuii'.,' s-v.-r i! 'villi tiiiilinv an:! lr;il : in.' niitorril f".' ill" I'lvi-linn of Mr A. \V:i.:i ' lions.', .'.L Overton. - x' prot:i' .iIM <:;,..- ' : ,M- :,iiV.:i) M ICI--'!e'i. ."livl fl'-'ll [illegible] i: r .. K . , ~,,i T ,. Aotea \ol.M I; .' '" Mir. l.ikinu' HV-aV ; , s':,i:, 1.n.1' :.f ll \ iniin M-ssrs L,,,' : ; v's ir.ii!. li.'in: !■•■■ !ii-L v-,., ;l L, en'. ,■ Hi .t p..it for ii" . ■'.' i -v-iiiity y.iirp, Mr Li Mull, who liapp.'ii. ■'. u 1 1.-.lit Kawhia ■u tbfi tiui" of h-r K'.ii't' ''I ''""''■■. I'll" , -!''! li.'i-in. L'l-.i, a'.....!-: s!i.> 1i:....i.-lit from 10 to 1° th'msand f.ii-'. of tiiiilrr in fur Mes<vs Rendell and Henry, l.miliii" tin: .sum) at the nld v.-li-.rf. Si.'! tlw n proußcdo.l to Kawhia ami iritnninl tu thin 11<.. t with a ciivffii ')f timb.'i- f .i- cottars wliiull Me~s,.s Langley are uoini; to uti'ivi in Iho erection of building licro. On Kiiday uveniiif," iast tin- (iluiiiilcr arrived from ; and on

Saurday iiwrniiif;, just after sunri-e, the wlii-tki s<iiuid-»l, wivitii,' uot : fu that, sin: was abiMt t.i di'-übaiKn earijo. On i: :in« down to the wl.arf (briini; iut.M-est.v.l m relatives on board) no sound was hoard of the workin" of the slfain winch or .nrival of the ,li~ch of uireo from the vessel. lint in lookin.' into tlio >hi;d it w-n (1 :\ to tin; li-U of us. (I-.-: to t'n: left ot u--, bale upon ball-, taliiou' I'], ww'.y tlin whole of the ground snrfaco of the bnildiiiK ni.-tead of beiim pdml up in one. end i.f the shed, so that tho other end would have been available for tho incoming c.irj,'o. In con>equenco of this the steamer after landuur her passengers (of uhieh a poo.! immberc imo) proceeded over to the Te Akau side to discharge oarjjci for the station and Mr Halls flax-mill. In tho meantime the II ix w.« removed from one end of the -hed on to the plat firm outside. In a few l.ours sho retiirnel to tlm whirf, but thine- .seemed still very much astray, a? bfitween the new whai-Cimrer and the steun.-r people there evidently was.souks hitch -o that for a considerable time there was continue 1 dolay. At last the latter proceeded to employ men and landed the carßii on the wharf and placed the same in the she t, doing so at the Council's cost, at, least it is their intention to claim for the expense put to. Whoever may have been to blame in tho matter a Kivat inconvenience both to the japtain of the steamer ai'd tho general public took place, as tho steamer which usually meets with dispatch was delay.'d until late in the afternoon at the wharf, and did not gut away from the harbour until H p.m., -even or eight hours later than she need have been. What in needed is that, a c!e ir definition of the duties of tho whai finccr should be arrived at,for at present all s-'.'ius to bo at sna on the subject.

Cauho. —Divides the usual requirements of tr.nie iind settlers' goods, the Glenelg brought nearly twenty tons of pruss seed for the To Akau station, and n liirco quantity for Messrs "Vernon, Mitchell, Hill, Hargraves and nlliers. Sliu tookfnim the wharf and Messrs Halls' mills nearly threo hundred bales of lUix. Month by mouth the mills uro turning out a steady Mipnly of this fibrw. Show Onion*—lt waii my 'ileMura tlio i)ther dny to neo a thiuu in uniuns. Dr. Bay, of Te Mata, bmight in a very larpe onion grown at Kawhia by Mr Paterson fi'imi 3eed and wpiKliing no less than two and a half pounds. This onion wa* taken from a number equally heavy and one >v.t larger, weighintr threo pounds and a half. This onpcht "to takis tlm cake." Tho former was tiont to Tin: W.mkato Times offico and was shown at the Hurticn'.tiiril Show on Tuesday ovunint?. Lash Salks.—Since writing potuo little tinw ago that Raglan lands were being disposed of, several sales have been elfected by vaiious owners, iirincipallv thronch thoir aptnt, Mr Hill. Messrs Bree )lnn., whose father soino timu -igo soid his farm at Te Mata, being (Ic-irous of reinaiiiins in the district, havboualit Mrs Austin's f.u-in adjoinins their old limn. , . Mr Robinson h..s bought a farm i\.v;r Red Hill, on tho Ruapuke road, and Mr Campbell lms pureliaiH.i the l..t> in Cliff and Wallis-streets. bel■inuiiiK to the lalo Mr lS'-ndoii. K) vine, I lipar, f25 more than was olfeied at the lalo *;•.:<) for the sains. M>>ssr« L-in«lpy have pnrcliased from Mr (iilmonr an allnbm'nt in I'rown BtToi?t and a very valuable lot is now under ->lTer and expected to ehanitu hands shortly, so that it is evident tlr.it there is utill an enquiry Roiiif; on for lands here.