HUNTLY.
Thb Flax Industry.—Owing to the dullness of the flax market, and the consequent unramunprative prices obtained,_ Messrs Gould and Oldham, of Ohinajwai, intend closing down as soon as they are through with scutching what flax tbey have on hand. This has already thrown a number of men out of work, most of whom, with the instincts of thoir class, then make a bee-lina for the nearest pub., and idiotically booze away thoir wages. One of them had to be taken care of last Friday by Constable White. He gave his name as Sheehan, but is generally supposed to be Mr Jerry Shine, whom some members of the police have reason to hold in careful remembrance. He was charged before our local J.P. with druDkonness and fined 5s and costs, which he paid. Railway Siding.—The railway siding leading up to Messrs Ralph Bros, new mine, which was commenced about the latter end of last November and abandoned about Christmas time, is still in statu quo. As I stated before, it completely cuts off communication between the road and station for horses and vehicles, and is somewhat awkward for pedestrians—a condition of things not altogether nnlooked for by those having business relations with the Department. As a matter of fact, the Messrs Ralph had to pay to thß Commissioners the sum of £470 before they would give instructions to have the work begun, and to-day they are still obliged to cart their coal to the old loading stage, and from present prospects will have to do so for some time yet. The long suffering of the British public is historical, notorious, ana is far more creditable to its head! than its hands.
Rangiriri Riding.—The residents of Wairangi are moving in the mattet of havng the Rangiriri Riding of the Waikato County formed into a Road Board. Should their proposal include the whole of the riding, it is probable that they will meet with support from residents in the other parts of it, as there seems to be a widespread feeling of neglect on the part of the County Council towards this part of it.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3059, 23 February 1892, Page 2
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353HUNTLY. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3059, 23 February 1892, Page 2
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