KATIKATI.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1889, 15 September 1885, Page 2

KATIKATI.

; [FBOM OUK SPECIAL ppBKEiS_?O_S.»ENT.I 1..-> „ --; -■- .': 'Jg*A ' J vJt is pleasant tpjeer signs of progress 1 anywhere, and doubly so in our immediate neighbourhood, aud so tho various signs of prosperity throughout the entire block must be gratifying to everyone who wishes the district well. The settlers seem to have act to work iv real earnest this year, and judging from the amount already dohe, I erpeet a large increaae^ to -the- area air h ready in pa»turq„ and many other improvameuts effected before the close of the season. '-->•-■ - t^w.-'" 1 .' Mr B. V. Surtees, as i usual among the first to begin operations, has laid down a good looking paddock skirting the mfcin road in oats iowm withy English grasses. A farm in^posseir 1 - sion of Mr Charles Kelly, bordering , on the Tahawai river, has been fiiucli improved by -the. erection of a nub- A stantial barbed wire fence, and the laying down in grasses of a portion of the enclosure. At the Uretara our energetic local contractor, Mr Gray, has just, com*, pleted the Government Post Office? Although the design pf the buikUng •"• does not show much architectural talent, and the period to- which*' it belongs maybeoneof remote antiquity, yet the work hasbeen well done, and adds to the builder's already wellearned reputation. Mr G. M'Clung has purchased a portion of rich alluvial land along the banks of the Eereatukahia, on which: \ he has already begun operations, and where, let us hope, prosperity awaits him. It would be impossible to enumerate ali the agricultui - al work going on in the district. Everywhere and on al^j sides ars signs of the approacljNflH seed lime, and the settlers seemdetSflj mined not to miss the season. It is reported that one of Katikati'.* best farms, not 109 miles from the Aongetete, has changed hands, and that two brothers well-known on tho block, are the fortunate purchasers. If this be the ease, I wish the present owners every success, and although : regretting as all will the departure of the late proprietor, yet the fact of the farm beiug transferred to residents of long standing must be gratifying to everyone in the neighbourhood. Boads.— The roads throughout the ' entire block deserve a brief notice, : and reflect the greatest credit both on the surfaceman and those who superintend his operations, l>eing smooth clean and free from ruts. Coming events. — Katikati for years past has been particularly prolific in marriages, and this season's catalogue is no exception, tbere being no fewer thau 2 matrimonial alliances to take • place almost immediately; and no doubt many others unknown to the writer, are in contemplation, seeing that "in the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thought* of love." , ... -, „-.," ;-; Papers. —On Saturday la»t we missed our usual mail's budget of your papers, and many endearing epithets were used in connection with, your staff, but the s.s. . Besuit arriving a little later, brought the missing bundle, so the delay was not so very long after all. . ..... Shipping. —There were no fewer than 3 crafts in the river. pn' Saturday last, — s.s. Katikati and cutters Muriel . - aud Victoria. Altogether the wholes : settlement has an appearance of proai s perity most pleasing tp see, which the v recent discoveries at Waihi' will, ripdoubt still further increase. , • Sept. 14th, 1885.