WANGAREI NEWS. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5660, 3 November 1875, Page 3

WANGAREI NEWS. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

WmtoW Limp. — Mr. CJeoige Smith has buincd a a.unple of this supeiior lmie and pronounces it the best ho lias been m this countiy. Having h.id considcuilile uvpciieuuu of the numciona linie-pioducing distiicts at home, he is in a position to pionounce a vet diet on the quality of the at tide No is als>o of opinion that the lime can be pro cluced at such a. pi ice, as to enable agricuN

turisls lo u'o it tin tin n liml, md Urns to some degiee ansuti in tin. |>l iu i>l l>nn< <lu I, wllU.ll is HlipOllid, .Ulil t ollscqUUlf l\ I I continual drain on tlie inonc\ <>l I Inprovince. Too little ittctition is p.n<l lo this ruinous coiusc now puisiied o) nnpoitimj every article we lequne, while we h.uolx' side us other articles that can be to a \uy considerable extent substituted for the imported article, and at the same time gi\e te munerative employment to man) men in out own neighbourhood. A sample of this lime was sent to Otago several years ago by Captain Broderick, and the report on its quality was the same as Mr. Smith now pionounecs Arrangements will soon be made to have tins lime tried, and a company formed to w 01 U the stone, which is in great abundance and has the appearance of white marble. Coal is also to be iound a few chains fiom wh< le the limestone crops out of the ground. Lime is w hat is requnod on many farms in this distiict, to (.'liable tin m to pioduce wheat, which would ayaiu help to stop the diain of our cash — now cai 1 led onto an appalling extent— for the w heat bi ought into our province. Our coal-mines ought also to be encouraged by the consumers, as the amount of money scut away e\eiy quarter for coal alone is enough to beggar any young country, whilst we ha\c an aitiele under oiu feet that would answer many pui poses for which Newcastle coal is now used, and employment to many hundred men could be found if this liuiioub and thoughtless system of wholesale nnpoitation was discouiaged by those who at present thoughtlessly use 'the impoited article — forgetting that, if they only studied the advancement of the country, they w ould endeavour to use what we can produce ourselves, instead of beggaring our country by sending away our money to bung in that which we could manage to do without. Money paid for wages is not lost to the country, but money paid for that which is imported is lost for ever to the country. Thoi c is great truth in the old Scotch pro\ub . " Hair .mil hair makes tho caile bart. " The Good Templars. — The local lodge of Good Templars will soon be a powti that will be felt. It is only ten weeks since the lodge was opened, and now they number ;it> members. The evenings on which they ha\ c met hitherto have, unfortunately, been vei \ wet, otherwise the number on their 10II of membeis would very likely have been moie than it now is. The first night, I hear, they had 10 members ; on the second night they had o fresh members added, making 24 ; and on the third evening they had 12 moic, making in all 36. The brethren arc to gi\ e an open lodge entertainment in a few days, and they will be sure to get a hearty response to the invitations to their entertainment, i would not be astonished to hear that then number i caches 50 members at their next meeting, as several who are to join weic unable to attend iu consequence of the inclemency of the weather. The number coming forwaid to join is far beyond what was at first expected, and the interest generally expressed .shows tli.it a very general feeling of satisfaction pervades the community. In consequence of the success that has attended the iormation of this society, a great many young ladb are coming foi ward ; and it must be very pleasing to the llev. John "Wallace to see Ins oxeitions in tins dnection so w .u mly suppoi ted, and the genei al sj mp.ith \ so nnnmtakeably iavonrable to his fuithui success in the same dnection. A .Si'iu' i\ i in: Itn.fir Dum iton - -Tlu Whanau J'o.ul Board have oidued 1'2-inch drain-pipes, to form a culveit across the Boranui Hill Road. The wooden cul\ erts so often made by the Road Boards get so quickly out of lupair that they aie httlo loss tli in inan-tiap.s uii «ur highways. What with the oidin.uy te.n and weai, and again, with the excavation*! louned by the Hoods, it is often dangerous foi man or beast to pass along some roads after night-fall. But this plan adopted by the Road Board will completely pi event the Hoods destroying the Boranui Hoad in futuie. It would be Avell if othei iiuad Uoaids would do likewise. AcciUKsr. — While Mr. William Haw ken, of M aungatapcre, was catching his horses, for the purpose of attending the Wangaici Cattle Show on the morning of Tuesday, 2o'th instant, the young horse on which hewas lounding up his hoises blued, and tluew Mr. H.uvken, breaking his leg between the ankle and knee. Great sympathy is expressed for Mr. Hawken, as he was married only a few days before, and he w r as to have been accompanied to the Show by Iiir young wife ]^r. Sissons was at once sent foi to attend 'to the sufferer, and the broken limb attended to. We hope the good nursing he is sure to rcccne will soon be rewarded by a speedy reooxeiy. It is a \ ei y uuloi tuu.ite tune ot the yoai for a fanner to be laid aside fiom his woik, and by such an untowaul accident