RAGLAN TO WAIPA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 159, 17 May 1864, Page 4

RAGLAN TO WAIPA.

To the Kditor of the >"i:tt' Zkalaxd llkhat.ii. Sn:,—ln to-day's llki:ai.h T jiertc ive that tl:<Government hn.- di-patchid Mr. Tc«!d, Mirveyor, t<. \ 0,>.-n the louf? talked of road between Hamuli and I Waipa. Fiom a friend in Kairlan I huve rewiied intr-Ili-•ri iii-i. hv the last mail that the ifesident Ma-ii-trate, I .Major .Si. (in-or, toL-ether with a paiiy ot'nativ, s ! had just l.tiirned IV<-in an exploring expc dition, l,av- | in- mi,.,■. .led in discovering a iroi>d road, and i avoiding the hiL'h which inteiveiies. | A road from llatilan t<. AVaipa has lon- I bi-en a dcMMeration. and (is tlie eonseirt <.| Die native landowners, and the nur>rodu.->s of the (•■■uutry were the only ran.Kis made lor r, tai dinthe work. I am happy to li am that the.>e obstai li s ,-ue now overcome. The n;di\e< in thai locality hn\e alwavs acied in the nn -t loyal maiim r ; and a* they have' little i he to ,'iepc-nd upon hut the Government, many of tli.-mmi-ht I.e .h. ;.] ly as well as usefully inil.h.y.d in the «ork. Since the apiioiiitment of .Major us l?i----sidi lit .Ai;:L;;siiate, he has uivt-n to both races universal satisfaction. Gloat I'l-ai.-o is al.-odue to him lor his e.M-rti'.ns in connection with the road n-li-rred (o; mid as its forntation will , 0,,|,-,- :11 , ;,„.,)imabl • boon ii jon the inliabiiaiils of J!a-;laii, conin din-, , s it will (In, the rich ili.-li id v( V.'aipa \vi:ii thai [joi;, it is to he Imped that his elhnts will not hi: thwart'd by any übtliuctivi: iudiviiinal. i A Si-.TT1.1-R. I liny Hilh, KSIil. j 1 I