TE AWAMUTU.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4272, 23 July 1875, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU.

[FROM OUR TIiAVELLIXIr REPORTER.] Per thee, who, mindful of the unhonour'd dead, Dost in those lines their artless tale relate, I If change, l»y lunely < octemplation lei, I .Some kindred spirit shdl inq -ire thy fate. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Sotne/r.M'i menv-r.al sti'l erected nigh, \\ ith uncouth rhymes ;«nd -hapelft.ss sculpture deck'd. Implores tke passing tribute of a sigh. —Gray, Progress of the Township and Set Scene ia the -raveyard.—A Monument Ilequired.— A Tribute of Admiration: being a Striking Contrast.—Public Hall.—J.Pi Tryui* to Improve Hotels.—Telegraphic Keform Wanted, &e., Jcc., &c. For some time past this township has been gradually increasing, and when the roads are better, the settlers will be able to get timber. It is expected that great improvements will take place ere another year is over. The two hotels are gradually getting finished, and it is to be hoped they will be conducted in 3 proper manner. The J.Ps. refused to grant licences to the proprietors of the two old buildings called hotel#, and stated from the bench that licences would only be granted to those who kept proper places for travellers rc<}iiiringaccoimnodati"n—not drinking shanties. This has given great satisfaction to the settlers. When the hotels, public hall, Wesleyan chapel, «ic. t are finished, this township will have quite a different appearance ; and, what is better, there is room for a tailor, bootmaker, brewer, miller, &c. r i lie post-office is in the centre of the township, anil is surrounded by a tlower garden, kept by the worthy postmaster, Mr. Bennett, who has also erected a feed-box for the convenience of those who bring horses from a distance, which is taken advantage of by many. The (Jeneral (lovernment deserve creditiu the post-oflicc appointments throughout the Waikato and the province. Whereever you go into any township and enquire for post-ollKe information, travellers and settlers always meet with civility and attention. The following gentlemen deserve more thau thanks for their uutiring energy displayed during the time of the last panic; they were always at their posts, night aad day, viz. : —Messrs. Keynohls, Cambridge 5 V. Roberts, Alexandra; J. Bennett, Te Awamutu ; Jam- k Taylor, Hamilton; and W, 11. S. Aiekolls, Newcastle. Telegraphists labour under many disadvantages, one <»f which ought, certainly, to be iltered ; it .? with regard to Sunday work. Throughout the out-settlements of New Zeaand, the hole of the telegraphists have to >e in their Miiccs in the mornings. Every>ne knows wiiat few holidays they have* W hen othtis are out pienicing, pleasuring, risitiug, iVi-,, they are obliged to be at work, ike sentinels always on guard, except for a jeriod of *I.M-p. Then, surely, the least the mblie can do is to allow telegraphists in the iut-»ettlei:.e its liberty from workonSanday nornings : ilie Government Unow how little hey are t * juiied during that time ; the time pecilied ir\ rh - evenings is more than enough or the u iiitt of the settlers. By allowing his wn.! - ;nd injustice to be remedied, >o*tiuu>t ■!> would be able to visit their tlends, A.. ~ from Saturday evening till : und;iv 1.11:lt. bringing joy and pleasure » many ' :i. . No one but those who are ontined 1 • -:i- ; lace or house for years, will >e abic t • -:ate the desired reform. In tli. • yard here, are buried the .lienbra :. 4 li« i at Orakau, &c., oetijiv..l Ifi-iie space, but the wooden ead-'' ' . by comrades, friends, i« ih • rs. .Mas.nie society, &c., are i-t ;»ud very soon their names will .v, .. fh re they rest, under the soil, -1: .l • ri«>:s, who died fighting for this u 1. :. . ii.t; are their names and deeds v a: If so, it will be the basest They risked all—their lives; on of news szc Supplement)

What more <ould they, giro! Will the people of >'cw Zealand honour their memories 5r not by having a proper monument erected, wo that posterity can sec a memorial to those who took part in the above historical struggles. The be: t site would be at Orakau, in the centre of t e ruined pa. Before the 65th Regiment left New Zealand, the men subscribed, and loft a memorial to the memory of the Maoris who died lighting at Rangiaohia and OraUau, and which can bo Been at Te Awamutu. What a contrast!