RAGLAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6816, 21 September 1883, Page 6

RAGLAN.

Is- your issue of the Bth instant a erfr dent writes complaining that t'' pCB " contractor does pot run a vehicle 40° P fox the conveyance oi the mails here- g!ia l.ng to contract. He also states tha**" road is in a very fair condition cou«i<W '" fc " is winter time," &c. Now, | bea to „ ® K diet that statement., as far as the cr aT'™' of th<? road is concerned. In somp 5011 the Raalan-Waipa road it is almost ac£! Ci sibihty for such a vehicle as a few VcK*' coach to be conveyed: over it and r Ti , led week the man who carted the si ,7 y: effects from the Kawhia R oa d tw! tCi " had, three hors-s attache! to a sn£?s ii: preferred to return to Raglan wSf; ? ra ?. empty dray, leaving it in Hamilton qaeuce he said, oi the stat, of M, Several influential person have been in* lug themselves for some time in a grant from Government foe tie ! the Eaglan.Waipa R„ad, tteef jt my duty to say that the road is'n i? bad state pt repair, and the Govpf-i/ 7 could not spend money in a better w^Tf : m reyamng rt witboat delay. J ifcaa n ■'" f Government steamer Hinemsa ,v this harbour on Thursday and Fridv loth and 14fh insts. She bfnm/iif for the erection of beacons, they were being fixed up. There beacons to mark the channel so thA« Y cin enter at rneht. Thi* i= , long teifc herefand, of course h retard the pi ogress of feha a- \ *° nmm. U J** n ti e w he " tet Came the same positionTh? Z " reported at one time tint ui, '< , L as considerably. It is only a few a. .steamer was prevented entering at « owing to no. good landmarks, and Ae the' fore took the Raglsa passengers c. to h f 3 u WGuld not ha « h,l,l £ d had the beacons beeu there then Mr. Lewis, the Chief Rabbit went through the Eaglan D.etnet 0 s nesday and Thursday,, for the pn,-po«e nf reporting on the rabbit, nuisajre- Hp J, accompanied by Mr. T. B. Hill, who k fio « law run of the bunnies in this put Auckland, and sub-inspector Oldham Tr?found very few rabbit,-, and Mr. Lewis vL apparently satisfied that Mr. OMbam hid nearly cleared them out. The M-ors ccn plain bitterly of the loss they have sustained iu the death of a. number of their wfcicb have been eating some of the poiseiTiaij for the extermination of the rabbits. I hear 'hat they inteud making a claim on. the Govtrament for compensation, There is a rumour that the Messrs. S*mN h01m.3 and Russell have applied "to "ttj Government to assist them in formic." 5 rail, way from somewhere about Churehilf (on the Auckland and Waikato Railway), to their station at the head of Raglan Harbour Ehis line, should it be formed, would open ip a extent of Government land lyinf ill along the proposed route, \chi;h is ray leavily timbered, and valuable on that iccount alone. It would greatly enhance ;he value of the land, and I am told that the government contemplate opening up a part >f that coflntry under the "Homestead Act." This line would accommodate the Waiietoni: DeoplOj and would be convenient for Ranlan, te Mata, Ruapuke, ami Aotea, It would probably be extended to the Kawhh Tara. ihip. It is to be hoped that the rumonr will jrove a true one, and that the Government ,vill assist the promoters in their enterprise. The telegraph Wife is expected to extend 0 Raglan Township ere long. The Waikato Steam Navigation Company rave a boat on the way out from Glasgow for he trade 011 the West Coast. Tfi.ey intend ;o make Raglan, Kawhia, and Waitara their rading stations.—[Own Correspondent, Sep. ember 17.]