Untitled

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 3, 7 May 1872, Page 2

We have been informed that the question of the i making of a road between the Waipa and Raglan will he brought under the notice of the Hon. D. McLean, on his arrival in the Waikato, when, we .trust,, the vexed question will be solved as to. whom the gentlemen entrusted with the work is to look for instructions, whether from the: Hon. Mr. Orrnond, Minister of PuMic Works, or the Hon. Tamati Mauwhiri The line of road hadi been, marked out from KarikariM, William. Barton'sSettlement, on the Waipa, to. Waitetum, ooi the Raglan side, and a survey of a portion, of it completed by Mr. Campbell, when the- work wa* suddenly stopped by tka Resident Magistrate. ,, * orders As we- are now credibly informed thai theiiativ.esresiding beyond the conliacated boundary are daily expecting, a visit from His Excellency the Governor and the Hon. D. McLean, Native and Defence Minister,, it may be as- well for the settlers iu this district to take advantage of it, and bring under the notice of the Hon. D. McLean the. advisability of nrivinc them a small shard iu the Public Works a o an:l Immigration Loan.. Every settler in the district mv.sb recognize the great want of a bridge over tho Waikato River at Ngaruawakia, and the throwing open of the Government lands, in and. around this township, for sale at a moderate-rate, for,, disguise the fact as we may, fully one-third o£ the buildings I are put up on Government land, and their removal liable to be ordered at a short notice. No-doubt the settlers in and about Htuuiltca, Ca-mbridge, and ! Alexandra, will be prepared to receive and welcome I His Excellency the Governor on his visit to the i Waikato ;. but they must not forget that it is-before I his] responsible adviser, who will accaaipauy. him \ that their wants or grievances must be laid, aad who we may be from his well-known urbanity, will listen to and give to them, every consideration and assistance. We may be allowed to apologise ! to our readers for not going more rally into the

advantages likely to accrue to this district by the visii of His Excellency and the Hou. the Native and Defence Minister, but we trust that they will bear in mind that we are but newly bom, and tnat we must look to them, to a. great extent, for those supplies of general information which will enable us to- advocate then , views- and wants. The Cambridge Cavalry Volunteer Corps, we observe by advertisement in another column, meets for parade on Friday next. The corps now numbers some thirty-five men, and has so far been very successfully started. It is expected tliat a consideri able addition will shortly be made to the numbers. 1. The men. are, in the meantime, to be armed wish j breech-loading carbines and revolvers, and ii has ■ also been decided to- apply for swords.. The Gharybdis r schooner, chartered, by the i W.S.N. C0.,-to load" a cargo of wheat at Lyttelton, I for the Waik&to Heads, arrived at the former ! place on the 4th Lust., and is expected to complete I loading and sail as above in about nine days.

We have received a letter from, a correspondent j complaining of our having omitted to notice theper- ; formance of the violinist at the recent entertainment at Hamilton.. W# are sorry for our neglect in this respect, but trast the gentleman referred to>is not so indignant aft the writer of the letter. If our correspondent is so cruel as to compel us to take cognisance of this part of the programme, we mnst remark, in order to retain our name for trutfulness, ] that in many respects bin performance was faulty, j "We have been shewn a sample of pearl maize j grown in this district. It is from this that the celebrated corn-flour is made. Tt is a question, for the consideration of our farmers, whether its cultivation would not be a profitable industry, as the consumption of corn-flour is now very great. We shall take steps to. ascertain the market value of the com in the home and colonial markets, in order to furnish those who may feel inclined to undertake its cultivation, with this necessary piece of information..*