RAGLAN, November 29, 1875.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 552, 2 December 1875, Page 2

RAGLAN, November 29, 1875.

A? laftt'fhe'long continued btd weather seem* to have come to an end, greaMy fco'ta* satisfaction of all, especially those settlers whos* flocks are •till unshorn. Mr MoLeod of the T*inui run, has not vet commenced opertions, he has over five thousand sheep to shear fhis year. The export of wool from this port will be something contiderable thi>> season. All through the district the grass and crop* are looking splendid, (be late rams having been rcry favourable for growth, but the fruit trees are almost denuded, by .the theavj -winds, of their leaves, and were it not for the fruit remaining on*them, would have a very wintry aspect During the la-t fortnight there hat been qnite a rush to take up land in the blocks thrown open for oecupition, under the WnB/« L*nd Act. Several of the selectors are from the Waikatn, and nil who ) are taken up lind a emuch p!eas»u with the quality and loc-tlity of their selections. There i a still a good denl of land available in the four block*, indeed no one ha* tak^n up any of the 'first class land so far, all being qaite coi. tented "with €CcoiiH class. A new bndgHiM iJhortly to be ereetfd over the Maungakmo Cre^k, on tho Raglan and Wnipit road, t«nde-s» hfrvinsf been called f-»r the work by the Provncial 'oo* eminent. Jt is cerni .ly time this brirlg« was built. »stbe present one is in a very rotten and unsafe «tat', and it. is quite a matter of thinkfu'ness to those who are aware of what a frad reed they are trusting to, when o>e ee'e over tlietridge without coming to fjri^f. From the Wairituna.r»T-r to the foot of the range, the bridges ar« in a most dilapidated condition, the General Government in whose hands the land is, ought'to renew them at once, for it not done ttii« summer, eroding many of the >oreeks will be eiraply impossible n*«xt winter. I suppose we shall shortly pee something df our proposed reprrsenttrt yes. Mr McMinn is very popular in th s district, and 1 behave is veiy likfly to g«*t a block vote he c. However ne'th?r need thii.k they wi 1 get any support whatever, unleoe they proam* to do all they ran, to g^t the r_md made to the W»ipa. — (Fbom oub own Correspondent )