WHATA WHATA.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 671, 30 September 1876, Page 2

WHATA WHATA.

Rouse up, Rome up, my merry men, the b»d weather is nearly over, summer is approaching, we may say Christmas is at hand. Yet, Whata What* cannot boast of a Church, or public builiiioar of any kind thut could be used at a school and place of worship. Last summer the matter was well discussed, and a subscription list mado out, which tnninounted to about £40. There wan »oruo little difficulty about a piece of land, tut £5 would at that time hare bought an allotment suitable in every way. Iho mutake we have mida hitherto, is, that oar ideas are so ojUensiv, a building wo could have had long ago, built at a wchonl, and nMi'laule i\stv church, to all denominations, and ruffi<:ient for the rcqui enieuts of the district fur > ears 1o come ; but no les* than a building to cost £150 would do, and of course we failed completely. Lot m, now the fiuo weather is approaching, unite in this allimportant work, and get a t>uildmg up, so that we may yot roceive a little benefit fr 'm the money wo ba»e paid no regularly to the Education Board. Sickness set mi to be ' it.. vailing generally among tho natives in, and around Whoti Whaia, principally coughs Ac, owing no doubt to tho season of tho year, and their nretched dwellings and mode of liviug. It it well known, however, that the majority of maori ailments, could at tho outset bo cured by a few doses of medicine, judiciously . given At it is, in every case, the natives have to tend to Hamilton, and pay for the drugs, and in many cases they have not the means to do this. The following is an instance, Mr Andrew Barton, of Karaharihi, has recently b9en rery ill, and being perhaps not in a position to pay five or eeren guineas for me iical advice, he applied lo tho nearest Nativo Medical Officer who enme from llagUn, fifty miles, and over the famous road to visit him, and who, of course, couM not stay long. Surely, it is not to much <<> ask that out of the many Native Officials distributed over the Waikato, a few should keep a stock of simple drugs &.c, and disj ence them when applied to. I cannot conclude without saying that there are some European ladies, in the Waipn district, who have done more good for the natives thaa nil the Native Officials put togotber. Ib/y have found out cauies of illness,' visited thtm, sent for medicine, and given them food until they recovered. This they do, and expect no reward, whilo -w«, the nobler sex, oontent ourselves with looking sharply after the native lands. P.S —Since writing the above I learn that our fellow settler, Mr Fitzgerald has taken unlo himself a wifemore power to him. I believe other matrimonial arrangements are contemplated, but no doubt are being postponed until a church is opened bora. !