NGARUA WAHIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1677, 5 April 1883, Page 3

NGARUA W A H I A.

E vsteu has como and gone, and picnic I excitement has .subsided. Our local juvenile sports committee have inaugurated a washing bee. Tin 1 simple funds. are to bo devoted to the purchase <d a boiler and napkins. This is a move in the right direction, as many of our local youngsters require a sound scrubbing. The ad vent of the Salvation Army to Auckland has filled the brethern at ting place with joy. The local captain and the sisterhood will, I suppose, turn out to welcome the strangers. The new company raised from the ashes of the W.S.N. Company has finally taken over Mr Lamb's mill, and rejoice in the classical name of the Waikato Coal and Shipping Company. Capt. Lindsay, the company's efficient manager, has been in town arranging for the building of a steamer of 200 tons burthen. She will be built of steel, and Will ' cost £12,000, and is intended for coasting purposes. Mr Lamb has canvassed Waikato with a view to finding co-operation for a milling and wheat-growing company, and has, I am informed, met with gieat encouragement. In the event of this company being floated, Mr Lamb will be a large shareholder. Tke new residence in course of erection for Captain Lindsay in tho suburbs of Newcastle North will greatly add to the beauty of Cabbage Town. At last the roads are getting formed in this locality. Speaking of loads, I must again call public attention to the dangerous state of the road between Havolock Hill and the soldiers' bridge. If some « means of warning strangers against that way at night is provided we are sure to hear of a serious accident sooner or later. Mr Edgecumbe is ' about to proceed to Port Waikato for the purpose of laying off comfortable fishing grounds for the Waikatos, A bacon and cheese factory is about to be started hero on the co-operative system. Mr Moffit, who has, been suffering from mineral poisoning, is recovering. — [Own Correspondent, April 4.]

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