TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1801, 22 January 1884, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU.

A LAMhXr. Ai.v*>! Pool- Te Aw.imutit, how art thou fallen, how art thou aba-ed ! Thou shalt no nioio be counted among the cities of the earth. Thy gieatness, » herein thou weit wont to pride thyself, has dep.ll ted from thee ; thy gloiy "has depai ted also. Take for thy motto " leliabod. Thy young men and maidens, thy sons and thy daughters have forsaken thee. Go, clothe the lemnant ot thine inhabit tuts 111 hackcloth and ashes (if the lateM statistics be con cct it will take \ei y little sackcloth to clothe them, and nothing to speak of hi the matter of ashes to dust them well all round), for according to tho best authouty thy inhabitants jn c 1 educed to fifty ! Joking apait, the public would be misled by the report in The Waikato Tiii'es, and Heiald, of the visit of the lion. Mr Mitcholson to Kihikihi, in which it is stated that Mr Fariell computed the population of this place (Te Avvatnutu) at fifty, unless the tiue facts of the ca«e aie published. The population of Te Awamutu is 2.">4 (the doctor says it will soon be 300, for it is so healthy few die, but many aie continually arriving). Mr Fan ell had not the .'lightest intention of casting a slur on Te Awamutu. He spoke on the impulse of the moment, and meant ~>o houses instead of .~)0 inhabitants. As some people weio inclined to be offended at the statement he assured me he meant nothing di-pai aging by hit. lemaik. He is not tainted with feelings of 1 ical petty jealousy, for the time may come when Kilukdn v\ill be quite a& impoitant as Te Awamutu, and he is content to u ait. and I am sine it has no moie Muceie v\ ell-w lshor th. n I. MIsCI.I.LWI-01/'-i. The visit of the Mmistci for Public Works v\ ill, I am sine, be pioductne of good f( n thodistiict. Theie is every piospect of a goods tiam being mn heio twice or thtee times a week, and now that the haive^t is fast apptoaching settleis will appreciate the advantages of the change. There is also a piospect of those exticmely confusing t.inff cKisies being le-modelled, and much needed icpaiib to loads being made. Mr Mitchelson v\as \eiy much pleased with the appeaiance of the district, and expiessed the wannest wishes for its prosperity, a wish in which eveiyone most heai tily concuis. Some of the flocks in this distiict clipped very well this year. The Messrs ]3osanko had an average of 10j lbs The majoiity of the sheep vvcie bi ceding ewes. — (Own Corlespondent.)