TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2090, 28 November 1885, Page 4

TE AWAMUTU.

TONS IMriUNEMKNTi. At thn h«t meeting of the Town Board, the •omriii-t-.i()iKTi decided upon effecting some vciy much needed improvement**, such as tho formation iind Kr.nellmg <>f footpaths. Th.it lt-.iduis,' to tliu railway st.ition will bo repaired, 10 th.it it will be possible for two peitom to w.ilk Abreast, a in ittur of imposMibihty at present.

NiK plbuc roi \n. Ono of the conditions imposed by tho GouTiiment upon local bodii-s dcMimg to have .1 pound is to luu- a bo.ud elected upon u lnch .ill charges an 1 to be junitcri in plain fotttT-i, mid >o minutely 11 e^eij' thniif gone into tluit it tiki-> >o\»>ial hundred words to b'jt foith the ch.ir^es accordniff to the schedulu. Thii< of course is \oiy rij{lit iind piopcf, but the unnecessary rcp-tition of so many woidi m\<>l\os n gre.it deal of expense, which could ea-ily be avoided. Letteimg a Ikmhl, I belies p, nH-iitiH the expenditure of £S or ilO, rather a heavy item.

rilK UK. rLNN'R.. Mr O'JJiien, contractor for the tunnel, tells mo his b.irges .ire a. complete -oilc % S3. Hd han built two, \wt!i u diaught when loaded of ten niche-*, and <i ciriymg capacity of from two to thiee ton-*. On the fir-.t tni> from Alexandra they c\ch took two tniH i>f goods <u 'd mi iWmv.il at Otoroh.mg.t took .m additional cirgo of 700 ft. of timber eieli. The tup to To Kiut\ occupies five days and a half, two day-) to Otorohanga, and tlirco and a half fiom theio to Te Kmti. From th il.ittci place, (, r >»)d~. <>nd material ,ne taken to tlic tunnel by sledge. The birges are propelled by poling ami tracking on the up joiirncv, but will bo jirovulcd with onis for the icturn trip. At present the navigation is Hoinevvh.it <>b-.trnctcd by mi.ik*, but .«s tlie uver lo wcism tlio summer they will be roinovedr Dynamite will l>e used where nece^ary. The natives will find the advantage of Mi O'Di ion's enterpn^e, for the only highway tli.it e\i->t-> i»t pre-.i.'nt into then countiy will be innde navigable both sumuior and wmtci. The work-4 At the tunnel Will be [lushed on vitfmou-ily dining the -.uuiDiur mouth-, foi wlnle the load 1-. diy every advantage will bo taken to push on tho delivery of plant, &c. At pre-ent there arc only 30 men employed. Tim clunato there is much older than in W.uk.ito ; frost bogin-. oarliei and l.nts Linger than with ih. Tlii>> of coumo 1 h.ivo le.»rnod from enquiries, for I cannot speak of my own knowledge, as I h.ive never been there. But I take leave to doubt the xt.itement that host laits longer than with m, for we have had two fiosfcs within the l,i-.fc few days. Light tht-y weie to be sure, but still front. A ftnv of the more delicate plants suffered slightly.

INSECT PFSTS. The brown bretles which <ire now visiting 1 us in counties number, nrc committing great h.noc in s <>im i orchard*. In ono orcliard almost o%cry tree li.is been stripped of its leavi"', .iikJ «li<»n the /nut treoi «ere all hni^hcd, the beetles jmhl their .iddros^e^ to thu willow ■<. In fact, every (^reon thing is accept il>lo ti thoin ; thoy look upon pe.i/ as an espccul delicacy.

more actm: Tnotur.Fs. In scvenl orchards hero -mine apples trees have suddenly withered and died, and so far, no one cm account for the c.iuse, I was m Mr Farroll's m chard a fowd.iys ago, and he pointed out j, tine young tree just coining into full bo.uin^, but tho leaves middruly withered, and the troo p.ivo evidunci> of dying One jieraon exaininrd one of lit-- tie( -. th.it dif'l in .1 .--iiuil.ir in. inner, and )i<> found tht> tip root had completely rotted a'\ ay, but hi> could find no *i<jn* of any insects or blight of any kind.— (Own C'oiiespond^nt. )

Tnh Bntish tar c.vii t b>> veiy degenerate, dt -"pito tho dun >r.i!i->iny > iF^yt "f ironclads and 100 tou guiii. when Mich fuits li.ne ntill to lio n-coided .it tho fullnwin^ :— The Kingfisher is a vev>el on tho Ea-t Indies etitinti, where she is pulped m the prevention of thesla\e trade. While the steam cutter was absent tl 12 other dny for the purpose of coaling, only one ne.Hnan and an lnterpirter being on board, .1 slave dhowhove 111 sight, and imagining the course to be clen-, «he ilroppjr] anchor. The intci-pio tcr and the ne.unjii, the latter being hidden from view, put oft in ,vi old canoe, and were gieeted with very hostile deinoiwtuitit>ns by tlio Ar.ibs, who j>ointpd then f,'un-. and flouiHhed their swoidsatthe a)))>roachin(< cmoc, but its occupants succeeded 111 di i\ inff fi\c of the Arabs overboard, and on renchms th<> thoic they dis.ippi>.irrd ») the bimli. rin'n tin- seaman, whowMsiill tho tune oxpnscd to the Arab fiif, shot at and killed the etptain of the dhow, and at onco took postc-tirm of a .17 ton \c-isel, which ■was eiowded with sl.i\i-i. The dhow was condemned, tho ->l,\\es liberated, and the. ciitiit, which afti'i wards in\estiK>t<'d tho ciiciiinst.inccs. held that tho Aiab'-> death was perfectly justifiable. Jlrl'atkkk Fokd, the editor of the Irish World, i.s about to be sued by Susan Crallagher— the woman who n« m ith O'liotinrll at Cipe Town when he nmrflcird Carey— for the sum of 2000<Jol. whuli Ik- promised her, she alle^m, at the time of the trial, in consideration of the " \aluable aid " .she rendered the lawyers etitni'-ted w ith the defence. Koid denies the promisi 1 ; and as for the sen ices of which she ipeaks, ho points out that «hp ■was not railed upon to i»i\ c CMdence at the trial at all, it having been ascertained that wlnt she had to .say would rather damage than benefit the prmorier, so that tho money spent in bringing her from the Cape was a dead losa. Miss Oallaqlier, how<'\fr, iiiHiHt'i upon ha\ing her share of the £10,000 collected for O Donnell's de fence, or, failing that, upon knowing what he has done mtli it. Mr Ford refines to iie rjwstioiml on tlie subject with <ia lofty an assumption of dignity as any French Minister of the Interior might be supposed to put on if an im pertinent deputy asked /or particulars as to hi.s mode of disbuising the Secret ►Service Fund. "It would bo practically giving information to the British Government," via* his reply to the rather presiing questions of <i New Yoik journalist, "if I were to say how the money was used. No ; I cannot tell you bow it was expended, except to say that it was used for th« good of Ireland." It is to be presumed that the servant-maids who subscribed the money will consider

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