ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2126, 23 February 1886, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

■Ten men of the Armed Constabulary and » Sergt. have left tins station for Kawbia, where they will be employed on Go\ eminent work's in that district. | r With the usual procrastination nothing has yet b'^en done to the approach to the | Whatawhata bridge," so the soil through the late rains is being gradually washed away. Had it been attended to at onoe, * man with a barrow could have put it right in a couple of hours, but I suppose thut would not suit red tapeisin. As long as a passage remains let it rip until a big job is required with tender?, &c. So goes the ratepayers' money. Now that the wet weather appears to be fairly set in, that long neglected work, the repair of the Alexandra bridge, has been determined upon, and the tenders are out for the work. A good deal of disappointment has been expressed here at Capt. Speedy not having seen his way to give a leoture here on his Abyssinian experiences. There are a few of the old hands here who still remember him while doing duty here, and who have keenly watched his career through the medium of the press. We still hope, however, the Capt. will find leisure to visit us before leaving the Waikato. The native stock sale that was advertised for Friday last, at Kopua, was unavoidably postponed in consequence of the inclement weather, rain falling heavily the ' whole morning. The native potato crops, which, were, previous to the laje rwns/Completely .dried up, have now a luxuriant "growth of 'top?. Whether the roots will give a satisfactory return or not I am not farmer" enough to say. With regard to the rail way authorities'intention ti detain the Te Awtmutu passengers » night at. Frankton, no one here credits the report for a moment. It ap- \ pears too wildly absurd for anyone to bo- : lleve. — (Oura Correspondent.'), , ' ;

"Musts Morton »ml Ja«?V»on ,w}l) teft at their matt, Queen-str&»t> Auckland, on Wednesday, the 3rd Marrb, a farm Wfa.r Cambridge, a^ia