RAGLAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8054, 12 November 1906, Page 2

RAGLAN NEWS.

iinuknn lib 11 v. From Our Own Correspondent. Mr Forsyth, bridge inspector, and a party of skilled workmen in the service of the Koads and Bridges Department, cau.e to Kaglaa via Whatawhata on Tuesday, to complete tho erection of the Opotoru bridge, the contract for which has been cancelled. Several of the piles are b.dly driven and will have to betaken out. A steamer is to be brought here for use in connection with the stonework of the approaches and up-to-date applianoes will be used to expedite the completion of the structure. A good few farmers went over to Waikato to attend the show. Messrs Schuackenbarg and Ihomson had a mishap at starting through the horse shying, the vehicle iu which they were driving oeing overiurnel »nd smashed. Both oocupants were thrown into a soft place, among the fern, and got off with nothing worse than an unpleasant Burprise. Mr H. Coutts, of the Government Valuation Department, is travelling throughout the district, making a revision of the County valuations. He has almost completed the Karioi and Whaingaroa ridings. Sjme little interest is being taken in the election of a Town Board for Kaglan. The nominations are due on Saturday, .and the polling (if necessary) takes place' a week later. Dr. Senders and Messrs W. J. Smith, Eutherford, Sando, John Watkins, Middlemiss and Green are probable candidates for the five seats. A large area of land is being got under the plough in various parts of the district, and improvements are especially noticeable on the farms at 'i'e Mata and 'Je Uku. The development of the dairying industry is giving a fillip to farming operations in the vicinity of the factories. Prior to the sitting of the Court last week Mr H. VV. Northcroft, S.M., received an anonymous letter setting forth various reasons why a recipient of the old pension should not be granted a renewal, l'he 5.41. stigmatised the action of the writer as contemptible and un-British, and said he should like to discover his identity, l'here were a good many people in the Court at the time he referred to the matter, and if the writer of the anonymous lettei was present he must have smarted under the sting of Mr Northcroft's remarks. The local A. and P. Association met on Saturday to discuss the proposal to erect combined showgrounds and saleyards at Kauroa. It was decided to mike an effort to raise money by subscription auiongst the farmers to supplement the amount voted by the association for the yirds. Kav. Mr Carr got out of his buggy at Okete on Wednesday to talk to the Messrs Wallia for a minute, at Mr E. Wallis' residence, when his horse started off, and upset the vehicle, which was considerably damaged, though the animal itself was unhurt.