RAGLAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8080, 17 December 1906, Page 2

RAGLAN NEWS.

From Our Own Correspondent. There is a scarcity of labour in this district, and Jdi&culty is experienced in getting road works executed at anything like a fair price. A contract for the apapproach to the Opotoro bridge, on the Ra„'lan side, was adver ! ise', and the three tenders reoeived were all considerably in excess of the engineer's estimate. Mr C. L). Husband has sold his farm at Te Uku, known as " Evans'," to Mr W. A. Wilson, the owner of the adjoining property. Tbe scow Whangaro* sailed for Sydney on Tuesday, with a cargo of 138,000 feet of kahikatea from Messrs VVatkins Bros.'Rig lan sawmills. The mils are now practically idie for of a fresh to bring down the logs. The local paper states that it learns from a reliable source the Government has purchased 13,000 acres of tbe Te Akau block from the Nativvs, The ownership of the . , . —*»tion ij disputed by the Tainui land ii 4 u ftnd u f and Ng itataninga trr es, v who are iu p >s-es&ion, have let graz rights t ) snver.ll Ivir .peans. The area iicludes tho Mmgati clearings, which are splendid pasti-res am ' capable of carrying a great <juantity ofst'ck. The To Mata school children were taken up the harb >ur for an excurßi >n on Friday of last week, iu Mr Bak ir's launch, which the owner g nerously placed at their disposal for the purpose. Tney were landed at Motukakoka point and spent a delightful time. Both the local dairy companies are turn- ; ing out first-class butter, trio grading notes now showing 911 points to the credit of each factory. A man Darned Cairncr 138 got one of his Angers badly crushed whilst jacking logs in Messrs Watkins' Bros, bush at Te Uku. Local farmers are evidently alive to the neces.-ity for tirat class bulls as a means of improving their herds. Several pedigree animals have recently been brought into the district from Waikato. There is plenty of grass everywhere, and all growing crops are looking splendid. So far there is very little blight among tbe potatoes