ON THE ROAD NEAR TENUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 8

ON THE ROAD NEAR TENUI.

V^'V':'/RANDOM; jottings: .-,-,' v'. -,: After Jleaving,.' 'TCohiwai," .Mr.', Too-, good's 'station,-: and'proceeding; about a couple of,, miles up; the 1 valley, tho main' ■road-frbm.'Mastertbn to..Teriui is reached: .(writes ':;.our';-■- travelling; correspondent). Turning to. the: left'the /road- runs along tho well-known- "Blairlogie": station, the property,: of:. Messrs. , Morrison -.Brothers. Till: recently ■ this" estate . was : ,worked' as .one.Tun;:;but ;it;hos: now; been' divided. Theinorthern portion, on which;,'the' homestead':is"situated, l .is 1 worked'.by; Mr... Hubert Morrison. ,' Spine;years ago a' new■ 'dwelliiig'Tose'on;a .commanding site; above thb.'old' dwelling .in tho valley -which was no doubfciiriclined to be damp in'-'winter. handsome .twostory 'building-ris quite, a feature on the landscape,' and ''lit once arrests, tho attention ;6f ;tho ! traveller.; ■'A large', block of:buildings. in; thfl^valley.-.makes it. look quit'oVa busy place. • .::; •;,'.'.;; ■ , Mr..' Hugh Morrison has .taken, the southerri:pbrtiori- of tho run> and has named -He 'has built'- a' very fino;house ;a. short distance from "Brairlogie" -junction— ; wbere the main road divides into % two; both, of : the:'branches leading ;-.toTeriuii,'.: The'.water supply, is obtained''fromi the hills' -in , Mrvr.Liver-'. ton's : -run-:; across < the' valley;.' and, ■ a>' very,; ■abundantVsupply ;it; is -too. • .The , men's house: is also• a -very complete residence, large';and . comfortable, .'with' ;©veryi convenience.' 'Added to'all this,; a good wool-, shed (without machines) and i the'stables give "Awatoitoi"-all!.the .aspect of. an., up-to-date; station;:. -as'indeedyit ; is. . 'Back-from, this place ;and;at; the jnnc-: tion 1 of-the road to.the'.coast; is tho Lang-, dale'.Church—a very pretty building,:tileroofed: arid built,.X: tliink; during .the time that ftho: Key.'. Mr. - Sykes.was.'.in; charge of.'the-Teh'ui■district; .;.Her'e;we see a;con-, siderable.. portion >of .the Langdalo : 6ettlbr •ment; 'a,station-acquired by' the .Government "a ifew/, years .ago, faud;. which . has, become .'one; of''the mpst/success'fuL;ven-; tures.;,;under;:':.the;: land.V.for .'sottlenierit Scheme. :vAco^ired K at: ay-reasonable : pricOj: ;arid; leased ;bn-very advantageous; terms, the settlers':ori'.'it could,hardly;help, doing, well..;.'One'feature about; Langdale, : and' in., decided contrast to '.some other resumed; Restates, -is,'the,classX -of.-'dwellings- which' 'tho 'settlersi.havo-'built.'."-There:are. none .of,-.tho:heraatit^painted l leah-to:'huts--you. in 'sonie-;bf^thb^'settlomeh'ts:which'.l could hame.;.'.These-fbrtOTatb^menihavel/had; -the rising tide: of -the last'.'few'-'years ■ of.; prosperous: trmes, aridv are mthc their ;ldt.r ';:;:■;:' .'•':r-v"-- , Vvl'"' -VV..-! : '!.;.■''"!■

..'.-The'WharearimVEiver-'is the Iboundarybetweeri;'Langdale;and..''lca", station,' the property.:pf:.the'.lato.Eev. J. C.'Andrew;. Since: his-decease; thp'i'statiori':has..'been'; ; diyi ded "among: thpimbmbexs "bf; the; family",-; each^'pbrtiori"being.mow-worketlias;a' sep-' "arato'i-; holding;. 1 iOn' ;.this:-' property rthero. areVmariy,hundreds of:acres;;of.fine flats ' near"' the driver ' whioli-V only";require; the plough;'to" materially increase.their carry-.' iiy 7 . capacity.'"Some time.'agb' ambveriient ..w.as;-'set;bn- I ,fopt j:4ihav,s'i.''lca"; taken oyer 'by; .for ;Clos"er: settlement, but;nothing eariie'of-'it;:;as';it'was*found : .that ; -it'-h'ad 'already.-b^eri'.'cut"'up'by.'tho: '6wrier;:ih;the:iritorests pfrhis-family,.:arid 'surely;: entitled';;to'/first; con-; sideration;»: ''.Itp." 'wool,has; -always;been r known.'as: top ;prices'.iri:.tHp;.; l *a; very 'fine-;, class the' :fon'ridatiori:'',;b'eirig', merino'rams'wliich' were"-'largely./usedVby.: .-Mr; Andrew.:VThe;portion of.thejproperty; %'nHne.coast;'nest to' Castlep6int:;ru'n;,aridi now,.named: the-;"OtaKomo".'station,'"is" "that :W;': Andrew.'fwho '.Had' dis'"' trict. ■ :;;-; ; : ! ;;-:;;:;'i\;:'.;,: "\y-/:''.J*;.:. : -; ! l'