BULLER GORGE NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 15 May 1922, Page 8

BULLER GORGE NOTES.

THE ROADS. — (Our Own Correspondent.) After many weeks of Tain and several i widget Hoods in the Gorge, the A alley : is still minus either frost or snow, ami < oniiaues to show a fine toli ige t)t fresh i ■.•j-een gruss, although one can certainly ( - <• Ihe snow on the higher mountain- ( [ops. The wet weather has not inter- j fere.l vet to any extent with the motor j I raffle, though the road, through water , remaining upon it, lias been allowed to -j rut up in several places. The water ( deposits on the road resulted i rom blockages at culverts. Another roadariking mistake is the removal from the rood of nil stones, the raking leaving onlv fine sand, which the first shower displaces. .Many yards of fivsts ui'dal are raked off and thrown over the side of tin* road, whereas the metal should he broken, ami covered with a coat of fine sand, which would give a road like a billiard table. One might also point out to those in charge of the road that great damage results from allowing surfacemen to pick u;» the solid foundation of the old permanent road along - both sides, instead of filling the ruts with a few loads of gravel, as the method followed causes the c: rs to run off the old formation. Thus the foundation created by many years of heavy traiiie by five-ton waggons is removed from the sides, and so the motors sink in the clay, and make cuts of much greater depths, which ce'tainly cost a lot more to repair. Another mvd Io which I would draw the department’s attention is that of I having the scrub ami the blackberries cut clear of the roadway, as only last , week two cars met in a place where 1 there appeared to be plenty of room , to pass, but, alas, one car, with a number of passengers, sank out of sight i in the blackberries! It had io bo 1 hauled up Ly rop os again io safety, j The other car, which drew in io the ’ blackberries on the opposite side, was I so torn ami disfigured that it had to , be renovated afresh. MOTOR SHRA’H’H. The people of the Gorge have never, j during the history of the Gorge, been obliged ami served with meh civility as at the present, <’:irs (-ail ami deliver ■ aid attend 1 a small requirements in . town with such prompt ne i; s, that one not pay the very attentive drivers of! both firms. COAL. I After many years of patient waiting | j for our Government to complete the few i I miles only that remain of non-completed [railway to the coai.ield, we now see ! Hurley’s coal is being brought by motor I lorry Io Westport .for household use, i ami it is commanding such a demand ] Ihat motor space will not permit of one* * third of Hu' demand being supplied in j Westport. Each load, on arrival, is .served out in separate bags only. DAIRYING. | Owing to the great fall a few months back in the price of butter-fat, several i of the “cockies” thought calves would ’'pay botltr than < ream, so they turned | the ca'-cs on the cows again. Now they me tearing thir hair out, for I while butter lies risen again to a. pay* I aide business, the poor calves have fallen in value. I happened to meet i one “cockle” the other afternoon, ami we were discussing the prices of egg’s j and tie' cost <>f wheal. “Weil, you I sen,” s' id the old chap, “I used to buy wheal and pollard for my bens till it I got too dear. Now I kill four or five I goats a week for my fowls and pigs, Mid they are all laying well.” i Messrs Burley Bros, have secured the services of Stewart ami Strong, paperj hangers ami decorators, to complete the inside work of finishing the beautiful bungalow just (reeled on the hill by them. Dame Rumour has it the cards are on order fflr a double event shortly! 1 must apologise for having misrepresented the “working” bee at the .Junction. 1 should have said drone bees, :s there are no thumbs broken as yet or any sweat lost in the erecting of the public hall! J wond- r if the money collected is bearing interest at the Lank.’ .If so, then, il should be just a little addition to the principle. .1 hope so! SAWM ILL ING. Messrs .Jackson Bros, have added to their fine plant a new four-ton motor lorry to < onvey the t imber to the station. With Ihe Diggers lorry on the road and the enterprising young Air R. Arnold, who has started •*, taxi from the Junction Station, for the convenience of the public, and with many horse conveyances ami .foot pedestrians, on the narrow road from the station to . the main road, it is time this thorough- - fare were widened. Without delay it 1 should be done, to save both time Mid accidents.