PAEOA NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10020, 6 January 1896, Page 6

PAEOA NEWS.

[FKOM OCR VK CORRESPONDENT. ] \ Paeroa, Saturday, PAERO* was the ene of great activity to-day crowds \f up-cou vy residentanaving passed through inrouteH their hon/es. The loig spell ollae weaker appears to have broken at lastAssevepl heavy showers have fallei to day, The win is very much appreciate! in PaercA esnfeially as the water in the varitus tanksyas/ettingvery low. On New "Year's By/Miss Wick, eldest daughterof.Mr, H. I t'ick, of Paeroa, was married to ftr. Aupt Rrutzer, of Sydney. The ceremcmr waierforined in St. Paul's Church by tic BJ- F. G. Evans, in the presence of ok es'dingly largo number of friends of the lap/ couple. The bride was attended by four Iflesmaids, namely, Misses Flora Wick (sisteff the bride), Cock, Cooke, and Wicks, whil|essrs. liusli, B. Moore, J. Vuglar, and G. IJlis acted as groomsmen. Handsome bouqijs for the occasion—the gift of Mrs. J. McAnlew—were carried by the bride and bridesMds. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Krutzfleft for Thames, en route to Sydney ancf*ere followed by the best wishes of a law circle of friends. It is understH that on Monday next operations will licommenccd on the Thames side of the r way line, the works to be in oliarge of '. MeAudrew. engineer, who superintended he construction of the lino between Te A 11 and Paeroa. Great indijition is caused here at the action of the vernment in charging 3s per ton on all go* i landed on the new Paeroa wharf, and 1 er ton per week on all goods stored in th? ow shod. The charge is, no doubt, a mot iniquitous one, especially as the Govern)ettt spoiled the use of the wharTes erit d by Paeroa residents by carrying thcrallway bridge across tho rivet at the pointonstructed. It is supposed that the object f the charge is to induce the business piple of Ohinomuri to patroniss the train, Ibp in this the Government will be disappoints as the Northern S.S. Company are preparj for all emergencies, and nave 1 erected a fit store at the Junetiou, which is now the tciinus of all the steamers, From here the siff is carted to Paeroa and distributed, a: that the Government's action will not bdieuefioial as far as the railway is concerned, __