TAIERI FERRY.

Otago Witness, Issue 1838, 11 February 1887, Page 17

TAIERI FERRY.

Febiiuary 7. — The Taieri bridge has now been opeuwl for traffic about five wet- ks. No ceremony attended the throwing open of the new bridge to the public. The contractor' received , liintructions to turn the traffic, and in -that i q net manner the old bridge ceased to be a j cmiitcting link between luvercargill and Dim- i edin. The old structure still stands. It is desirable that the loc'il bodies should have it ratuoved, as it is both an eyesore ■ aud an obstacle to the. river traffic. • Taikri Ferry School —The committee of this school is spending money' on improving th« appearance of the hchool |>y erecting, a picket ! leacn in front of the school building and teacher's resilience.-, It is also fencing in a playground for the children. - ■ Waihola' Schooi, Committee.— This committen mfet on the 29th ult. The only business of importance triusaofr-d was th«- nominating.' of I>r Huslop and Mr James Fulton to the vacitucK ou the Education Board. . waihola Koad Coakc. — The ordinary meeting of tti« board on the . 7th' inst. ; lapsed for want of a quorum, only two' members .besides the chairman attending. . ' ■ Tai «Ri Beach.— A' body has been found on toe Kuri beach': 'It is Supposed to/be that of •ac of the fonrmen who. were' "drowned near the -lawn mouth about two mouth's ago.' The remains were interred on the 7fch inst. Hekley Dairy Factor*. — This ' factory is jo* fairly started. All. the r machinery, &c., is *->rkiu^ smoothly aud well.' The company have ov « 20 tons of cliw*e on hand. , Milk is rec^iveij f ronj the Greytowu, Mauugatua, and Waipor, di s tri c^ , Tfo settlers, no doubt, find tnat it pay s better to cart th»)ir milk seven and eight miles and get 4d a gallon for it than to ju«K« it iuto butter at its piesrmt price — about 0 ' per ptimul. Any vi,itor to Henley having a "Pare hour could not f.p«nd it better thau in visiting ; the factory. Mr Marrs", the manager, is Most obliging and civ.l-iu explaining both the es of the various. machinery employed and the Pr<ioe,ss of cheese making, *'. Your. Own" was ttvjtwl, when paying th* faotoiy a .visit, to taste Wf onpeae, and thonghbertop-9n6fc ; an"espert f I

must say'tbat the article made ia very. good, requiring only age to be a first-class sample.

j Weather.— -The broken weather ha 3 passed ' I away, aud with a high aud steady glads' th** farmers, may -fairly hope to gather their crops in good order, . * „ ", , " .