NENTHORN

Otago Witness, Issue 1974, 19 September 1889, Page 17

NENTHORN

September 17.~The past week has been conapicu* ous - for . some wet and stormy weather, as , the dwellers in tents at Nenthorn can bear witness ,to. Although no serious damage was done to any of the establishments, whether of iron, wood, or calico, all experienced a considerable amount, of shaking, arid I some of the latter, rents and tears into the bargain. ' Sitting in a tent while a hurricane is. raging, swelliug the tent out to all proportions until itireßembles a balloon threatening to be off at any moment, leaving you and all your household goods exposed to a drenching downpour, is a kind of sensation that must be experienced before it can be fully appreciated. However, the feeling of relief and thankfulness that comes over one when ,the storm dies out and the rain po longer comi's down in buoketfula is some compensation for the preceding anxiety. > The Sweet By and Bye.— Mr J. Dawaon, baker and confectioner at Nenthorn, exhibits a superb bridescake, whichis replete with all the accessories of myrtle and orange blossoms, and finished in tHe highest styje of the confectioner's art. The taste displayed, as well as the perfection of the execution, reflects the greatest credit upon Mr Dawson, and hie cake would be an ornament to any confectioner's window in Dunedin. The cake not being made to order excites the enthusiasm of all the young unmarried ladies upon the field.and it ie reported that they are throwing renewed energy into their efforts of drawing the eligible young men into the net matrimonial ; so let the eligible young man bs on his guard. 1

Ths Eevkbsk Seob — Nenthom is still treated in a stepmotherly sort of way by the Government. The residents bare have long clamoured for telephonic communication with Macraes, but to no" avail. On the other hand they are to get a lock-up, for which they have not clamoured, and for which there seems to be no imnradiate necessity. Nor is this lock-up a new thing ; it is an old one to be shifted from Macraes ; and we raay;ask what right has the Government to suppose that the people at Nenthom are more in need of a lock-up than those of Macraes. The removal of the establishment is a libel upon the good people of Nenthom, and is, to say the least of it, a queer means, of aiding, in the development of the field. Compared with the|telephone, one fails to gee how the lock-up ie to help 01 . the place. It is another caae of asking for bread and receiving a stone , ■ Casting Sheep's Exes.— Our neighbouring counties of Taieri and Waihemo. begin to awaken to the idsa that it is a good thing to have a goldfieldjat their doors and are on the qtd vive. Waihemo has mended and .improved its ways and approaches! to the field, while Taieri has made surveys and calc ilations. It was found Jthat Nenthom could !be brought by a road 11 miles long to the nearest railway station, within four .hours' travel of Dunedin, but the expense would be £600, and that settled jt. The council, in its wisdom, thought and said— actually told the world— that Nentbom was not yet worth an expense of £600. s*hus, while the two countips are casting sheep's eyes at us we are t&atalised by them with visions of what may be, and the Government give us a lock-up when we ask for a telephone.