"OUT EAST" NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8, 9 January 1914, Page 3

"OUT EAST" NOTES.

(By Our Travelling Reporter.) The railway connection between Pohoktira and Whangamomona is now made by a large carriage, wliich is a great improvement on the old "dogbox" recently in use. It is expected, given fine weather, that the Railway Department will take over this section of the line at an earlier date than at first proposed. Police Inspector Wilson, Wangamii, is on a visit on inspection. He will, no doubt, go into the question of accommodation. There is no doubt that the police quarters here are not what thej should 1)0. It is becoming evident that the Jus, tice Department will soon have to consider the holding of a Court in Whangamomona. A monthly sitting would suffiice to start with. The (minion here is that if one is summon ed for a minor misdemeanor he will no', go to Stratford for trial, the expense outweighing the benefit the Court gives him for appearing.

This town is destined to bo a centre of a largo district, and the Department might just as well now take tin hull by the horns and erect Court premises which shall bo adequate for tin next twenty years.

The streets in the township are now dry but show signs of having oner been wet. It is sincerely to be hoped that at.their forthcoming meeting the ratepayers of the Central Riding will come to some satisfactory decision on the question of metalling. The Patea River has now got down to the usual summer .level, and in sympathy the stream hero has also dropped well down in its bed—very different to the good body of water going down the bed in the wet season.

The railway works are now in a forward position, and very few men are to be seen working in or near the township on the line. The station building, quite an imposing structure, is now completed with the exception of the platform, and the goods shed is also finished. The cattle yard fences are now in course of erection.

A somewhat striking piece of the station furniture is the erection for'the water tank, which is very tall and of substantial build. Presumably, it will be "topped off" with a big windmill.

Two nice-looking bridges are goiwz up just past the station. What with road and railway bridges Whangaiho:;iona will well deserve the title of tlm Town of Bridges. The Ohura Road in the first mile pa t the railway station is in a pretty bad state, ruts and hills and hollows, being very much in evidence at certain points. ' ;

Our Own Correspondent recently arrived back' from a pleasant holiday spent in Christch'ureh,' aigj looks will and happy." The town 'is not remarkable for the great extent'of its flat laiul, but up t'o now nobody ha*s thought of building his residenco up the bill at all. An exception is Mr W. Pe'rrott, for whom a house is being limit in a fine liijh posit loir just above station.

Mr J. Walker's new residence at Kohuratahi'iias jnst been completed. The road rhroiigh the Tangaralsaii Gorge is now,open again and is in bettor condition than ever. Tom Moore has not yet made a fortune with his Olinra coach, hut is gradually building up a good busiuess. lie took a fair risk in pioneering the service and deserves substantial ultimate success.

Wliangamomona is still sore about not being able to secure a resident doctor, and the whole question will be thoroughly discussed on Monday, January 26th, when the annual meeting of the Medical Association is to be held. Messrs Parsons Bros., of Kohurata'hi, have sold their farm to Mr W. FT. Jones, of Cbristchurch. They intend taking up fanning again in the Bay of Plenty district. A farewell evening was held at their residence on Now Year's night, and a very jolly time ' was spent. Mr and Mrs Jones will settle permanently about the beginning of march.