MORRINSVILLE. (Held over from last issue.)

Te Aroha News, Volume 1, Issue 47, 26 April 1884, Page 7

MORRINSVILLE. (Held over from last issue.)

Messk* Mercer nn«l Alar-*l\siH, con tnrlors for the now railway us Far a< OxW) : have now about seventy in on engage I on formation work at the Oxford end of the lino. Every effort i> hrinir put forth to make t'.io most of the present i''>ir weather, an 1 it is expected that, nu'-t of the earthwork will he completed t'.'.is month. Tin; erection of ihe fouitt-on bridges along this port on of ihe line will llien be pus.ied ahead with all possible c peed, and work will be carried on from both ends simultaneously. At the, present lime, Mr Mercer with a number of men is busily onuagol on what is Known as t.ie Ko 1 bridge, which is to cross t-uc Waitakaruru river a few hundred yards ouihide Morrius\ille. This bri ige has been a troublesome one to construct, being bin It at a great angle, or what is more com uonly termed " askew," every pier being built at a dirYcront angle T.sere being a curve in fie line ju^t here h;is aKo rained extra trouble. Th^ bridge would have Inen eomp'eted lonij since, ha 1 it, not been that the original pi tns submitted, and upon which the estimates and tenders wmv formed, w-iv withdrawn, aud fresh plans issued about two month-* since, by which the bridge lias now to be coiHiu'cted at a great angle, instead of <>n fie square, as originally planned. T iis, of course, h.is given tue contractors a lot of extra labour, and retarded the wor'v greatly. T.ie length of this No. 1 bridge is :>*?0 c t. In tie centre it is 51ft •ii«ove the ordinary level of the river. Tl is U»inq const iiu-tel in seven spans — Foil i- of 4 )ft e.ich, and t.ireeol" 20lteach. The timber is nil he.irt of kauri. The pile* used are totara, and range from 20ft to 85ft in length, some of them being driven 24ft into the ground. This bridge is constructed on what is known as the under-strut principle. The work is now well forward, and will probably be completed in about a month. Mercer and Marshall's contract, viz., to Oxford, is 31 miles. Messrs Mullinger and Brett are making 1 good progress with their work, j Ballasting bas been done as far as Eureka. About 50 men are engaged, and a few months more ought to see the work pretty well completed to Morrinsville if a push is made. Mr Price, of Price and Malcolm, contractors for the station buildings, arrived here with fourteen carpenters from Anckland last week, and has made i\ start on the Morrinsville station Already some 50,000 ft of timber are on the spot. Mr S males, of Oxford, has contracted for the cartage of the timber from Te Arolia landing, and is taking advantage of the present excellent state of the roads by keeping six 3 and 4horse waggons employed carting. Speaking of roads, we may say the road to Morrinsville was perhaps never in so good a condition as just now, and it is to be hoped the new material^ at present being laid down, will have time to thoroughly settle before the weather breaks. Part of the road is being renewed with a kind of half sand half travel sort of stuff, that will not prove very pleasant to travel over in the wet season At Waitoa, one and another of the residents have been improving their property. Mr T. Howe has fenced in his new pry ite r sidence, and we would suppose, j. items from outward appearances, tint all is now nearly ready for the nrrivnl of a p irtner to take charge, we hope Lonp Year will prove a very hnppv one for Mr T. ft. On Thursday evening a tea, got up by the residents iii the respective districts, was given in the Morrinsville seiiool-i-ouso to the Waihou and Morrinsville school chil Iren. During the earlier j j.nrt of the evening the children engaged in foot-racincr, swing*, and other outdoor sports. Tea commenced about 50'clofk, an abmul-'nee of good things being provided. After tea had been cleirid ftwny, the following pioo-ramme was rrone through ; Mr Reuben Parr in the chair :— Pianoforte solo, " Tue Fairy Bnrquo," Mrs Green ; chorus. " The Brooklet," the choir ; recitation, " Somebody's Barling," Alice Barber ; dialogue, " When I'm 0 Man'" nine boys ; soliy, Mr Nott ; recitation, " Keeping hi* Word," Miss Maiy Ann Parr ; recitation, " Launch of the Ship," K. Worrell ; duet, " Who will o'er the Downs," Mi and Mrs Green. Distribution of prizes. Part 2nd :— Pianoforte solo, " The Maiden's Prayer," Mrs Green ; chorus " The Snowflakes," the choir ; recitation, •• The Sunbeam," Miss Eliza Ticklepenny ; recitation, " The clever Pup," Miss Ethel Rowe ; duet, " Dame Dnrden," Mr and Mrs Green ; recitation, " The Graves of a Household," Miss Laura Rowp ; recitation, " I no and U no," Miss Alice Pickett ; duet and chorus, " Greogrnphy Song," Miss Laura Rowe, Miss Alice " Barbel 1 , am J choir; Hialoo-ue, "The Wonderful Mm-hine," W. Tuomas and J. Rowe ; recitation. " Summer," Miss Hannah Thomas ; recitation," I'll take what Father takes," F. Rowe ; recitation, " Little Things,"' G. Smith. All the pieces were really good and well delivered. Without desiring to be invidions, I would specially mention the duetts by Mr ami Mis Green. Mrs Green's sinking was warmly and dcservnWy nppbmdpd, and is certainly 01 a very high order.

Amongst the pieces rendered by ih young folks, perhaps none was better delivered than that l.y Master F. Howe, " I'll take what Fntl or takes," the moral of which was sufficiently plain to gladden the heart of the staunchest Blue Ribbonito present. Miss Ethel Rowe, a Avee tnite of some six summers, fairly brou i?ht down the ! ouso by her able rendering of " The clover Pup." Every piece was of motion, homo; really good. Tho, cuunnitiop piovideil jinzes ior all tio eliildren. some fil'iy i»> nnujber. Tiic moot 11114 closed by s-inuiug the Nalionnl Anthem. J iim very pleaseil to be able to voport t!u\t a iuH-timo school will be started hero on Monday next. Monday, April 21st. A lad named Evans, living with Mr Jo'su U.lTord, met with a sovoro accident on l^riday last. He foil on a to n hook, and inflicted n nasty wound on tho riijlil- knoo-.-ip. Medical ns.sistanco wiih sent for to Hamilton on Friday niuht, but was not procurable until next day.