ORMONDVILLE.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XII, Issue 2274, 23 April 1889, Page 2

ORMONDVILLE.

(Z?y Our Special Reporter .) GENERAL ITEMS. 1 am sorry to say Mr G. Grant suffered a severe loss at his sawmill on Saturday. A heavy gale was blowing all day, and fire was consequently raging in all directions, damaging a great many places more or less, but the worst was at Grant’s where it burnt several chains of tram, and the Lollies on them. Severul logs lying to be cut were destroyed, and, what is worse, and most difficult to replaco the “ shoot,” used for conveying or rather conducting the logs from the edge of the bush down the steep face of a cliff to the mill has been very badly burned. Per haps it would have been better if the shoot had been wholly burned away, but it is only burnt sufficient to necessitate its being replaced and the labor to remove the remaining portion will be as difficult and as costly as the making and putting in position of an entirely n w one. All things put together, Mr Grant has be< n very unfortunate lately aud he has the sympathy of the residents in his misfortune.

“ Once upon a time,” before the new School fence was erected—which by the way is a very nice one and reflects credit on the cotractors—there used to bo a track across the school ground and Railway reserve, used for the purpose of making a short cut to the Railway Station. Now, when the question of the aforesaid new fence was being discussed in Committee, one of the gentlemen very wisely suggested that a swing gate be made to allow whosoever wished to cross that way, to do so. The idea was thought good, and the gates made accordingly, but strange to relate, this was no sooner don 3 than somebody—perhaps Mr Maxwell—discovered that the wires on the railway fence were loose enough for anyone to get through, and then in “ doublequick time, the gang was there with some new barbed wire, and have fixed it up with a decided “ No-you-don’t” kind of a look about it. However, I believe something will be said at the next Town Board meeting, and till then we must avoid the Chevaux defrisc.

There is considerable excitement over the School Committee elections. There is sure to be a severe struggle for the position. Lot us hope the best men will win.