Opening of the MauricDeville Railway.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1845, 16 June 1886, Page 2

Opening of the MauricDeville Railway.

The railway from Mastertou to Maurice* villa waa formally opened on Monday last and a large number of persona went up, princt* pally from Misterton. A sp-ci;'. train left Wellington early iq the morning, 'ie baa Mr Reynolds being amoug the narMnngera aa a represent line of the Government. The journey by rail beyond M vsterton tillers from the other jut s ..f ttic Valiev. After running over a atreicii of ,mei land the train cut* its way through chimps ol bush and low hills, crossing and lec.ussing the o l ooa -h road, which just no v io iu a very heavy state owing to the tecent wet w aihci. Up in. aiming at tile .VXauiiceviite «,a,i i 1 1 ■.- i.-i;or who has n->t been in this qo •ite.- iimm ;o a.nocwbat disappointed aa he asks ■■ 1* mis MauriceVill« ?’ Beyond one arc iniuooatioii house *i‘d the railway etathn no sees it"! < but hihsamJ hush. But the enie;,. m.;„ of this distr.ct hj ,vo forme 1 i.nir ; ■ a >ip about two miles away, ami as it lies behimf the hill where the t/ain pit..a n, , nuthiig cni be seen of it. Tue sinm tune a. tlu iii-pu,,al of the numerous viol tola on .Mu day old not give them an opportunity of w.lai g to the settlement and therefore could 1, rm no i lea of the great work which Ins b. tn done by these hard working Scauutnavi in settlers. Thirteen years ago when the lir.-t settlers went out they found a ruugn country and many were the hardships tney endured As Mr Jagerhoru remarked at the dinner, they had to take 50.bs ol hour on their back! ton ugh the bush and it was live yetrs before they git a road. Now toey could go to Mas* ten ton, a distance of 25 miles by rail.” The train, constsitug of eight carriage*, wis well packed, and upon arriving at tie ,vl lUncevilio rtilio i n 1 irgo number of settiois appeared on the platf mu wiio gave soma welcome cheers. After a look muud, tbs Reception Committee, c insisting of Mess i Gunderson, Jagerboru Jesse i, Fmsberg, Auliu, and Osborne, invited the company to lunch. The Hon W. H. RevuolU represooted the Government. Me was accompanied by Mr G. Baelhvm, M 11 K., Mr V. W. ISrowa (Mayor of Wellington), Mr M. Oaselberg (Mayor of Mastertou), Mr \V. Usoth (Chairman of the Wairarapa West County Couue I), Mr 0. Pharazyu, Mr McCardie, ilr A. W. Uenall and otbsra. Mr Guuder Gundocaon ailed the chair and the usual complimentary speeches followed the repast. They war* necessarily abort, as tima did not permit of a long stay. When the train started on it* return journey the settler* gave three hearty cheers.