UTIKU NOTES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 12204, 7 May 1904, Page 2

UTIKU NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent). I hear that the tender of Messrs. Morton- Bros., of Folding,, has been accepted for thei i bul ldikg of the new ■school at Utiku.

The Weather here has been exceptionally fine during the last week. "Jack Frost" has been a frequent visitor of late.

Professor Waugh gave an exhibition of horse breaking on. Tuesday evening, and was rewarded with a fair audience. Judging from the frequent outbursts of applause, I would say that the spectators were well 'pleased with the display. Messrs. Hammond and Co. were the siiccessful tenderers for the construction of Mr. Kn'ght's tramway. Some sixty men will be employed to do the work within the contract time.

Our brickmaker, Mr. Comsky, has chifted further up the line. This is to be regretted, for local requirements are very great just now, and the frieght froni Mangaweka to her© amounts to more than the original price of the bricks.

The work of the station yard is pro gress ng with great vigour. Things will be ready for the goods train in the course of a week or so.

Mr. Knight has a number of men engaged in' the erection of his new sawmill, while the work of putting in the private siding is going on merrily. Mr. Philips had the misfortune to lose one of his best bullocks on Monday Jast. The animal, it appears, worked its way on to the railway line, and was kilted by the ballast eng'ne. I am told that a Football Club has been formed here. I was thinking thatour young folks were all dead to the world, but this ia not so, evidently. Our boarding-houses have great difficulty in coping with the ever-Increasing demand for accommodation.

A movement is on foot with the object of raising funds for the -purchase of an organ for the church. This is, indeed, a. worthy cause, and one that we trust will meet with general support. There has been a great influx of young men during the last few days, work being fairly plentiful. Th's should prove beneficial to the place. There has been an unusual demand for champagne here lately, but the champagne proved to be the stronger of the two, and the "man in blue" stronger than either.