MOUNT SOMERS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1454, 12 January 1887, Page 3

MOUNT SOMERS

(FROM OD* OWN COaBHSP NDBNT.)

Lmg n'ght a meeting of the Soho<>l Sports Committee was he'd at Mount Bumsrs. A Programme of more than 30 items waa considered and psteafld. T .-■ •■■ sports will take place m a padd- ck of Mr Hood's During an in*erval the school priz .a aro to be p>'enented It wis rpnolred that the charge for the concert m the evening be Is for each adul 1 , children free, and that the chargo for tho baU be 2b for each gentlaman, ladies free, Kefreshmeats will bepr. vld d

The Gorge coal p'-ts *t Mount Somera aro rapidly rising Into public favor. Every week's output shows m ijnpnvement m the qaality of the coal. Eac*i day drayn and wagg".n« rrom long diitanoea H'joh as Winalow, Tinwald, and Rangitata pans through tlia township no their way t ■> and from the pita. The damand for building rtoiie from our quarriea ia a'«o rapidly Incressirg. In:ked the read* are bagiuning to sh iw si^ns of wtar, omen of heavy taxeß tn be paid by the rUp pay re, unless the proj ctvd tramway be f rra«d When the propoea' for its onsfracHon wa3 firat laid before 'he publio, a while ftgi, I was convinced then that it oo»!d not help turning oat a remunerative epeoulatinn ; now I believe th*t ero long aaoh a tramway will become an absolute* neoesalty, how can it bo otherwise, wh. n tho price of really superior lignite is only 8i por (on nt the pit ; while bulldiue stone, which Is stated to he superior 'a Oamara freestonr, can be aold at ha'f a crown per cobio foot m Obrittehurch and U delivered at 4s por cubic foot m Melbourne.