QAMARU.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 12, 24 September 1874, Page 4

QAMARU.

' '- ; ' '(raß^ C dW OWN adveni 6¥MM^x^sai>^ maftynSonj^cttir^B 1 liUve^be^ MiaWe'd : as ;to wnat' will be itaßhdce'B^ not 1 so much,be- ;- cause of the knowledge- pe^b>ie baye of its, ; wbereftboujts,^ of jthfe>loealiiy it lre^resentsV , as . ,fnat,,ox the . possible t atbiggle^ §.&r&l&f "• maintain.,; ip^byercbmfi, the., prestige iwhich th^e "B^Merald' hS^'ntthwrorgained in i Prayiric > e..ki |'eriyral eoun#p|e¥.,i I sup|f6se ; (sfe'ek°Kas^meet^re^ and iff* fame* fbel truep-th ;^tu^ bf jwarJ.has: j proclahhed Hirin favor 'Of ! >ttf6 he^;,jrepubli^ j In <J«ma]U;;th*e.)Gi»u!rHA oLirAPßtt^ isi': nQt s knowrj^to fame as yetiji thisjt.hoW\rer ? . come ali in go.orl time aSvthe present' get-up J of "th'e'7, 6ruce Hefalfl!' ;;^ ;n)>i a's'itwaV. The class of wbrfeiundertaken! and Carried* oht-laat year in fhi6;tlißtrib1 J by the'^Bi*ufeel • Herald"; traveller; was 'mtf qo'likej) < i;tlut Bince , . . that piper has lost ftheiWadersihip.; pffMr.- 1 J.L.iGillies^ndMr^J.' S^Fliefming.; it.haf. to a large* extent lost its place in.' public! cdnfid'ehce. f . pity^tolbe obliged'; to piit ori, a new'sppe^^f.we. hafe*|ofc te like" the old s*ohy,"bfit'wt^ii';;the^'dla5 * ohy, " bfit'wt^ii'; ; the^ 'dla b6Bt 'leaks, 'is '- lopsided; r and 'has' 'bfecdme' tin-- : '•comfortable' gehfrallj^ turn with: no ; little enjoyment- to ; the .^ew jone.. The old .one 'ia diacarded: Wt-beeOme, ,if not. ; alcoge' her ■■ U9ele&?,=ithe i.c'pyer. 6t, a coachbreak, pr istlung into the waste 1 c'brner for' r.ibbish., Th^ 'tjpjae, pf the^B^uce'. Her'aVd" 'see'ms'to be, as ( far *as t boliuc? ko, ; fieithfer fish, • fle^h nor fowl; '- th ; e^ iteariing ; - articles 1 generally being clip'p ngs' ! frbuii ; the. ideas of.! others; or staled scraps' frbin "under l;thet tabhs. : They pften .remind hte |bf j pjae, of those unlucky brutes « which: are . ( chained up at squatters'^ gates - . with a kepnello sleep in, a few , bones io.ppbsb a^d.^a sfra'y;paß- s Benger"t"o J snfiri ! at. 'Therje is' n!o ! 'attempt to bring forward aViyihitig likely; td : d6^he country good. 1 6r'jBriliefhfe ! n n t)Ve i id'eas in.the cla«s of'Writirj^-hut^F stip^ose people ot Tokomairiro adrbireit'add-aktlif^BriUcer Herald' is to. all « intents - land ' purposes; simply a local country^pap^r; it does, hot matter much. Passing ," from., the'-leadirig' 1 roatter let me touch.; slightly on !the generslties therein'; 'Vspr^.esedJ . !ir Ndte.4rTwo' col urn n s are d Wdted -to Anie¥ican . trash , j four to ladies', fashions] and -farh/ talk, ( the . first from the; *;Youhg Ladies rM^gazine,'! the last irom the * Atoer'rcan Agri'^dltiiriat.'' .which, however useful to-tbat comn^unity has little or no .'nterest to usprouf C&lbny; The local ('olumfiis seerii to bepriKinal'and cerrainly have the merit 'of brevjlty, but who would fake a cburitry paper {for that ; while a get-up, entitled : the : ' v lntelligent Vagrant,:' seems to be! allowed for] the express purpose of enlightening, edifVinJEr, 'and amusing the Presbyterian section .of i(i c6h' stituents.' The rest of the paper ia adver--ti^emtnts, which may, or may riot be useful to the public. This is the 1 generalnpinioi here respectirig the ' Brucej Herald ', of September, 1874. \ , A " v Now, to let you know how Okmaru is pro^rtssing. First, we have. a new Mayor, S. T Shrinasky, to whose indefatigable industry the, district owes so much in' the' advancement of local institutions, to wit theHbrtpital, of which he is the^ life, gjoverriorHe has-lately presenti d"t'he 'Mam . North. School with aL3O scholarship enoownierit, of LlO each, for : three following year^ Many more such efforts .at; ipubTic' good, make him the,people!a friendi, aijd therb is : no doubt that he will fiU his .post with honor and usefulness 1 tp[ .hjmseif iand thei community.' The side walks pi the .street? are fasphalted^ ' which is ' a great' l imprpye-j ment, and the western end Pf ' Iteheri-street has been widened.;. Some \ fine -buildings' have bf en, erected lately, : ahd< are hi [ •he course of being built, : CHurchin'-Eden-stre.-t (in. courseof'erec■ion) is a fiue.storiie edifice. Its dimensions are'—-35 x 45 ; walls, l?!t 6itf,^having four, buttresses in front 1 ; rhain f<on%'entrance,--sft 6in, having a laige central window oyer if, with three double windows pn'feachside. j The finish reflects;. .red it .on tho builders-^-Miller and : Roxburgh. ; The', new 'Main' North School is also a. haodppuie building, and faces Reed street .iuprth ;.;; the same . may.' be a'so'said of the Rpman Catholic SchoolhoUse. .'•' Pretty- private houses with verandahs-are 1 cropping vp 1 here and there all over the place, and adding to our already pretty town. In tTharaW street we have, the newly fitted shoos of D. Toohey and Co., drapers, very handsomely' g>t 'up'; the improyed and" enlargerl /shop of Milfigah arid Reid • ' the'ge neraj grocery ; of Hamilton and Ireland bpie^s.of . les9 note In 1 butchers we' have; the' new shop of Mr : Robert Smart in North Thames strtet; and Mr LaWs6n, ; of :Wes^ Tees^ street. Of oew institutions we h4vfe ; 'the' .affe ardchpu house pt Mr P. Barlb which). ' is worthy of notice. i Mr ■ Bafle. is an , pjd« and respected. 1 member of : this.'comrjiunity, and has,' in' as arting this ind us^ry,' 'cot) ferred . a boon da. the; ilwellers ol t'owh arid 'cr)untryj in enabling oie : tv- get acuplof cr>flf\;e ! and a roll .at any hour of the ;day.,or rii*ht,' ; tip' 'to .twelve o'clock,' His cooking lear i'iporiginal, and is composed of ; a lp^g hot plate, on which all tne . 'r equirerpehf s pf the cultuary diparVih^ht are' ybt 1 up. ' The, heat Of the furnace : friirA'- i th"i , B, ; i^la , te gci^s }up: to h. at the oven, which is* -just -beside the plate. . Mr Earle is doing ai'gb'id bupinb^s, nn«i is patronised by. the newipeoplp 'frphv home, who say that p^fß-.e and ;ha|m and •'«gfl : are better 'tban.npbbiers.' .Advance; Oainaru arid the, Clotha- LBADEtt ! • ; - ■<}