OROUA BRIDGE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 279, 16 July 1889, Page 3

OROUA BRIDGE.

* FBQ^I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT The weather fry the" past two mondji Vali someWhnt retarded the prog^^pf the various hemp mills a^rattiL.tbis part, and in consequence Ttry'iitt'd fibre is "being despatched. As i' result of the x sharp frosts, followed: by heavy raiuß,.. the main roadJSnm . the railway station running||j|ilhe big drain is now in a very baa state, and with much more fc^d weather will, in all pt> babiiity, lie iflsa|liahle~ , To overcome • thisdifficult ' however ,. it has, beep suggested by one or, two! to ask the millers along the rjver to cooperate in the laying of a tram from the station over the *ot&^Q^M the road. This is nfi*|o^^^eji^ %ise plan, and Beemß^^'tliT'^n'ly way of overcoming bnt it is doubtful /^e* her the mill owners along tlle'river will, in view of their aittiMthm regardin'a. 'the period o' their toatie, go to any expen.se in such 4ff\m3ii*Uking MessrcElbec & Co, havejgpne to a lot of expense in improving the site lately owned by Sinclair kGo and in, place of a single Stripped mill, have now three machines fitted up, two of Booth & Maol^n&ld'a, and a Table, the former two only, being used, and which ate said to be doing splendid worfc, while the latter, an old one, is kep aa an emergency. The firm have, also hod laid to their bleaching ground^ a disfcauce of half a mile, a wooden tram which is used for conveying the dressed fibre to the field, and bringing the dry fibre to the mill. Now»that there are six or. iweninil^efeinff to and from the lailwijr staGon, al Aough at present not «Q niuch a» the case lat«ir on, there, is, consequently,, a lot of work being done 'at that p'anci, but not without a- great amount of trouble 'In the fe»t place the jdd-i ing QpPQ»te,the station is totaUy unfit for loading, everything having to be rolled from the drays up-a steep platform into the trucks, and very of£en the line is full of waggons, ani^ it ia wnpossible to procure an. empty one without a great deal , of. shunting with a horse: On several ocoasiottt fibre has had to be; rolled across the line into the goods, , kjiedj and lefi there til| there was/,an opportunity 'of securing a truck. Although a great improvement, the siding ijatelj ' put is is still unfit lor the work thai is being done at present, as , whei more than two .dra^B nieet there to >gether, it generally means * consid erable dela^for one or two of them A meeting 'of several, millers wai held ojv evening, last to con aider the state of af&irs^regardjnj the railway accomodation, but I havi transpired.) . ; . : .. / > Sinipspn ha^r^eigned from th office of postmaster, and his tero expired last month, althrfngh he i istiU undertaking tie work, for th cotfrenftfebe'of the people till som axAS^snent is made. What wit th^l£|fe increase of jDo«tal.andiai] wjj wq^^at Orbua^Bridlge 1 tliere i for the Govi ;, tolaw^C^ationniaS«§f lete;^Sfib!"i ' is to be hoped they will endeavou to^ic), ?9» *nd relieve thejnhabitan,^ Ijf ifa preaent iqoonTenieac«« as soo fIPpOvSUIMt ..' „ -.y • ,/■, > „ ; :

tx The cablegrams from liondon of ■'• the (late of ilth July announce that le two hupdred bales of $ew Zealand *% hemp have been sold. Good J" WellrngtonTSoid at ''£ i 32 per ton, and ,° fair quality; at £287 A rise at this • time of the year is a most encouraging n item of news. ' .'"•"' 'f" ; •