OUR UPPER HUTT LETTER.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4523, 18 September 1875, Page 3

OUR UPPER HUTT LETTER.

(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

As some not unimportant districts and places are represented by correspondents in your paper, it must be considered quite proper that the growing and nourishing neighbourhood of the Upper Hutt should be equally distinguished. l<V>r however small this place may appear to some, not even being honored by having a J.P., I assure you that we, the inhabitants, consider that we are not nobodies. Any one visiting this place would possibly be struck only by the magnificent scenery to be met with between the Taita and the Itimutaka, but really there is much that is interesting in our belongings. And when the railway shall have put us in almost immediate communication with the "Empire City," not only will there be a great influx of visitors to this attractive spot, but we shall see a line of villas ami cit's country boxes studding the wayside. For who would be content to dwell iu a city of storms and smells, and pay heavy rent for such accommodation, when they might avoid both by a small outlay, and build themselves freehold dwellings, and enjoy fresh air and a daily journey to town. By the way, the contractor is bound to have the line ready for traffic by the middle of November. The situation of the site for the statioD, which is about a mile beyond the village, instead of being in the midst of it, where it ought of course to have been placed, is rather unfortunate, as it is most inconvenient for many of the residents ; and as the telegraph station and post-office is also removed as far from the inhabitants, much difficulty is naturally found iu posting and receiving letters. Talking of the telegraph, a sad case of neglect occurred a little time back. A telegram was sent from the station here on Sunday, August 29, to Carterton, which gave notice to a son that his father was seriously ill, and begging his immediate attendance. It was allowed to remain at tho office at Carterton until Wednesday, without an effort to forward it, although full instructions were sent for its transmission regardless of cost. It was received a day after the death of the father. Every telegraph office ought to be

supplied with a messeHger to carry telegrams to the persons for whom they are intended, so that the public should not have to pay their money for nothing. There is nothing else just now of any interest to record beyond this, that the chimney of the common school, no doubt anxious for notoriety, has in some mysterious manner got round to the front of the building, and thence blankly _ stares at passers-by. Perhaps this is in derision of the many wooden chimneys near it, as, being composed of bricks and cement, it naturally wishes to display itself. It is to be hoped that its hideousness will shortly be hidden by the really handsome house which is to be erected for the master.