THE RAILWAYS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 47, 17 September 1864, Page 5

THE RAILWAYS.

Thit month we have tip .record, that the whistle of t lie rail wajrldebinotive, or, as it- lias been "more familiarly styled, the " snort of the iron'horfle," is now daily heard on our Northern line of Bailway. It has not been called into requisition jit is true/forthe purposes of either goods or passenger traffic, but the work it ,is the; means of completing— the ballasting of, the line— is preparatory to the opening of the lnie for traffic at far as the Makarewa on the third proximo. ' The engine, which is- No. 2of Davies' patent, performe its work admirably. ■ . It is proposed, to- give, eclat to the opening of the railway, to have a grand pic-nic somewhere up the line, and to be followed by a ball.in the spacious rooms of the Railway Station Buildings. Some difference of opinion exists as to the exact form in which the affair is to be organised and oarried but ; but it is "pretty certain [ that inch an. event as the opening^ upi of the »*ailway system in Southland. '-VwiU • not be allowed to pass over with v ariy . want ofc rejoicing or excitementl , The distance to the Makarewa is teven miles, but this is a mere instalment of the line -to Wintbn, which is all'complete so far as regards levelling and engineering works, the only thmg unfinished being the laying down of the rails or tramway. We, trust to be able to report the completion of the line to this point at an early date. ' _ » ,