WHANGAMOMONA NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 19 January 1912, Page 5

WHANGAMOMONA NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Tne JSew Year has opened fair for us. Tne wet weather, bad roads, and general depression have disappeaieci with tne advent of settled, sunny weather. &neanng is almost over, and the wool is being carted out as fast as the road waggons can take it. Two men on the railway works had a very narrow escape from death today. They were working in a cutting when the earth above them cracked 'and slipped, half burying the two men Assistance was obtained, and the men attended to. So far as can be ascertained at present, neither have suffered very serious injury. Mr 1 . J. McCiuggage paid a short visit to Whanga this week. During the first jveek in January, owing to the heavy state of the roads over the Whanga Saddle, it was only possible to cart four bales of wool behind five horses to the railway siding. Now the same teams are taking ten and eleven halesj at a load, and are doing the trip easier, too. The bullock waggons, too, are in full swing again. They are at present bringing the timber for the new hotel from the Poliokura mill. The site of the building is at present a hub of industry. Soon the well-known corner will have taken on a new beauty.. Busy builders are here to push on the work in real Yankee hustle ■tyle under the capable direct on of the contractor, Mr. E. W. Hodder. Mr. E. R. Watson, of the Roads . Department, has returned from a liolidap trip to Nelson and Wellington. The dry weather has had a beneficial effect on the local orchards, which have been looking very backward. Now, however, fruit is becoming almost ‘plentiful, especially plums and peaches. This district, with its warm - valleyfe and Splendid' climate, is pecu- ■ liarly 1 for fruit-growing oh a ‘large Sc'dle. The size and quality of i Mbkt "'local limits would e'hsure for it "already 1 ' Market in The Idrger towns. •’f ; A' iniofeinhiit’ id ‘oh 'foot hete to. clear ■ ah'd''stump the 1 Dorh'ain and plant'it with ornamental trees, shrubs, etc. Already considerable practicable support has been and it is con.;fidently hoped that next summer will s,ee us with a public park and grounds, of which the district may bo proud. •The situation is one which lends itself readily to beautification, with its ,-background of sloping hills, and with .i-fsrtftiiet StV-eam meandering round its '’borders; 11 V' — nvc-c.'-m

yccA* marriage was solemnised‘at Huriem’oand cto-duyv 'the 1 ebntnlCtilig par-ities'-being Mr. Bert'Dilvey and Miss t-G; 1 Shewry.r After'the ceremony the -happy couple left for the South for their honeymoon. Both are very popular young-people of this district, and every good wish goes with them for future happiness.