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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3517, 3 April 1880, Page 2

On Tuesday, a newly-constraoted wharf for the aocomadation of ■teamen, wag formally opened by Judge Maodonald, in the presence of a party of friends invited to witness the ceremony, at Lucas's Creek, . in the Waitemata harbour. It is situated - at Fern Bank, in close proximity to tht residence of Mr Fordsham, and is a very neat, useful, and substantial structure, and reflects credit upon the engineer as well as the builder. It is not a Government work, nor has it received any " grant in aid " from the State,. and the interest of Mr Maedonald in it antes solely from the faot that the wharf was designed, eon* structed, and erected by him, his love of wielding the axe and hammer canting him to take up a useful and friendly task, in the carrying out of whioh he has frequently found that relief and rett from mental toil which he needed, and which he gained readily by hard manual labour. At vacation or holiday times the judge might be seen sans coat and vest, tans boots and stockings, with trousers tucked up in the muddy waters of the Waitemata, preparing the foundations for the struo. ° ture, or rifetting the timbers together, or bolting them to the rockt or piles. The work was commenced some years ago, and has progressed steadily ever since. At the opening ceremony, on Tuesday, Mr Fordsham gave a short history of the rise and progress of the structure, and of thi industry and perseverance of the gentleman who had found the material and boilt the wharf, mainly with hit own hands. 1 The company present was moat hospitably entertained at the residence of Mr Fordsham, and after giving three ebeeri for Mr and Mrs Maedonald, left by steamer for Auckland, in the evening.—Herald. \ ..

It has been suggested that a pretty girl in front, and a tax-collector behind would keep the average pedestrian up to. a five hundred and fifty mile score. ,