FROM BEAUMONT TO BOXBURGH.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 213, 29 February 1872, Page 6

FROM BEAUMONT TO BOXBURGH.

. (fty our Traveling C<a*respondent.) ■. Mai^y of the places qf business and ' building* generally on the Teviot jtoad; from the Beaumont upwards, W?e being greatly improved, and sevepa} entirely new buildings are m course

pf construction. The proprietors of th&se^roadside houses must have confldence ity their situation, or they would be fnpre chary about expending bo touch money pn alterations and additions. I believe they are quite justified in their faith, as the increasing traffic ou this road points, to the conclusion that this is being recognised as the natural highway to the Dunstan and the Lakes. The first place we Join© to is the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, $Xr. IJjggs, the proprietor, has Recently added several ibed-rooms to the hotel, and thus greatly improved |&$ a jecolginodation of this comfortable j 'ipstelryj Proving the river, we have 'fhe droohstqn Hotel and Store, whfcb, feinde Mr. Lancaster purchased it, has been undergoing a continual visible {uiproyement, His busy speculative (spirit is never at' rest. • Not content with a model farm, he must needs go in fap & model hotel, "Well, ' 1 wish hJW every success. Otago is in need, of a Few such. Proceeding onwards, *re arrive at Mr. Bae's Junction Hotel. It is only a few months since Mr. Bae built a large and comfortable stable, and now he is in the midst of stilj. more extensive additions. He is . adding a parlour and dining-rbom to the hotel, and when I mention tnat the pup -of the building is 47ft. x 18ft., jdea of its extent will be con r Veyed. This ig a'convenient halting place at the junction of the Switzers, Teviot, and Tuapeka roads. A marked . - contrast with these signs of progress is, seen on the line of road fronting the famous, qr rather jn famous, Island $lock ? where, since that block was , gacriijtaed to Mr. Clarke, nq improve^ pjents have been attempted, neither is ihsre £he remotest prospect of there Deirjg any ? _ the. inhabitants merely Jiving there pn the sufferance of the lord of the manor, who visits his property in New Zealand as often as the l^arquis qf Hertford did his Irish esjsatesi - Proceeding onward, we come po the township of Ettrick, from which we have a magnificent view of the agre block. ' Towards one a.m., after enjoying the liberal hospitality of the townsfolk, Mr. Bradshaw's thin red line may be distinctly seen by the imaginative gazer. In Ettrick there are £hr.cc. hotels, a gingerbeer and cordial manufactory, and a boot and shoe ghqp, and there is a butcher's shop in course 6j[ erection. The first hotel we pqine to , is named ' after Scotland's Bard, Bobert Burns, and is kept by Mr. Bobert , M'Leod. The accommodation at this hotel is all that could be* desjred. Here the traveller can solace Jn's leisure hours on the " board of green cloth," there being a first-class a spacious and well lighted room. The steeds of travellers are spell attended to, and are housed .comfortably at night in an excellent stone

stable, recently erected. The butcher's shop ahove -referred to is being built ]^y Mr. Duncan M'Rae, who formerly resided on the qther §ide of the river. The. 'building wiU be 50ft. x 18ft., and £he, material used is stone, of which any quantity can be obtained in the immediate neighbourhood. The next noticeable improvements are those effected by Mr. Charles Nicholson, who jias buflfc a reajly handsome hotel. A ppprespqndenf; recently furnished you Ijrith a full (description of the building, SO I w|ll content myself with remanding that he. did not exceed the limits pf truth. Across the Benger Burn, which intersects the township, the $£qa flat Hotel is reached. Mr. Brazil, the. proprietor of this hotel, has made many improvements, which will tend to jncrease the comfort of those | yilaq patronise him, Crossing Moa 3?lat ? along the line of , telegraph, we pome $q fhe }aud thrown open for agricultural The first i pujJ4}ng noticed is a large stone edifice eppcf^d by Mr, tjdward Tubman ; a mile from' which we come to the . Dumbarton Bock Hotel, the proprietoe q£ ip&H) js. Mr. Michael M'Carthy. $pur milei further on, and the rising township qf Roxburgh is arrived at, jihg improvements, in which inerjt a : pepa^te article. ' \