ALEXANDRA.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 284, 10 July 1873, Page 10

ALEXANDRA.

(From a Correspondent.)

On the 30th ult. a public meeting was held in the Library, Alexandra, fcr the purpose of taking steps to get the main road foraied between Butchers (^-ully and xllexandra. The Mayor (Mr. Beresford) occupied the chair. The C'nairmau stated that he had an interview with tbei Member for the

district previous to his departure for Dunedin, and he had promised to do all in his power to get a sum placed upon the estimates for the construction of this portion of the road; but he (the Chairman) thought it would strengthen Mr. Hazlett's hands if a numerously signed memorial was forwarded to the Superintendent, urging the necessity of tho work. After some discussion, a motion was passed that the members of the Town Council should form a committee for the purpose of getting up a memorial to the Superintendent for the above object. The memorial has been numerously signed, and will be forwarded to town in a day or two. The part of tho road referred to is on the main Dunedin road via Tuapeka, and has long been a terror to benighted travellers,!"^ it is a mere track winding amongst the rocks, and the only improvements ever attempted has been when the road had become almost impassable, a few men would be put on for a short time to effect some temporary repairs. In fact its usual state has been such, that if insurance companies had been alive to their own interests, they would have prohibited policy holders from travelling on the road between tho hours of sunset, and sunrise, unless at a greatly increased rate of premium. We have had a week's sharp frost, which has frozen the dams over, aud has caused a brisk demand for skates — in fact a small cargo (limited) would not prove a bad speculation at the present time. The river has fallen considerably, which has enabled paddocking to be resumed at Sandy Point ; but it is still too high for the Butchers Point claims. Tho bodies of the two unfortunate men who were drowned last week have not been discovered yet. The boat was found uninjured about six miles below Alexandra. The Tuapeka mail, which should have arrived here last night, did not come till -1 p.m. this afternoon. The coach had broken down, and the mails and passengers were forwarded in an express waggon. The driver reports the road in a frightful state.