WAITAHUNA.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 363, 10 June 1874, Page 2

WAITAHUNA.

The Presbyterian Church at -Hwrolect is now nearly finished. It . will hold aboutu t gOO persons, and cosfc about £300. It is to beopened, 1 understand, on the 29th insfc., when the Rev. Dr. Stuart, from Dunedin, is to preach. - As there w2l in addition be «v ordination and induction, not to. speak of,thecustomary soiree, grand, doings are anticipated, and almost every lady in the place is engaged in preparations. It is to be hoped th» weather 'will prove favorable. ' - ■'■ \ On the-" 19th inst., tne second, annual district . ploughing match is to* take place. The Cpm- • raittee ha^e- chosen one of Mft Cdrry's paddocks, and, as 1 several- valuable prizes 'are to be competed, for, a good -turn out both of ploughmen and spectators may be looked jFchv Waitahuna is beginning to reap the benefit ' of thrf labors of the Acclimatisation Society. \ A covey of eighteen -partridges wap. flushed ! between Mr. Stewart's and the Waitahuna \ Eiver last week, and a day or "two afterwards. ! another of eight near Havelock town- j snip. '-'-It ia to be hoped that no bnfe-will' be . mean and thoughtless enough to , molest; the birds. It would, I think, be only fair" that, . as we derive- benefit from the work, of th» Society, the district should contribute to its. funds. • -We can now congratulate ourselves on tha possession of a- road without a break from ' Lawrence to Dunedin. Tb# last link — the- \ bridge over Murrays Creek, at Leslies Hill, is now completed. It is a pity that* the approaches to the bridge,, which are v.e»y: high, and not very wide, were not fenced, for, being placed at a curve in the road "at the foot « the hill, an accident is 'very likely to- t&ko place there" ere long. » . > Bnvelock is still increasing ; buildings ar% springing up as if by magic. The finest by far is Mr. Biggins' store, which presents an . appearance that would do credk to any town in Otago. A new school w soon to be erectedV and afio, I beliefs, a "choolm^gMM'*,*?)- -J The police camp is also litel^to beOT^^rL^ these in the spring. La£ ***• t Farmer* are taking Advantage of th^&f^j ceedingfy fine' weather- to- get on with thw^J ploughing. .^ Almost, all the ground in th^l neighborhood open for application ijs no* i taken up. I see our member has secured * " reserve of 8000 acres as a commonage fot' Harelock. Work is abundant ; wages high; '• and altogether every class in. the eomanrnitf -, i& doin£ trelfc.