MAURICEVILLE NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4284, 25 November 1892, Page 2

MAURICEVILLE NOTES.

TBy Kustio.] During the past four or five week# tho meroury has stood up well among the eighties, and ovorything has undergone a process of drying after an unusually wet season. The newly formed roads are at length in a condition for wheel traffic, and the fullost advantage is taken of this—with us~ , too rare occurrence. The quagmires of a few weeks back arenow converted into busy and dusty thoroughfares, and the demand for carts, timber • waggons, etc., is brisk and lively. Several buildings are in oourse of , erection in this district, notably that i much needed school-house at Mauricei ville East, which is to supersede tho , old tumble-down edifice which has done duty in tho past and which has weathered so many storms, both from , without and within, The contractor ■ is Mr Daniel), of Masterton, which is a guarantee that the work will be quickly as well as faithfully executed! The site of the new building is all that could bo desired, centrally situated and within easy distance ol tho rivopl on one sido and the railway lino the other, while on yet another side a gravel pit opens its cavernous jams if inviting iho small boy to hang over the edge, further than any other boy in the school. The building itself iB to be replete with every modern convenience, but there aro grave doubts as to whether its" carrying capacity" ■ will bo equal to the domands mode on it in the future. It is estimated it will accommodate something less than a hundred pupils, whoreas there aro at the present timo over soventy' on tho roll, and we are not nearly at tho end of our resources in this direotion. But, however, "sufficient unto tho day, etc." Mr Daniell is also the contractor for the wool sheds on tho Tikitapu estate, the property of Messrs Kennedy and Gleeson, which are to be erected, at the junction of the Dreyer's Hock and Upper Wangaehn roads, a distance from Mauriceville of seven and a half miles. There is also a dwelling house, sheep yardß, etc, inclose proximity, all advancing towards completion, The erection m, these buildings has been delayed owing to the bad state of the roads, and (let me whisper it in your ear) tbe somewhat bad management of the local Eoad Board,' There, it's out I Far be it from me to wound the susceptibilities of this noble body, I would rather bide my diminished head for ever in dark oblivion. However, the dry weather has solved the difficulty, the contractors' merry men are on tho ground, and sawdust and profanity are in tbe air. Our old friend, Mr James Cottiss, is back in Mauriceville. Couldn't stand the Old Country after being with us,. He has taken over the Choral Hall. and the large dwelling connected therewith,' which he is now converting into a first-olass Temperance Hotel. Ho is furnishing it throughout in the newest and best style, taking as his models the best City houses of description which he has run aor 088 in his travels, and as the premises aro within a few ohains of the 'railwiy station, I think Mr Cottiss j,s juat«o man to supply a long felt •ftant, T