THE RAILWAY.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 478, 12 June 1875, Page 3

THE RAILWAY.

The opening of the railway t<Bs&rcVMias given a stimulus to that place which bids fair to make it a township of considerable importancem portance ere long. Messrs Martin and Britten, who have the contract for ten miles this side of Mercer have completed more than half the formation. TBfc E.V.M. are employed cutting earthwo^tes^Mi^he nfe^ta 9^ U P°« There are 140 men empt[^e^on a^arjin^hd Britten's contract, but the E.'Y.MSbave Ts»een reduced to one company, numbering 60 men, in charge of Captain S chofield. The tunnel on this side of Mercer will be completed in about three months hence, but the contract time does not expire until January. W« trust no efibrtsr^s^ beWteing^on>te part of the Government to p^Kpib4ih^cor^s,,^as to open up the immense tracts^pf wa^te jl^din the. Waikato to profitable settlement,. and enable She settlers to send their produce cheaply and expeditiously to market.

Mr John Knox^fflTlfok^iubr^rved sale of furniture, mare in- K^l, tmfldihjr,* &c., at the late residence of Capt Eyre, Ngaruawdhia, at 11 p.m. to-day. r Mr Huntly and Hapuka's son passed through Hamilton yesterday on the way overland to Napier, with Shamrock and Maori Weed.