THE RAILWAY OPENING DEMONSTRATION.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 859, 18 December 1877, Page 2

THE RAILWAY OPENING DEMONSTRATION.

The committee; are racking evgY$ f prep iratioiiHq Apreft^aiicseg^i^ .-, the demonstration. tOjtiakepiac£ to-- F morrow^: at Hamilton, l^ ilVbin ajjirife iMe letter i^eive^|f^b|4^coah|| Jve learn that^ yerys£rgelmi^er (M B&^^ni*ysJ|j exp^|.eclt|rpii^bhjiii jj^laoe^ ,* i^jiSy'tU is-'-j^ district to which Auckland' looks as the direct source of its trade and prosperity, jyid jnoreq,pi;, ,yojir.'<lig- > . trict is, now the rai \w iy is likely" soon to be opened, sa:e to becotne second only .to, J:|ie jakcjs a-; Mie c),iief. outlet for tourists froin out "city' desirous of a fotth night's 'brusbiii:^ away of' the co'iwebs of offi;e an'l b.isiries^ |life. Everywhere I heir tiie excursion trip of Vy^ediiesUy. raeiitiotidd and scores eyen of my, own acquaintance Icbald.mHtitiQii'aW. i ,i idiug to form purtof therinihbeir , Wnai will you do vvi-h uheoi all?'. That questiou, we thiuk^ lias beeu s itisfao..oriiy answered :by the. committee. There will as any rate be' a luncheon for huridred|j providtd in Messrs Vialouaiid Go's large workshops where there is an available space of some 80 fc. ; x, 30ft. C m- ; veyances will ran fro.m tue (Station to th^e tb^pljhi'p'a^intp'rVals^hougti' the, walk itself is 'balj 'a : ! sK -jiri aJ.M pieasanti one. There ar "some well 4 grassed paddocks down by the rail-, way station, aad picnic parties, ii the. : day is fine, " will ; be scatterecl" oyer the ground, arid some possibly will be able Yd say years hence Mb \t they picuicked just where Jlratjktou C . the. I r«tl or where the Tbea^ re E,oyal now stands. We have not heard that it is to bo s> but we should recommend that the day be wound up with a ball. At any rate the ladies will not be excluded from their sh*re of the general eujoj'ineui. for we are rtqaeated to stace by the Hon. Sep. ' that laaies will be welcome at he luncheon.' Tue Waikito Sceam Navigation Couipauy are not to be behindhand in endeavouring to conoribute to the general succ ss ot the affiir, and by placing the s earner tWgiriri on th« berth between Cambridge and BLiiut ilton on Wednesday at excatsio.. rates, wil give many at Citmbi-idg I**1 ** the opportunity of attending aud joining in and euj >ying the general holiday. .