TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1113, 12 August 1879, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU.

August Bth, 1879. The building of the Te Awamutu Bridge has not yet commenced. It is a work of great importance to the locality ; the beginning and completion of which ia looked forward to with some anxiety by the settlers hero, and the public generally, who have to cross the old dilapidated, suspicious-looking, structure, which is obviously on its last legs, and may give way at any moment, it having done duty, and stood the " battle and the breeze," for the last twentyeight years. The contractor (Mr Briton) has all the material on the ground ready to start when the river subsides, so as to allow him to sink his concrete basement level with the bed of the stream. , The Government town allotments here will, it is expected, be shortly put up for sale, as the Road Board have taken action in tho matter, and then, no" doubt, buildings of all sizes will be run up rapidly in all directions. Our Court House is now completed, and in readiness for judicial business, aod is considered, by artisans who are competant to judge of its style and finish, a credit to the contractor, Mr J. L. Mandeno. Mr Sloane, the energetic Chairman of our ißoad Board, is leaving nothing undone, to obtain from the Government, a special grant of £750 to make footpaths from the township to the railway terminus. The topic of the day with us here is, who ace to be the aspirants for Parliamentary honors. The Greyites are anxious to see the footprints in the sand, of their coming man. Mr McMinn is in bad odour with nearly all his late supporters, for having a " mind of his own," and should he come out on the Opposition side, which there is now now . no doubt whatever he willjhe will get a rough handling. The garrison of the A. C. ITorce, at Kihikihi, has been strengthened by the addition of ten more men from Cambridge > yesterday. That station is now in charge of Major Minnitt, an officer oi some standing and considerable experience in the Imperial Army, as a Rifle Instructor nnd a smart drill, in the early part of his service, and latterly as a Field Officer. He as also seen some active service in this Colony, having served with the 18th Eoyal Irish, during the war of 18634. His appointment to the Colonial "Force, at this critical juncture, when so many recruits are being raised, and the newest pattern of arms of precision, put into their hands, is most opportune.— Own Correspondent.