TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1915, 14 October 1884, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU.

PRbSBVTHRIAN CHURCH. Tiikre will bo a pleasant social gather ing 111 the Piesbyteiian Chiirch heie, on Tluusday next, on the occasion of the oidination of Mr ilutson. T'ncre will be music iml singmq. and sevoral addresses by \atious clcigyinen, >-o that we may look forward te a pleasant e\eiung.

1 THrc TKITNK KWI.WYY. The committee appointed by the House to decide on tlic loutc of the niiiin trunk line have it commended that by Mai ton. Tins will not I)'* without its advantages- foi the faunet-. in YV.ukato, fui ie will direct to Welling ton tin; stock that would otlunuisb, he Siiiit to tlu" Auckland m.nkct to compete with tlioirs As a matter of coui&i* the Auckland merchants object veiy strongly to the Marton line, as it completely bluits them out from the Taiannki trade. It's an ill wind that blows no body any good, and the fai mers will be the »am ers in fins case. Whichever way tliu hue goes it will not affect tins district as rc«fiicla the direction it will take, for whetlier it does to Mai ton or Staitfoid, the line will be in the same direction for some distance past Te Awamutu. A good many of the farmeis hero are of opinion that though the decision of the committee may be antagonistic to the interests of the Auckland merchants, it will at all ovents do good to the farming community hy lelieving them to a certain extent of the competition of the plains and Hawera distiiet. — (Own Corlespondent.)