TE AROHA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2146, 10 April 1886, Page 2

TE AROHA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Tk Aroh4. I'ud.iy. The progress madn with the erection of the buildings at the railway station has not so far boen very rapid, but the fau.t (if there bo any) psrhaps does not re*>t with the contiaetor who h.is had difficulties to contend with in procuring mateiial and the work has in consequence been much retarded. It would be to the advantage of the public, howe\ er, if a push were made to get the platform, and the waiting-ro.un completed without further delay. The fine weather that haa prevailed since the opening of the line has hitherto rendered any place of shelter for passengers, and their friends vrniting the departure of the train, unnecessary, but should the weather break, the want of Mich a place will be very much felt and will causa gri'.it discomfort and" inconvenience. The method adopted, too, for enabling pai-*cngers to enter and leave the carriages iH exceedingly clumsy, and it was only the. other day a lady with a child in her arms sustained a very «e\ere shaking by being thrown to the ground through the slipping of tho narrow step ladder while she was descending from the carriage in which Hhe had travelled. Allowance was to be made for the incomplete state uf things when the line was opened, but nearly six weeks have elapsed since then, and the public begin to think that it is time there was some improvement in these matters. Indications of returning nrospcrity are now observable here, and what may be regarded as a sign of this is the increasing value of property in the township and its suburbs. Several allotments with and without buildings, have of late changed hands at prices much in advance of what could have been obtained six months ago, and other evidences are not wanting to show that an era of steady progress has now set in. Intimation has been received by wire of the death ot a former resident here, who was well known to many in Waikato, Mr J. B. Hannah of the railway construction department. Tho patticulats to hand ate very meagre, and onbwt only of the bare announcement he died rather suddenly on the 7th inst , in the hospital at Napier. After leaving here some eight months ago he was stationed at Waipukurau, whore, during the great bush fiiesinthat district Ins dutieb wero ' cry heavy, too much so in fact for his failing strength, and it is the opinion of his friends that his end was hastened by his being overworked. Deceased was over sixty years of age, and amongst those who knew him intimately was greatly respected. We have been favoured here with a visit fi om tho New Zealand Tom Thumb, who during the last two days has b^en drawing a considerable number of people to the Town Hall. After leaving here be will hkely proceed to Waikato. Professor Hugo, the physiognomist, is announced to lectiue on Tuesday next.