Korumburra Mechanics’ Institute & Railway
Great Southern Advocate, 22 May 1891
From our Correspondent
It will be noticed by referring to your advertising columns that the 2nd day of June has been fixed upon for the opening of the Korumburra Mechanics’ Institute.
This spacious edifice, measuring 70ft. x 30ft. in the clear, with two comfortable rooms attached, and constructed of hardwood and pine, is fast approaching completion. Considering that the structure has been erected in the short space of four weeks, volumes could not say more for the energy and dispatch of the contractor, Mr. Matthews, of Footscray.
The execution of details and workmanship throughout is of a high order of merit, fully satisfying the critical eye of the Clerk of Works, Mr. Eccles.
In order to fittingly celebrate the great occasion, it is intended to hold a grand ball on the opening night. Everything that can be done to ensure the comfort of visitors will be carried out by the committee and Mr. Smith, the energetic secretary.
The catering has been entrusted to our local confectioner, Mr. Weichart, than whom no one is better able to subdue the cravings of the inner man; and a trio of musicians is to be engaged in Melbourne, so that those who dearly love to pursue the glowing hours with flying feet will be provided with a treat which they will recall in after days with encomium, and dwell upon with feelings of pride intensified with pleasure.
The opening of the railway to Korumburra is looked forward to as an event in the progress of the township, and will no doubt, at some future date, be bracketed in red letters with the starting of the machinery at the colliery.
The maiden tide of prosperity appears to be sweeping over the township at present. No doubt, as with man, there is also a tide in the affairs of townships which, taken at the flood, leads to fortune.
During the week, several allotments have been denuded of scrub, and in its stead houses are springing up with surprising rapidity.
The case of petitioners for severance from Woorayl and annexation to the South Riding of Buln Buln is to be heard on the 27th inst.
A meeting of the ratepayers is to be held at Korumburra and Arawatta next week to select delegates to place the case clearly before the Minister, and it is sincerely hoped to bring the cause to a successful close.
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