IN THE GREAT WAIRARAPA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 703, 31 December 1909, Page 8

IN THE GREAT WAIRARAPA.

i'] S'-spMB .'seetches.;.';-..; .■',;\';'^. frPm ; Qladstpno (writes our. : travplling -. colrrespohd&t),: along a' gorge through .the Maungaraki Eangej just at the}.turn. of the.road, ■ one sees thb;entraiioe gate to. "Tupnrupuru," the : station -of/ Mr.■': W..-C. . c A drive. of .'something under a mile brings one to the ■.homestead,:,'.which is'beantifnlly ,6et ; at the foot.of the range. The large'resfdenco and ,J the extensive;; block .of { sheds, stables, ( and: cottages, make' the place, quite a self'cbhtained toiyiiship. "Tnpurupuru" is un.doubtbdly; one !-pf the'finest in ■.■Wairarapaivi'v.:-;?.;"? , -^':'{''.■■'•'■■■'■ ■.'•■■■'. ':••■'. >-■ an >it; 'must. ;haye taken '.to: bring it ..to its. present stateV I .belieyojthat, , when ; Mr.-. Buchanan took i:Pyer ;.the; station; ;itfwas;llttlei .-better'.'than ;a.i'wilderness'' i ;'and ' carrying '. very: little :6tock;; : . to-day - it? breeds and.'fattens .an immense iquantity;.' l It ■ is naturally, .well watered;;still I .it has ,beoh. mode'. , more. )£6 :byV;a : svstem ; ,ofv,two-inch;pipes,, which :e'essibfe as',; there is::a.; capital is never over-stocked ;' ;iil" ? people would- feel'inclined ;to'say.vthere Is more'feed' than the'stock (can. , consume.: /However,'; the owner .knows. .'icfaatAhe.-jsVdoingi '[ is :all-;that is 'required. < ••:■!'-' .-- : ':/::\ x,.:>:v ;, '::;. :,"':•;';■■>;'.;:;■.:. through:.;the' gorge, and on get:ting).to the' top. of : ! the :road ; on; the: east' 'eide,': one: sees '-the'V country • spread but : .like;-a ; vast'..'panorama:'-;' .Right: in front ■.lies.-,the.'Te.,Wharau. district;'; to', the left :'on'i thevright "part- of' Mr..j"Williams's property ■; and the: "Ad--miral'.'i.run.; v., Then the; road :.goes : down, .winding i and; denbling: on . itself, : many .times, 'till/' at. last; the Wainuioru Stream ; is''reaehed.:; -.TJp.'.the 'hill .bn..the';other. side'is "Bank-View," belonging to .Mr. .;T.;!| ,plinta'tion,';Vivhich'affords great protection ■ from.-, the. -h'lgh-'winds. which sweep dixwnfroni.'theMaungafakißanges'.;■■■'Mγ. York ;has -3iad ; ithe,plough:-;.ft> work;pyer /a/good■ :d(!al: of ihiS.J.countryi.-which-cbns.islsi'.'to .a 'certain'';eilint, t^ 'cirry'pKiefly- :*a iative .which.sheep;;dp::well.SMr:.Jorfc and v iiis. ,neighbours; : are .to \getj tho; tele-j .phone.-installed .'.before i long. " '~, .. - ■i, Soon;:after paying . View"/ the. road} skirts .one? of-the • outlying" parts': of ''BrMicepeth.":;.' It consists xiof. low -hills .and"flats/:but'4l is "pretty ..well : all inferiorland. > This is couhfrr. which, only a man.'of-means can farmj.it is;of no use :tb'Xthe'; poor /man. . : As ah ■ .experienced: ,'farmer :once', said,'' "A p00r.,-. man wants : richvland, ;'but';a 'rich man can farm poor land.'*' Frbin hero the class bf land changes./entirely ;iit is either; scrub and short ffern", or "black-birch.;■ At.the \same' time,';.where this birch land has "been ■well 6owh''aftor. : .the,:first burn,'it;carries laXremarkobly., good solo".of• '■1 have ? :TO.aTOu"a'3*.gMdvw".oix«:-Mul3 r .. , Jifish":'fori ■The'road is:inTcapital order, being.mndo ■with broken:rpclc. ■.'„:■::;, ; : ' ■:•.■;■-. -. : After round, a bend,'.the rocky hills ;(pr)"taipos") of "Eikurarigi" -'StaT" tipnT':Cpme;:|nt;o':.view..':.:An'ipld :WestCoaster; isVnbvr;.at Jtho'.statibhj Mr. Mai■colm¥.'^6rej, , br;!,:'p«vionslKcat:.;Maswolltowni;,Ypu: :, can-,easiljr ; recognise all these; •brothers. 1 ■V.'.'iTKefe'-'.arejtfto" .lip- the TuraJkinajvorie.VEwen,'.'has ■. gone,.; fcihe Ham 7 ' :iltbn district; 'but .they, are all- the same- 1 -,; •big, - ;tall';-mdni';ahd':'?Hikurangi". is justihe"same.;K^''';ii-';';;'': vt; fi : ,y : .A ■•/ '."-'-'■ "■■■)■ ;;-,iTJieyi;. isbii .'busy , .shearing'./whenrl /there;'ahdjohe of ',tho .first:men.- to whom ilispgke :; .wheh.'I;got ..through -the gate, happened'to :be Mr. ;Preshaw, ■ who".hnsi'the 7next '■-:. ruh,' : "Eochy :Poihf." :His.,wife;.'is;;a;great horsewoman, and , is., 'dsterio'f.; "Bald/VCa"m.erpn,at.]?eni: Plats,' 'Mar^^^t^whom^'.'ever^bb'dy.'.-v^lmpws. , : said "sHikurangi." :.'3h^w - eH^jth|rys'^B^:.ofJ{eed : hereV Turn; him rbu'ti and 'pomboup rto; sec Mrs.a?repetition of my /Turahhavtrip' ■ over-. .againj^Scotch''.hos-' ipitality.vj/Mrs: y'M'Gregor; and ./Mrs. :P. Hockly "are_ ■ sistere; -:beyond; that ■ i6j moro, heed; be :: said. Ts This station' formerly: was n)n^^»:''Ka^^ft*^a:\thli'.'. , prppßrtT'4t-■Mr;^M'Gresor!'itpld.v'.-ine'"- J lipw /-much : ;he but .'he; hoped'in-a: su °rt'time that ■ they /*ould?g^t , -initial ■; cost :■ seem9>prit:,''of-all '•:iieas , 6n; l -"es^ J iisivelTit isVdone' ih; bther ;parts':| The at' |;tiVde ; the.;\Go;yenimeiit .in .not ■■'allow* :■ lng.fother;!. wires Von'.- their'posts''does seem 1 ;yery,?miichi like :l :: i, \