EAST COAST TELEGRAM. GREAT FLOODS IN POVERTY BAY. GISBORNE, Thursday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5725, 28 January 1876, Page 2

EAST COAST TELEGRAM. GREAT FLOODS IN POVERTY BAY. GISBORNE, Thursday.

The details of the Hood are confirmatory of the pluvious reports. The Standard of yesterday contains further partnulai -> Many settlers here arc perfectly ruined or paralysed for \ears to come .v-vcral settlcia on the plains "are leaving, as no gr,u,s feed is procurable for btock. Mr. De Moulrey's loss is throe thousand sheep. Mr. JoJm Breingan, two to ti\e hundred. Mr. Peter Breingan w .is t,:i\ e<l w ith diiheulty. Mr. Saunders' loss m crop? is estimated at a thousand pound 1 -, besides drapeiy, stock, and ad vances made on account of grass seed. In fact, near]}' evtiy settler in the Bay is more or less injured. The Jtoad Board decided to-day to take statistics of damage done, and to apply to the Geneial (io\trnment for an advance, as the local rates are insufficient for the necessity. Mr. Boss's body was found 100 jaids from where he was drowned. The river is down, and the weather is settling to a line atmosphere, hot ond humid. Fears are entertained of an epidemic unless galus bpriug up, on account of thousands of festering carcases strewing the plains from the northward to the East Cape. The accounts are disheaiteniug. Crops and stocks washed away, and enormous landslips on the coast. The Maoris are great sufferers, <wd applied to the Government for rations. Travelling is now undertaken at great risk. At Ormond houses are in great jeopaidy. A meeting of settlers is to be held tomonow night to consider tho matter. Mr Villers' hotel is almo&t wrecked. The (Joiistabulai y are censured for not turning out and rendering assistance. A paddock of ten acres at Kaiterataba was washed away, an I communication between the town and country is shut up. Xothm^ authentic is learned from the other side of the Waiparoa Creek. The general belief is that Mr. Kempthornt has suffered loss in some shape. All the rivers are still unfordable. At a public meeting on Tuesday night the School Committee was elected, alter an expression of disinclination to serve under the present circumstances. On Monday the Road Board accepted the tender to collect the names of the settlers entitled to register claims to vote, living between the Lottin Point and Te Kapu. This is independent of the roll to be made by the Board from the assessment list under the new Act. It is estimated a thousand additional names will be added to the electoral roll this year.