WAIPAWA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3142, 23 July 1881, Page 3

WAIPAWA.

(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT, j July 22, 1881. The "Sky Pilot,' who has been all through this winter smiling so graciously upon our district, at last has woke from his slumbers, and is evidently endeavoring to make up for lost time, for it seem 3 as if the very windows of Heaven have been opened upon us the last few days, the rain coming down in unceasing torrents, putting a stop to all outdoor work, and of course making business very dull. Tbe river iB almost what our townspeople call a " banker," being higher than it has been since the big flood of March, 1880, and the rain has also accumulated in the low-lying parts of the town, giving them the appearance of small lakes. This afternoon the rain ceased, and as the wind has changed to a stiff south-wester some fine weather will probably blow up. Let's hope so. I trust your readers will not begin to think that the Waverly-street cutting is getting as monotonous a subject as the one which has lately been the cause of so much paper warfare in the " City," for we (Waipawa residents) flatter ourselves it is of slightly more importance, and hoping you are of that opinion I will proceed with the " latest" re this our " White Elephant." Since writing my last the contractor has been unable to go on with his work, though an attempt was made to do so in the early part of the week. Through the heavy rains slip after slip has been coming down, till when I visited the spot this morning the walls on both sides had fallen in, almost obliterating all signs of the recent excavations; of course a great part of Mr Arrow's garden has disapS eared, though lam happy to say his ouse is not in the cutting yet, though every day it is in a more dangerous position. I have not heard what the Road Board intend to do under present circumstances; I think they begin to find that they have (to use a vulgar term) put their foot in it, and as yet do not see their way clear out of the mud. Oh ! with what a flourish of trumpets—or perhaps picks and longhandled shovels would be more correct—was this great undertaking begun ; it was to be such an honour and credit to the town and all concerned, and was to be pointed out to the generations to come as the great achievement and red letter event of 1881, and now—well. Sic transit gloria mundi. Professor Moore's latest, to which I referred to in my last, has naturally created a great amount of adverse comment, and one of the gentlemen who was among the " honored " few " went for " the little man through the medium of our local paper. Several others whose names were on the paper (or perhaps their sympathisers) during Tuesday night and Wednesday morning vented their indignation by thickly tarring the Professor's shop window. This act will certainly have one consolation for him, as he can honestly say he got something for his pains. The long looked forward to football match Napier v. Waipawa was to have come off to-morrow, but on account of the state of the ground is again postponed. The Waipawa " boys " ought to be thankful for this, for though they have some really O.K. players in their team they are dreadfully out of practice. I sincerely hope they will make good use of their time between this and the 30th (the date fixed for the match). If they do I should not be at all surprised to see them give their opponents " slops." The "Leviathan" having returned (looking much better for his trip) I expect be will rouse them up.