OKARITO.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1692, 6 January 1874, Page 4

OKARITO.

'j ::,:i'yl.' 'A Jj^i6k A. CORRE3P62!h)BNT.] ' '<'/ • ' ■''';' y. : :! 3()tfri)'e,cember, 1874. Another fatal accident happened at the* ci •Thrpa-.Mile 3jsluft last; .night,. f aliput seven "o'clock, whereby a. muph Tespected man, - known here by the name of " Jock the CK-J ipgtcfcer,'? Lost 1 his life in.', attempting to cross ! foe Bltfff af high; yater. *J3e was seen -by 'Mr'-'Kingj'whaiwas riding the Qppoßite,way, but. happened to look back, fthd'Bdw 'de'cbased' washed frotn 'his horse.'. He immediately.gallopped to the resciie,' but, as the time was, he was top, o : "' ( if Ja'te; "'-''All pbsSibldf^iheans "were employed fc>> ''tb^kibre animaiioni'bdt ; without'*effect. No man down South : has^B6 J 6iften "pissed , M -this.. Bluft. or, knew the road belter^ He was employed by the firm of., V JJX^teri^k and Co., .'The^bqdy has,been' ' I Jpokveyfed jtp/pkufito. t^nay.observjthat not one death here in ten is from natural causes. ,r.!/.,;^i\j- a jcPp/the, same itiae, Wfr M'/Fefcerick hima! i ■ f jßeify being on a y bung ; and] gtrange. -lprse, JiivJgot .among the. breakers;) vflChef girths Inc. broke,. andithe saddle* together with a bag hid of gbld//wasi washed ioff.fS';Thd horset and ""'^ihan f^gdt /safely* .through) « though'^both , awJujd quite i enough o^' if j A Btribt l Search was made, and thfr saddle" atid'pld were . found on the beach all safe, nearly a mile w . fW'^tohwM: "/■"■% BJ V ' '■':.' ... : in at Okarito, on her' way south'aiorig the

Coast, her trip being made, I understand, in connection with the election of our West Coast king. „ ">'. . . ; ..i.. : A requisition has been largly signed by the people here to Mr Cannavan to stand for 1 the Provincial'Oeuncil for this:4istr|ct,which meets with general approbation. I believe that no man knows the wants of the district better, and although he 'has not hitherto dabbled much in politics, he is an active, smart man, and will need as little time as most to learn, and less than many would require. I hope he will be successful. • , ; Christmas has passed over here in a quiet cheerful way. We had the usual races, two-legged and three-legged,- firnshin<* with a matron and maid race, the maid of course gaining by long odds, and all but beating our best male runner in' a spurt of 100 yards with 15 yards start. Goddluck to her ! She comes from your town, the Grey. • I have not written to you for long, as 1 got into hot water with a neighbor; of mine,, who. broadly called me a "public liar," and said he should expect an apology in a fortnight, which, however, has not been dsmanded, and so I suppose he has seen his mistake. I challenge any man to prove that 1 ever wrote anything but truth . intentionally, although, of course, I have to write from hearsay, as other men have. I appeal to anyone who reads my remarks to say if my statements are not borne out by fact. Although you sometimes omit portions of my letter, I ..do jnot complain, but would like my neighbors to know tliat over this I have ilb ''control/' '<"• ' • "