Rotowaro

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 10, 6 July 1923, Page 3

Rotowaro

j “THE SLOUGH OF DESPAIR,’ (Own Correspondent ’ i A tiling, no matter how bad, can always he worse, so say the god-." But it i- questionable : whether this piece of philosophy can be applied in order to mitigale lo some small extent the inconvenience that lias originated from the “Slough of Despair,’ which at present besmirches the fair township of Rotowaro. The recent inhospitality of the Weather Clerk has multiplied the muddy situation to an alarming extent, and the road, or what was once a road, has now reached a Page that defies the elements in any further effort to make a bad job worse. The residents are at their wits end to knqw whom they may appeal to for succour, for the Tan pi; i Coal Company emphatically states that the ugly mess is rot under tiieir jurisdiction. So now the afflicted may direct their appeals to the Council, who knows, but that they may have a faint idea as to who the inundanl depths belongs. Probably the rightful claimants are not too anxious to force the claim, for it will certainly be a difficult task to finer the submerged road. Meanwhile, the inhabitants are seriously considering the advisability of utilising long ropes, rs used by mountaineering parties.