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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 15 January 1912, Page 8

A number of motor-car parties journeyed from Blenheim . and through the Havelock district yesterday. The- roads are in fair'order, except that they are, "bumpy" as a result of the timber traffic.' They are kept/in better order than. might be expected considei-ing the. number of timber waggons, which pass over them: every day in ' the week. An excursion in this direction at the present; time of the year is of an enjoyable character. The route round the "track" has much scenic attractiveness, overlooking, as it does, for alength of several miles, the tortuous roourse of the Wairau River, flowing in a variety of streams through extensive tracts of shingle, and skirted by willows and native bush in full foliage. The country right through to H,avelock is in favorable condition for stock, the rains having main-i----tained a good growth of grass. The dairy herds all through the Okaramio distrist present a thriving appeaiv anc«; and the farmers are no doubt finding,the milking industry this season more profitable than usual. One of the most interesting sights of the ■route yesterday was Messrs Brownlee- and Go's flock of Angora goats, numbering 100. which were grazing in a paddock near Havelock. The pretty, white animals have just been shorn, and are said to have given an exceli lent return.