Peria.

Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 50, 17 July 1906, Page 5

Peria.

(From our own Correspondent.) Mud ? Yes, any amount and more than any ’umou.il when you gv. off main road. Miniature lagoons abound every where, much to the delight of the domestic duck, which finds little difficulty in extracting the. juicy worm from its dark caverns. Really, what have we done to deserve three weeks of rain ? Thanks to the contiguit y of a shingly river our main road is always travelable, but the settler whose habitation is inland from the road must find the mud and slush slightly more than monotonous, and in unprintable language I expect he sometimes rakes tilings up generally. And yet, I don’t know, our backblock settler is a very patient individual, and with philosophical resignation he takes things as they come—the bitter with the sweet, for I suppose it is necessary to have the one iu order to appreciate the other, and Winter with its murky sky and its ram and its mud are characteristic features of the North. The sunshine will come later on, and in our appreciation of it we will forget the days that are past. Owing to inclement weather we were compelled to postpone our debate, which was fixed for Saturday night. Several of the members, however, braved the elements and put in an appearance, but it was deemed advisable to put the debate off for another week, so members will please note that fact. It is to be hoped that more favorable weather will prevail on the 21st, indeed I think the Secretary has been notified to interview the clerk of the weather.

I learn that Mr. W. F. Thompson, who is connected with Government Valuation business, intends leaving these parts and settling in Whangarei. His labours, I understand, will extend south from Whangarei to Auckland. I am sure we all heartily congratulate Mr. Thompson. If Lis work is somewhat increased it is evident that his worth by the Department is recognised. Our worthy and deservedly popular resident, Mrs. Hazard, has been in the doctor’s hands since my last, but latest accounts are cheering, and we soon hope to see her about again, Mr. Harry Thomas in also getting better, I am pleased to say, and will soon, I trust, be himself again.