CAMBRIDGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 303, 1 November 1864, Page 5

CAMBRIDGE.

[l : I!OJ'r 6t'K OWN COIiKF.SI'ONTISST.] Cambridge 011 the Horatiu, Oetober li■")']i, ISG4. Tins settlement oi : township progf;3s>;>; but slowly, unless the <|uu!>tity of what'cs built and )wiug built can be taken as a sigW of progress, for Jbfly are springing up in every direetic-Y> —iconic oi tbeni *sre respectiiblc enough, but others nrb anything but ornamental. Several of tho olUeers have' fenced in plots of kind for gardens, ami have put seeds Jn,- but it is all on spcr I presume, as none ot them know where their be. Tlu-rc is great dissatisfaction amongst the men on a«:em»it. of' the delay of the Government in putting them on 'ch-"ir town allotments, as *eems that all the other rogjftv'-'ntei hllVe got theirs nn<3 «w« getting on very well," while' ffa'tf ';oe i.s in,-iking no progress ; thev say that the 3rd reciirti'fct has done more tl.iin anv othe others, unit lias 1.-fiated tho worst. Tiioro appears to be some hitch betueeri the ollicers and thLi Gove: 11 merit,' as" the latter want to /eserv© all tl'.o I'ivor fr ui' ige, and the oiti' ers aud men will riot a'-i'ree. to it; it does i ot. seorA 'Yulte fair X think. doubt if the men bad their allotlfieTife the piace would s.«>/! j>«t on a ditVerent aspect, as they would then set to wo/If with a will, -which in reghnettiwl fatigue work is the principal thing that is always found wanting. T.ie hospital, ofiieers' hii!?, nnd the stables for tne Co/oiir«l l>eiene<: l'orce, are going on but slowly, as often the mVJ>'no waiting ior materials; I suppose they cannot saw H l':st enough down at the diilcrent mills at or near X'ppirn'ittt'iJbiii. : Wc'iiie verv Well off for stores up here, for I need not tell you that the enterprising Simpson has one herej as lie has at ali ttVe stilt ions ; also, 2d r. W . J. Youiiff and a Mr. Kirkwcod',-and also the Collector or the Quarter-Muster h:is on?,—SO no inducement for move ut present, ad I hear they are none of them too busy. ] believe there are not above 000 of the 3rd regc. here, as they had to send about 100 men up to Pukcrimn when tb o detachment ot the left a week or two back—also about 30 or -10 hid to btf sent down to Kirikiriroa to relieve the detachment of the lbth there. Wlien the whole of the regiment gets up, the place will go a-head. 1 dart-say, but at present thev are very scattered about bore and there, some at Kangiriri, some at Razorback, and some at the tMirroy Redoubt down at the Thames. A lew of the noncommissioned otliecrs have their wives up, but the

gentle sex are low and for between up here at present.' . Wo lmvc mostly si slcuiuboat up hero or three times ;i week, the ('ulonial Government ones, and the little ' G ymnotus,' and the ' Waipa now and then ; the ' Gynmotus' is expected daily. -The Colonial Government steamboat ' Gundagai' is a fine boat fcr this river, and makes some very quick trips, but she mostly has a very heavy load 01 barges in tow when she comes up here, and that ot course makes a vast difference in her speed. October 26th. The ' Gundngni' fame up to day, bringing up a very Jar«c barge in tow, loaded with Commissariat stoics, \-c. We lutd something to-day to wake up the wimp a bit. One of the officers, C-.pt.-im liickuds, v.-ho is abf-ut. to have the regi'iient to join the Government Mir'voy party, 1 believe, had all his camp furniture, fittings, live stock, .to., sold oil" by Miction ; the auctioneer irade the most ot'itol course, and sold the thing-; ouite in a sale-room st\le. Although iiH am .tear," most of the article* realised a capital price. A company of the 3rd regiment leaves this to- ' moirow i'or i'uUerimn, to relii-vc the detachment of ' the IStli Koyal Irish, who go down to Ngarnawahia ' pr ' Giindagui.' ' 'J he wiatlier up here at present is splendid.