HARAPIPI.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 645, 6 December 1865, Page 5

HARAPIPI.

[fhoji a corkespoxdent.]

November 25. 0 >' the 25th this post wai strengthened by a detachment of the Ist WiuKat; ivgiraent from Cambridge, 3G rank and file, under the command of Captain. Hrowon and Ensign rTobcruft, tho strength of tho gnrnsun is now about 70 men, exclusive of tho Forest Hangers off pay and on their land. I think that a post like this, with a population of near one hundred, ought to be a little better off for a medical oilieer than it is. The nearest one is at Alexandra, distance of iibout seven miles, and if ho was urgently rcqui ed—any one might be dead before he could arrive ; ho is supposed to visit this post at - stated period?, but as yet his viiits are few and far between. It ia true lh:tt his services, have been required but" veiy little, as this is ono of the most healthy scttltmenU <ai the Wiiikato; but I think he should visit this at least or.o a-wee!,-.

for thin Inst three or four w.-el-n wo liave had a great deal of ruin, and the |zr?en. ieei for catllo is in splendid condition all around thus scUlcmont, nn 1 nil the live stock avo looking first-rate, but the s •: ■■■• tiro beginning to bo rather duubtful nboir la :■• potato crops, sis so much wot is making tl-.-.'in ml run to top?. The green nviizo is looking iirjt-rato, but the swamp hens are very destructive to it; in a :'cw weeks vegetables and poultry will bo very plentiful hero.