WAIPIRO BAY.
; On the 15th and 16th inst. very heavy Tain fell, upwards, d! three inches being recorded* All the. streams were very high, • and .all - traffic t ceased^ On the 17th the mail arrived from Tokomaru per pack horses, as the recently-cleared slips , had ; again sludged down, making the road impassable for wheeled!, traffic. The mail from north managed to scram* ble, through, though, a horse-cover on one of the packs ' was >tqrn off arid lost whil© crossing* the Wharoponga stream. As the boats ; did- Jiot. call last weekend at Tokomaru, the last paper we have is the Herald ..of tlie 11th. inst. The Mfako landed passengers here on the 18thv and a mail at Tokomaru Bay.., It is-, understood that- it was considered safer to land all the maijv there than -to biding on. that for Waipiro Bay, and in the meantime we patiently await its delivery to-day (July 20).. Privates 'D'uriWt, and. Hill are in the viUage oh private leaVei. Tlie weather ia very mild for July, and there ia a good growth of graes. Mi' Hugh Patterson passed through here on th© 15th on his way to open the new hotel at the cross-roads.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14051, 22 July 1916, Page 5
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