OVERLAND TO MARTIN'S BAY.
, Mr John, M 'Bride, of this town, who -has undertaken the supervision of the making of the track from the head of the Lake to Martin's Riy, has fefurnedTor business purposes. [He will no doubt report to the departn^fit what haa been done. That,- of course, iaf a matter 'of detail. Generally, w« . a large extent of .road, in The natire difficult places' has been maw ; , that our informant' (Mr Sandison) in our'! last issue must have made some mistake, j his statement being "that he crossed the ! range with the greatest diflWnlty, there being a foot of tnow on the tricKS Mr M 'Bride says that a partiar^a&^f^lhow dtiL take ! place; i^yLj^f£ r^i^h^^msr the* depth of one or wrd 'incßes for a few hours. He further add* that the climate is deltghtfal^ and the road £arty have been able to ~ iJ #ork. all the 'time. We ate also informed, that the improvenMrtrts made are so great, that a journey wMohhas hitherto taken two and a Half akyf to accomplish can now be done ib fess thanfhalf Il^at v time. Mr M 'Bride himself Afod that time to nine hours and a lijjf, Ih which he reached Dartmouth (Head off*ke| from the Hollyford River. Our inforlKatat, whose testimony is valuable - f rpraformer pursuits and. experience - says that a finer country for settlement does not exist. The soil is deep and rich\ the timber is magnificent ; straight trees *ovsr 100 V feet in the barrel are met with generally, and thousands of acres tempt settlement ; and the valleys excel ordinary ideas of them, and the climate is delightful; As to Martin's Bay, we have obtained no precise information. Money is •evidently not plentiful, and the Bteauatboats trading on* the West Coast are not-* over anxious for accounts current. — W4batip Mail. J
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 274, 1 May 1873, Page 10
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304OVERLAND TO MARTIN'S BAY. Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 274, 1 May 1873, Page 10
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