RAETIHI NOTES, "

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9458, 9 June 1898, Page 2

RAETIHI NOTES, "

(From Our Own Correspondent.) . ;p ,~jj RnETiHi,.June 6., 'J 'lA The weather has bsen very good* her<C ' J ' J but we have hacl some verv>severe |ro«ts,t -. r y the ground completely white and JlTsomA'--', ;J* places, where the'sun cannot get atj^ide'^/ff-? nearly half an inch thick. -This' is ac-*-~£, eountea for by the standing bush shading ; Vthe roads. A party who attended ""-Ilia "^""x land sale went down on horseback through/..1 ' t the Parapara track, I being one oftheiß. ','-"2 We were Surprised:, We started ; from,-.-," Raetihi at 20 minutes to 7' in the tndrn- -tS' ing ana arrived o,t the Rea Lion- in-Wan-tv'A ganui at 20 minutes to 7in the eTernng;:- f'i making the journey in 12 hours.- ? >We ' , ' ,' spelled the horses at Parapara for" about ' " an hour. I think it is a great pity this : - roaa couia.not be pushed on further. Surely if the price of town sections are', ,» r worth as much as was put on them at -the „' ■*, last sale, ana the lana of suoh great Value, •' ~ it shouia be the first thing the GoVefri-'^ <^ ment shouia do to give us a good outlet by * "t road. , I have been informed, by goodj, "-" authority, that the roaa grade W'asgooa"'-, las any in the country. From~*wbat-l--~ ', could see there would be very little hridg- „ " 7 ing requirea. The Manowera. was.iri''flood ana we had to swim our horses at the fora, where there is a' swing briage .' for foot passengers. There seems nothing ~» 1" to prevent a good bridge being pnt'oyer \- flqoa level. We have a splendid-JwiageV .. ' over the same river about five miles froto^S^ Raetihi, but the approaches, from'iherjß^' 1 "^ are very difficult. It seems tome that ihe-^,"5 small sums that have been given for .this road have been cautiously ppentj though;* _ .-' great deal has had to be spent in'irierelyS'va beeping the traok open. , If ifc-werCppiSt "Jsk on the proper traok it would nofgo^flu'rl^S' and probably we should be iu > a,T,worse' r flX;j?rK than ever, but I do tbmklh'aKwithyrihS',^ quantity of land It. would- open up/for,jt' J* .settlement, 'a Bum "of. money- should 'lf*-* be placed on the BsMmatee'fo^tWs'rosd;^^ when the proper time comes, and'irialca,ftjctff a gooa dray roaa so that the settlers could' i-C' get into Wanganui. Until this is;aoriejr>%is almost impossible for settlers to^llve ';v here, tho cost of IWing being 'almoW'otoV^i, of question. There is another thing7tfier iSrbridgeover theMakutuka being .washed"'-^') away twelve months ago, has /beetf yeiy. '"J inconvenient. The coach had to H Stop in >-; ' Raetihi a week or so ago f of .two days with>f T£ the man> Surely this would 'not ,be fiuch"/?^ an expensive affair that it could .not^Jje^'^ done. It woula help us in gettfajg-dut'i'itVi4 needs be, by Ohingaiti. the ro,ad.^ that way is very baa'foraoout four mile3£''j| we could manage to get through'. '.i"" '■£&!&* The adjourned case" of'Bennetfc y sna^ft Punch for workingbullocks on thePipiriki-^fi ,Wairoru road came up last Saturaay^fpjKf^ hearing and resulted iri the first Toh^geyfebeing proved. Theaefenaarits-were"'aiß-/wy ! charged on paying costs 7b,',lh the.seooftd'yjl case they were fined 10s ana oostS'7a,lthe?^ presiaing Justices being Messro^tigramJ*'^ and T. Brags. >v -> \<fX"sCi Tho new sawmill on' the Pipiriki. roao>?;j will shortly be at work. ,1 have also v bee4i'g informed that Messrs Bennett and Punch:;! J4 have another engine at Pipiriki for'.theiirl^ saw-n-illing plant, and if prevented 'fjconv^t working bullocks on the road if"simplyV^ means letting, this 'valuable j -piece .^ojteVt machinery lay at Pipiriki untilcßunimwrst?"^ Surely a permit > vheenlgiyen'i s <; them to allow them to get if up, tKey,being^v^ employers of labour here should st of soinoj^f consideration. " ,--,, //•'vJfsi 1 .. - > _-5L^" '-> iA.staSr 3 /