OREPUKI.

Western Star, Issue 50, 24 October 1874, Page 5

OREPUKI.

(paOM OUB , CQ3Bg3K>yD«lfT.y . 20th October. The recent floods have caused a con* siderable amount of damage to wa»er« races in this district, especially to those r eeafcly cut. The fall ot rain during the last few weeks has been the heaviest ; we have had for the last five years, and at the present time we are experiencing A a sure forerunner of more in the shape • of a nor’-west burster., Mr Nichol,. a Divinity student, arrived here ten days ago, and has since been -, busily employed during week-days in making his acquaintance with the resi* dents of the district. On Sunday last he preached in the school-house morning and evening, the attendance on both ocI caaions being good. ' At a public meeting j held in the school-house on Friday last, a I committee, consisting of Messrs Hunter, | Cassels, Guppies,. Gemmil, and Biddell, | were appointed to canyas the district in order to ascertain what amount of money j could be raised for the purpose of paying j a minister’s salary should one be stationed in this place. Thirty pounds, with instructions to have it properly spent, is the sum voted by the Government for the purpose of re-.= pairing the sWamps in the vicinity of the - upper townvhip. The tender of Mr. K. Guppies has beeu accepted for the ; execution of the work. It can easily be seen from the specifications that the sum is quite inadequate to make a permanent job. of that portion of-the road. However, the smallest contributions are thankfully received!. The instructions we could ;■ dispense with ; they remind me of what took place in Ejverton some ten years ago, between a new-chum master and his manager. The Christmas holidays being close at hand, and the manag r’a pocketmoney too light for the occasion,’ he gave the master a hint to disburse. With spmbrous look, and a finger and thumb in each waistcoat pocket, he pulled out • and handed over two-aud-sixpence, with the sound advice, “ Koo, tak care how y# spend it, Peter!’ The house belonging to Creasy and .. party was burned to the ground to-day.. On arriving at where their home used to. : be after their day’s labour, they found nothing left save a few burning embers. . The. origin of the fire is unknown, as yet:. :