EAST COAST LETTER.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 360, 5 October 1889, Page 2

EAST COAST LETTER.

[from OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. J

Prav Rit by us. and tail’s a tale, Merry, or sad. shall it be ? As merry as yon will.

—Winter’s Tale. Not bo Inng ago I npinpd in one nf mv WR.pk’v letter tha* thn Raorifioe of a B ; «hnn Rav, or magnate nf nnma enrt, tn the fetiflh of niir alnnghy labvrinfhs might, by causing a oor roharrpp, improve mat*prfl. At the Ram® ♦im* l I deßCrihefl nnr Sergeant nf Pnliaa, h° enpearpd at. the bnttnm nf a broken rtnwn eulvert, and prngnnßtinatpd evil to onm» Hinne then nn more pnlioe Rergeanta have enme to grief, and wnrße luck, no Bishopa BuHnexorable time ha« afforded ns a nre h’minarv warning in corpore vile, whereby two unoffending pack hnraee hav»* 1o«t the nnmh“r nf their m*>RR. and Mr WtlHa. Waipiro Statinn, their nervicp", roga’her with four cnilfl of fencing wire with which they were laden The latter mav be recovered truly, in a more nr leaa damaged condition — as mav the former— carcaß«R. verv much damaged. And whn'a tn blame ? Certainly not. the paokera, whn are exnerienced men, nnt the unfortunate horses, and Boaroelv the inanimate bridle tracks. If there had onlv been a see, see, see, (Mr Editor, dn you see ?) each pack horse, at the time of the accident, T should have reoogniaed an appropriate Nemeßiß ; as i* is I commis a rate the unfortunate beasts of burden, wretched victim* alike nf had made, and a pernicious administ.ra tinn. Shortly, the circumstances are the«e : six peek horses, wire laden, bound inland from M*rahea to one nf the fencing camns on the Wainirn run. came to grief on Saturday last, at a negleoted slip on the public road, tn which I have before repeatedly drawn attention in these letters. Th“v were all precipitated into the subjacent river, two drowned '’Utright (and lie with their loads Etill at the bottom) and the remaining four rescued with great difficulty, and considerable risk, bv the packers in charge. And yet while our bridle tracks are flhameleßßly left in thia condition fnr month a’ter month, the 0 C.O. are gravelling and metalling in the next riding Comm a nt is utterly superfluous. Old Nile itself pn«<»e««PH no snnh lea’h«ry pachyderms as our County crocodiles. Es‘imsbie gentleman, I grant you. in all the private relations nf life, but absolutely deaf, or worse, officially, where our unfortunate riding is concerned. A pleasant smoke concert wa« held at host Connelly’s Tawhiti Hotel on Thursday evening lasi, nn the nocaainn of Messrs Pat Hewetann and Lord giving station life h°st, a n d starting for the Transvaal goldfields Thev had b*»en for Rome years on the station (Waipiro). and a numerous gathering of friends wished them God speed in their new undertaking. Mr Thos. Nteele, station overseer, occupied the chair. Complimentary speeches were made, songs sung, and the merry making prolonged to the small hours. Messrs Hawatflnn and Lord left for Auckland bv the Australia, also two other passengers, females, on Friday last. Since the last “ kowhai ” rainfall, and floods, we have experienced splendid summer weather, and there is plenty of activity at the cnast stations, docking, dagging, &c., preliminary to shearing.

Two sp’endid massive four home waggons have just been completed at the homestead (Wainirn). bv thesta’ion artificers. Thevars constructed of tanekau, blue gum, and kauri, and b a ing complete in every detail. One is designed fnr beach and surf work at Waipiro, the other for exportation to Hawke’s Bay.