EAST COAST LETTER.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 378, 16 November 1889, Page 2

EAST COAST LETTER.

[froai ohr own CORRESPONDENT .J

Pray sit by us, and tell’s a tale, Merry, or sad, shall it be ? As merry as you will.

Winter’s Tale.— Rain, rain, continual squalls from the S.E., and every outside thing in a dripping or moist condition. People moving about with long mackintoshes, and longer faces, wondering when the “ dickens,”—or worse—it is going to clear up again. Shearing wholly suspended of course, a tremendous sea rolling in, and every probability of no steamer on Thursday. Altogether the East Coast is in an adjectival bad humor, and a good many of its denizens likewise.

Messrs Williams and Goldsmith, Chief Surveyor of Hawke’s Bay and District Surveyor of Cook County, respectively, accompanied by Mr Rnshbrook of-your town, passed through Waipiro on the Sth, on their way north as far as Hicks Bay. It is said they hops to discover better means of road communication along the coast than the present route • also to the inland stations, and to the Bay of Plenty, via Waiomatatini, avoiding the coast track from Awanui via Kawakawa altogether. There is also some talk of a direct road via Hikurangi, whereby Opotiki may be reached from hereabouts (Waipiro) In a day. If you look at the map. Mr Editor, you will find a straight line hence, only about 55 miles, which makes the idea feasible to say the least of it,

On Sunday last while Messrs Lord and McKay (Waipiro), station employees, were riding out to Takapau, inland from the homestead, the horse of the former suddenly dropped dead, with hardly a struggle. The animal, a fine upstanding Chestnut, was aged, and heart aisaaae is supposed to have been the cause of the sudden collapse, I see you are all en fete at Gisborne on the arrival of the Home Rale Delegates. As I am not an advocate for Home Rule myself, I can only wish you a little of our weather to dilute the whisky. Even my ink is getting thin, and, as you will perceive, my news is muchly diluted this week. No wonder, Blame the weather. The Southern Cross called in last week (Thursday), and took away 107 bales (there abouts) of wool. The Australia arrived on Saturday evening, but was off again quickly, in consequence of threatening and bad weather, as usual of late. ,