OPOTIKI.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 70, 3 May 1873, Page 3

OPOTIKI.

(feom: our own - connESPoiTDEisr'r.) Thursday, April 2d. IrABKiTfgoN 8 Masonic Hotel bad a narrow squeak from burning on Friday last. It appears the chimney took fire and blazed away at a fine rate Cons-tablea .tie ns haw and Sikes and a number of Armed Constabulary and civilians were quickly on the spot, through whoso exertions it was speedily extinguished. Wo have no Fire Brigade here, but if a number of buckets and a good ladder or two were kept in some conspicuous place, it might be the means of saving valuable properly. At present, when anything like this occurs, matters seem for a time to be all sixes and sevens. The steamer Southern Cross is doing well getting a subsidy for carrying our mails’ from lauranga to Auckland. I cannot imagine why put on board on Thursday evening last could not have been brought on hero. weather cannot be pleaded as an excuse in this instance. What little wind there was blew from the south-east, and mild at that. It is nothin** 1 fflOiC than deliberate shirking. Time after time intending passengers have gone to the Ohiwa to m: ether on the appointed days-often on two successive days—and returned disappointed. Folks have given tins Id tie pastime up, and vote the steamer a swindle. But w-d, ofi’ with o”? English mail demands more iuquu?. ».,■.? 5 the owners and the Governu-o. ; ■Vo- '?,. / , of this. '■ ' ie The Armed Constabulary are pu-hh.g along famously with the Waioeku road, Jt has been widened considerably, and wii! be of great service when completed. : The line of road to the Table Land has been huu o«!~ab f aU 127 chains in all. After crossing Looy l-orcl, iho rj-ui runs along the river oppoetr«i<d ♦ <■ settlement 5 thence in a winrhrr * ’ ,BS u lO to t,e centre spur, fwhl'' •• to summit. Tenders ' ; ■ 'V. v p 18th May. havo U b r, ” V£i ' . ttle inhabitants colds x ’ 1 10 ° r suffering from severe oih UrlyeTe ‘‘- • is blowing, or ah fon- u° r . and cussing—some doing are b^inlTK e, l 0r J rj - ing to ♦ and the doctors are having a high old time of it.