CATLIN'S RIVER

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue I, 1 October 1874, Page 3

CATLIN'S RIVER

importance; nO/sms?]oiL gaggQimttaof i'jit^ 3 timbeafhutl afeqi foiU^k^vAi^^^for^ T grp]-&n'»s^ icbniplefelt fb^sts'PHPM «feWm» qne;:^de §nd ireMkng^lmps^ ii} feaa tjhe7% (^wardC% onv ■ther.cotte^ ■ watered;? not* only ?*by- x thp intwcrfanam' Hvei-jf -^ Gatlinte aadnOy^ke but also 1 K lay 'Vumeirßus' * "!'%unnihg"tHrough^t&e^^^^^^^^^ first ghmpse,is qaught #1 rJ^Q-^ake^qrr crossing:; the.<Owake? and Ahuriri districts, yj^kijig' down: the- stream ifrom-5 fthe 'bridge? tithe. vieW of -thef-'stfeam is' really' "be^utifiil^ The rippling %iWrpTOshih^ £ as T itMoes; over round £hbrulder¥,';jEhe branches ot the rjees..almpst^|eti^g in the centre and-ldipping'their'-leaves into the. water,' -andv-theMndergrbwth^of-vshrubs of all [^e'vanoustrees^foruijat ,once avpleas-", :^b'ea&t ifplfpiciiuTei 1 1 7 The ? |3reek' (ealled^a- er'£ek ir/' qompaaisbn - to.; litsjikrgej^ -r;Bp -/ pAV.theVhil^ • Kaihikiu- l apd tiWaiweraj jana. ? wft^n {.*£ > few 3-ards of ihbisolirces ;pf^fiie r5 -^uerua; 1 and 5 Waiwera. .From thejbridge-iofthe; ' spbt kupwn as • ttie^Lancfihg,"^ thpi* creek i? not* more "tjian^mteen; df7 r six|e7eh : feet wide!-, ' Anyqnb' ; wfehi^g|; f to (X ;^nj6y; la> pleasant; irow iS and : , admir7e^%^ sceneryi tl shoui(i.i. :-a 'beautiful' streanir /The; kind' ; pfjpqats| which are usecTpn both -tWQwakeiahd., Catlih's areV!to a r hovice; rather ,danger^ pus^arid difficult 7ts 'mß^a|;e.. i ' r ' <, They are' flat-botJtpmed, ahd^ squdre t^e ;i e^s; and, only a\ very > {pqft^on;. of the- ! bottom touches the watef^/.a^l|he^^are turned up at bothi&nds; fWithYa person ; unaccustomed to - handle' them*, they spiii-roiinct and f round like' a^ top, "and. will J gp, : eyei¥,'.W'iy : but the : wajr they are. [^wanted. '. r Thy;Sbttlers. and^the'mill-meu manage ; .. these „ seeniingly' ' 7* Unwieldy =' I crafts with, gireat dexterity,, and^aiWg-o at a gobd pace with? them, y r All the yvay J from' the bridge downeto the r Landing-, the trees cpi^ae close downdto' the'rive^ banks) ; and the'underwq del^byerhangjng , giyes.'the , streani^Kp ,'appbarance ( ,of| a monstrous snajce,, 'cpijing ' itsel^'tlfrough; 1 bi-ushwood. Being ; ai4id^|sl;reaiqi,Jand f comparatively narrow for. ;the volume of -Water, the' current is very istrong. with. |; ah ohf going; tide." f • ; f - -^ ;,; A . At. the Landihg,'Messrs. Guthrie, ans ; Larnach have recently 'erected '^srnew'i i saw. mill, .uncler.-, the^ pfMr. , Stratford. ;g 4.; short^ tWe . ,ag*o another mill was in- full!. -work .almost/ opposite, but for some- mysterious cause it has stopped bpefatibns,and the hands haye7go^ne fJo'the other -mills; > .With, ' such' a large, exl:en.t;.df^.firßtj■^ate7 timber, on all sides); it seems! strange tp see a. mill, which is in good working: prderj ■■at' a- standstill. The various;, little 1 ' wooden* huts' '■ of the mill hands 'studded ; along the banks close rounds the' mill, form little 'Which' 'adds . picturesquenessjjtpithe, landscape^;; T^his new mill ernploysj 'fripq' SO/'to^o^'handstand, heihgi jconapletely ., fitted, up.'ihjthe? most approved style^ consequently Jwiil • throw- off' ;a : large amount of ' timber."' I The' logs' to "the; mill hy' a s |i^ ; m;wjty'/run;'| 'Which ha^ 'j,ust.*. been 'compj^ .50. to 6Qtons cah^lpad at tlie.7 ! L'aAdin!gy> .; but, thei navigation tup the cr'eel^ |is difficult.,.- Beingsurrouuded bytiniberj r thG!r'e , is- no wind -for a vessel to sail upp so lbri^'poles 'are used > to pushf her; off' the >^ank^k^'' , k^ 4 i h^ in .the channel, . the. tide, being tfie, p|rincipal,;nieWnß; fori 1 her locomotion. , .'.'!' '! 'A'"-'''' r ;

At the! junction.:, of the.', Otwake -and ■ Catlin's,-. about- twormiles ,1 below- 1 the Landing^- a towrighip has been' laidi bff J called, /J^ew; Ha"ven^ j arid " sections'! are 'ppenedj.up'foV^ a ; br,oa§4 %tre^mVwit I of 1= water. t! , f^umerpus: landspijts^whjipff 4 r & [shifting theippp^i&rij^a^eJ i -the- mbiitb/rather dangerous' for vesselsj to- enter! -The^bar at'sthe- inouthdis m great ; drawback^; ■ th& 'ichanrifel'^being'; narr ovarii! ; '. large 7sH°^s '/ runniifg'' ourj f pn each", side..^ jbar,is/often;jleceive^ Thje w^psr,l which' may-seem- to? her 4cm pc .-blowing straigUi; i'nto^the 'inbutnT' either;diesfaw,ay .a.iio-r '^ether^'or 'is' J forihd^itpub&riglit in ! thei t ,TM^jrj|ay ; lie. .acb^urir^d SfotVhfS§Mf rjar tieingA alrijost b iarid-ioclMll r ''"an'd t ' s tW tcurrept jOt wing ojjmmg-round;.^^^^ int a(?cirole<;btow ( s;^teaight 7 piit ,to sea« The 5 -dangerf!* theVbarp however^, are,. ' greatT;f f e^seried*^ tere^d I'BiiSt Sration! unde i'tibd charge,- , of , • Capt; Hay ward, .'whose- -piperienceP iapdr; carej'haye;; warded off • pasualitaeS from takirig^piace,, a , About r^hree 'mile^ from l^"Jßlsr"Ste^B7 : ~Guthrio md\ Larnach's other* arid ' largjef -inilil isr situated. - ? At -tnirtoiill)^ .are emjilb^pand -a--VasV' amount jo£ timber '?' Dunedin arid'. 1 other, ports. A tramway"hag'b]een3run ! p'iit Jnto '' the fr: HvW'°ab'6ti% &-'3iSiW below, the;, mili^ frbin^ -whence- the *- logs'i are, • rafr^^up'iy^l^eariilf 'W itwp- hettchjes-r -the .breast^^rich—asfhrea^k^j ; in|[-dowri%encM whibh^s^tt&Hvith a J ! lof lidms» a^nuW¥iliiniri^bfiFrberich. "^"bdi^ i ''SEfsM{^i#f ?hi|te rip- th-ari thl; mill -fte lak£begiris; -TsfiLt^if" very^hara? to ;navigate, even for 'small^boats, bni 'nppou&tf^ 'sn&;'bt whfelr^it 1 is'i ( fp^;lri;rj^^ iMnc? 4TtM* MmmiW; Lttme^fiultfoheMh^ or on a£coimr;'<?f -f^lmd^.^w.-^ive^^

but witfi^j^^^^wi^^^^i^e^^ than with the»laiidr no doubt ■ rUiat string, , Bfla -piwninff ! ineQ fare^actiV^ and/icthe! iiieViiable isfiult is o eyiaently^supceeiain^w^U) i^&jh? ; ; ! d6|einrl(S t(i !< dtf otivacconn^fof ? fpr?sibg« ana^^i^tfew^^d^ther^ oh. account'O^tJieii^^l^^^ljl^tb :supplystHelwantsjbfeth^^o|iC|^B^ig^ ,thelnSfel#s'F aof^feotfbldf* c? -spo? -^traS^cftf^ltf^l^ißn, t^liand^^ an^ii&»a^d s therr: Lowerf ; Oyajc^y Mate J% nf %eidy 'settled on, ; but .. that thex^e /is a c^tal ;elasip r 6f -laird stUlffirabcoupie^onQlthe TTpper ( Mat > a r ß t^ell f! a J B»ttaP la'ridsbiuthe gtaa&i a Q 4 ; ; |>eau^ful F.takej ja ? trip jtojaCiatlbutt*^ jFpr^-T>ejr§9ns • itiiis; locality surpassed, gftie !^nd Uver-dHaßlMng} t|nfe? r df^the» trees, tfie:;'sparMg%fe^- %te&teiad tm^i^;:;^^^m ■$$&*% aie|j|K^oor can :■ assure tra sellers '. and? Jtounsts ,iuat at 'Mr? Ray's Accommodation House IJtiiey %Hl[ ni'gef^with/e very comfort; both fdr'ffiemselyes th^ir T hofeM ' and ! be <nipit;iibspitably - n } *•-*■.