PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1409, 9 April 1912, Page 6

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

.(From'Our Special Correspondents,)

MOHAKA.

'A correroonde&t from Mohaka writes as follows Largo drafts of sheep have been going oat of the district t lately. Ono splendid flock of wethers—some UOO —were (readily sold in. the paddock at Kaknriki jStation at 165.. a head (a record price) to fs, "buyer from Hastings, and then tliey Chad to bo driven somo 70 miles. , Settlers are taking advantage of the low jtato of tho Mohaka River to raft tlie timber, >vhicli they requiro : for building jjiurposes from the mill. This is tho only 'means by which tliey can get it to their [(homesteads. When—yes,' "when"—the to Gisborne is completed,. residents in these back-blocks will have a bet|ter chance of doing well. Now they have Jjo means of either exporting or importing' itock or producc except at great exponse, lowing to the high, rate of road and sea (freight. When tho names of the new Ministry '"wore telegraphed here, everyone thought ihat a joke was being perpetrated on ns Jioor back-blockers, but the news having verified—well, no one seems jubilant •over the matter, -and another election is looked forward to.

i Mr. J. Harvey, contractor, of Gisborne, /lias just completed a now road, which • leads from tho main highway right to Kakariki.