Wairoa News

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 574, 19 November 1902, Page 1

Wairoa News

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

We, I suppose, must be thankful for small mercies, and I am led to so commit myself as it has come Jo my knowledge that the site of the Frasertown bridge is really and truly to be fixed in the month of January. This, I suppose, means another trip from 'Wellington for some one, a lengbty report, and then a shelving of the subject for a time. Verily, “ Procrastination is the thief of time.” Till we get the bridge the tourist traffic via Waikaremoana is crippled. Our assets to wit, Waikaremoana Lake, Nuhaka Hot Springs, Marumaru Caves, To lieinga Falls, etc., require a little fostering care, and then their reproductiveness will soon reveal itself.

Should the proposed loan by the County Couueil carry, we may expect better roads throughout- the county, and thereby our resorts will be more attractive to the travelling public. I wonder what heinous crime wo have been guilty of that it has never entered into the Governmental noddle to devote some of our splendid bush country as a settlement for returned troopers. Sir W. Russell gave a lengthy address in the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday evening to an enthusiastic audience. His remarks, based on Opposition principles, were condemnatory of the present Government. His following turned out en masse, some of whom may not again be seen at night in town for a biue moon. At the close a vote of thanks and confidence was carried. The County Chairman, W. | A. Neale Esq-, presided.