MOTU NOTES.
(From Our Own Correspondent.) " Necessity is the mother of invention.” It was necessary here a few days, ago by one of our settlers to haul a m,oib of sheep—by, lots; of ji dozen —in a cage across the ■Motu river. These are the difficulties back-block peoplo have to encounter, and' it is no wonder that people are sny of venturing too fan ‘‘ out bach,” when the building of a bridge wound, do away with such inconvenience. There is ‘no doubt that the cfm- | •tract of procuring the timber for the work has been let, but that is no excuse on account of the fact that settlors who t-o-ok up the sections in the Uratawa East .Survey block a little over two years ago were loaded five shillings per acre for, rootling and bridging. Other settlers will have the same to contend, with. Considering the time of year the roads are execution ally go.ojd. A small mob of fat- cattle, -the property of Mr J. Aliy, of Opottki, passed through here a few 'days ago en route ifco that place from jGishomo —an exceptional occurrence. The Rifle Club Ball on Friday, night is the chief excitement.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1484, 19 June 1905, Page 1
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