.There are horse .Sraps in the shape of rotten culverts along the Christchnrch.,rpad,j j... of which travellers, 'whether -on wheels or on.^ . | .horseback; had " netW beware. ; A 1 few^ a W- ', ago, says the Hokitika "Stary^orievof'ffie""' horses in thfi;.coach;V?ent I through one of these pitfalls, and broke its leg, necessitating its subsequently being killed.
Writing of the proposed new road from the Buller mouth inland, a correspondent of the "Westport Times," says.— On my way up from Westport to Chnstys to-day, I have taken particular notice of the intended line of road Wen the General Government purpose constructing, and 1 am more .than ever convinced that it is a great mistake. If the present engineering plans are persisted in the whole of the L 12.000 will he spent, and the district very little better off, as far as the roads are concerned. The opposite aide of the river, I mean the Westport side, is in my opinion where the road onghfc to be made, crossing somewhere near M'tatyre a.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1643, 10 November 1873, Page 2
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