WAIROA.
[feom: a ooseespojtdest.] Thursday, 21st June, 1866. The mouth of the river is nearly closed, there being no channel whatever. The ‘Hero,’ ketcli, has been off the river for the last three days, but without any attempt being made to enter. She left for Napier this evening. There is a sand spit across the entrance with about four inches of water. There is some talk of opening the newly proposed channel, but I am afraid it is only talk, as it would take an almost endless amount of labor to open the river satisfactorily while it remains in its present state. There is little or no business doing and every prospect of its getting worse before it gets better. Kopu and his followers arrived here oa Monday last. They brought several looted horses back with them, taken from the Hauhaus down the coast. There are several strange rumours of war afloat again. It is said Karaitiana is about to fight the Hau-huus at Ti Ti Okura, a place near Maunga Aruru.
Friday, 22nd June, The mouth of the river this morning is only about ten yards wide, but it is rather deep. It has risen about eighteen inches.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 388, 25 June 1866, Page 2
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199WAIROA. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 388, 25 June 1866, Page 2
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