CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Herald, 20 April 1895, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

We are not responsible tor the statement! or opinions of correspondents. THE MAILS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MANAWATU HEBALD. Dear Sib,— ln your report of flood, &c, dated April 18th, you say Mr Stan stll made a try yesterday (Wednesday) morning but the ifmet was too deep, which is quite true, but when I found it too deep to drive through, I brought my 5 passengers, including 2 ladies, back to Foxton, and then procured a Club boat, and with Mr Cowles' assistance took Mrs J. Synions and her family to dry land. I then got the' mails and with Mr Curtis' kind help we took some of the passengers to Wjrokino and my son Lionel Stanselll sent to Levin walking from the ferry with the mails. . ■ • -'-y-i&H. The next day, Thursday, I again went out with mails by boat -from Mrs PuroeU's to about. 1 mile past the ferry, making' a pull of about 4 miles by water again bringing bwk a mail from Wellington and likewise the newspapers and passengers. Friday, the proceedings were similai, varied by an occasional .*flf*h from the waves the wind creafeain the Messrs Robinson's; big paddwk. Saturday the same work jiatl |ft ?* done. i(^ My reason for writing to you ii because a good few of the pubjjfe j*re under the impression that tfaip|l^yin mail service had broke down, pm 4 1 am happy to say I have been a^jejbo get there and back each day, tug ton Lionel meeting me with a |pf from Levin each morning wttntue mails and passengers. 1 would like to express my thanks to MifBMN??, the ferryman, for the help" Tie hat given me, as when I had more passengers than it was safe to carry, he would volunteer to - pull them oter the worst part of the water and tranship them into my boat, In fact, on Friday he brought over S passengers, my boat taking the others, and as the wind caused the waters to be rough the passengers and myself were very thankful for and desired me to express my thanks on their behalf to Mr Hillary. Mr Hillary has had to leave the ferry house and himself and man had to sleep on the punt, the wa^er being about 8 feet in his house', / 1 am, &c, " J. R. Stansell.