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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1747, 30 June 1886, Page 2

Captain Mair informs a Wellington paper that thet distress 'in the neighbor hood of Rotorna is very much greater than is generally imagined. He says that there are a thousand Natives absolutely destitute m the district, who veil! have to be provided for a year." There are also several European families who have been left m poverty. ' Natives ill-' tHe'North Island have written to Captain Mair offering assistance, and collection of clothes are being made by the ladies :of Wellington. ; ■ .. ; With reference to the remarks by the Public Works Minister ih hig statement that the bridges on the New Plymouth line, have cauaedheavy expenditure by, rimu being use when constructinjf them; attention U»b been called to the f Hot by the Etrald tiiat the railway bridges r go f the' Hh« are. »U, of white birch, wliioh wu Imported- by the contraotor from tb« Middle Ifliind, and th»t » good dtil ' •f it hud ««p fp It, Tht bridge* built by the Provjnolal Government yt«ri •IQ weri cowtfoq|ed of r|mi», wq »m. itillin exptllent condition, The MinUt«p of Publip Worm his beoß miiinforti>»4 mpM^iny Ihi rlroit, —■ - --?.^ 3Prii#toH«iite«ii«ij!f'**ißriri"ißii>--pirt h mm l\H\lM 'Imft^'iiiMft ttiirftnd.wpftri ftfi|i^yi)ii«Bliii mi *m N tfiors 11 iniiHl, : aw W# Jmtia Mfih¥}N^i)iMrV<A« lot ■•MM,--' ■ '•■ .-;■:--:-..;

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