THE WAIMEA.
Hitherto there has been no road to the various Waitnea districts passable for carts, and goods have been taken by boat up the river to what is called Cotterell's landingplace, and from thence by bullock-cart, for about five miles, to the settlement forming around the farms of the Messrs. Tytler and Mr. Kerr, where the country is so smooth as to afford a good natural road, very little out of a straight line. A party are now at work for the Company, making a cart-road up the " Waimea Road," and through the eastern district of Mr. Musgrave's survey and that of Messrs. Bamicoat and Thompson to the river. This road will lay open the whole of the Waimea district. The next step must be a bridge over or such an alteration of the ford of the Wairoa as shall allow of passage after the rains, which is now impracticable. This, however, is of the less importance, as the other side of the river is that most easily attained by boat, and the road hitherto used.
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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 32, 15 October 1842, Page 127
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177THE WAIMEA. Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 32, 15 October 1842, Page 127
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