WAVERLEY.

Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 475, 12 November 1879, Page 2

WAVERLEY.

(From our own Correspondent.) November 10. As the Wairoa Highway Board have a lot of work to do with a small amount of capital at their command, I Would suggest that they get one or two of “ The Autamatio Revolving Scrapers,” as advertised in the Sydney Mail, “ for making roads, excavating, ditching, and levelling, designed to lesson the coats of all kinds of earth works.” With one of these machines* which would cost about fifty pounds, they would be able to make more roads at much less cost and in a much shorter time than atpreant with pick and shovel) instruments which have been in vogue about two thousand years). . I believe the machines are used in some places on the other island, and are found to work well. Even if the Board did not want to work them themselves, they could hire them to the contractors who took the work, which would be a great sawing of time and labor. I forgot to mention in my last that Mr Dickie’s mill dam and part of the roadway was washed away during the wet weather. The only excitement during the week was a bolt. Mr Winchcomb’s horse got away with the buggy, which he capsized, damaging both i,t and the harness, which is to be regretted, as the buggy, being of local manufacture, was intended to be entered at the show to be held here at the end of the month. The Waverley Rifle Volunteers were firing on Saturday last, when some very good scores were made by Messrs Mason, Fookcs, Johnstone, Treweek, and Wilkins. The excitement caused by the Wanganui and Patea Races being now ended, we may now look forward to the Waverley meeting, which promises to be as good as either of them. I see by advertisement that the Public Vaccinator attends twice a month at Carlyle, but no mention is made of Waverley, or any other place in the district. Now, as vaccination is compulsory, ought not the Government to make arrangements for the attendance of the Public Vaccinator at Waverley and Hawera, say once a month. I believe the Government allow the Public Vaccinators two shillings and sixpence for every child vaccinated by them —and if the present rate of increase in Waverley continues, I fancy he would draw more than would pay his travelling expenses, (I speak feelingly on this subject).