WAIROA.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 245, 6 February 1875, Page 2

WAIROA.

(prom our own correspondent.) January 28. The mail now from here has to go via Napier, so you may expect to receive this in course of time. It must be a great nuisance to folk in Gisborne who wish to write to Mahia now—the settlers have to go from Gisborne to Napier, from Napier here and then on to Mahia —any amount of detentions on the road. I wonder why the boundary of the Hawke’s Bay Province has been chosen for the ultima thule of the coast mail. A very little additional money would have procured a mail to Poverty Bay. The weather lias been tropically warm lately but just now we are enjoying some most seasonable rain. Rain was indeed much wanted to renovate the pastures. Impounding is pretty well all the go in the Wairoa just at present, occasionally a clean sweep is made and it is rather a ludicrous sight seeing the settlers marching ruefully homo from the pound, leading their cows and horses; some clays there is quite a procession. It was time, however, something was done, for one could scarcely move out of doors of an evening without stumbling against some old cow or the other, and it would hardly do to put the cows in without the horses. The Militia are relieved in this district now from attendance at parades, and the force is to be disarmed shortly—if a similar step bo taken with regard to Poverty Bay, I should imagine the news will be very acceptable, and if a similar step has not been taken, the question naturally arises, why not ? The school committee for the Te Kapu school, belonging to the Auckland province, are to be selected on the 10th next month. I trust they will do something towards fencing in that building. Mr. Hanson Turton, Trust Commissioner has been holding a court on the Tukemokihi and other blocks. Messrs Hamlin and Carroll were in attendance. Captain Ferris, is they say, going to settle down in your part of the country in preference to continuing in the Armed Constabulary, and is therefore about to resign his commission in that force. Captain Bennett, accompanied by Mrs. Bennett, has returned from Poverty Bay. The firing for the Volunteer District prizes (Napier, Wairoa, and Poverty Bay amalgamated diztrict,) will soon take place. Mr. Parker is considered to stand a very fair chance for first place. The firing will bo under the supervision of Major Withers.