TONGAPORUTU.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 116, 1 June 1901, Page 2

TONGAPORUTU.

(fkom our own corkespondemt). Short days and long nights, together with a copious moisture have given our reads a winter coating of mud. A man od- each side of the m untain, hard working men too, shoTelling mud from the feidrs to the centre mike the mua ro.id more muddy than it would otherwise be. Yiry lit,tie public work is b- ing dote, Th bridge contractor has not y.-.t made a s'art.

. We still got our mail by way of the beach, Wedn<sd y and Sa'uiday, a route not at all satisfactory, especially in the winter seison, the beach is generally very rough in the winter season ; moreover, it is blocked by the tides at-luast 15 hours out of the 24, so that it is impossible for the mail cont a .tor to be p to his contract time. With hostile tides and dark nights eometimos he cannot come till the following day. This neress : tites hiving to go to the post office cn Sundays for oar newsp" pers, i

The main road is now in fairly good condition and the time arrived when the Government should change the route.

There is now a lnrga store built with a dwelling hous i attached, yet She post oflic3 h k*>pt at a private house, which is objectionable. It is more pleasant golr.g'ta a public pi ,ce 1 h'D to a p ivat') one for your mail and the general run of country p st offices are»t the storej _