PIGEONGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2814, 20 February 1878, Page 2

PIGEONGRAMS.

PAEROA. (i'HOM OUll OWtf COIIKESPONDKNT.) This day, 1 p.m. The Natives who went from here to the King country returned last night. One of the. .Kirhveras, named Te Kereihi, met with a serious accident, and had to be brought down from To Aroha to To Komata in the steam launch liiroriro. I'o fell off his horse, and, besides hurting his arm badly, it is believed that some of his ribs are broken, and are pressing on the lungs, as he is spitting blood. Being an elderly man, it is doubtful whether he will recover from the shock. He is the husband of Mere Titia, the daughter and only surviving child of the great chief Taraia Ngakuti, who died a few years ago. Europeans generally will, of course, be exceedingly glad to hear that old Tukukino did not break his neck, and that he still enjoys good health. The JKiroriro left; again for Te Aroha early this moruing, hiving on board the County Chairman, Councillors Spencer, Mitchell and Thorp, and Messrs A. Aitken (County Surveyor), J. Gibbons and K. W. Puckey. Tho party will return this evening, after the meeting is over. It is proposed to employ the JNgatirahiri people to make the road from the Omahu landing to join up with tho main line through the ltotokohu Pass. As an instance of the improvement made by the County authorities on the road between here and the Thames, I may mention that Mrs Comes rode tip on horseback yesterday afternoon. She left the Thames at 11.30 a.m., and arrived here at sundown. She is, I bolieve, the first European lady who has ventured to perform the journey.