PAEROA.
(from otje own correspondent.) Paeroa, This day. The two bridges across the Ohinemuri river, on the Tauranga road, are both destroyed. Most of the small bridges are washed away. The bridge at Owharoa was carried away, taking the Smile of Fortune pipe that crossed the river with It will take several thousand pounds to repair the damage done, and coach traffic will be stopped for some time.
(from another correspondent). There is no further damage to report from the floods beyond the injury done to the culverts and the surface of the roads. Bradley's coach crossed the Komata with ease to-day. At the Licensing meeting Mr C. F. Mitchell was elected Chairman for this year. .
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4413, 24 February 1883, Page 2
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