ALEXANDRA

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4453, 13 April 1883, Page 2

ALEXANDRA

Yesterday

Mr Bryce and party "arrived here last night, Bays"the correspondent uof the Auckland' Star, at 6.15;: Thb journey wai a most dreary one, there being nothing to break the monotony, but listening to the objurgations of settlers at a number of

-stations, on the scarcity of rolling stock for their accommodation. One man at Ohaupo was particularly emphatic. He stood about three yards from where Mr Bryce was sitting, whom he did not seel and blasphemed for ten miDuteg without stopping; The Bank of Kew Zealand was, cursed in a great variety of phrases, the; swearer 'considering that institution -to exercise a malign influence in the appointment ff cattle trucks along the line. As the train moved out of the station he was left swearing and-nearing black in the face,. There is no chance of a start being made from here before Saturday morning at the earliest. It has been raining in torrents for some days, and the country is flooded everywhere. It stopped this morning, however, and the weather now shows some sign of clearing. The rivers are very high-, and the Waipa Bridge is regarded as almost certain to go, the water being now within five feet of the top of the centre. Wetere te Rerenga is expected from Mokau tomorrow night if he can get through. He brings a large number; of men, variously estimated at from 50 to 100, to act as an escort to Mr Bryce and party. The Europeans of the party will. nnmher twelve, being Messrs Bryce, Lewis, Butler,Hursthouse, Newsham, Cussen (District Surveyor), Wilkinson (Native Agent)*; two orderlies; and three Pressmen, Messrs Adams; Douglas, and Chamtaloup, Through the state of the country rionews; has reached here re the large meeting of Ngatimaniapotos; now 'being held at Te Kuiti. .