The Tuapeka Times. "Measures, not Men." SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1868.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 2, 22 February 1868, Page 2

The Tuapeka Times. " Measures, not Men." SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1868.

THE old punt for the West lai 3 ri Ferry which Mr. Fulton suggested jfecLhe used while immediate requirements^: the di,

tricts, especially for that ot Wai--pori. The punt required is.-6ne capable of ferrying over heavily laden waggons. With the punt re/ feired to, goods have to be. i^" loaded, ferried across the river/and reloaded into another waggo*> an< i if this tedious and expense process of conveyance is co^ 111118^, we may fully expect to^ear of most fabulous prices be/g charged in Waipori for the rosaries of life. Waggons and/^er conveyances ►have not only/™ * ne detriment of the Waipoii^F l^ o.'0 .' *° contend with the diffieu# esa ko v e-mentioned,but also witl^he frightful state of the roads /octween Maungatua and WaivOTi- Roy's cutting ascending Ma^ng a tua from the Taieri, and a^o the cutting at Warri Creek are /m a fearful state, so much so, that two valuable draught horses belonging to carriers were rendered entirely useless last week through falling into ruts in the road which, in some parts, are from 4 to 5 ft. in depth. We sincerely hope the Government will take immediate steps first to prepare a punt sufficiently large to ferry across the Taieri river drays and waggons loaded with goods to the Lower and Upper Waipori districts, and secondly to appoint men to fill up the dangerous ruts, and otherwise repair the damages made"by the late floods. But not only should immediate steps be taken in repairing the road between the Taieri and Upper Waipori, but also the road between Lower and Upper Waipori. The wood viaduct on the Lower Waipori road is rendered totally -^impassable from the supports having been washed away. The closing up" of this road is a very great loss to the district, as all communication with the Waipori Bush from which all the timber used in Waipori is procured is -for tl^e nonce entirely suspended, thus leaving the mining operations at a perfect stand still for the want of poles and other timber necessary for repairing the ravages made by the floods in the miner's claims. Then again most of the agricultural produce consumed in the district is brought over this road, and when we keep in mind the fact that the road from Tuapeka to Waipori is full of ruts several feet deep and in many other respects inaccessable, the alarming conviction presses itself on the jnind that Waipori, from its isolated position- and the three roads by which it is reached being all in a dangerous condition, must before long experience something approaching to a famine.