ARAPOHUE.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 208, 28 July 1893, Page 6

ARAPOHUE.

[FROM OUR OWN' COKKIiSI'ONDEXT] Prices are being cut very tine in contract work. Mr G. Dreadon benr. called for tenders for felling forty acres of bu~h land, and received about six' renders ranging from 25s per acre to £l. Mr G. Rogers’ tender was accepted at the lowest price. This is the lowest price for which bush has been felled in the district. There have been considerable changes in land tenure lately. Mr .J. Buchanan has sold out to Mr Goodall of Paparoa. And X have just been informed that Mr Buchanan 3enr. has disposed of his lrou>e and land to Nlr B. New, 1 observe by report of Council meeting that Mr New’s offer to log up the road side has been accepted, ’the timber cannot be burnt at present, and I consider that the clearing should be deferred till summer when the timber could be well utilised in burning clay. After all there is some consolation in knowing that bad and all as we are in regard to roads there are worse to be found. In Taranaki when a horse gets bogged they simply take off the load and let the animal die. Two of our young men returned today from a trip to VVaikiekie pigeon shooting. They crossed the new bridge oyer the Mongonui and speak of it as a fine substantial structure ; built of pit sawn timber, and painted. This way to the "East Coast saves a days’ journey, though road is little more th u a bridle track at present and. difficult for strangers to traverse. The Concert I mentioned in my last, as a benefit to Miss Maggie Simpkin, who by the latest information had been removed to the Auckland Hospital, is lo come off', if weather will permit, on Friday August -Ith. Mr E. Coates rode through from Matakohe last week and informs me that the roads are knee deep, largely caused by the carting of gum. Mr 'Wilson of YVangarei, who has kept a record for over 30 years of the weather, says this has been the wettest season on record. Mr F, Bradley ordered and paid for some £3 15s worth of fruit trees and plants from a nursery in town. Several times enquiries were made to see if they had reached their destination, wiiiiiiav i osult. On enquiry being made at Heh iisville however it appears there are three id ihat name lesiding m the neighbourhood and it seems that the trees have been delivered to one of them, and are probably planted. The School attendance has fallen below the required average and there seems little prospect of improvement, as many of the children are getting past senool age and some are to leave the district. Of course the bad weather and roads hinders many irom attending.