TAUERU

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 73, 31 January 1879, Page 2

TAUERU

[lta OUR OTO CORRESPONDENT], Last Saturday evening the bush hero belonging to Mr Mace caught fire, .The flanies* owing to'tho long period of fine weather (\ preed'with great rapidity, so. th it on ; ' Sunday morning the . bridges ; and c'ul- ' along the lino of. road were in ■. irivniinont peril. However, H. Smith, tlio resident roadman, was quickly to the foroi ■■ and by strenuous exertions managed to preserve the Kaumingi Bridge, which your < readers will remember has only recently been in existence. Up to; the' present moment one small' bridge and two culverts have been destroyed. Immediately on receipt of tho intelligence, Mr Baker, the Road Board overseer, hastened to tho scene of action, and, by putting on extra bauds,. had the road by Tuesday morning in such a condition that Mr Cookery's coach was only delayed ten minutes. . The fiuo weather remains unbroken, and there is no doubt Wbareama'f nnholders will suffer some less this ensuing winter through •, paucity of feed, In Alfredtou the grass looks extremely well, there having been in th .t locale much more rain than either here or oil tho coast. Shearing may be said to bo Over, the Messrs Vallance, of Kauiningi, turned out tho last sheep on Saturday, and the aborigino shearers;loft M/rc akm in high _ glee for your township, doubtless intent on the worship of Bacchus.. Mr Stilling, of the Oaiionga Ferry, gave a ball to his numerous friends aud customers on the 25th inst., everything was served in the most respectable style, dancing, &c., being kept.up to a late or rather early hour, and a very pleasant oveiiing was passed.. This Hotel is situated on one of the prettiest spots on the Coast, tho river being in front and the sea immediately in view.