TINUI.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 425, 30 March 1880, Page 2

TINUI.

(FROM OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT) I musi apologise for not keeping you posted up with what little news-there is going, but really there was so little to speak about, to Bay nothing of writing. The usual monotony prevailed up till last Wednesday; then the .long-drought, was changed into showers, which was looked upon as a blessing. Thursday broke with one continuous downpour, and it came down in right earnest on Friday morning and almost all anticipated a flood. On Saturday the rain simply came down in torrents, the rivers rose rapidly, and on Sunday morning Tinui was visited with the highest flood that has occurred for the last nine yeare. " The water subsided somewhat during the' afternoon, but only to me again on Of course all traffic was completely stopped and telegraphic communication partly. I hear Mr Fabian,- our telegraphist and line repairer, has; been endeavoring to get along the line since", last Saturday, but failed. I,believe on Tuesday afternoon the flood rose again with such rapidity that it was thought it would rise higher than before, but .towards evening the downpour became lees, which was really fortunate, for had it continued many of the habitations would, have been .flooded. It cannot be rightly .ascertained at present the amount of damage done, although the

Cattle Point road presents a Bad speotaole. The numerous land slips on this 7 road are .vary:heavy,'and it is a very difficult mat-

ter to get along at all. The piece of road near Mr Connor's residence, which had - recently beeo metalled, has slipped into the river, and there are slips in all directions, The Upper Whareama.asfaraais at present;known, hw not.suffered io- : - badly, but the. road leading, past Mr ".'• Peach's property is .completely;: blocked j up, and lam informed thatowing to the ■ heavy land slips it is impossible to get along on foot,, The 'Mungapakeharoad : ia nearly, done'for. Part; of, it. at Sugar Corner has slipped. .This alone\mßam~ great expense in repairs; and the ruts and:r ~ holes up. thus, line are very large, This,, ;C bridge; culverts at each end of the embank- \ y_ menf are carried apy, and this embank-; iN ment'follyacross the : sjv.amp : Bh6ws\tlie'j.fc usel^saneaa.ofauch a plahSThe. road f fo'm : :.<- thence ia in'a and'' the scene whioh is met with as' th'tf traveller.proceeds up the valley is deplorable. '•',, < It appears that Torrey,' his wife, and several children, had to .leave their house . • andmake for the hills on Sunday night, then being without shelter of any sort and the rain coming down in torrents. The water was aome three feet in thehouße. • The road from Torrey's is wretched, in many places completely gone, and travel- ' lers have to take to the hills for safety. ' The cutting leading down from Vallance's"' table lauds is frightfully cut up ; lower end the embankment ..apd'clilvert ■ are completely washed away.: The bridge ' near, thia place has nearly collapsed, and the road opposite Smith's whareis ; im-passable-altogether ; part of it has gone into the river. The bridge leading from . thiß has settled down at one end, one tier of piles in the centre having! gone ,' over.- I m the KaumingLbridg'e ; haa ' stood, but the.road opposite. Maces is all. in motion, part'bf it having gone into.thei • river, doing much- damage to'the telegraph line. There.are numerous slips to- ' wards the T^ueru-Hotel'and some .very nasty places towards-Masterton. The road is very much damaged, but this report gives but a faint idea of what is really the amount of damage done.' Of course '' wheel traffic will now be stopped for monthß.. As to the Mungapakeha road, which is, and always was, a sad mistake, now that the opportunity offers,. \. andjt is readily seen this mistake 1 will never answer, why not make the road down to Beard's line, coming out at Ladoua. Gully, otherwise it will .require a 1 • most expensive bridge across the swamp*.- : andw security that it will stand, It is still raining, and as I managed to make the Taueru Hotel this evening, I. am grateful to be comfortably, housed, and :• not plodding through this miserable state of mud and slush. Bight days rain ia/.' no jqke, and will be long remembered as, I think, the longest spell, of rain known ' in this district; .'' .-