THE FLOODS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 426, 31 March 1880, Page 2

THE FLOODS.

■ To tk Editor of the Wairakapa Daily. _ Sir—The late atorms indicate a coudiI tion of the atmosphere under which their ; recurrence ia not improbable. We have already heard of much destruction by the '■ floods; we shall hear of more yet, It bej hoves each locality to look to its own requirements without delay, mid ours are as fallows: 1. A proper protective,work at the bank of the Waipoua' near the pro- ' posed railway. . Such a work would make Maatertoh more safe from Hoods than ' most other towns in ;New Zealand. If it ' ' is neglected we shall probably see a picturesque gap through the heart of the town, and.half the river taking possession of Hall street and part'of CWch street. ' 2. A similar work on the north bank of " the Waipoua river above the bridge. If this is not attended to very soon the present bridge will be useless, another one / will be wanted at the foot- of the cutting; '' ' Many of us have lately seen a very dan- , gerous hole-in the Waipoua bridge left unrepaired for nearly a week, which' ' almost' any" man could' have thoroughly . repaired in a quarter o'fan hour. If this '',/' may be taken as a sample of the rate of,-' speed at which the damage by flood is to' ' be remedied and provided against/we r shall perhaps before very long seje'a con- ' siderable slice of Masterton' a<id some of its inhabitants suddenly shifted'to "the bed of the Ruamahunga, / lam, &&,/ . / Old Sbtt^.,;. An old gentleman who had provoked the hostility of a .'fashionable lady whom ' he had known ii/childhood, was asked by - v his wife what he had done to incur the '• lady's displeasure, "Nothing at all," ;• tapUad ttw'innocent old man, "on the '• contrary I was very, cordial to her, and ™ spokeof the time, when I used to carry 0 her to_ school, nearly half a century ago." ' His wife threw up her hands in amaze!t ment, and murmured," How stupid to 8 have touched on her age."