TRAVELLING IN NEW ZEALAND.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2301, 21 May 1886, Page 2

TRAVELLING IN NEW ZEALAND.

A gentleman who has just arrived in Palraoriton from Wellington, via Wairarapa, has furnished us with an account of his trip, from which it will be seen that

the floods wero very heavy in the Wairarapa district, He left Wellington on Monday morning by train, which had to proceed very slowly round Ngahauranga, tho sua having washed, away portions of the earthwork under the line. Between Wellington and Kaiwarra one yacht was observed sunk in the water, and two 'others had been driven on shoro by the gale. The traiifgot on -all right till its arrival at the bridge over the Waingawa river near Masterton. This had sustained fe'rere daisas by the' flood,. aijd this pie. Mty& tod to *#. mw m

■a tram waiting on the other side, whicfr:: > 1 took them on to ( Masterton, Getting on; x, ;f> or Woodville, * was found', ; "™™ ordinary road over tiw'Opaklvi wasmpaasabKandadetourofaboutsix ii ' if'*? bo made towards the h?l£ > ■ before the Camp wa ß reached. - Thj' t. I coach Wt at the Mulgmve Hotel > ; and as there were only two passengers , \ ' vn '# ° f N? ' >ier ' and M* Joseph '"i Kels, of Wanifanui, they were provided sf by.Mrilacara with The -< oids were packed unlß; and the ' coach horses were led alngu One of theso rolled over a bank, bC was not . hurt, and the travellers then olovo tho • horses before them. All spoak in hijrh terms of the manner in. which Mr Macara and the driver (Mr Shaw) attea. dcd to their requirements. The former had been all over the line in the morning ■''. to see what 'could be done to take the • passengers on with Bafety; When the travellers left the Mulgrave Hotel, the watoron the road was up to the saddle flaps, and from the timber and wash on the road it was evident that it would have been abaolutoly impassable during the night. At ono heavy slip tho party was obliged to dismount and lead the hones ' over. After riding aovon miles the down coach which had been loft the previous day, waa reached, and the horses wers harnessed to this and driven to Wood, ville, which was readied at about 11 .o'clock last night. There were so many slips on the seven mileß of road over, which tho passengers had to .ride, that it was expected to be before coach traffic could be reßUifyK jfoodvill* waa left by coaoh next morning, 1 the pa«. songeis being Mr Kella and Mr David ■ Peat of Wanganui, and one lady. Coming down the Gorge, a slip was reached, and »U had to set to work to endeavor to remove it, While engaged at this, a party of men who had bneu working at g heivyßlip near the waterfall came up, and a passage was booh made for the coach. Ou arriviug at the waterfall, the coach had to be' turned round, and the passengers walked over the slip, eetting into a coach on the other side and coming down to tlie river, where-the ferry-wire had gone, '.tin post having broken',"and --■ • the punt waa landed high and dry soma thirty yards away. , The river waa crossed in a boat, and several wero met on this aide who were .anxious to get over, among others being Mr Morton, with* mob of' horses for Napior.—Manawattj Daily Timos.