NGARUAWAHIA Dec 13.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 557, 14 December 1875, Page 2

NGARUA WAHIA Dec 13.

The heavy floods which haa visiled us, have at length began to abate. The damtge done in the township is considerab'e. The loss of timber, firewood, &c, fnm the wharve* and banks of th« river wiil nrnke a serious hole in the storekeepers* profits. The new bridge which the contractor was getting on so well with has met with serious dating", the fall amount of which can scarcely be told for some time. It is a matter of wonder that the middle span was not altogether swept awaj. The approach to the punt on the Ngaraiwahia side has be*n wiehei awjjv, platform, pies, windlass, and everything belonging to it. Ar Ltnibi mill 8 >me 700 sacks of whea^ and oats have been immersed ; also two of the workmen* houses turned upside down, alt his timber has been scattered about bis paddock, but he do°s not think he ha* lost any. At Martin and Breton's wharf contract there sseraa. to be no damage done at all ; the view on the Wttipa, Ptanding at the first cutting, and looking up the river was truly awful. Ho is ji and lion*- toads all but coy. red with water. Here and there the apex of a roof would mark what was the comfort ible home of sooae wellknown hardworking settler, for miles a ong the fiats. Where everyone know wa9 oovered with the most promising crops in the district, was now nothing more than a vast sheet of water, and the dint of great exertions they rainaged to save i all their cattle, but I might say that is all. The W. S. N. Co., with their usual kindness and thouphtftillness, sent the steamer Waikato up the Waipa with a view to take off anj settlers that might choose to come — or give what assistance she might be aMe to render — however, the onlj assistance required was from the proridore's department, which was cheerfully rendered The act. of the Compunv is fully appreciated by the settlera.--FRO\i a Correspovdbht.